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a 4 4 4 3 BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1903. BASKETBALL LEAGUE READY FOR BUSINESS, First Game Will Be Played at Ortner's on Tuesday, January 5--Other Games in Sight. HERE FOR REAL SPORT. CHAMPION GERMANS BACK IN BUFFALO. Played Three Basketball Games In Two Days and Won All of Them -Next Game With Cornell Here en Saturday Night.

team returned home this The German Y. M. C. A. basketball.

the best condition after A. hard trip. The team left Buffalo on Thursday night, arriving at Wilmerding Friday noon. At 3 o'clock the team met the Welmerding Y. M.

C. A. quintet. The long ride told on the Buffalo team, for it was 10 minutes before they scored. The Germans, however, soon got started, and then it was only a case of how many points.

The score at the end of the first half was Buffalo 31, Wilmerding 4. The Germans resorted to close guarding in the second half and the home team failed to score while the Bisons added 18 more points. Final score: Buffalo 49, Wilmerding 4. Immediately after the game the team left for Allegheny, arriving at 9 o'clock. A crowded house greeted the teams when they appeared on the floor.

At 9:30 the game was called. Manchester took the lead at the start and scored 7 points in minutes. The home rooters went wild with joy. Just 11 minutes had elapsed when the Germans scored a goal. By hard uphill work the Buffalo team soon tied the score at 8 to 8.

This gave the Bizan team confidence, and they scored 9 more points before the Arst half ended: Buffalo 17, Manchester 8. In the second half there was nothing to the game but Buffalo, and the home rooters sat there with their mouths open and their eyes bulging out, watchIng the pride of Allegheny going down to defeat rapidly. The second half ended: Buffalo 18, Manchester 2. Final score: Buffalo 85, Manchester 10, The team at Indiana on Saturday night. arrived, floor Is a very large one and very slippery.

The Germans worked like demons and soon took the lead, The spectators gave the Germans a hand at every play, and there were many sensational goals scored. The score at half time was: Buffalo 19, Indiana 8. In the second half the Bisons showed up well and scored 16 points to Indiana's 4. The final score: Buffalo 35, Indiana 12. The Buffalo team was well treated at all the places, and their plucky playing was admired by players and spectators.

But five made the trip, Rohde, Maler, Hurdt, Faust and Miller, and this little band, with their confidence and bulldog grit, made a record to be proud of. Prof Carl Burkhardt and Hugh Lamble of Wilmerding looked after the team's interest at the Pennsylvania towns. The Germans are certainly playing a remarkable game and their endurance and confidence is greatly responsible for this, combined with the harmony of team work. The team has played games this year, winning all of them, as follows: Buffalo, 55; Bradford, 15; Buffalo, 57: Jamestown, 10; Buffalo, 30: Hamilton, 12; Buffalo, 49; Wilmerding, 4: Buffalo, 35; Manchester, 12; Buffalo, Indiana, 10. Total-Buffalo, 259; opponents, 63.

On Saturday night, Jan. 9th, Cornell University will play the Germans at the gymnasium at Genesee and Davis streets. Cornell has one of the best college teams and will come prepared to down the local champions. BREEZY TOPICS FOR THE AUTOMOBILSTS. BERLIN, Dec.

has been definfor the James Gordon will itely decided that the automobile, races take place June 17, 1904. With the wind ripping things off at 60 miles an hour and with blinding snow hustling through the air, the automobile driver was still very much in evidence in Buffalo yesterday. When It comes to automobiles it would seem that nothing can stop 'em. Arrangements factories are where being motor made in bicy- a number clog are made to build racing machines for the Florida races and some novel and very fast machines will result. One factory is secretly at work on a fourcylindered machine of large power and Oscar Hedatrom is known to be constructing a two-cylindered engine.

The motor bicycles are eligible in the freefor-all races, which are found on each day's programme, and in addition to these there are special contests open to bicycles only. The motorcycle will travel quite as fast as many of the automobiles and in handicap races will have a show against the four-wheelers. The free-for-all contests will be made additionally Interesting by presence of the bicycles in the ranks of competitors and there will be a race within every free-for-all contest. When William K. Vanderbilt, enters the garage where he stores his automobile every one is ready to serve him, but he wants no extra service, being only too willing to do all of the work on his machine himself, even to lying down on his back and crawling under to work on the machine.

One of the men who was formerly connected with a garage, at which 'Mr. Vanderbilt has a car, said recently: "When he entered the garage the manager at once rubbed his hands and looked anxiously for work to be done on his machine. I have seen Mr. Vanderbilt call attention to something needed, and then be- fore the manager could even call any one to. work strip off his coat and go dinthe to do it himself." Mr.

Vanderbilt, in spite of his millions, is very democratic and not at all averse to dirtying his hands with work on his machine. He carries an expert with him, but oftentimes does the work himself for the mere pleasure of working. Who is the greatest American driver, Barney Oldfleld or William K. Vanderbilt, The question is being asked now-a-days by every one. Many claim that Vanderbilt is the greatest driver and point to the fact that he has entered for the Florida Beach races, going Into every open contest without quescare to risk his reputation against Vantion, while Oldfield a has withheld his entry, It is said a that Oldfleld does not derbilt on the straightaway course, being certain that the young millionaire will not meet him on the track where the Oldfield colors are supreme.

Vanderbilt has never ridden where a gate has been charged except once when he went in at Newport to make the meet a success after he had himself worked in the promoting of it. Oldfleid has the opportunity at the Florida meet to show himself champion, but says himself that he will not go unless the management makes it worth his while. This W. J. Morgan says that he will not do and Oldfleld will be compelled to pay his own way or remain away.

Charles Tangeman will. not compete himself in Florida. Should he be able to get a Flat car here in time, Mr. Tangeman will also bring across one of the men who drive for the Fiat Company In Italy. Mr.

Tangeman does not desire to follow up automobile racing and belleves that were he to win in Florida he would be compelled to do more riding after that meet. The wishes of his parents alone keep him out of the races. His ability to drive a car is a sore temptation to him to take part in these straightaway races, NEWEST GOSSIP OF THE HARNESS HORSES. The Canadian ice racing season opens next week. Robert Bever, the well-known local trainer, Is to take a try at the game.

He has one or two that can step some. from Memphis say that Millard Sanders is well satisfied with that winter training point, and do not long for Callfornia. Mr. Sanders is nicely settled in a private cottage. M.

W. Savage. who owns Dan Patch, has recently purchased a bunch of broodmares, six of which are producers of 2:10 speed. The lot Includes: Belle, dam of Indiana, Clara dam of Joe Pilot, Maude, dam of Martha Marshall, Argosa, dam of Argetta, Columbine, of Capt. Brino, Dolly Swift, dam of The Swift, William B.

Rogers, the well-known trainer, who was badly hurt in a smash-up last summer, is now at the Oleas track, and is as well as ever. He expects to have a good stable of horses next year. Ed Geers will have the good pacer, Maj. 2:04, in his stable next year. George E.

Lattimer, one of Buffalo's best known horsemen, will go to California in January, to remain three months. Mr. Lattimer intends spending most of the time in Los Angeles. John Kinney, who is located at Hornellsville, has about 60 head of horses under his supervision. Many of them are speedway stars owned by Hornellsville business men.

Mr. Kinney recently sold the trotter Clarendon, to R. H. Roundtree of Brooklyn. Ed Baker, one of the Jewettville trainers.

worked the pacing mare, India, by Favora, a mile In one day last week. Ed Geers is in the city, spending the holidays with his family. Mr. Geers Is well satisfied with his prospects for next year. He has no less than seven horses without records that have already shown Baseball Small Talk.

Stallings' baseball regiment has two new recruits in the pereons of John McMillan from Pleasantville, and James Limrie from Akron, O. They are both pitchers. Stallings now has enough twirlers on hand to make 8 whole ball team of them. The Eastern for the 4th of There is much be sprung in the committee 1s chairman. League meeting is down January In New York.

Interest as to what will the way of a circuit by of which Mr. Stallings Manager Stallings has received the can only make as much one noise a8 his signed contract of Oty Clymer. If he predecessor, "Derby Day. BIll," there will be lively times on the coaching lines next season. One thing seems certain and that is that there will be enough new faces on the Bleon team next year to keep the fans busy getting acquainted for come time.

testants to wheel man in barrow. The training dates are as follows: Monday, 28, 4 to 5 and 7 to 08 P.M. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday, Dec.

30, 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Thursday, Dec. 31, 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M.

Friday, Jan. 1, 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Saturday, Jan. 2, 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 P.

M. Monday, 4, 4 and 7 to M. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 4 to 5. and 7 to 8 P.

M. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 4 to 5 and 7 to 3 P. M. Friday, Jan.

8, games 8:15 P. Entries positively close Saturday evening, Jan. 2, 10 o'clock sharp, WESTERN NEW YORK BASKETBALL LEAGUE. A dispatch from Rochester states that A Western New York Basketball League has been formed in that city which will consist of the Central and German Y. M.

C. A. teams of Buffalo, the North Tonawanda Y. M. C.

the Central Y. M. C. A. of Rochester and the 74th RegIment A.

A. of Buffalo. There should be lively sport in this organization. FORBES AND ATTELL MATCHED TO FIGHT. CHICAGO, Dec.

Forbes of Chicago and Abe Attell, the Callfornia featherweight, who claims the 122-pound championship of the world, have been matched to fight ten rounds before the Indianapolis (Ind.) Athletic Club on Jan. 4. The men will meet at 122 pounds, ringside weight, for a purse of $1500. Straight rules will govern. THE FIRST BLUE STOCKINGS.

Quaint Origin of the Name Which Now Stands for the Intellectual Persuasion of Women. The term "blue stocking" originated in connection with reunions in London and elsewhere about 1750, in the time of Dr. Johnson, whose blographer, Boswell, says that these 80- cieties were known 88 "blue stocking clubs." Mrs. Montagu and other promoters of these novel reunions exeried themselves to substitute for card playing, which then prevailed at evening parties, more Intellectual recreations, in which eminent men of letters were Invited to take part. Prominent among these were Benjamin Stillingfleet, who habitually appeared in stockings of blue worsted instead of the usual black silk.

He so excelled in conversation that when he was absent it was a common thing to say, "We can do nothing without the blue stockings." The coterie was called the "Blue Stocking Society" in consequence of this. Another explanation is, according to Lady Crewe, that themselves, at Mrs. Montagu's parties, "wore blue stockings as a distinction" in imitation of a fashionable French visitor, Mme. Pollgnac. Hannah More in her poem, "Bas written in 1781, divides among Mrs.

Montagu, Mrs. Vesey and Mrs. Boscawen the credit of having, by the invention of "blue stocking" assemblies, rescued the fashionable life from the tyranny of whist and Pearson's Weekly. Funeral of Ex-Premier, Rome, Dec. of telegrams of condolence have been received by the family of former, Premier Zanardelli, who died Saturday, Including one from King Victor manuel, in which his majesty said that Italy had lost one of her best sons-one who had dedicated all of his life to promoting the greatness of his country.

The king will be represented at the funeral of Zanardelli Wednesday by his cousin, the Count of Turin. Remains of James Smithson. Genoa, Dec. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, has arrived here. He will convey to the Smithsonian institute at Washington, D.

the remains of James Smithson, founder of the institution, who died in Genoa in 1829. Stampede at Chicago Coliseum. Chicago, Dec. a stampede of the 10,000 men, women and children which followed the opening of the doors of the Coliseum where the Volunteers of America yesterday gave their annual Christmas dinner, several women and children were knocked down and trampled on but none WAs seriously injured. Tons of food were eaten at the dinner.

Change of California Limited Effective Sunday, Jan. 3, 1904, the CalIfornia Limited on the Santa Fe will leave Chicago at 7:30 P. Instead of 8 P. as at present. The train will be held, however, until 8 P.

M. In case connecting trains with passengers for it are late. Now in its eighth season of dally service, the California Limited has established itself as the peer of Pacific Coast trains. Solid Pullman throughout, it runs from Chicago to Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco via "Santa Fe all the way." Most picturesque and comfortable route- -tracks oil-sprinkled (practically dustless). The Grand Canyon Nne.

For dainty illustrated booklet, describing the California Limited, call or address. Chas. A. Marsh, Pass. Agent, A.

T. S. F. 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.

24tJan2. Emptying a Glacief. A remarkable operation has just been completed in the Haute Savole. Eleven years ago a "waterpocket" in the glacier of "Tete-Rousse," which is a spur of Mont Blanc, burst, devastating several miles of country in the district of St. Gervals-les-Bains, and causing the death of about 100 persons.

As the water was shown to be gathering again to a dangerous extent, a tunnel was excavated to permit its escape. as it gathered. This was finished last year, but was found to have been so badly planned as to miss the desired point, and another gallery of 40 yards had to be begun. This has just been completed, and great blasting operations on Saturday set the waters forever free from danger to the country.London Globe. Shorter Time to Wash arton Via the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Leave Buffalo 8:30 A. arrive Washington 10:50 P. leave Buffalo 11 A. Black Diamond Express, arrive Washington 12:50 midnight. A beautiful daylight ride through the Switzerland of America.

Stopover allowed at Philadelphia. City office, 369 Main street. Telephone, Seneca 2670. 7-9-11-22-24-26-28-29-80-81 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Calls attention to the fact that "It takes 100 per cent.

of white blood to make a white man and only 1 per cent. of black blood to make A black man," but Dr. Burkhart declares "that it takes 100 per cent. of pure blood to make a healthy man. When the blood is filled with polsonous acids and disease bearing germs, the heart, lungs and kidneys become afand fail to perform their duties.

Rheumatism, Catarrh, Palpitation of the Heart are all caused by Impure blood, resulting usually from Constipation. With this in view. Dr. Burkhart has placed upon the market his famous Vegetable Compound. A thirty days' treatment of Dr.

Burkhart's Vegetable Compound will cure and costs only twenty-five cents at any drug store. You can't afford to miss this opportunity of being restored to health. AMONG THE RAIL ROADS. LAST LINK OF THE PITTSBURG NORTHERN Stretch Between Angelica and Bolivar Finished and Trains Are Now Running. Pittsburg OLEAN, Dec.

last link of the Northern, between Angelica and Bolivar in Allegany county, has been finished and trains began running over the line today. The Shawmut now has a continuous line from Hornellsville. The road has atracted attention on account of the material used in construction. Oak ties and 85-pound rails have been used and the bridges have been built of the best steel with concrete abutments. The Shawmut has a connection with the Erie and Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg and the Lackawanna, giving it access to the coal flelds in Elk, Jefferson and Clearfield counties, Pennsylvania.

CONFIRMS STORY OF STANDARDIZING. W. V. S. Thorne Says Harriman Lines Will Have Uniform Equipment.

OMAHA. Dec. 28-w. v. S.

Thorne, director of purchases for the Harriman Lines, who has been in Omaha several days, announces the equipment of the entire Harriman system will be standardized. When the piano has been carried into effect it will possible to duplicate any plece of rolling stock at any shop of the system. The work of bringing the equipment to a uniform style will be worked out gradually as new stock and repairs are required. The plan of standardizing will include the Unlon Pacific, Southern Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, Illinois Central and Chicago Alton. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT BUILDING TREMENDOUS.

More Than 150,000 Cars Built in 1903, Showing Big Increase Over Last Year. The following figures compiled by the Rallroad Gazette show pretty conclusively the tremendous increase and development of railroad interests in 1903. Official returns from all but two carbuilding plants in the United States show that 154.808 cars have been built during the year 1903. As the two firms from which we have not heard turn out a total of less than 2000 cars, we have estimated their output from our own record of their work, and added the sum obtained to the above tetal. This figure Includes all freight and passenger cars bullt for elevated and steam rallroads, exclusive of those built by the railroads at their own shops, exclusive of those built for street and other electric service.

Of this total figure approximately 152,801 are freight cars and 2007 are passenger coaches: 158.195 for domestic use and 1613 for export. Last year the total number of cars built was 164,547, which is about 9700 in excess of this year. The decrease has occurred in the last two months, 88 up to that time the output for 1903 was equal to the output 'for the first ten months of 1902. During the year 5152 locomotives were built at the various locomotive works in the country, as against 4070 last year. The number includes 88 electric locomotives.

The Increase over 1902 is the largest that has ever occurred In one year, and is pos- SHORT STORIES WORTH READING, A Matter of Cross- Breeding. His Best Recommendation-The Clock Was All Right, After explaining at some length that only numbers of like denomination can be added, the teacher Mr. Jones has six cows, 14 sheep, and four horses in his corral, how many, and what has he?" Silence reigned; then a dozen small hands waved frantically in the air. "How many?" asked the teacher. "Twenty," came in a chorus.

"But twenty what?" was asked again. "John?" "Horses." "Lee?" "Cows." "Kate?" "Sheep." The teacher was discouraged. Had the lesson been in vain? But a little hand was up again. "Well, Tom?" she asked. Up he jumped.

"I know," he cried, "they would be they would be steers." -Kathleen A. Tarbox, in January Lippincott's. George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia Reading railroad, is popularly supposed to have a deep hatred of John Mitchell, but recently he gave some indication that he has a grain of admiration for the president of the United Mine Workers. "What do you think of John Mitchell, anyway?" whimsically asked an acquaintance of him.

"He's a wonderful man, said Mr. Baer promptly. "He's an Irishman that keeps his mouth York Tribune. Served Him Right. "Conductah!" "Sor!" "Are you aware.

that you have one It was a raw, cold night, and the rain fell pitilessly as an omnibus drew up at the corner of Oxford street. A thinly clad young woman stood on the curb and looked imploringly at the conductor. The latter, an Irishman, speaking In reply to the mute inquiry, said: "Shure, It's full I am; but'-glancing again at the little one- come on, me honey, in wid ye; 01'11 chance it." The little woman was squeezed into a seat; but the 'bus had not proceeded very far when the following incident occurred: In the corner seat was a fop, who, with eyeglasses firmly fixed, had been watching the proceedings, and as the vehicle eased up he called out: over your number?" 'Ave sor? 01'll see." Pat counts, beginning at the opposite corner, leaving the "Johnny" until the two, three, four, folve, six, sivin, eight, roine, tin, twelve, thir- so I have, and, be Jove! ye're the very wan. Out ye come!" And he Post. Senator Quay, who passes much of his leisure at his bungalow in Florida, tells this story of an old negro who came to a watchmaker with two hands of.

clock. "I want yer fer to Ax up dese hen's. sibly due to the fact that the locomotive works in the country had such a volume of orders placed during that were unable to make Immediate deliverles, and many of the orders were held over until 1903. Returns from Canada show that locomotives have been two firms, one of which has only recently begun operations. RANKED FOR SENIORITY.

Engineers of the Norrhern Pacific Bring About Long Fought- for Change. Echoes of Strike. SPOKANE, Dec. of the famous American Railroad Union strike of 1894, when Debs was the big leader, are recalled by the announcement that the Northern Pacific has agreed to forget that occurrence. At that time many engineers in the West went out on strike in sympathy with the Pullman employes.

After the trouble was over the Northern Pacific made a rule that the engineers should rank for seniority and promotion according to the time they returned back to work. Their previous years of service went for naught. This gave a number of men who took the place of strikers the choice runs and set the old men back. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has been working for years to have the rule abrogated, and It is 'now announced that beginning on Jan. 1.

the engineers will be ranked for seniority 88 they were before the strike. MINIATURE TRAIN FOR YOUNG GOULD. It Was Built to Order in Germany and Would Make Any Boy Envious. When George J. Gould, who is six years old, awoke Christmas morning to see what Santa Claus brought him he found among his gifts the most perfectly appointed miniature railway train ever It was imported from.

Germany expressly for young Mr. Gould at a cost of. $500. The train and its equipment is an exact reproduction of a first-class Pullman train. It consists of a locomotive and tender and a vestibuled train.

It runs on steel rails, and is equipped with an automatic brake system and an electric lighting plant. The locomotive is large enough so that Its owner may seat himself in the cab and handle the throttle and lever. The coaches are 20 inches in height, and about three feet in length. They are fitted up inside every bit as luxuriously as a regular Pullman coach. The fuel used is alcohol, and no smoke or dust la given off, as all the gases are consumed.

Young Mr. Gould received his first lesson in the running of a railway train from his father at their home in Lakewood, N. J. N. N.

M. H. LAW CHANGES. Announcement is made from the general offices of the New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad Company that, beginning Jan. 1, F.

A. Farnham, who has been acting attorney of the road's law department at the New Haven office, will devote his entire time to the affairs of the department In Massachusetts, and that Edward G. Buckland, who has been local attorney at Providence, will go to the New Haven office. GRAHAM TO THE ERIE. BALTIMORE, Joseph M.

Graham, chief engineer of the Baltimore Ohio railroad, will resign Jan. to become chief engineer of the Erle. He been with the Baltimore four years. OPERATORS GET INCREASE. The Chicago Alton gave its telegraph operators A welcome Christmas present this year with the announcement that all who received less than $55 a month would get an increase of $5.

The minimum will hereafter be $50 a month. The Increase is appreciated by the employes affected. Dey ain't kept no correct time for mo' den six munfs." "Well, where is the clock?" responded the watchmaker. "Out to my cabin." "But I must have the clock." "Didn't I tell yer dar's de matter wid the clock 'cepting de han's? An' here dey be. You jess want de clock so you kin tinker it, and charge me a big price.

Gimme back dem han's." And so saying, he started off to find an honest watchmaker. -New York Times. He Had a Bite. Joseph Jefferson has this story to tell of an incident that occurred at Buzzards Bay near favorite fishing grounds. The hero was a shopkeeper, who, among various things, sold fishing rods.

For the purpose of advertising them he had a large rod hanging outside his shop, with an artificial fish at the end of it. Late one night a townsman who had been dining happened to see this fish. He looked at it, then went cautiously to the door and knocked gently. "Who's there?" demanded the shopkeeper from an upper window. "Sh-h! Don't make a noise, but come down as quietly as you can," was the reply.

matinking, man something dressed serious and was stole the downstairs. "Now, what's the matter?" he inquired. "Hist! Pull your line in quick; you've got a bite!" admonished the bibulous one. She was a good-natured, happy-lookIng Irish woman that walked into a Germantown store a few days ago and asked the price of collars that were dis. played in the window.

The clerk replied that they were two for a quarter. The woman then asked, "How much would that be for one?" "Thirteen cents," answered the clerk, quickly. The old woman pondered, and then, with her finger, figured on the sleeve of her coat a little longer. After her -effort she demanded: "That would make the other collar 12 cints, wouldn't It? Just give me that Ledger. Noblemen and Gentlemen.

Not long ago W. S. Gilbert, the English humorist, was so unfortunate 88 to lose his umbrella while dining at the well-known Carlton Club in London, of which he has long been a member. In 8 rather waggish mood the librettist caused the following notice of his loss to be posted in the cloakroom: "The nobleman who took the undersigned's umbrella will confer a great favor on Mr. Gilbert by leaving It (the umbrella) with the clerk of this club." When a friend remonstrated with Mr.

Gilbert, saying that he thought it was a gratuitous affront, and asked why Mr. Gilbert should assume that a nobleman had taken the umbrella, the witty Gilbert exclaimed: "Oh! according to the first article of the club's rules, its membership 'is composed of noblemen and And, since the person who took my umbrella is certainly not a gentleman, it follows that he must be a nobleman." -Argonaut. Turner Tanksley, a representative of the Workingmen's Industrial Aid Insurance Company, called upon Edmund Grant, an elderly colored man, with a view of getting him to Insure his life. "Good mornin, Uncle Ned," said Mr. Tankaley.

'Mawnin', Boss," said the old man, Tuesday at Faxon's Every effort exerted on our part to make tomorrow--the last bargain day of 1903- one of the greatest in the history of our store. Provide now for the New Year's Dinner. What to Eat Beware the Cold! 25c Baker's Cocoa 20c A Chamois Skin Vest is the Ivory Soap, cake. Best Protector. Mapl Flake, $2.50 Chamois Vests, all 15c package 11c sizes, Tuesday sale Malta Vita, $1.49 15c package 11c $3.00 Frost King and Queen Milk Chamois Vests, 3 cans Magnolia Tuesday $2.50 for 31c Heavy Felt Double $1.00 Duffy's Malt Chest Protectors, Whiskey, bottle 70c Tuesday 18c $1.25 Hunter Rye Rock and Rye, Wild Cherry Whiskey 89c and Glycerine for Coughs and Thousands were disappoint- 25c Laxative Quinine ed because we ran out of Tablets.

15c Boston Broken Candy several 25c Syrup White Pine and hours before Christmas. We 20c had over 6000 pounds. Next $1.00 Peruna, year we'll have more. Danderine, 19c Faxon, Faxon 399-401-MAIN STREET-587-589 The Buffalo Basketball League yesterday completed arrangements for the opening of the schedule. The first game will be played at Ortner's Hall, 1995 N1- arara street, Tuesday, Jan.

5. The Black Rocks will line up against the Knikerbockers and the Imperials will go up' against the Superiors. Two nights later the Victorias and Oakdales will open at Father Baker's In West Seneca. a. There is much speculation among basketball enthusiasts as to what kind of a team will represent the latter, for nothing has as yet been said by them.

Manager Mulroy has a large squad of candidates out and promises to have 88 good a basketball team in the league as has represented that club in football and baseball the past four or five years. Manager Murphy also has a new bunch of players. They formerly played at Scranton, being one of the best in that city, but are at present employed at the steel plant, and they have been practicing faithfully, so that the game on Jan. 7 promises to be a good one. The Knickerbockers and Superiors will open their schedule at Miller's Hall on Tuesday, January 12th, playing return games with the Black Rocks and Imperials.

The Knickerbockers have drawn well at this hall in the past, and the combination of Knickerbockers and Superiors, together with several good attractions in addition to the two rames, ought. to insure a successful season. The Oakdales open their schedule at St. Patrick's Hall, Emslie and Swan streets, following. night, January 13th, playing the Victorias.

This has a large following on the South Side and it is safe to predict a good crowd at the opening game. The Victorias, Oakdales and Knickerbockers-Superiors, will have dancing after the games as a special feature. The teams represented in the League are the best in and around Buffalo, with but one exception, the Buffalo Germans, and as Buffalo has some of the best teams in the basketball world, the League games give promise of being at. least as good as any games seen In any of the large cities. The teams are all practicing hard for the first game and although many Interested ones have picked winners, several surprises are in store for them, for each club will work desperately to keep their team at the top.

Thus far great harmony has existed between the different teams, and it promises to continue, the managers beHeving in clean manly sport, and no petty squabbles will be tolerated. J. ED. GRILLO MAY SUCCEED HICKEY. American Baseball Association Will Probably Elect the Newspaper Man President, CHICAGO, Dc.

28. The annual meeting of the American Baseball Association began here today. The club owners are uncommunicative in regard to their choice for a new president, who is to be elected at this meeting, but, if the plans of a few leaders in the organization do not miscarry, it is practically certain that J. Ed. Grillo, 8 Cincinnati newspaper man will be named to succeed President Hickey, who has announced that he will hand in his formal resignation today.

The circuit will remain the same as last year, with clubs at Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville, Kansas City. Minneapolis, St. Paul and for next season will be in Minneapolis, Toledo. The only change in ownership Manager Watkins of Indianapolis having acquired control of the Northern club and sold out his interests in the Indiana city, Parksiders' Tournament. The Parksides' amateur wrestling tournament tomorrow night at Union Star Hall on Genesee street promises to furnish lots of sport.

The entry list is large and comprises some of the best wrestlers in this vicinity. It is needless to say that some of those entered are not in the above class as yet. These are the ones who will furnish the ludicrous part of the evening's entertainment. To one who has never attended an amateur tournament it will be rare fun to see one tall. slim, and one short, fat wrestler, both of the same weight, tugging at each other In an effort to gain a fall.

The bouts will start at 8 P. M. sharp. Competitors must be at the box office to weigh in not later than 7:30 P. M.

The entry of Kid Filler. the young Swede of Niagara Falls. has been received. About 30 rooters will accompany him all anxious to see him win. His defeat.

of Alex. Kennedy of the Y. M. C. A.

at Tonawanda last week stamps him as a coming champion in his class. Over 20 different clubs are already represented and many more are expected before the entries close. Huggins Comes Home. ins, NEW trainer YORK. for Dec.

W. Hugthe Whitney stable in England, arrived here yesterday on the Minnehaha from London. Mr. Huggins brought eight horses with him, among them Ravenstein, the latter one of Mr. Duryea'8 crack horses two brood mares and three yearlings for Mr.

Whitney and one pony. Graney Will Referee. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. satcircles Intaction at was the expressed selection today in sporting of Eddie Graney as referee of the fight tomorrow night. Both Corbett and passed the day quietly receiving visitors.

then indulging in light work. Hanion 18. weighed The a shade under 130 and Corbett process and latter has begun the drying out says that he will have no diffculty in coming to the weight without the lows of strength. Not much money has been laid yet. The odds still remain 10 to 8 In favor of Corbett.

Halides Rates: 00.50 Buffalo to Pittsburg and Return via Pennsylvania Railroad On account of the New Year holidays, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell round trip tickets from Buffalo to Pittsburg on December 81 and JanMary tp return until January taclusive, at the low rate of $9.29. 28t31 Heliday Excursions Rochester by New York Central, and Jan. 1, $1.25 round trip. CUTTERS! WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY. TOP CUTTERS.

PORTLAND CUTTERS. OLD COMFORT SPEEDERS. SLEIGHS. MEYER'S CARRIAGE 322-324 ELLICOTT ST. his hat and making a low courtraising dey.

"Uncle Ned, do you carry any insurance?" Inquired the solicitor. "Does I car'y what?" asked Uncle Ned, In great surprise. "Do Do you carry any insurance? Is your life insured?" asked the solicitor, by way of explanation. "Bless Gawd, yas, yas," replied the colored man, "long ago -long ago." Then the solicitor asked: "In what company Uncle Ned answered: "I'm a Baptis', sah; I'm a Baptis-a deep-watah him miles in from 2:10 to 2:16. Mr.

Geers was out at Village Farm Saturday, visiting his old friend, Supt. John Bradburn. Dr. E. D.

Preston's pacer, Anidrosis, 2:07, is being wintered at Grant, Herkimer County. Five horses from W. L. Snow's stable will go to the auction block in Madison Square Garden in late January. They are Topsey.

Cotillion, Frances Mary Anna, and Red Primcess, Trainer Ed Benyon is educating a string of youngsters on the enclosed track at Walnut Hall Farm. The course is a quarter mile straightaway affair and 1s well adapted for its purpose. Harry Benedict will take up his duties with Scott Hudson's establishment with the beginning of the New Year. Mr. Benedict's many Buffalo friends will wish him luck.

Dick Benson has a stable of breds in training at Montgomery Park. Memphis. Benson's old campalgner, The Roman, is also in his stable. Budd Doble raced the horse the past summer and may have charge of him again next year. It Is reported that in addition to W.

J. Andrews and W. L. Snow, Trainers Frank Colby and William Foster wIll locate at the Jewett covered track soon after the first of the year, Lou Dillon, is running out in a grass paddock at Memphis and will not be taken up for some weeks yet. The Tranter-Kenney Company has announced three future gales.

The first will be at Lexington. Feb. 2 to 5. the second at Lexington. March 21 to 25, and the third at Boston, May 23 to 28.

Dillon Boy, will go to the FasigTipton sale, Jan. 26-29. The trotter is now In Ed Geers' stable at Memphis. SHECKARD MAY JOIN THE GIANTS. NEW YORK, Dec.

rumors that began to circulate during the National League meeting three weeks 850 to the effect that the Brooklyn Club management might dispose of their star player, Jimmy Sheckard, are once more going the rounds, The New York and Cincinnati clubs are ready to pay large sums for Scheckard's release, and the managers of both have been negotiating with Hanlon. The tendency in National League circles is to strengthen the New York club so that McGraw's men can give Pittsburg a hard fight for the pennant. MORE INDOOR GAMES AT THE ARSENAL The 65th Regiment Athletic Association will hold another set of indoor games and bicycle races at the Broadway Arsenal on Friday evening, Jan. 8th. Following is the list of events 80 far arranged: 75 yard dash, handicap; 800 yard dash, handicap; 220 yard dash, novice; two mile run, two mile bicycle race; five mile bicycle, open, and a 220 yard wheelbarrow race, handicap, con- light demand.

CheeseSteady. -Steady; Live Strong. Poultry--Dull. Dressed Poultry FruitPotatoes Firm. Rabbits -Firm.

-Stronger. Easy. Beans -Firm. Hay and Straw-Steady. Veals and Calves Steady.

Sheep and Lambs Steady. Hogs Steady. The quotations for today are as follows: BUTTER ery, fancy, western, prints, extra, 25c; creamery, good to cholce, extra, 23c; creamery, State and creamery, do, dairy, choice, pails, 22c; choice creamery, to fancy, 21c; dairy, fair to storage, good, crock, choice to fancy, 20c; crock, fair to good, roll butter, butter renovated, prints. butter, poor to common, CHEESE Fancy, full cream, State, small, good to choice, 12c; common to fair, EGGS State, State, strictly fresh, 35c; Western, candled, strictly 28c. fresh, eggs, storage, DRESSED POULTRY-Turkey, fancy, per pound, turkey, fair to choice, fowl, choice to chickens, tancy, fair to good, fancy, 13c; chickens, fair to choice, ducks, geese, LIVE POULTRY-Turkey, fowl.

choice to fancy, 10c; fowl, common to good, chickens, fancy, per 15.. 11c; chickens, common to good, ducks, geese, 14c. RABBITS -Fancy, per pair, 30c; choice. fair to good, FRUIT-Oranges, navels, oranges, Florida, box, apples, fancy, per apples, fair to good, grapes. Catawbas, pony.

cranberries, fancy, per box, $2.00 cranberries, fancy, per 8.00. -Sweet, per home-grown, per BEANS -Marrows, fancy. per 32.70 good to fair, medium fancy, medium, fair to good, white kidney, red kidney, HAY AND OATS timothy, new, loose, Lay, prime, on track, now, hay, No. 1, hay, No. 2.

311.00@12.00: straw. rye, loose baled, straw, oat and wheat, FLOUR-Fancy blended patent, $5.000 5.75; fancy, patent, spring, tamIly patent winter, pastry, $4.000 low trades, rye, $3.2503.50. VEALS AND CALVES Choice to extra, veals. good to cholce veals. fair to wood veals, common thin calves, dairies.

grassers, Western calves, $3.000 3.75. SHEEP AND LAMB8-Choice lam be, 80 lbs. down, mixed buckey lambs, all buckey lamba, $4.750 5.00; yearlings, handy weights, wether sheep, heavy ewes, $3.25 mixed handy weights, $3.2503.60: culls, Canadian lambs, choice, Canada mixed, Canada bucks, feeding lambs, $4.50 HOGS Good to choice good weight yorkers, good light yorkers, $4.90 mixed packers' grades, medium heavy. hogs, light, stags, roughs, 4.20. SPRING WHEAT- 1 northern, new, WINTER WHEAT-No.

2 red, 89c asked; No. 2 white. 87c on track. CORN-No. 3 yellow, No.

4 yellow. No. No. corn, No. 4 corn, 450 46c; cool and 3 white, 46c; No.

4 white, Abc; sweet, yellow, mixed, No. 2 yellow old quoted at No. 8 yellow, through billed. OATS--No. No.

2 2 mixed, white, No. white, Mic track. LOCAL MARKETS. PEOPLE'S Edward M. Bushl's CASH GROCERY 604 Washington 1 app.

the Market, Biggest Bargains and H. A. Meldrum Stamps Greatest Bargains from now until New Year. Our store will be open Wednesday and Thursday nights. On account of doing the biggest business this year and appreciating your generosity by trading here, we will give you the biggest bargains and your last chance to fill your H.

A. Meldrum Books before January 1 and win one of the big prizes. The lucky winners of the Schimmel Contest were Florence M. Dick, 313 E. Eagle 1st Prize, trip to St.

Louis and return. Mr. Fred Boyer, 716 Swan 2d Prize, $30.00 Side-board. Mrs. Hibbard, 285 Franklin 3d Prize, Gold Clock.

3 quarts fresh roasted Peanuts and $1 In Stamps 15c bottle Worcester Sauce and $1. in Stamps. 10c bottle Vanilla and $1 In Stamps 10c quart bottle Bluing a and $1 In Stamps 10c bottle Sage and $1 In Stamps. 10c pkg Aunt Maria's Pancake Flour and $1 In Stamps 10c 2 lbs Mince Meat and in Stamps Ib. Martha Washington Baking Powder and $1 In Stamps 15c lb.

Java and Mocha and In Stamps Ib Best Cocoanut and $1 in Stamps 20c 3 Cans Pumpkin and $1 In Stamps. 25c 3 cans Tomatoes and $1 Stamps. 1 Ib. mixed Tea and $2 In Stamps lb. Tea and $3.00 In Stamps 1 lb.

premium Chocolate and SI in Stamps I pkg Cero Fruito and $1 in Stamps 15c 3 cans Cans Fine soup and June $1 Peas In and $1 in Stamps 30c 1-8 People's Flour and SI in Stamps 65c 1-8 Family Flour and In Stamps 2 lbs. Best New Dates and $1 in 15c 3 lbs New Large Prunes and $1 in Stamps 25c 3 lbs Fine Noodles and and $1 In Stamps 24c quart Red Kidney Beans 1 In Stamps 10c 1-2 can People's Cocoa and $1 in 20c 2 pkgs Best Corn Starch and 31 in Stamps 15c 10 bars Laundry Soap and Si in Stamps 25c 5 bars Fairy Soap and St in Stamps 25c Golden Grain Cereal and $1 10c 3-Ib jars Apple Butter and in 25c 2 IDs Eva I Stamps 24c 2 Apples 13c Pure Pepper and $1 in Stamps 25c ID Pure Mustard and In Stamps 25 Wines and Liquors. Pine old Port Wine and $2.00 In Stamps, gallon Large Bottle Port Wine and $1.00 In Stamps 25c Large bottle California Port Wine and $2 in Stamps. 35c Large bottle 5 year old Port and $3 In Stamps. 8 year 95.00 old In private stock Whiskey and Stamps.

bot $1.00 old RYe Whlskey, 40c Old Pint Tom Gin, qt 50c bettle Rye Whisker and in Stamps We give stamps on poor orders. BUEHL'S BOTH 'PHONES Sell Frontier 3102..