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Show 8 THE I SALT LAKE TIMES: SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1892 ' Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTEaf PER1 g ec. coffin IfHA JO 101 MED ? -- se te ai Mwtre co n E. C. Coffin We boPe Ton need Base Bnrner, mnd ask a careful inTestigation of the merit -- - Rsrd'JSfSrB Co of the "Howe Ventilator." We have Valentine's Fe:t Weather Strip and it is . g ' wise man who nses it generously about the house. We have Cool , - T E. C. Coffin Stoves and Ranges. Granite Ware, Tin Ware, Etc., Etc HiTdWarB 0(3 E. C. Coffin ry'overaIy HatSJg'stowsdC ll P Pfiflill XlOPf WQFD Pfl KardWarB Gfl k I X we have made prices on Stoves with f E. !. I II! I fill If 1 ll I III gE v f-- I view t0 8elling them a" JJ Ul UU1I111 IlUlUlllilU UU Hardware Co 3 James-Spencer-Batem-an Co. (Successors to David James St Co.) Stoves, Ranges, Hot-Ai-r --Furnaces. We Carry a Complete lane of Gem and Peninsular Stoves and Ranges, Gasoline and Oil Stoves, Tinware, Granite Ironware and House Furnishing Goods. Ms Savings Bant & Trust Company. Not. 1--3 Main Street. WILFORD WOODRUFF, President GEO. Q. CANNON, Vice-Preside- nt GEORGE M. CANNON, Cashier. Cash Capital, 1300,000. Cash Surplus, $200,000. Zion's Savings Bank is the oldest and largest 8 a v i n g s Institution in Utah. We pay interest on sums from $1 and upwards. Interest com. pounded four times a year. Our de-posits are greater than those of all other Savings Banks in Utah com-bined. -:- - We Desire Your Accounts. -:- - ........COALTER & SNELGROVE C0..... WEBER PpRlllpi ESTEY p,a.nos gi&wi or.ans Rich, Pure and Srm. iSSSSS 265,000 in use for pathetic Tone, With JAjH' Parlor, Chapel and Great Power. .... ' School. ..... 74 South Main Street. 74 South Main Street. WELLS-FARG- O CO.'S BANK. SaitLaka. m BtTTB aa4 sails exchange, makes ers on the Memphis principal cttlss of tae United Btatoe aad Vnrope, and an all point on too Pa--, cine Coast. iMues Utter of crodit aTallabla lav. the principal cities Bl the world. Special attan-uo- o given to the eelltnf of ores and ballioa. ss mads en con.IatameBt at lowest rates. Ftrttcnlar attentioa givsa to collections tkroojtb- -' at Utah, Ksvada and adjolnisf Territories. Ac-coa-sts solicited. COSS XSPOXpXFTS WsUa. Tmzo Co., London: Wetie, Targe Co., Ke York; Na- -' Uonat Bank of Uie Republic, Boetoa; First National bfintc, Denver; &tate TTstional Bank, lenver; Merchants' National Baak, Cnleoo; Boatmen's Bank, el Losia--; Wslis, Pargo Co.. Baa Francisco. J. . DOOtT. CaasXe. M'CORNICK&CO., BANKERS. m Salt Lake, 1678. A general benkiag feoeineas transacted. CUeotionipremrt;y mads on ail points in th Wsst and JorthweeC. Carefnl given to conlirnrant of oves and sal-lio- n. Kkchange and telegranhlo transfers on tae principal eU!e of the United Ststea aad hi Europe. COB SESFOIfDB 27TB New Tork, Importers' and Traders' KetionM Bank, KoonUe Bros .; C hicaeo, Cora memlal National Bsak; Omeha, Omaha Hutional Bank; ban Francisco, First National Bank: St. Louis, Raticaal Bank oi Cora meres; Kn.as City, KaUonal Bank of Kansas City, Firi NaUonal Bank, Americaa Uatioaal Bank ; Denver. T aver 'Uonal Br.-- k, City national Btak; Pueblo, First National Bank; d. Ore., First XtUonal Bsokj Loi.doa, Uardass Bask (limited), 6b Lotabara BtStKlt. tTR. JONES & CO., BANKERS. - 163 IZaia. (s S3rBars Ores and Bollion. THE NATIONAL Bank of the Republic. - 47 Kaia. Caittal, $500,000. Ttxllt Pais. Prank Knox, President; L. C. Sarrlck, Vice-Preside- J. A. Earls, Ca.fcia. Transacts a rraeral b&nsjBg traatnsea. Money leaned on iavora'ole terms. Aooants of mer-chants, individual, trass aad corporations so-licited. Five per cent interest paid 0a savings and time deposits. DIR X C TOP. 8 L. C. Ksrrlck, Kmil Kaha, W. K. medley, Frank Krsz, O. S. Holsnes, i. A. Earle, Geo. A. Lowe, H. L. A. Culmer, J. G. Sct&erland. NEW FAST FLIER BETWEEN Denver and St. Ixmls via the Burlington Rente. Schedule Time Leave Denver 9 a. m., ar-rive at St. Joseph 3:35 a. m., arrive at St. Louis 1:25 p. m. the following day; only ons night on the road. Leave St. Louis 1:40 p. m., arrive at Denver 8:15 p. m. the following day. These trains consist of ves-tibul- Pullman sleepers and chair cars and are simply "elegant" in all their appoint- ments. E. E. Walker, Gen. Ageat, 30 W. Second South st. Salt Lake City. J. Francis, G. P. and T. A., Omaha, Ne'b They Boat trie Record. - The Rio Grande Western train wklch left Salt Lake on Sunday morning at 8 a. ra. ar-rived at Denver at 7:30 a. m. aioaiay morn-ing, thus making the run between Salt Lake and Denver In twenty-thre- e hours and thirty minutes, surpassing all previous records of any regular train between these two cities. The Rio Grande Western people claim they can make this time with ease, comfort and safety, and were it any advantage to put passengers into Denver at an earlier hour they could arrange their schedule to do so. Their efforts for improving the service be-tween Utah and the Colorado metropolis hould be encouraged by all classes of trav-ler- s. Arcadian Waukesha Water. . L. W. Ditt-ma-agent. Telephone 384. 1 Ragged ..Edges S On your Clothing don't improve your appear- - r ance one bit. Man takes cold, see the c Physician. ST Clothes get ragged, see ZI? the Tailor. That's us. u y H Chicago Tailors, 2r 18 E. First South St. - AMUSEMENTS. SALT LAKE TilEiTM Chas. 8. Bcsxok, Manager. ' t' t - faSMDAY, OCT. 28 The Transcontinental Triumph, YON YONSON A distinct Dramatic departure, ill net rated by GUS HEEGE, And capable companion players, including tho Famed Lumbermen's Quartette. Sumptuous Scenic Surprises, the-Breakin-of the Log Jam, the Lum-ber Camp in Midwinter, the Funny Irishwoman, the Comical Swede. Prices 25 e, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Secure your seats. KBXT ATTRACTION HILTON AXD DOLIilE OBlliS. TUESDAY, Nov. 1 A Son of Thespis. WEDNESDAY; Nov. 2 For Bevenne Only. IT IS CHEAPER TO KEEP W. J. MONTGOMERY Buys axxd Sells Mining &WaterStock Office 166 Main. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL, SALT LAKE. Capital (fully paid) $300,000 Surplus 42,300 General Banking in All Its Branches Issues certificates oT deposit payable on demand bearing interest if lett specified time. Sells drafts and bills of exchange on all the principal cities of the United fltaten and Europe. Geo. M. Downey, President; W. P. Noble, Vice-Preside- Thomas Marshall, Second t; John W. Donnellan, Cashier. Dtrkctors F. H. Anerbach, Jno. J. Daly, D. J. Salisberr, Moylan C. Fox, Thomas Marshall, W. P. Noble, George M. Downey, John W. Don-nella- n, Hdwin Kimball. UNK)N NATIONAL BANK. Successor to Walker Bros., Bankers. Established 180. Capital (folly paid), $400,000; earploa, 4a, ooo. United 6tates Depository. Transacts a general banking business. BafO eeyoelt vaalta flra aad snrglar proof. I. K. Walker. President; M. H. Walks, Vice-Preside- It. J. Cheesman, Ctsnler: L. H. fnmswerth, As.intant Cahier; i. Ja. Waltasr, Jr.. Assistant Cask!. 6. H. SCHETTLER. Whe does a General Banking BaaieeM AT NO. 60 MAIN STREET, (Opposite the Co-op- .) and pays interest oa dartres roar acconnts. A CUSTOMER THAN TO MAKE ONE. By giving our patrons first class Printing at the prices they have been paying for in-ferior work we find no trouble in holding their business. We have also contracted the habit of paying particular attention to our customers' individual ideas and tastes, It may not be strictly in accordance with old-sty- le printing office rules, but our customers like it and Going East? The Colorado Midland has coma to Utah, and in connection w ith the Rio Qrande West-ern is undoubtedly now the popular line east. Runs the fastest trains, has the finest scenery and makes connections at Colo-rado Springs and Denver with the fastest trains In the west for Chicago, St. Louis, New York, etc. Ticket office at 300 Main street. Cultivated palates demand Royal Crystal Salt. Dr. W. C. Peaslee, rooms 1 and 4, Com-mercial block. Residence 433 East First South street. Strictly limited to office and consultation practice. , a . Royal Crystal Salt even in grain as the sand in an hour glass. Ifyou want to sorrow money, go direct to headquarters. 8xv J. awrox. Room 'ii Hooper Block. 'Impure salt retards digestion, impoverishes ths blood, sours the stomach and injure the kidneys." United State Iispenary. Why use it, when you can buy Koyil Cryntnl Salt, guar-anteed 100 per cent pure, at the same pries as in-ferior goods ? -, Wanteij A first-clas- s stone carver at once. Elias Morris & Co., Corner Main aad South Temple. "Whose your tailor?" Try Buckle fc Son, Main St., opposite Walker house. .e SUHGEEN reXtett Living mnd Reader. . QAUDOnil Th Sfrtmnett Man Alice Th 10c - ADMISSION - lOo People's Opera House Commercial Street. oencingMay, OCt. 24tll. FRANK J. DYER'S Solid Attractions, INCLUDING .... MEEKER & MACE, GRACIE ROBINSON and PEARL ARDINE in New Specialties. Popular Prices, 25 and 50 Cts. The Popular Rqdte. To ALL POINTS EAST Only one change of jjtPlSftL Car" frm Utah to fgMp Kansaa City or St. JyT Louis Elegant Pullman Buffet ih--r4 Sleeping Cars, and Free Reclining Chair Cars Be sure your ticket reads via MISSOURI TACIFIC RAILWAY II. O. TOWNSENlf, Gen. Paea. & Ticket Agent, St. Louis. &. F. nXRRAII, O. F. &P. A, 161 South Main. Salt Lake City. 'Of. --iL kj o o A PLUCKY PROCEEDING To soil oar Fall and Winter Cletbiag at price so oat of proportion to tkakr value. In this case the disproportion is all in favor of the boyer, bat our courage is equal to the smergsncy. It is sometimes desirable in the coarse of trade to remove tho plumage from competition and reveal haw deceptive things nuvy be in the nast-- .tor of size. We always sell oar 'goods at the naked value on the idea that quick sales, small profile and a large business are in natural accord. We have many surprises in store for you, to enjoy which it will be neces-sary to visit ear establishment and in-spect the many new things we are offer, ing. 0SK PRICE. J. P. GARDNER, 141 Main Street W C 111 111 11 fXKA V ctll LdCUUi, You have anything in our line ' CALL andSEE US and may be we can do something for you, , THE 3 Irrigation Age nmm house, 22, 24 and 26 West 3RD. Sq Teleplione 149. Arcadian Waukesha V.'ater. L. W. Ditt-ma- n. Agent. Telephone 3S4. E3EW STOCK!--w of Z Clocks . w and i H Novelties in Z - Silverware t h Just in. I -- i J.S.Jensen, i wj Jeweler, Z It! 22 East Z 1st South St. w Also agent for the famed J" Victor Bicycle. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. j- - - J Is ' 1S90. At the time of the sale the horse was eligible as a competitor for the Futurity, but the question is was he sold with this The appellate court says that it fails to find any evidence in the record to support the conclusion that the colt was sold with this enijaement. It develops that the principal business of the racing board of the League of American wheelmen which for four days was in ses-sion in Chicago, was to suppress news in which the public are interested. The records passed upon were public property. In addi-tion to the Johnson and VVindle cases, already referred to, the board has decided these cases: J. P. Blifs, who entered and rode iu c!a races in Baltimore when he had no right to enter, was suspendedfor sixty days. Roy Keaton of the .Lincoln Cycling club of Chicago was suspended indefinitely pending investigation as to a mature stand-ing. Regarding the cases supposed to be pending against the cracks of the East noth-ing at al! could be learned. Before leaviug Chicago Colonel Burdetle, president of the racing board, said that he was unalterably opposed to cash prizes. He declared that if a cash prize league was formed the men who raced would be declared professionals and never reinstated. FITZ AS AN ACTOR. Lanky Bob Winning: Fame on the Stage. $6000 FOR A TWO-MINUT- E MILE. The Owner of Xancy Hanks Offers That Ham to Any Horse That Can IShow Such Speed Willie Windle's Records Approved, "While John-eon'- s Is Iec!nred Xot to Be Ac-rordl- ng to Rule The Latest tsport-In- u Kewa All the noted prizefighters have turned actors in these days, and from the criticisms of the leading journals it is evident that Jim Corbett actually possesses intrinsic abil-ities of no common order. Sullivan is uni-versally admitted to be a duffer on the stage., but Bob Fitzsimmons, the latest stage aspirant,' seems to be close behind Corbett. Speaking of his appearance in New Orleans, Bantam says: Robert Fitzsimmons made his debut as an actor iu this city last Sunday night to an audience conspicuous for its small numbers. That Fitzsimmons is a conscientious pugil-istic actor is a fact that defies contradiction. It has been proven in San Francisco and this city that he is a hard worker in the ring, not a hard worker literally speaking, for no man has yet been found to make him work hard in the roped arena, but a conscientious performer. That he tries to please all who go to see him do his little rejuvenated J.oe Murphy horse-shoein- g act goos without say-ing. I don't like to say that there wasn't a lurge enough audience at Bob's play last Sunday night, for that would reflect badly en a people who have never been loath to pay tribute to whom tribute is due. Now Fitzsimmons as a fighter, when pitted against a man of reasonable reputation, could till the Olympic club's amphitheatre to the dome with enthusiastic spectators, but as an actor Robert is no relation to a mustard plaster in the matter of drawing. However Fitzsimmons may be regarded as ao actor by the New Orleans people, the fact still remains that he has always given them their money's worth when they viewed Lim in the ring, while it is also a fact that worse shows and actors of Bob's equal have done well here. Fitzsimmons does not pre-tend to be able to act much on the stage, but he claims and actually does play weil the small oart which falls to the lot of the heroic blacksmith. Bob has been greatly maltreated by some critics, but on the level, alien and ail that he is, he has never been found wanting in anything that he has yet undertaken, and before the saaw flies ho is very likely to develop histrionic ability in sufficient quantity as to make his enemies gro'.v greeu with envy. Iu the matler of reading his lines, Long Bob can give John L. Sullivan cards aud spades and beat him at that; whether Jim Corbett will learu the art of reading before I next nee him remains to be seen. Certain it is Corbett Is the most intelligent of the three acting pugilists, but he will have to hustie if he expects to read better than the Australian iu tue same space of time that Fitz has been studying. $(iOOO I'Oli A TWO-MINUT- E KILE. The Owner of Nancy Haobs OrT.rs That Sum to the Horse That Shows It. Nancy Hanks, the peerless queen of the trotting turf, is owned by J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston. Forbes, who startled the world by paying 5125,000 for the horse Arion, offers to give $0000 to the first horse which during the next five years will trot a mile in two minutes on a regulation track. Of this amount $8000 wiil go to the owner and a like amount to the driver. Forbes stipulates that the trial is to be made under the rules of the National association, and that he is to he notified beforehand so that he can be present or sand a representative. The trial ib to bo made on t track east of the Mis-sissippi river and is open only to horses in the :05 class. Forbes says "I take it for granted that the hore that will make a 2:00 record will coma to it by successive 6tages, and before the five years have passed there may be. several horses that have a record of 2:05 or better, and it will be from one of ihf se thai the two-minu-mark will be reached, and not by some 2:10 horse suddenly attaining phenom-enal speed ou the day of trial. A further reason for opening this purse to the 2:05 class alone, is in order that I shall not re-ceive constant notices of trials to b. made by over-sangni- u owners whose horses have really no chance of trotting in two minutes,." Forbes further says that Uie conditions gov-erning the S5000 purse offered by Robert Bonner were not complied with, and no claim should be made for it. He stipulated that the mile should be made on one of the grand circuit tracks, and that he should be notified in time to be present. This was not done, and Forbes waives all claims to the money. WINDLE'S RECORDS APPF.OTED. Johnson's Independence, la., Record De-clared to Be Not According to Rnles. The national racing board of the League of American Wheelmen, which was in ses-sion for two days at the Great Northern hotel, Chicago, concluded its sitting Satur-day. It was decided that the records made by W. W. WIndle of Mllbury, Mass., for the ' one mile flying start made in 2:023-- 5 against time, and the one mile standing start of 8:05 3-- together with his two miles in 4:28 3-- the flying half-mil- e in 0:57 4-- and the five-mil- e record in 11:41, be accepted by the board. J. S. Johnson's record of 1:56 3-- 5 for one mile, made at. Inde-pendence, la., on a kite shaped track, paced by a running horse with screen, was returned on the ground that the application was not in eonformity with the rules. It was the sentiment of the board that when the application is brought before it in proper shape, it wiil be accepted as a special record in a class by itself. The board also considered a number of revisions in the racing rules looking to the more thorough control of cycle racing for the next year. A joint meeting of the executive committee and the racing board was also held for the purpose of considering the question of the international championship. It was decided that the championship race would undoubt-edly he held in Chicago. Sporting Spllnteis. Boston Johnny Murphy has arrived in New York from San Francisco, fis is after a match with any 115-poun- d man. Fights between such men as Corbett and Mitchell, Hall and Fitzsimmons, would likely he long drawn out affairs. The betting on tho Choynski-Godfre-fight Is now in favor of the former in the East The odds now are $1000 to $750. The attendance at the bicycle races in Chi-cago on Friday numbered over 30,000, the largest crowd ever gathered at such an event in this country. Jack McAuliffe has agreed to box Dick Burge a four or six-roun- d go for the receipts of the house if the English light-weig-comes to this country. M. J. Kennedy tips Choynski as the win, ner in his fight with Godfrey, which comes off next Monday night. Mr. Kennedy bet $50 on even terms this morning. The proposition to have the Yale-Harvar- d race rowed at Chicago next year meets with favor of the Yale men, and the matter will probably be satisfactorily arranged. A prize fight between Jack Welsh of Peo-ria, 111., and Jack Hayes of Omaha occurred at an early hour Sunday morning. It was hotly contested op to the tenth round, when Welsh succeeded in knocking Hayes out. The Electioneer mare Coral, that broke down in a race with McKinney at Stockton, Cat., last year, was patched up and given a time record of 2:18 last week. She is a sister to Anteeo and Aatlvolo, and her per-formance gives Columbia three representa-tives in the 2:20 list. The general term of the superior court of New York has decided that Edward Corri-gan'- s colt Horenv should not have partici-pated in the Futurity race run on August 29, 1S91, and it reverses the order which Judge McAdam granted directing the Coney IeJand Jockey club-- to permit she colt to enter the race. This, however, does not end the ac-tion, which is sliil pending- over the matter. Corrigan purchased the colt on April -- 4, V r" Took the floor, unsieadily held it. "If Ypsisccteh shinks she takes the pot" (And wild with rage he yelled it) "Ypeiotonvush isblank-bi- a i:c rot." And three drummers twisted each other's hair, And Babel's riot is weak to mention. The town arose and the fire-bell- s rang. But rhyme is a weak invention, To rirg the changes on polyglot words With three such names beer tangled, As nnd And Znn-ti-os- h and In such a conglomerate wrangle. They xusned thein off to the cooling'pen, The towh. in an uproar, leading, And all night long through the iron bars Rnehed the three names, torn and bleeding. T as 'Scotsh-ma-zo- o and o, T you, Zanti, I'm a Yaila-ma-scbs- h from Zoo-ma-lo- Zip-ban- you see my ante?" The le'.ls rang out and the i ngines came, But they could not drown tneir splutters, And a broken alphabet deluged the town And clogged the sewers and gutters. So, here's a health to Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti and Ushkoeh ditto; The pigs in clover and beer mixed in - Can't beat that triangular lingo. Samples From Many Grips. The gripper with novelties is the coming KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP Old Bob Campbell's Adventure with a Monkey. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT." The Trials and Tribulations or Three Travelers Related in Verse The lespsealIe Trlclt of a Chicago Dnmnicr Nam pies from 31 an y Grips and Personalities. Every old-tim- e merchant in the inter, mountain country knows "Old Bob" Camp-bell, and will be pleased to learn that he is still hale and hearty and evidently good for auother half century in this vale of tears. Many amusing stories in which he is the hero are still told by the boys, the most pop-ular being the monkey yarn Charley Bell is so fond of relating. It appevrs that a good many years ago when "Bob," young and frisky, was cavort-ing through the section of the country trib-utary to the Mississippi, he fell in with a crowd of kindred spirits in the town of Cape Giradeaux, Mo., a place known to latter-da- y fame as the birthplace of Sarah AHhea and as was always the case, "Bob" soon became the life of the party. Ills jokes, quips and autics kept the boys in hot water, but do what they could they al. ways came out at the small end of the horn About dawn they, all more or less in a jaggy state, departed for their couches, "Bob" making a bee-lin- e for "home" and oblivion The others decided, however, "to have one more ball,"' and while on the way to the nearest rotisserie encountered an Italian and his "monk" trudging wearily on his way to pastures new. A happy thought 6truck the boys and a moment later they "owned" the monkey for an hour and the Italian was gazing in rap-ture at a five-doll- bill. The "ball" was foreotten and the party made their way to "Bob's" room and carefully piloted Mr. Monkey into it through a convenient tran-som and patiently waited for the finale. It was not long in coming, for "Bob" was in that not very happy state of mind which a too-fre- e indulgence in the bowl is very apt to produce, and soon espied the monkey, who made himself at home and finally perched on the footboard of the bed. "Bob" believed that it was a case of d. t. and re-solved to fight the delusion. So he tried to stare the phantom out of countenance, but the animal instead set up a chatter which placed the traveler's nerve on an edge. Finally he could stand it no longer and ex-claimed: "You look like a monkey; but if you ain't I'll gamble you're a s of a b !" He hurled a bootjack at the head of the vis-itor, who the next moment fell to the lloor a corpse. "Bob's" aim was true and a howl of laughter from the outside apprised him that he was the victim of a trick. The con-spirators were not so hilarious when the Italian demanded and received $30 for poor Jock The story has been told on "Bob" hun-dreds of times and has been invariably met with: "Barkeep, set 'em up again!" man. The World's fair will be the greatest sam-ple display on earth. Charley Bell's recent trip to Montana was a very successful.one. Utah woolen fabrics find a ready sale in the Pacific coast marts. Advertising fakirs are preparing to reap the usual holiday harvest. Commercial travelers of Chicago have or-ganized a Republican club. Business lias resumed its normal condition since lair and conference week. Lower freight rates meets a dimunition in the ranks of the resident drummers. In all d cities the sample room has taken the place of the case. A commercial traveler , is no longer con-sidered "in it" unless he sports a f. P. A. badge. John Nathan, a well-know- n New York traveling man, is interviewing his custom-ers in this vicinity. Judging from the number of orders he has sent in, Charley Bell is doing a land-offic- e business in Montana. Iu another month the traveling drummers will retire from the road. Like other mor-tals they do not hanker after cold weather. It is no longer considered good form to lutj a sample case from' Btore to store. The salesman who does it brands himself a jay. Portland, Or., once the traveling drum-mer's paradise for "averaging," now has a small army of the fraternity resident there. The world do move. - The shorter the trip, the better it is, in a financial way, to the average drummer. A good trade in three towns is better than skirmishing in thirty. . All the furniture of the old Continental is being auctioned off this week. The drum-mer who visits Zion in the gentle springtime will miss the homelike structure. The grand lodge of tie United Commercial Travelers for the state df Kansas was insti-tuted at Salina, Kan., on the 15th last, by Past Grand Counselor J." A. KimbalL St. Paul drummers now control the trade of the Puget sound country. In the not very distant past the San Francisco gripper owned all that section of the footstool. John C. Siegfried of the San Francisco tea firm of Siegfried & Brandenstein passed through Zion Monday en route East, ilis firm last year imported 52,139 packages of tea frdm the Orienti.t Commercial men rarely accumulate a com-petency. In their youth they spend other people's money so freely that as they ap-proach the sere and yellow stage it has be-come part and parcel of their nature. Charley Bell and wife go East tomorrow morning. Their travels will take them to all the principal cities of the Atlantic sea-board and to tbose lying between the Alleghanies and the Mississippi. Charles Dietz, the Chicago representative of the Merrill Drug company of Cincinnati, has brought suit for divorce against his wife on the ground of infidelity. A witness tes-tified that Dietz paid him money to be found I in a compromising position with the woman. "The Sods of the Shirt." Drummers are noted for leing actors in experiences 60 lively that an ordinary lay-mt- n couW not begin to weather, but one of the funniest on record concerns a modest drummer who related it on condition that hi3 name be supDressed. He now carries three dozeu laundried shirts with him when he is on the road, but in order to guard against accident he divides them among half a dozen grips and trunks. Why he does this can be learned from the following o'er true tale: "Last summer," said he, "I reached At-lantic, Iowa, the abiding-plac- e of my best girl. My trunk failed to connect, an expect-ed remittance did not arrive, and there I was, stuck, without money to buy a change of linen, and the young lady expecting me to tea. I had nothing to do, so conceived the brilliant idea of remaining in my room and sending my linen to my laundry with a quick-tim- e order. I did so, and in ten minutes the porter rapped at the door and told me that Miss was in the parlor with a number of other young ladies waiting for me. "I took the porter into ray confidence, and he went down and bawled out that 'Mistab couldn't come down cos he done sent his shirt to do wash.' Then the girls pounded on the piano and aang 'The Song of the Shirt.' At this juncture the laundry kid came to the foot of the stairs and yelled out that "the boss say he can't git that are shirt done afore tomorrer.' Well, I wrapped the sheet around me and strode up and down my room, engaged in silent prayer, while the girls in the parlor howled like a female boarding school on a holiday. There was a rap at the door, and the laundry kid, with a suspicious grin, handed in a bundle. "The boss was mistaken and the troubles were at an end. I got into the clothes, but they were evidently not mine. The gar- ments had a lot ot tizgag trimming round the bottom. They were roomy enough, but the room was not in the right place. A man who would wear such things, except on compulsion, should be made an example of. The 6hlrt was cut low at top and bottom, bad a fretwork bosom and no sleeves. I thought perhaps it was a new style just im-ported from Posey county; got Into it, tied a handkerchief around my neck and was preparing to descend when an old maid boarder at the hotel came to inform me that her laundry had been delivered at my room by mistake. She was in a hurry for it, and insisted that I hand it oat at 'once. As I could not do so she alarmed the house with a cry of 'thieves' and the city marshal broke into my room at the head of a mob while I was trying to find my way out of thatlinger-in- g eternity of a shirt." Three Drummers. Three drummers met, as drummers will, Who over the country traveled, Oshkosh, Ypbilanti, Kalamazoo, And stories they unraveled. They talked as only such can talk, Ot houses they represented, Then compliments in shape of beer They one and all presented. They drank to the health of tLeir houses first, Then separately to each other; Th) landlord and cook and chambermaid and each wandering, straggling brother. They praifed their towns. 'I lien Oshkoeh rose, And bowing to Ypsilanti, "Her'sh healtn name beats 'em all, Klamersrh" er ihu can't ante." Ypsilanti rose, for his pride wae touched, That his town such praise ehiukd win it; "She's ll right and er-e- r rise to resplain. That Kallermasco&h ain't in it " Then Kalamazoo, with feelings hurt, TRACK AND TRAIN. The Long1 anil Short Haul Question Settled BY A DECISION MADE BY BREWER The 'Lincoln" Car to Be Sent to the World's Fair A Xew Railroad Em-ployes' Optimization President Clark. Talks, But Says JLittle Happen Insrs of the Week Throush-ca- t the Country, aad Ileadllsht Flashes From J'ar and Xear. A creat deal of interest is being taken among shippers in regard to Judge Brewer's decision in the Iowa cases, regarding the interstate commerce law. That decision practicslly renders void section 4, relating to the long and short haul. The decision of Judge Brewer's declares the section to be without force, which settles the matter so far as the courts are concerned. A through line from Chicago to San Francisco is made up of several different corporation?, mak-ing connections only for their own con-venience, and each has a right to make aud maintain its local rates. According to the decision one corporation can. not be held reasonable for the charges of another on the route, whether the haul be long or rhort, so long as a consignment passes from the possceiion of one common carrier to an-other, en route. - This decision is of great importance to shippers and operators of rail-road lines, and will probably put an end to any differences between them. The Lincoln Car. The old "Lincoln" car is to be sent to the World's fair by the Union Pacific oiUcials. Thi3 relic of the rebellion has been doing service in the wrecking department in Colo-rado for the past six years. It was built during President Lincoln's administration by the Pennsylvania Railway company for United States presidents to oc-cupy especially, aud in its day was the finest car in America. The first time that it wa3 used the president's remains were taken from Washington to his home in Illi-nois. Later the Union Pacific, in buying up second-han- d cars for its Western service, ob-tained possession of this car. For a while it was attached to a mixed freight train on the Colorado Central, and, being racked from being turned over several times, was rele-gated for use by the wrecking crew. President Clark Talks. President Clark of the Union Pacific is in Denver. To a reporter he said he did not think there would be any great changes in the tariff between Colorado 'cities and Mis-souri river points. He had no information to give out in regard to railway matters west of Salt Lake, and did not confirm the report that Gould was interested in the Salt Lake & San Francisco road. Notes. The world's rai.roads are worth $30,000,-00- 0, The Rock Island is making better net earnings this year than last. The Denver & Rio Grande taxes for this year will amount to $25,000. J. A. Monroe has been appointed freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific. Bnrlinirton officials are confident that the September statement will show an increase of $300,000 in then et. The capital stock aad funded Indebted-ness of the Pittsburg A Western railroad has been increased to the amount of $1,500,000. It is now reported from New York that Henry Villard ha practically no voice in Northern Pacific affairs other than that of a trusted adviser. The engineers of the Kansas City division of the Fort Scott have organized a new di-vision, No. 502, of the Brotherhood of Loco-motive Engineers. Eastern roads are removing their crossroad placards with signs reading", '"Look Out For the Cars," and replacing them with signs reading, "Stop! Look! Listen!" The Pennsylvania has absorbed the Terra Haute & Peoria. The latter road will issue $3,500,000 in bonds to take up outstanding bonds and secure a new equipment. The rush of passenger traffic caused hy the World's fair dedicatory exercises has greatly interfered with the business of the freight departments of the Chicago lines, and It is doubtful if the increased passenger earnings will compensate the road for the decrease in freight earnings. Millions of dollars are being expended by the railroads centering in Chicago in pre-parations for the expected increase of busi-ness during the World's fair. Upward of 1500 new passenger coaches and over 400 new engines have been ordered constructed and delivered prior to May 1, 1893, and all the car works and locomotive shops in the coun-try are running overtime to fill the orders. A new organization of railroad employes has been formed which combines life and accident insurance with building and loan association features. It is called the "Rail-way Employes' Industrial Banking Union" and is officered by men who have the confi-dence of the entire railroad world. The in-tention is to furnish a means of saving money which may amount to a sufficient sum in old age to render the member inde-pendent of other help. |