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BASE BALL NOTES.

Charles Somers of the Cleveland club
would not be fully decided upon until
after the southern practice.
1t is believed that Mike Donln will cap
tan the Giants and Kid Elberfeld the
Yankees. In this event the fans of New
York viii have rather argumentative
season in store for them along the coach
ing lines.
1t looks as though Mike Lynch is dele
gated to retire from big league base ball
Waivers were asked on him by the New
York Nationals, but none of the other
clubs has shown any desire to take up
the uncertain Mike.
Armbruster. Weaver and Hart are the
three men on the White SoX team who
will make fight for the position of extra
backstop with the Chicago Americans. All
three are good men, and it will be a ques-
ton of. the best.
The Brooklyn club is congratulating it
self upon the signing Of Harry Pattee
The contract was obtained after a season
of squabbling over question of salary
Pattee is at present in the insurance
business at Providence, and will join the
Dodgers next week.
Sandow MerteS, with the Cardinals in
1906. and with Minneapolis last year, has
been playing with Sacramento. and. &C.
cording to Denver report, will manage
the Denver team this season.
Timothy Hurst is to be one of the
American League umpires this year.
Asked about the new rule in regard to
the pitcher soiling the ball. Tim said:
II suppose that they thought the umpire
didn't have enough to do without watch
ing the pitcher all the tlme."
Indignant because Harris, a pitcher of
the Boston American League club, was
not secured In trade. T. F. Bryce. the
owner of the Clumbus club Cancelled
the exhibition dates in Columbus of the
Boston American League club this spring.
There is a probability that the disagree
ment will be patched up.
Harry Swacinas fate hangs in the bal
ance. Manager Clarke of the Pittsburg
club who obtained the st. Louis young
ster from Peoria last year, has signed
two recruits for first base-Jimmy Kane
and Warren Gill-and Pittsburg fans
think this means the passing of Swa-
Gina. who won popularity in the few
weeks he played with Pittsburg last sea-
son. This will be decided before the
Pirates start to West Baden, March IA.
President Comiskey of the White Sox
has been greatly amused in the last few
days by letters which have come to him
from minor league players whom the
Sox drafted. One young player wrote that
his sweetheart never would marry him
unless he became a world champion ball
player. He thinks that. by joining the
White Sox. he is assured of matrimonial
success. One recruit miserable smaller
promises to attend night school in Chi
cago If he is kept on the team One new
pitcher declares his spit ball is better
than Jack Chesbro's,
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NEW SCOUT SHIP SWIFT.
Chester Makes Mile at Rate of 1921
Knots an Hour.

ROCKLAND Me. February CA mag
nificent showing was made by the scout
cruiser Chester in her official screw
Standardization trials yesterday. The
mean of her highest five runs over the
mile course. when corrected, probably
will show speed of twenty-five knots an
hour, knot in excess of her contract re-
Quirement.
Seventeen runs were made over the
course. The fastest mile, uncorrected, was
at the rate of 26.21 knots an hour, and
another fast mile was made at the rate
Of 26.14 knots an hour. The anchor tests
followed and were successful.
The Chester left at sunset last night
for an endurance and coal consumption
trial of twenty-four hours at sea at an
average speed of twelve knots an hour.
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Revolver Match Tonight.

The two teams now competing for the
intercity championship in revolver work
representing Washington and Baltimore
meet tonight on the local range, in what
may be the deciding match In the con-
test. the local club having won one
of the contests and the team from Balti-
more two. Our local team will have to
win this match or the championship cup
will become the property of the team rep
resenting Baltimore. If the Washington
team wins, and the chances are about an
even proposition, deciding match will
have to be shot on range to be agreed
upon by the competitors. The local team
has made elaborate preparations to en-
terrain its competitors with a buffet
supper at it's quarters in the L street
armory, and a large number of the faith
full from Baltimore will accompany their
team. The supporters of the local con-
tingent will be on hand to encourage
their representatives.
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LIVELY CONTEST FOR CONGRESS
Representative Pearre and B. a..
Warner See Frederick Voters.

FREDERICK. Nd, February 29.-Rep-
resentative George A. Pearre and Mr..
Brainard H. Warner, both candidates for
the next congressional nomination in the
sixth district. were in Frederick yester-
day fixing up their fences for the coming
fight. Mr.. Warner delivered an illus
trated lecture Thursday night in the
United Brethren Church. Col Pearre ar
rived yesterday, morning and spent the
day among political acquaintance. He
was guest last night at Routhland Hall,
where his niece, Miss Mary McGill of
Cumberland is also a guest
Mr.. Warner made no bones about his
visit being in the interest of his nominal
ton, but Col. Pearre said his visit at this
time was more of a social nature than
anything else.
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Worlds Hurdle Record.

TRENTON, N. j.. February 29-F. C.
Smithson of Portland. Ore. broke the
worlds record here last night In the
sixty-yard hurdle race. He ran the dis
lance in seven and four-fifths seconds.
two-fifths of a second better than North
ridges record. made at New York Febru-
airy g. 1907.
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HANGED STRAPPED TO BOARD.
1000 Spectators See Negro Execu-
ton in Florida.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, February 90
Charlie Powers, colored, was hanged in
the county Jail yard here at 1890 O'Clock
yesterday morning for the murder of John
Rogers, also colored. AS the trap was
sprung. the rope parted, but not before
Powers neck had been broken.
Powers was SO frightened that he col
lapsed. and had to be carried to the scat
fold. He was too limp to stand, and a
board was secured and fastened to his
back. Two thousand persons witnessed
the hanging.
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Outlaws Get Grounds.

Al Lawson. promoter of the Union
League, yesterday closed a deal for a
tract of land at 18th street and Florida
avenue northeast. on which he says the
new ball park for the Washington Union
League team will be built.
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & CAFES
THE ST. JAMES, r f. m ass 4 to o IT.. st.
European. Rooms 81 to g.
High-class Restaurant At Reasonable Pficea

place Mr.. Lynn on an operating table he
had lost quart of blood.
Saline solutions were injected into his
blood and stimulants given. { i'd doctors
endeavored to stop the hemorrhage. Elk
animation showed that the femoral artery
had broken, and the vessel broke repeat
eddy as II was ligated. BY the time that
ligature could be successfully applied
the young man had lost four quarts Of
blood and expired.
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DOUBLE CHAMPIONS
RETAIN THEIR TITLE

NEW YORK. February 29.-For the
third successive year Harold H. Hackett
and Frederick B. Alexander won the
national indoor tennis championship in
doubles. They retained their title of the
leading American pair on board courts
by defeating yesterday afternoon, In the
7th Regiment Armory, William B. Cragin,
tr.. and Miles g. Charlock. The cham
pions took three straight sets. winning by
a score Of 6-3. 81 and ca. but they did
not have the walkover that many expect
ed to see. The games were we'll fought
and the vanauished couple made Hackett
and Alexander work to earn their points.
Tennis Club. an exclusive organization
with headquarters at POmpton, N. j.,
which holds most of its tournaments in
private. This is the first year this club
has been In the national association. The
runners-up formed mixed combination,
Cragln representing the 7th Regiment
and Charlock the Elizabeth Town and
Country Club.
The doubles final attracted the biggest
gallery of the tournament and the specta-
tors were well repaid with some spectacu-
lar playing. Hackett and Alexander
showed the same beautiful team work
that always characteriZes their games,
covering the court so that 1t was very
hard to get past them. Alexander's hard
smashes had Cragin doing all sorts of
gymnastics in trying to reach them. but
Charlock picked up many of them in so
cool a manner that he received most of
the applause from the enthusiasts.
One of the most remarkable shots of the
game was made by Alexander Cragin
smashed an easy bounder so hard to the
base line that Alexander almost had to
pick the ball off the wall. fifteen feet
back He made a perfect lift. however,
sending the Slbber soaring among the
roof Orders and into fair territory on
the opposite side of the net.
Gustave F. Touchard. New York Lawn
Tennis Club won the lower semi-final
bracket of the singles championship, and
will meet Wylie C. Grant this afternoon
for the title.
The point score and summary:
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TENNIS CHALLENGE
SENT TO AUSTRALIA

NEW YORK. February "a challenge
was yesterday sent by the United States
Lawn Tennis Association to Australia to
play for the Dwight +. Davis challenge
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For instance, what would now be termed
fielders' choices had to be scored as sac
rifice hits After couple of years the
rule was dropped. In this same year Mike
Kelly Of Boston led the league with fifty
two sacrifice hits.
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pied by employees. Soon after it was
discovered there were two explosions in
that part Of the building, one, of them
blowing off part of the roof.
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mt score and summary:
ISTNAU nnY-nT

First Set.
Hackett- Alexander. - S-31-6
Cragin- C harlock. ...... 4221 4 1 3 3-23-3
Second Set.
Hackett Alexander. ...... 2 4 5 4-32-6
Cragin- CharlOck. ......... 4 . 3 3 8 0-1S-1
Third Set
Hackett- Alexander. % = oar 81 5-35-6
Cragin- Charlock. 80. 5 2 4 4 5 } 4 3-36-4
SEMI-FlNAL SINGLES.
First Set.
Touchard. ~ 1474 4 244 5-36-6
Cragin. .......... IS 4 4 2 U 3-26-4
Second Set.
Touchar I'd. ....... 1 4 4 4 3 4 4-29-6
Cragin. ........... 4121 50 2 1888
Consolation singles third Iound-G. l.. Wyeth,
New York l.. T. c., defeated Miles $. Char
lock. Elizabeth 7; and G. C.; "a. 10.
Semi-tina round.-G. c. Schaefer West Side
L. T. G. defeated L. H. Fitch, It'll Regiment,
by default.
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FOUR FAVORITES
WIN AT new ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, February 29.-Four
favorites and three long shots won the
seven cheap selling races which made up
the program at the City Park track yes
terday afternoon. AS good prices were
offered against the successful first choices,
the form players more than held their own
in the financial battle with the bookmak-
ers and quit the day trifle the winners.
The biggest upset of the day was the
defeat of Miss Sain by Ida May. The
latter closed at % to 1. but was we'll
played. her supporters receiving as high
as 40 to for their first bets. Miss Sain.
as usual. carried a big commission, Tom
Kiley and his friends backing her heavily
in spite of the fact that she has not shown
in her recent races any of last seasons
form.
One of those cut-and-dried steeplechases
so familiar to racegOers here resulted in
the elected horse. Buster. winning at
even money. He was the Tip" for the
race during the early morning hours in
the city long before the race started. All
the wise heads OF the paddock-the
sure-thing contingent-backed him. &C
cepting thankfully the 6 to 8 and even
money offered against him.
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Summaries.

First race. thee and onehalf furlonss--The
Slcker. 100 IL. W. Murphy. to =. Won: Ken
more Queen. 100 tT Chandler,. 40 to ]. second;
Edwin L., los &C. Koerner) Is to /. third Time.
O.42 80. Romp. Columbus. Yoseka. Tom iol-
land. Trapee Tyler Miss Happsburg. Chalico.
Bessie Trent Silversite and Gerrvmanl also
Second race. steep,eclase; short course--Blus-
ter. 1:,4 tHeider,. even won: Prof able. I'D
tRileyl. L. to l, second; Buckman, 1J2 tArchi
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1t looks as though Mike Lynch is dele
gated to retire from big league base ball.
Waivers were asked on him by the New
York Nationals, but none of the other
clubs has shown any desire to take up
the uncertain Mike.
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Charles Somers of the Cleveland club
says that a first baseman for the team
would not be fully decided upon until
after the southern practice.
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1t is believed that Mike Donlin will cap
tan the Giants and Kid Elberfeld the
Yankees. In this event the fans of New
York will have a rather argumentative
season in store for them along the coach
ing lines.
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Armbruster, Weaver and Hart are the
three men on the White SoX team who
will make fight for the position of extra
backstop with the Chicago Americans. All
three are good men, and it will be ques-
ton of. the best.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-04
PASSENGERS AVERT ACCIDENT
Conductor Signals "Go Ahead When
Freight Train is Approaching.

According TO tho stories told by
passengers on street car No. AIS, GO
ing TO tho Rio Grande Western de-
pot at $3.50 yesterday afternoon. a
most serious accident was narrowly
nverted by tho presence OF mind OF
passengers riding on the front plat
form.
reached Third West street. tho con-
ductor neglected to leave the car 10
SEQ II any trains were coming, and
that no gave the motorman the sig
nal 10 20 ahead The latter started
the car, It is said, oblivlous TO the
fact that a freight train was backing
down tho track, The ear would have
gone directly IN front Of the train but
for the Interference OF passengers on
tho platform The car was stopped
lust in time 20 avoid collision. one
child was knocked down, and trampl-
cd upon. and two women were fright
ened into Mysteries The car was in
charge Of conductor No. 263 and
motorman No. 4Si.
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NO MISSIONARIES EATEN.
Conditions in Africa Are Rapidly
Changing, Says Rev. DR.. Nye.

Rev. DIR. Nye. an African mission
airy, lectured last night in the Central
Christian church. He said that since
Stanley's time no missionaries had
been eaten by African cannibals. but
that scores of men who had gone to
the dark continent on other errands
had suffered a gustatory fate. one
Bolenge chieftain, who was both q cam
nibal and polygamist, fought Chris
tianity as hard as he could. breaking
up meetings with a tom-tom. But nm
ally gave up and became n convert.
Another chief whose wife had embrace
ed the Christian faith tied her TO a
pole in the glare of the sun,telling her
she could stay there until the new God
she worshiped descended from heaven
to release her The chief died OF pneu-
monia in two days and the wife was
rescued without injury The lecturer Is
endeavorng to raise 100000 with
which to send 80 missionaries to AZ
RIGA. He showed that while this coun-
try spends annually $tl.000,O00 for
chewing gum, only s7.500,0O0 is con-
tributed for missionary work. For mil
linery $50. 100000 Is expended each
wear. S17s.000. 900 for candy, 100000
600 for jewellery s750,000,0O for tobac-
co, and si.243,0O0.0OO for strong drink.
DR.. Nye will lecture again this evening
with stereopticon illustrations
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5000 acres at Lyndon, Vermont, where
he makes experiments In scientific soil
culture, dairying, etc, and raises thor
oughbred stock. He has more than 500
head of stock on the place.
The American telephone and Tele-
graph company and its 80 associated
telephone companies, of which the
Rocky Mountain Bell IS one, had prop
erty-real estate and plant franchises
are not appraised by Bell companies)-
that appraised s4sS. 296 600, figuring cop
per at 15 cents, Jan. !, 1908. This is
not book value, but engineers figures
on actual. existing property. The fig
ures show value amounting to 34,43l.-
goo in excess of capital stock and all
other outstanding obligations. The Bell
system had 3,S39,000 telephones in SER
vice Jan. l, an increase of 76S.340 for
the year 1907. The average number of
conversations daily is 1854, 900, makins
5,9e7 100000 annually. The system has
163,2lS miles of toll pole lines, carrying
4, 664 0Si miles of long distance wires.
There are more than 5000 exchanges
In the system, with 3,SsS051 miles OF
underground wire. 3057,l3S miles OF
aerial wire and $500 miles of submar-
inc cable. In 1907, S5292l. 400 was spent
for construction and SS6,626,667 for
maintenance.
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of the industry in good running order,
he left active participation in the busl-
ness for several years, although he al
ways retained his interests. For about
10 years after 1889 he handled many
large enterprises. chiefly electrical, IN
Europe and South America. He estab-
lished the electric street railway system
of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic.
and developed power transmission In
that neighborhood. Foreign interests,
chiefly British, had large holdings in
these enterprises and Mr., Vail disposed
of his interests to them about year
ago.
He is about So years old. a native
Of Ohio, a son OF a farmer and IS OF
old colonial stock. He taught school.
studied medicine two years and learn
ed telegTsLphy when a young man,
working year or two as an operator
for the Western Union company. Just
after the Civil war he was appointed TO
the railway mail service and had run
from Omaha to Ogden for six years,
making his home at Omaha. He as
sisted in the reorganization OF the rail-
way mail service, which took him to
Washington, where he met Bell and
Hubbard and Joined them in developing
the telephone business.
Mr.. VAN owns a ranch of more than
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-04
THEODORE N. vAII-TELEpHoN US EXECUTIVE

The Vail party. including Theodore N.
Vail, president, Edward ]. Hall, vice
president of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company. members OF
their families and others of Boston who
are making a western tour, arrived in
this city today.
Mr.. Vail is one of the original tele-
phone men of this country. With Alex
ander Graham Bell and Gardiner q.
Hubbard he formed the first Bell COM
pany at Washington in 1875 This was
known as the Bell Telephone company.
He became its general manager. Later
he was prominent in organizing sue
cessively the National Bell Telephone
company, the American Bell Telephone
company and the American Telephone
and Telegraph company of which no
was the first president He retired from
the presidency after serving two or
three years. to engage in foreign en-
terprises, and became president of the
company again May l. 1907. At present
he is also president of the New York
Telephone company and of the West
ern Telephone and Telegraph company.
After getting the first organizations
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o. f. Whitney, while to his right sat
Priest. Kingsbury and members OF the
university faculty were seated at vari-
Gus tables. President ]. NJ. Young
made the opening address. He en-
phasized the Importance of university
training. All are better citizens who
20 out equipped with its influence and
ideals, he said and no more worthy
work can be done by the graduates
than the work of preaching the gos-
pei OF education. The idea of poverty
and limitation I'm regard to the uni
yersity must he atricken down. he as
serted. There cannot be too much
expended for the institution. IT has
many needs and Il should be the pride
and duty OF all citizens 10 make it
complete in all its equipment. To
the graduates he said that the love Of
the Alumni association follows them
throughout life. and their interests
will always be It's own. He closed
with the Introduction of the toast
master, o. j. Whitney, who responded
in a Witty speech which evoked rounds
of laughter ana applause.
THE ToSATMASTER'S REIGN.
Mr. Whitney referred TO the tact
Of the dean, Miss Lucy Van Colt, In
leaving him no alternative OF ne
cepting the present position by con-
NnclnB nm indL ne WAS the one
unanimous choice OF tho committee,
and his speech was play Of keen
wit upon his qualifications for the po-
sition,
Mr.. Frank Holman, winner OF tho
Rhoades scholarship, responded to the
toast, our University of Today" with
"A clever eulOgy upon the Institution.
but urging II 10 30 on, as there were
fields before It still for conquest. Ho
spoke Of the aims OF California TO estah-
llsh a great western law school, but be-
lleved such an institution rlghtfully be-
longod I'm Utah-an intermountain Local
ton being much more appropriate for Il
great western law center There Is also a
place for great medical school ana
other special institutions ana thero IS
no reaRon why Utah should not possess
them, said Mr.. Holman.
Miss Rachel Edwards responded 10
the toast "Reminiscences" She re-
viewed tho past history of the Univer-
Hity with references to Or. John II,
Park and other wen known instruc-
tors whose names evoked applause.
Miss Edwards paid a tribute 10 tho cf-
forts and loyalty OF those who laid the
foundation of the present University
She said the present ana future pros
poets OF tho University show that they
builded better than they knew
Mr.. Harold Con OF ReXburg, Ida, had
for his toast, AN Ounce NJ tany "
worth a ton of epitaphy' and responded
with an original poem In which ne
reviewed phases OF the topic Ia which
the passion Tor both taffy ana epltaphy
We're lllustratod-th fnal lines SUM
ming up the moral Of his clever poem
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-04
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Taylorsyille Public Schools Gather In
The Ward Westinghouse.

About 500 people were present at the
commencement exercises Of the Taylors-
Vile public schools which were held last
night at the Taylorsville ward house
The address TO the graduates was made
by j. u. Mauss and Miss Winnie Wal
lnco delivered the valedictory. The fol-
loving program was rendered lnyoea-
ton, Mahonri spencer, elnss oh4 Hen1
MON. recitation, Edith Curtis; duet
Glenn and June Bennion; class history
Steiia Richards, recitation, Daisy Mae
INV, school days, Marvin Bennion; song,
Verda and Eileen Parker class lass, poem poem
Winnie wallace. address to graduates.
. The following Is tho list OF sraddn u,
nes IiIlay. Mrytle BenTon, Marvin
Bennion. Mayme Edmond, Edith Cur
lis. Winnie Wallace Ray u nsllsSmho nH
hold stella Richards, Florence Bring
hurst, Bnrdott Bennion'
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CHORUS ON STRIKE.
Surprise Sprung on Harold orlob at
Seventeenth Ward Amusement Hail.

There was an lmpromptu number at
the Seventeenth ward amusement han
last night which was not down on the
program during tho rehearsal OF "rhe
Merry Grafters" After the first act
had been negotiated the company. con-
Kisting OF 30 well known young anna
tours apparently went on strike and
left the hall leaving Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Orob, Miss Edna Evans, Hugh
DougAll and some OF the principals
wondering what had been done 20 hurt
Any feelings. While they were still
cogitating. the chorus returned. bearing
mysterious packages, cases OF soda wa
ter and a large and assorted commls-
sary. They cirolad twice around the
hall. singing a parody ON one OF tho
songs OF the opera "Mr, Nowhousa,"
substituting Mr. Orlob' Tor the chorus
refrain From that time on the CONF
pany decided 20 make merry Yolun-