The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-03
NOTES BY THE WAY.

NOTES BY THE WAY.
- r~stsr Turner. cashier a ths First
5000 bark. tells the following story
- - ovn expense: "Shortly AFTER ~ ar
- 3 seattle Mrs.. William Aeydenbauer
49, into the bank with . check which
~ ~ts1,sd cashed. I examinsd the check.
.-uni saw II was al right, but never
ssvSne met the lady before remarked 70
~ lat the check would b paid upon her
S~r~ identified She looked up. and dis
s-cred that a stranger wae waiting On
- replied: Wei. sir. II any identifca-
~ 4 nscesszry. you are the cne to b
sssnt.sed I have lived here III my life,
"a never saw you around here before
- toke was on me. and ! paid the check
1itbout further delay"
rn.tributious TO the Frederic James
nrsnt memorial fund. which n 20 - used
u found q library Of American history In
she state university. are beginning 70 BE-
sscsived from various portions Of the
seats where Mr.. Grant was known and
Svsd. and the many beautiful expressions
srusajnsd In the letters accompanying the
seuft1auces have resulted In Q determine
- and have them Handsomely bound and
niaoed In the library. 20 that the children
"A grandchildren Of Mr.. Grants friends
an form an estimate Of the character Of
~ man for whom the library was founded
fron these letters written and signed By
thar hthsrs and grandfathsrA
aoue fast sailing vessels have besn built
"A Purst sound. and during the 70s there
- much rivalry between the various ves-
"a plying between Puget sound points
"a Ian Francisco. Particularly was
thls % between the bark Forest Queen.
Sullt at Port Ludlow and commanded by
capt. y. J. Burma, and the ship pashtng
wave. owned At Tacoma During the
year 1876 the excitement was ct its height,
and tbs records made were remarkable.
A. usual. however. the Puget sound built
bsrk carried OF the palm. In speaking Of
that years work the other day. Capt.
Burns said: "As . starter We left San
rrsncisco December a. lsz5. and arrived
hack there on January q. being twenty
cir days on tho round trip. The Queen
vss thirty -one days on the next trip.
thirty-one on the next. eighteen on the
uext (ths Quickss. trip on record. twenty
soven days on the next. twenty EIGHT days
q the next. twenty-sevsn days on the
pszt twsnty-eight days on the next,
shirfy-two days on the next. thirty-four
days on the next and twenty -four days n
IL last making eleven round trips In the
rear, averaging twenty-seven days and
ninsteen hours each. She carried lumber
end passengers to the Golden Gate and
general merchs ndlse and passengers to the
Bound During that year she carried TO
Gan FrAncis,o e.si0,0oo feet OF lumber and
LnAeeo laths. She was . smart little ves-
~. and II took hummer TO take tho
wind out Of her sails. and may add that
he Dzshing Wave never feared to tackle
anything driven by the wind. However.
DO not think the record Of the Forest
ousen. made during the year u7e. has
ever been eQualed."
During the famous political campaign OF
IA between Selucius Gar1elde and Obedi-
Oh n McFadden for delegate to congress,
ySlncis Henry. of Olympia. contributed =
spYies Of articles to the Washington Stand
ord. Of Olympia. under the title Of "Chron-
klse." In which almost every prominent
IAN IN tho territory WAS given . nick
ZANE. For instance. Judge McFadden
VA 'Obediah tho Faithful" Garfieids was
''sslucius the Bshbler." d. +. Dsnnison
uas benjamin the stiR." T. n. Reed.
Thomas the Pious:" Z. p. Ferry. ELI
shs the Prophet" c. b. Basisy, Clarence
the Amorous:" 8. Coulter. Samuel the
emiler" Rev. John r. Thompson, John
he Jockey" and Marshall Bnnn was
Marshall the Headstrong." "Obediah
tie Faithful was elected. and he proved
himself true and faithful representative
Of the peoples interest. Judge McFadden
was the father OF our worthy townswo-
man. Mrs. Mary NJ. Miller.
Baseball struck the Sound IN 1850. when
. club was organized at Olympia. After .
fsw practice games q trip was made to
Victoria. where q series OF match games
vas played and the Capital City boys were
worsted. In 1871 tho club was reorganixed
on . stronger basis. and under the name
Of the wsshingtons. For several years Il
successfully met all corners. including the
Veterans who In is73 came 20 Olympia
end played 4 series OF three games on
Chambers prairie. being defeated In two,
OF the games. Among the present citizens
Of Seattle who were members OF the WASH
inyton Club. OF olympia. are l., A. Treen.
the well-known merchant; Francis A.
Treen. A. Harker, George Budiong. G. II.
BaSfey and s. L. Crawford.
Tho FIRST club of any consequence In
seat,is was organized In 1876. When
J came here from the capital city
brought bat and ban with me. Being q
stranger l would amuse myself when of
duty tossing and catching bali on what
was then known as Occidental square.
now called Pioneer place. After a time
the boys came around and took a hand IN
the sport. and ball tossing became q popu-
jar amusement. About this time a chal-
tsnrs was sent In from Newcastle for pub
heation In the Post-Inteliigencer. which
read as follows:
CHALLENGE.
We. the Newcastle Baseball Club, here
oy challenge any club in King county to
ray match game Of baseball on the
university grounds. Seattle. on next SAT-
ufday, A Seattle club preferred.
JACK HALEY. Captain.
On reading this challenge We Seattle fell
ioSs Got together and organixed the Aikt
baseball C1ah. OF Seattle. and promptly
accepted she challenge. In those days no
admission fee was charged for the games.
snd on Saturday when the two Mines
med up for action there we're hundreds OF
seAtues best citizens on hand to witness
'he contest Seven innings only were
p'ANed. at the close OF which the score
$1,000 - 10 IN favor OF S.sttie's team.
among the players In the Alki nine we're.
JACK wilson. pitcher: Curry Chase catch
James Warren. first base: George
Nadge. second base. s T.. Crawford. third
v"e' I'd s. briscoe, shortstop: George
- show. left field: Charles Coryeii GEN.
yer Held. and /. $. Booth. right field Jack
Levy acted as scorer.
FROM Tits time on the Alki Club held a
as pace In tho hearts ana affections
y, y. me people OF Seattle. and the organiza-
sVn was Kept M for a number of years.
Photograph OF the Aiki nine now hangs
wy reception room OF tho Seattle Ath-
80 Vlnh Following this club came the
y ste ~. Reds, IN which I. A. Nadeau, W.
anofheil. f. Coulter. W. A. pickey. 4.
n Hurwell and other wall known et,tr.rs