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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-10

Harvey MoMurchy. one OF the most
noted and popular professional wing shots
Of the United States, came quietly into
Seattle last Saturday evening, and after
good nights sleep was In good trim
for the shoot TO be given in his honor at
West Seattle yesterday afternoon. He
went to the grounds just as the ordinary
shooter does and when he stepped on
the ferry boat ii failed to recognize the
difference between the tread of a master
Of the art OF angles and that OF Bile
Hall. the rankest wing shot that ever
claimed Vermont for his native place
Bile" Hall thinks McMlrchy is "all
right" and did not betray jealousy when
ne commenced knocking the blue rocks
that few swiftly at all angles, with a
regularity that caused the small boy with
big ears. large mouth and vocabulary
of modern English TO exclsim, Holy sc,
de Teller dat lunches an yeIis pull has
got a day on sure
McMurchy was doing little shooting.
and. as the San Francisco papers stated
when he made his first appearance at The
state tournament two years ago. he gave
the old-timers something to think about.
To begin with. McMurchy paralyzed ten
straight just for an eye-opener. his near
est competitor being Fred Charles, who
used to sit on the West Seattle trestle
and shoot sawbills in company with the
immortal Col. Treat. MoMurchy was
shooting a new gun and new load, but
these important factors did not appear
to affect his work in the least.
On the second turn out of the box he
tore off fifteen straight, centering the
skimmering disks with such uniform pre-
cision that Bile yelled out In genuine
admiration:
by golly. there amt a gol burned. man
in Marshfeld who ken touch that Teller.
If ! could shoot like i'm I'd take in all
Their tournaments
MoMurchy was so taken aback by this
burst of admiration that after he. had
killed six straight out of the next string
OF fifteen he busted the next bird hard.
but was not allowed kin He grassed
the next five with ease, but the sixth was
a hard quartering skinner that evaded
the shower OF shot. From that time on
he did not approach a miss.
Out of a total of fifty birds he killed
forty-eight dead. busted one hard and
missed one clean. And at that Mcaiurchy
is not up to what may be called his tour
nament form. He Is about 40 years old.
and although he has won enough money
and prizes to fill a large room never talks
of his skill or what his gun can do
He is one OF the most modest retiring men
that ever STEPPED to the traps, and his
popularity is deserved. In shooting he
lunches" down. with his head pretty
low. and uses large extension of the
hand that holds the barrel of the gun.
From Seattle he goes to Spokane and
then 10 Kansas City. where he strikes the
first big tournament of the year
Joe Hardy and his team had the laugh
on McMurchy yesterday. Hardy and 40
Murchy chose sides and Hardy won oEt
by nine birds. Next Saturday the local
shooters go TO Tacoma TO try for the fish
ing and shooting challenge cup The
score:
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sMIrH-cHoYNskI FIGHT TONIGHT.
Twenty -R0und Battle Before the
broadway Club.

NEW YORK. May s.-Denver Ed Smith
and Joe Choynsk viii meet in a twenty
round bout 10 be decided in the Broadway
Athletic Club tomorrow night This is
an event that has been looked forward
10 for some time, and betting is about
even on the result Both men will enter
the ring carefully trained for a severe
contest. In anticipation of hard en-
counter with Smith. Choynski has been
working with Tom Sharkey at Newdorp.
s. l., and has developed quite a knowl-
edge of rough tactics. Smith has been
training at Sheepshead Bay under the di-
rection of Pete Burns, who prepared
Maher for all his fights.
Dan Lynch. manager of Sharkey. gave
some interesting Information today re-
garding the Maher-Sharkey bout He
said that the articles of agreement pro-
vide that the bout is TO take place in New
York between June l and 10 for purse
of $1,000. offered by William A Brady
Brady has posted $3.50 forfeit. and in
case he fails TO bring off the bout in New
York city. the s. 800 is to be equally divid-
ed between the two pugilists. Jimmy
Colviile, who was the timekeeper during
the -Fitzsimmons fight, has been
selected as referee.
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I-yard hurdie-I.arren Bfanck. win
Holgersnn. David Bruce. c. A. Hood
High jump Frank Atkins. VIII Temple.
Ajax Lefth. Al Ewing. F. G. Sharpe
Running broad jusnp-Frank Atkins.
Willie Meyers IT.. Larsen Bianck. Walter
Rochon-
Pole vauIs-Periey French. Fred Haley.
Tom Murrhr
Shot put-Chsrlie Thornton. Elm os-
berg. Capt George Hogfe, Sam corbett.
Relay team-Emmett Robb. Locate.
MurpAy. Hood, WhaIiey. Meyers. Blanck.
Elder. Bnsheil Bruce
The annual scratch pool tournament OF
the s. A. c. win commence this evening
and run slow or fast, according 10 the
desires Of the players. until May p
The players have been drawn into two
divisions. "A and B. Each player
viii play i9o points with every other
player In his division The player win
ming the most games n his division will
De entitled to compete IN the finals The
winners of the two divisions viii play 80
points for the championship. Players
can arrange their games at their own
convenience. but ali games. without ex-
ception, must be played OF before mid
night. Nay q The championship match
viii be played at q time to be arranged
by the committee The score of every
game must be given to the attendant
Following Is a list Of players entered.
Division A-Lem Shortridge. Decking
ham. b. Sehoenfeld Prof Trenaman.
Sherwood Gillespy. Edgar Arnes. W. c.
keith. Chaffee. Paschali. Allan.
Division B-Hilton. Ed GaffDey, Ammi-
down. Means. Farrell, Stevens, Tanner,
Inverarity, Warner. Taylor.
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BALTIMORE. MAY 9--Henry Smith, Of
the Century Cycling Club. OF Maryland.
started at a. m. 10 break the national
twsnty-four hour road record. which II
now 20 miles 2s4 feet. At the twelfth
hour Smith had reached 40 miles and was
twenty miles ahead OF the time. AT 8
o'clock tonight Smith completed go miles.
and after resting for half an hour started
out again. lie Is riding over a twenty
mile surveyed course on the famous shell
road 20 the east OF Baltimore. Both the
weather and the roads were most favor
able for the attempt. At 1915 o. m. Smith
completed his 23Dth mile. He is riding in
hne form and looks good for 80 miles be-
fore s a. m
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standing of the clubs.
Pills 13, BALLARD s.
Pitcher Reid Was I'm His Old Time
Form,

The P.-I. baseball team defeated the Bal
lards yesterday afternoon at Ballard by
the score of 1875.
The features of the game was Rusty
Reds pitching. He held the Billiards.
down to three hits and one run up 10 the
ninth inning. Gaumintz led the team in
batting. having a home run and two sin
giles. Lennihan was close second. Rock
enfield played third base to perfection. ac-
cepting nine chances without an error
Bell put up a fine game behind the bat.
For Ballard Roberts. Smith and Peabody
did the hest playing and batting. Sam
innings:
P.-I -. ..........0 4 o OBJ
Ballard .. ....e 0 0 0 0 OIL 0 A. S
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J; ,Hardy's team
PAPE MAKES TWO RIFLE RECORDS.
San Franciscan scores 3. for Tel
shots and 24o for Fifty.

SAN FRANCISCO. May "a young
rife enthusiast. A. H. Pape. won the dis
tinguished honors today. taking coast
record and also all records for ten shots
and for nifty shots on the Columbia tar
get. His triumph was achieved in a match
with C. NJ. Daiss pistol expert. Each
shot fifty shots, Daiss at fifty yards range
and Pape at 30 yards range. Daiss was
so certain that his pistol would record
better score than Pape's rife that he al
lowed his opponent IS points. Pape beat
him even and had points to spare
The score by which the young expert
takes the record is 81 for ten shots and
24s for fifty shots. Pape beats the record
of the man of similar name, Pape. by one
point for ten shots and one point for fifty
shots.
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MMURCHY SHOT HARD
GAVE THE LOCAL SPORTS A Les
son IN TRAP-sHoOTIyG.

The Great Professional scored For-
ty-etsht BIue Rocks Out Of Fifty,
Usina . New Gun and . New Load
lone of the Two He Missed Was
Dustea Hard-Next sunday the Lo-
cal Men VIII Go to Tacoma to
Capture the Challenge Cup.
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SAN FRANCISCO BENCH SHOW.
Dogs Entered From Seattle aud 9th
err Points on the sound

SAN FRANCISCO. May 9.-Entries for
the coming bench show of the San Fran
cisco Kennel Club viii close tomorrow
and from present indications will reach
a total of $50. Dogs have been entered
from Seattle. Tacoma and the smaller
cities OF the Sound, and from widely sep
arated points in this state.
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THE PuRlAc SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Mfdgets From Iatona Take the Co
1umbfaa Into Camp.


The winners Of the games played in the
public school BASEBALL league Saturday
were Latona. Minor South and Mercer.
The little midgets from Isatona bounced
on the big boys from Columbia and shook
them up TO the tune. of z4-t7 much to the
delight of the crowd which Is always with
the little felier." The battery work OF
Stein and Hennsng for Latona was clever,
and the shortstop play of Sunblade for the
same team was on the sensational order
Barton and Bronson were the Columbia
battery. Score by innings:
Iatona ....- Q 2 8 ga
Columbia -. IL 1 20 q o o of
Mercer took strong lead from the first
inning In her game with Queen Anne. and
won silly by a score of 2-1i. EpIer and
Mcdonald did the heavy batting for Mer-
Ger. each having a home run and two two
oaggcrs. For Queen Anne Farr. Austin
and Harry Little did the best hitting and
fielding. Epler and Smith were the Mer-
Ger batteries. and Rowe. Burns and Farr
OBLIGATED in a similar capacity for Queen
Anne. c. A. Selaad umpired the game
Score by innings:
Queen Anne ----. Q o o 2 0 s Ill
Mercer -. .-....7 o e13 2 o o -25
The strong South school team won an
interesting and We'll played game from
Pacific by score OF lis. Chr.stiansen
Talquist and LAWN were on the points for
South. while Schulz and McGraw did the
honors for Pacific. Score by innings:
south ..... ......- l 1 Ill
Pacific =. ........ 1 0 0 / o Is
The Minors developed a terrific batting
streak in their game with the old univer-
sity boys and won by score OF 30-l4 The
batteries were as follows: Minor. Leighty
and Wfnehoit: University. Arnold and
Thomas. Bert Stevens umpired the game
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pitcher Klobdanx wants His Money

BOSTON. Mass. May Sired Klob-
danx pitcher OF the Boston club refused
10 accompany the nine 20 Pittshurg The
trouble Is due 20 the financial differences
with the management OF the club. Stiv-
etts has been ordered to -spor. TO Man
axer Sele In Cleveland Thursday.
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Standing Ia Meet Latham.

NEW YORK. MAY s.-George Standing.
Americas professional racquet cham
pion, has signed articles OF agreement
for a series of matches with Peter La
than. the English champion.
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Princeton 0arsman Killed.

PRINCETON. N j.. May 9-Rowiey
Shepardson, the Princeton student. was
accidentally shot while rowing on Rari-
tan yesterday and died today. The re-
mains will be sent to Richmond, Va. for
interTncnt.
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The following letter has been sent to
members of the s. A. G:
ut has been decided by the board of
governors that II Is TO the interests OF the
club in connection with the new eyclers'
annex which they have opened for the ex-
elusive use OF the club members riding BIZ
cycles, TO organize from the membership
bicycle club 10 be styled che Seattle
Athletic Club Cyclers TO that eud sshas
TeaT. Gen. r. NJ. Carr. herman Schoen-
field and Walter Henry have been appoint
ed captains respectively OF companies A
B. c and u. They will solicit your sigma
ture on the rolls OF their respective com
panies.
II; IS the earnest wish of the board that
all Seattle Athletic CLUB riders take an
active interest in this new feature of the
club
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-10

Pacific Navigation ccmpany's steamer
state OF Washington leaves Yesisr wharf
promptly at 10 p m daily. except Safur-
day. for Everett. Anacortss. Faarhaysa
and Whzsccn.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.

LOUISVILLE. May e.-The biggest
crowd of the season saw the Colonies de-
feat the Browns today In a very interest
ing game. Hill kept the Browns hits
scattered, but Esper was not 30 successful
against the home team. Attendance, Il 100.
Score.
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SPARKS FROM THE srokEs.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Queen City Good Roads Club will be held
al the municipal court room this evening
at o'clock Tomorrow evening at the
same hour the executive committee will
meet in City Comptroller Parry's office.
The plat of the route OF the Seattle
Tacoma boulevard bicycle path will be out
this week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-10

The county commissioners of Pierce
county have taken up the matter of a BIZ
cycle bridge across the Puyallup tide fats.
The King county commissioners will in
spect the location of the proposed bridge
this week. The reason that the officials
of both counties are interested Is that the
counties come together where the bridge
ought to be built.
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II you 20 10 Spokane or East try the
Great Northern and you Will enjoy the
library observation car.
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A number of contractors are after the
job to make the path from McKinley's 10
Angle lake. The contract will probably
be let in few days and completed within
three weeks.
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CHICAGO May 9.-Griffith was in ex-
ceIlent form today. pitching a remarkably
steady game. not issuing free pass and
striking out Miller, Vaughan and the old
reliable McT'hee twice. PETERS misplays
were responsible for the Reds two runs
Owing TO the audience, that overfiowed
into the fieid ground rules were made al
lowing three bases for hits into the crowd
DaEhIen. infield. was feature. Attend
ance ie,e0. Score:
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The sharp corner of the railing along
the bicycle path over the Seattle tide fats
has been planed down.
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standing of the clubs.
Following is the standing of the clubs
to date:
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~ Sound university. of Tacoma,
. sure thing ON the sprints with
Dickson and can also count on some
efmrfer- n,ile and flalf-miie work by
-. and welght-throwlng and hur-
by Stewart They will also have q
= Of men who are especially good In
n events. though the list OF men
foili enter has not as yet been handed
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08

This warning uttered by the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal respecting
the various Klondike mining compan-
les that propose to make wealth for
their stockholders may be of interest
and profit to some of our readers:
Keep cool, don't believe one per cent.
of the beliefs and estimates of ven-
dors or other interested parties, wheth-
er they be unknown miners or direc-
tors with eminent names. When the
ten millions or so of dollars come down
from there next year, don't get excited.
but remember they are the sole prod
uct Of years labor of from 5000 to 5000
men, who cannot afford to work gravel
that yields less than one ounce of gold
per man per day. When you hear OF
this one or that one who has taken out
hundreds of thousands of dollars iii
gold or has sold his claim for a million,
remember that there are men who
have made similar amounts in chances
which are easier to find here than on
the Klondike. and look back at the
wrecks that have marked the many
great mining crazes which have spread
over this country since 1849."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08

What silly twaddle was that to
which Mr. Bryan gave utterance re-
specting the currency recommends
tions of President Mckinley! Give
gold further superiority over silver
as money! What possible superior
ity it can give to gold when gold is the
money of redemption and must con-
tinue to be so long as we are to re-
main on the hundred cent dollar stand
ard, to seek to provide the easiest AMI
least expensive method for the redemp-
ton, is beyond the realms of logic and
reason. Horse sense ought to show
the fallacy of Bryan's statement
There can be no reason for such at
tempt to falsely color the situation ex
cept it consist in sneaking hope that
under the present condition silver
President might be chosen and then.
even if he had not the support of Con-
gress, he could force the country upon
a fifty-cent dollar basis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
Names New Congressman.
washington Post.)

For the first time in over twelve years
Maine will have a new representative
at regular session of Congress. EX-
Gov. Edwin C. Burleigh of Augusta. will
occupy the seat made vacant by the
death of Seth l.. Mlliken. Mr.. Burlcigh
was in Washington for about three
weeks of the extra session. He is tall
and strong of build. with IA well-balanced
bead, and is man of sturdy common
sense. Mr.. Burleigh bears his new hon
ors modestly. and is by no means pyro-
technical style of statesman. He is. how
ever. of the kind of timber characteristic
of the men who have made the State ia
nous in national legislation. and will be
an industrious worker. Probably no man
ever came to Congress with "a more thor
ough knowledge of his district or more in
direct touch with his constituents. in this
respect being much like his predecessor.
Mr.. Burleigh is the proprietor of the
kennebec Journal. the newspaper of
which James G. Blaine was once the
head. 1t was founded before the war by
a printer. Luther Severance. who after
ward was a member of Congress from
Augusta and later minister to Hawaii.
The state delegation in Congress now in
cludes two ex-governors. Mr.. Dingley
having occupied the gubernatorial chair
number of years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
Secretary Cages Report.

Secretary Gage would boldly face
the currency question he says in his re-
port and that has been undoubtedly his
mind from the first. He considers
first that our gold reserve of 500, ZOO, 900
is insufficient for the total liabilities
amounting to 1890, 100000 The losses
to the country through apprehension
and consequent arrangement he con-
siders enormous. He Furthermore be-
heves that az a measure of defense II
is Imperative that we S hould have
stable currency conditions. He would
set apart from the other operations OF
'ne treasury an issue and redemption
department with $l25. .oO0, 900 in gold
the silver bulhon and dollars coined.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
Ruins of an Unknown C's
Centuries Old Discovered

The ruins of an ancient city many W.
turies old, inhabited by race VIZ.
name and origin has no record uad III .n in
mails of history. has been discoVsr;sJt r;nt,nr
Guatemala. The shape OF ,ne .,n struc-
and cooking utensils found IN .,,, the the
lures composing what was evlden.aas The The
chalices and other sacred vesse,s .,,,nid OF
temples and fanes. are entirely 9eVT,Jit Toitec
the CHARACTERISTICS of Aztec ana vary vary
antiquity. But however they y,,dr may ancient ssli
in these particulars from otner otneahIance
articles. they bear Il general reseiIpI,; res,, I,;t-
to The effects of Hostetter's Stomaen Lived
ters inasmuch as they have welf SIDE s,de
the purpose for which they S;ant wsre grip
The ineffectiveness of the ancien! for
ING remedies of the pharmacopoeia I'd I'D
constipation. for example. as con'rSfstthe nf me
with the thorough painless s; action s,,,spb pt al
ni..t .a,.a.;, r.,,aiies and prevents chills anu
fever rheumatism. nervousness "!'r !
sin and kidney troulies.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08

The great bereavement that has
overshadowed President Mckinley the
past few days has ELECTED the heart
felt sympathy of the whole country.
Even the most hardened and persistent
of those who daily dog the footsteps
of the chief executive in the hope OF
gaining some personal advantage real
ize how petty are their troubles as
dearest friends vouchsafed to man.
May the President be granted the
strength to meet all the demands
which the dictates of his affection and
the duties of his high station exact of
him,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
COMMENTS ON MESSAGE.
Would Break the Endless Chain.
cortland Press.)

President McKinley's message to Con-
gress is not according to the usual
method. There are no summaries in it of
the reports of the various cabinet officers
and the topics discussed have been ar
ranged according to their Importance
rather than in accordance with a formu-
la handed down from the fathers Both
changes are good ones. and it is to be
hoped that the example he has set will
be followed in the future.
Currency is the subject first treated of
and the Presidents recommendations on
this subject are clear and concise The
most important of them are made with a
view of preventing in the future the drain
of the gold reserve and the consequent
necessity of issuing bonds to keep it up
to the necessary amount With this end
in view he recommends that greenbacks
once redeemed should not be paid out
again except in exchange for gold. This
will break the endless chain and prevent
in the future the runs on the gold re-
serve which the country witnessed in the
last Cleveland administration. and which,
together with lack of revenue were re-
sponsible for the increase Of the national
debt by over $2O0.0OO.OOO
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
DAILY KENNEBEc JOURNAL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1897.

government has undertaken to keep at
par with gold, while it's receipts are not
payable In gold. and the only certain way
by which II can get hold Is by borrowing.
thus increasing the interest bearing debt.
Under the recent adverse business condi-
tions the government was compelled to
borrow $2G2 OOO, 600 on AZ per cent bonds In
order to make up revenue deficiency and
sustain the gold reserve. To obviate re-
course to this costly method of maintain
ing the gold reserve when it dminishes
to the danger point. the President would
provide other means to prevent these re-
curing drains upon it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08
Not Much Good from Lengthy Discussion.
(BangOr News

The absence of Il discussion of the cur
rency question In the message would
have subjected It's author to criticism,
justifable. perhaps. since the currency
problem is ever with us. and the neces-
sity of its elimination has come to be
thoroughly recognized. But we cannot
conceive of any great good that can come
from lengthy discussion of the matter
by the present Congress. 1t is
Il forcble message and merits the
thoughtful attention of intelligent Amer
lean citizenship.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-08

Captain Lowering was lucky in hav-
ing a court martial to pass upon his
case instead of the secretary of war.
The Scathing but deserved criticism
passed by the latter, however,. will
cling to the brutal captain longer than
he will wish,