THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1902.
HOWTO PURIFY ATHLETICS
dUESTIOX IS BEING AGITATED
PACIFIC .ORTHWEST.
IX
Movement to "Withdraw From A. A.
IT. and Form Independent As
sociation Gains Strength.
Some time ago The Oregonlan -sent a
list of questions to the president of the
principal collegiate and club athletic or
ganizations throughout the Northwest,
asking ior suggestions concerning with
drawal of the Northwest athletes from
the Amateur Athletic Union, and the
formation of a new league among the
athletes of the Northwest. Answers
have been received from Cecil R. "Wade,
of "Whitman College, and A C. "Ware of
the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. The
matter has been discussed pretty gener
ally throughout Oregon and "Washington,
and many of those interested in pure
athletics have given it their serious con
sideration. For several years amateurism has been
running down hill at a very rapid rate.
and genuine amateur athletes are indeed
rare birds throughout the vast expanse
of country "where rolls the Oregon.'
Every country fair and Fourth of July
Celebration has seen scores of ollego
boys running for money, while the condi
tion in athletic clubs has been even worse.
To pick out the worst offenders would be
a most difficult task, for the offenders
have been lejrlon.
How to Parity Athletics.
Lovers of pure sport have long been
anxious that the present difficulty be
Temedled and that the wheel of athletic
fortune be lifted out of the rut into which
it has been dragged. That the present
state of affairs Is a disgrace, there Is no
denying; but Just how to mend matters
is a very difficult problem to solve. Ama
teurism has its lovers in the Pacific
Northwest, and they have had day
dreams and Utopian fancies of an up-to-date
athletic league, wherein amateur
sport could be regulated .and Justice met
ed out to the offenders.
In the East such leagues exist, al
though the members of the Inter-Col-leglate
Association have recently severed
their connection with the A. A. U. The
Inter-Collegiate Association regulates
matters to such an extent that offenses
against the rules are few and far be
tween, as compared with the frequent
violations In this region. The action of
the college athletes of the East will tend
to dismember the A. A. U.. and it is the
general belief that this institution Is on
its last pegs.
"Wade Favors Northwest Leagas.
Mr. Wade, of "Whitman College, favors
a league among the leading educational
Institutions of the Pacific Northwest, and
suggests the University of Washington,
the University of Idaho, the University
of Oregon. Washington Agricultural Col
lege and Whitman College, as charter
members. He says that the athletic reg
ulations now in vogue at the different
colleges are unjust and are the cause of
much vexation, and that the situation
would be made satisfactory by the adop
tion and enforcement of a constitution
and a rigid set of by-laws. He suggests
that such an association be governed by
two delegates from each college, but Is
of the opinion that It would be unwise
for the college men to Include athletic
clubs in their league. Mr. Wade states
that this matter has been agitated at
Whitman for some time, and that the
Walla Walla College is anxious to see
such a league formed.
"Withdraw From A- A. U."
A. C. Ware, president of the Spokane
Amateur Athletic Club, is of the opinion
that the Pacific Coast athletes should
sever their direct connection with the
A"- TLiau-'fOrra an association, of their
f'm.yIIc suggests that, should a mem
ber of the Pacific Coast Association de
Fire to enter games in the East, he could
be given a transfer card, and the A. A.
L'i would doubtless recognize his bona
ilde standing In the Pacific Coast Asso
ciation. Mr. Ware believes that colleges,
as well as athletic clubs, should co-op
erate In the establishment of the pro
posed league. Mr. Ware, suggests that
the proposed league be regulated by a
board of governors, consisting of one
representative from each institution. He
is enthusiastic over the proposition, and
assures the hearty support of the Spo
kane Amateur Athletic Club.
How About Two Associations?
It has been suggested that the athletic
clubs of the Pacific Northwest form an
association of their own: that the colleges
form another organization; and that the
two be co-ordinate members of one gen
eral association.
A careful study of the situation shows
this to be the most logical proposition
yet suggested, and the one most likely
to meet with success. Colleges could
then compete with colleges, and clubs
with clubs, under rules that would be
fair to all.
In contests between colleges and clubs,
the rules of the general association would
govern ,and better sport would be the re
sult. Those Interested In the athletic fu
ture of the Pacific Northwest are giving
the present status of affairs their serious
consideration, and it Is not unlikely that
some of their plans will be crystallzed
within the next few months.
will be accompanied by his manager and
trainer. Jack Hanley, and will begin ac
tive training Immediately after his ar
rival. Ferns, until his recent battle with
Joe Wolcott, was welter-weight cham
pion of the world, and is at present
recognized as the leading white welter
weight. He is 28 years old, and has
beaten 6uch men as Matty Matthews,
Frank Erne and Dutch Thurston. Tom
Tracey, who Is matched with Ferns, Is
well known to the sport-loving public of
Portland. In his recent contest with
Neill he demonstrated that he is one of
the gamest and fastest boxers that ever
stepped Into the ring. At 142 pounds,
which the men will box, Tracey Is with
out doubt one of the best men living, and
will give the Kansas man a hard run
for the white welter-weight champion
ship. Tracey will commence training this
week, and ought to be in first-class con
dition by February 18, which Is the date
set for the match. ,
The management of the Pastime Club,
realizing that Druhot was not in condi
tion for his recent go with Swanson, will
give him another chance at the "Terrible
Swede" In one of the preliminaries of the
Tracey-Ferns match. This bout ought to
be decidedly Interesting, as both arc
clever performers. In. the other prelim
inary. Freeman will be matched against
some local feather-weight.
The recent Nelll-Smlth contest put a
damper on the Impression gained by those
who saw the Tracey-Smlth affair, that
Smith could have defeated the Australian
at his will. Judging from the work of
each man In his contest with Nelll, Tracey
Is the better, and his friends assert with
much vigor that had Smith attempted to
force conclusions with hlm,v Tracey would
have won.
In cape Ferns wins over Tracey, It Is
quite likely that the Pastime Club will
ask Al Nelll to return to Portland in
March to try conclusions with the man
from Kansas.
TO TAKE UP FLY-CASTING
MOVEMENT TO INTRODUCE
SPORT IN PORTLAND.
NEW
Oregon Fish and Game Association
WIU DIscnss Plan for Tourna
ments la 1005.
FOR LEAGUE MEETING.
President W. II. Lacas and William
'Goldxnnn Go to Spokane.
President W. H. Lucas, of the Pacific
Northwest Baseball League, leaves at 2
P. M. today, for Spokane, where the an
nual business meeting of the league takes
place tomorrow afternoon. At this meet
ing umpires will be chosen, the question
concerning the number of games per
week will be settled, an official ball will
be adopted, and other Important business
transacted. It Is quite likely that a
schedule for the season's games will also
be arranged. Every club In the league
will be represented. William Goldman,
Portland's delegate, will lcae for Spo
kane on the same train with Mr. Lucas.
Manager VIgneux Is to communication
with a number of baseball players In all
parts of the country, and he will have
no difficulty In signing a full team of
men. The best men of last season's crack
nine have announced their desire to re
turn, and VIgneux is enthusiastic over
Portland's prospects.
Jack Grim, manager of the Spokane
team, has signed two new players Wlth
am Kelly and Charles Elsey. The former
Is known to the baseball world as "King"'
Kelly, and Is a brother of "Father Tom"
Kelly, of Santa Clara, Cal., and bids fair
to become a great shortstop. Elsey plays
first base, and has a batting record of
300. Last year, he played at Blooming
ton, 111. Grim Is pleased with the outlook
at Spokane, and is confident of putting
out a winning team.
Manager Jack Flannery, of the Helena
nine, has gone East to rustle players, and
he expects to get together the strongest
aggregation In the West. Flannery Is not
showing his hand, and. he doubtless has
some surprises In store. Flannery him
self has announced his Intention of play
ing, and will be seen again In the out
field. The baseball craze has hit the City
of Helena, and nearly $5000 6tock has been
subscribed.
Dugdale, Seattle's manager, has signed
Donnelly, formerly pitcher at Vancouver,
B. C, and McGregor, a crack Infielder
from Ogden, Utah. He has announced
his Intention of retaining 14 men for the
first two months of the season, after
which the list will be reduced to 12. St.
John and Naglc, both of last year's team.
have been released. The Seattle people
expect to spend 51500 In Improving the
grounds at Athletic Park.
Walla Walla expects to raise 5500 for
baseball this year.
TO PLAY INDOOR BASEBALL.
M.
A. A-.f:hnSjd. 33i JI. C. A. Teams
Contest Tmrforrow Night.
The Indoor baseball teams of M. A. A.
C. and the Y. M. C. A. will play the
second of their series of games at the
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium tomorrow night.
A basket-ball game between the Y. M.
C.'" A. teams of Spokane and Portland
has been arranged to take place In this
city February 22. The Spokane team will
come by way of the Sound, playing games
at Tacoma and Everett.
A series of three indoor baseball games
have been arranged between the M. A. A.
C. and Battery A nines, the dates be
ing set for February L 8 and 15.
Next Friday evening in the Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium there will be a return
.basket-ball game between the Y. M. C.
A. teams of Portland and Oregon City.
Baseball prospects at the University of
Washington are not painted In a rosy
hue. The best men of last year's nine
arc gone, and there Is not a single pitcher
In the university. Only four men Teats,
Duffy. Held and Prigmore remain from
the splendid team of last season, and
many new players will have to be de
veloped. "Big" Gardner, the crack guard qf the
University of Washington football eleven,
who discontinued his college course soon
after Thanksgiving, has registered again,
will take part In baseball and track athletics.
Irving D. Gibson has been elected man
ager of the Pacific University football
team for 1902. Pacific expects to put a
strong aggregation of players in the field
this year.
The smaller colleges of the state have
been playing some good basket-ball games
recently The preliminary games have
been played. MeMInmille College and the
Monmouth Normal School being In line for
the championship.
It Is rumored that the Seattle Ath
letic Club will put a football team In the
field next season.
TENNIS PROSPECTS BRIGHT.
Interest In Game Lively Prepara
tions for Coast Sleet.
Although a little early to say much
about tennis, admirers of the game proph
esy a great season for lawn tennis next
season. The forecast Is based upon
the interest shown in the sport last year.
That Interest was keen and far greater
than that 6hown In several years, or since
golf entered upon Its great boom of popu
larity. Some persons hold that golf and tennis
are rivals In similar fields. Others that
the games should go hand In hand. F. W.
Payne, the English player of lawn tennis,
says the games are on such different
planes of liveliness and sedatcness that
they can never be rivals. Nearly every
golf club in the United States has added
tennis courts to its club attractions, and
the courts are always In demand.
The attendance at all the tennis tourna
ments last year was exceedingly large.
A plan to Inclose both ends of the courts
with green-colored screens Is being agi
tated In England. Such screens are In
use at Monte Carlo, and the players say
they offer an excellent background. It Is
odd that these screens have never been
Introduced In this country, where the ball
Is much more difficult to follow, owing
to the "twist" service.
The Pacific Coast has a new aspirant
for National championship honors among
the women players of lawn tennis. The
young lady who Is but 15 years old Is Miss
May Sutton, of Pasadena, Cal. She has
quite a reputation as a tennis player In
her state. An enthusiast describes her as
a powerfully built girl who seems never
to tire. Callfornlans are looking forward
to a contest between Miss Sutton and
the "Slope's" champion. Mlea Marian
Jones.
The championship contest of the Pacific
Coast will be held during the last week
In August and the first two weeks of Sep
tember. They begin with the women's
singles and doubles and the mixed doubles
in August. In the first week In Sep
tember the men's singles and doubles
will be held and the challenge series will
be held on Admission Day, September 19.
The California championship contest com
mences July L
RUBE FERNS COMES NEXT.
He Will St&rt West Ta ess day for His
Go With Tracey.
Rube Ferns leaves Chicago on Tuesday,
and will arrive In this city oa Friday. He 1 iv far tal da.
NOW PORSPRISO ATHLETICS.
California Athletes Besin Work en
Track Under Eastern Trainers.
Stanford University and the University
of California have already commenced ac
tive preparations for the Spring athletic
season. "Dad" Moulton and Captain Mc
Caughern have more than 50 candidates
at work on the Stanford oval, while
Trainer Walter Christie has even more at
Berkeley. Ed Hussey, the crack sprinter
and broad Jumper, Is captain of the
Berkeley team, which will make a tour of
the Eastern States next Spring. Graduate
Manager DeCoto has scheduled a dual
meet with the University of Pennsyl
vania, to be held in Philadelphia on May
10, and other meets are being arranged.
With such men as Cadogan, Service and
Plaw, all fresh from Christie's training,
California ought to make some of the big
Eastern universities hustle.
Those unhappy persons who suffer from
TiiT"V01tHTJfiSK anrl f1vjnru:n ahnntil una
Carter's Little Nerve Pills, made express- j cast on which thefly was lost.
Fly-casting has during the last few
years developed Into one of the most
popular amateur sports. While Port
land has many devotees of the angling
sport, a movement Is on foot to arrange
for some future tournaments, and the pro
posal will come up before the meeting of
the Oregon Fish and Game Association
Tuesday evening for discussion. If the
Portland sportsmen are favorably dis
posed, this sport will probably be added
to local pastimes, and anglers will keep
In good form during off seasons. In ad
dition to this, a movement will be set on
foot to hold a world's contest In Port
land In 1905. which will draw to this city
the leading anglers of the United States.
Fly-casting took Its first real impulse at
the World's Columbia Exposition at Chi
cago In US3. where, under the auspices of
the Chicago Fly-Casting Cluf an open
tournament was held, and at which were
present many of the most noted anglers
of the East and Middle West.
Prior to that event tournaments had
been semi-occasionally given by the Rod
and Reel Association of New York at
Central Park, but their attendance was
local, and the enthusiasm of the event
seemed to pass with the day, and never
developed Into actual club contests.
The first regular club work was Inau
gurated by the Chicago Fly-Casting Club
which was organized in 1891, and shortly
thereafter adopted rules governing their
weekly contests, which rules have formed
the basia for most of the fly-casting con
tests and tournaments since held. The
interest and enthusiasm in the work and
the improvement in the art grew apace,
and resulted In the tournament of 1S93.
Shortly thereafter the Midwinter Fair
was held In San Francisco, and some of
the anglers organized a temporary asso
ciation and under rules similar to those
of the world's fair" tournament there was
held at Stow Lake. In Golden Gate Park,
the first fly-casting tournament of the
West. The San Francisco Fly-Casting
Club was then formed, and has ever since
been enthusiastically at work In semi
monthly contests encouraging the art of
scientific angling and promoting good fel
lowship. The growing interest of the
members soon made It necessary to build
an additional casting platform at the
lake, so that, with two contests going on
at the same time, the events could be
completed within the afternoon. As an
evidence of the popularity of the club. It
need only be mentioned that with a limit
of 100 the membership has for two years
been complete, with from 15 to 25 always
on the waiting list.
Fly-casting bears the same relation to
angling that trap-shooting does to gun
ning, although the contest work at the
casting platform is more practical to the
angler than work over the traps to the
hunter. A novice can, with a season In
fly-casting club work, become an expert
with the rod. The three essential points
In fly-casting are distance, accuracy and
delicacy, and events are programmed to
develop each of said qualifications.
Rnles for Contests.
The following Is a brief synopsis of the
rules governing the contest:
Each contest shall consist of three
events:
L Distance.
2. Accuracy.
2. Accuracy and delicacy, together with
such other events as may be determined
upon.
There Is a referee, two Judges and a
clerk.
The Judges shall determine the percent
age of, contestants In accordance with the
rules.
The referee shall time the duration of
each competitor's casting; shall keep an
account of the delicacy percentage as
provided In event No. 3; shall decide cases
in which the Judges disagree, and all ap
peals by contestants from the decision of
such judges; shall Interpret the rules In
case of any misunderstanding, and shall
decide all matters not covered by the
rules.
The decision of the referee shall be
final, except as to a question of Interpre
tation of rules. In such case a contestant
shall have a right of appeal to the ex
ecutive committee.
Rods.
All rods used by competitors shall be
single-handed, and all casting shall be
done single-handed only. Rods shall not
exceed 11 feet In. length. In event 1 the
weight of the rod Is not limited; In event
2 the weight shall not exceed S& ounces;
In event 3 the weight shall not exceed
J ounces.
Leader, Line and Reel.
Competitors may consult their own In
clinations in choice of reel and line.
The leader shall be of single gut, and
shall not be less than six nor more than
nine feet In length.
Fly.
Flies used by competitors shall be ap
proved by the captain. One fly only
shall be used, which shall not be larger
than No. 5, and on which the snell shall
not exceed six Inches In length. Hooks
shall be broken above the bend.
Platform.
All casting shall be done from a plat
form at least eight feet square, and the
surface of which shall be not more than
IS inches above the water line.
Event 1 Distance.
Each contestant shall be allowed Ave
minutes In which to cast for distance.
He shall take his position on the plat
form with not more than GO feet of line,
Including leader, extended beyond the
tip of his rod.
No one but contestant shall be allowed
on the platform and no one shall be per
mitted to assist him In any -way. except
in the replacing of a lost fly or leader.
He shall make his cast parallel with a
buoy line or measuring board, upon
which shall be accurately marked the
points of distance from such platform.
The length of casts shall be measured
from the edge of platform where buoy
line Is made fast to the spot reached by
the fly, and the longest cast made within
the time limit ehall be the. score of the
contestant.
No other than fair overhead casting
shall be permitted. Should any competi
tor whip off his fly. It shall be replaced,
whereupon contestant can. If he so de
sires, have his line extended not to ex
ceed 0 feeL No cast shall count when
the fly Is missing.
The Judges may at their discretion al
low time for rejolntlng of a rod, or re
placing of a broken section.
Event 2 Accaracy.
There shall be three six-Inch buoys
distant 50, 55 and 60 feet from the edge
of casting platform, and there shall be
made five casts at each buoy.
If the fly falls within one foot of the
buoy cast at, the cast shall be consid
ered perfect; for each foot or fraction of
a foot In excess of one foot from such
buoy, a demerit of one shall be made. The
sum total of such demerits divided by
three shall be considered the demerit per
cent, the demerit per cent deducted from
100 shall be the percentage.
Not more than one minute shall be al
lowed In which to extend line to 50-foot
buoy; when the contestant has extended
his line and Is ready, he shall call "score,"
and the next cast thereafter shall be
counted; when five casts have been made
at the 50-foot buoy the Judges will an
nounce "next buoy." when five casts
shall be made at 55-foot buoy, and when
so made the Judges shall announce "next
buoy," at which Ave casts shall be made
at 60-foot buoy.
Should contestant whip off his fly It
shall be replaced and he shall complete
his score from the point reached at the
The
cast at. and the number of casts yet to
be made at such buoy.
Contestants shall be allowed one min
ute after the fly Is replaced to extend
their line to proper buoy; calling "score"
when ready.
Event III. Accuracy and Delicacy.
There shall be three six-Inch buoys, 35,
40 and 45 feet from edse of casting plat
form, and there shall be made five cast3
at each buoy. If the fly falls within one
foot of the buoy cast at, the accuracy
shall be considered perfect; for each foot
or fraction of a foot in excess of one foot
from such buoy, a demerit of one shall be
made; the sum total of such demerits, di
vided by three, shall be considered the
demerit per cent. The demerit per cent
deducted from 100 shall be the accuracy
per cent.
One Judge shall mark the accuracy score.
In addition there shall be kept an ac
count of delicacy, 100 being considered
perfect. Delicacy shall be divided into
four Darts:
First Fly, which consists In dropping
the fly gently on the water.
Second Line, which consists in dropping
the fly and leader on the water before
the line.
Third Retrieve, which consists In re
covering the fly so smoothly as to create
but little disturbance of the water.
Fourth Style, which consists In tho
grace and ease of the contestant on the
platform, and Includes his dry fly cast,
his back cast and the manner In which
he extends his line.
Each of said four parts shall have an
equal value, and a demerit of 5 per cent
shall be made for each and every of
said parts in which the contestant Is de
ficient To determine the delicacy percentage.
the referee and one df the Judges shall
mark upon each cast the parts In which
the contestant is deficient. The total
number of parts so marked at each buoy,
multiplied by five, shall be deduoted from
100, and shall be the delicacy per cent at
said buoy. The sum total of the per
centages at all the buoys, divided by
three, shall bo the delicacy per cent, as
estimated by such Judge and referee. The
sum of the percentages so estimated, di
vided by two, shall be the delicacy per
cent of the contestants.
The delicacy per cent and tho accuracy
per cent shall be added together and di
vided by two, and the result shall be the
percentage In this event.
Contestant allowed 30 seconds to extend
his line by dry fly casting to 25-foot buoy;
scoring shall begin the first time fly strikes
the water. When contestant has made
five casts, Judges will announce "next
buoy." Contestant must then lift his line,
and If not less than one, nor more than
five dry casts, reach the 40-foot buoy.
Scoring to begin the first time the fly
Btrikes the water. A like procedure shall
be followed between the 40 and 45-foot
buoys.
Three or less dry casts may be made
between each cast at each buoy. Should
contestant whip off his fly. it shall be re
placed and he shall complete his score
from the point reached at the cast on
which the fly was lost. The Judges shall
announce the buoy to contestant to be cast
at, and the number of casts yet to be
made at each buoy. Contestant shall be
allowed 30 seconds after the fly Is replaced
to extend his line by dry fly, casting to
the proper buoy; scoring to again com
mence the first time the fly strikes the
water. Loose line on the platform, or coll
of line In the hand, Is not permitted In
this event.
Lure Casting;.
There shall be five 6-lnch buoys, dis
tant 60, 70, SO. 90 and 100 feet from the
edge of the casting platform, and there
shall be made one cast at each buoy.
The lure shall be a solid rubber frog
weighing not more than half an ounce,
and shall be furnished by the club and
approved by the captain.
The captain shall line up the contestants
In order, each of whom shall in such
ordefc make one cast .t'the buoy desig
nated by the captain, and all of whom
shall finish casting at such buoy before
the next buoy Is announced. A like pro
cedure shall be followed at each buoy.
If the frog falls within one foot of the
buoy cast at. It shall be considered per
fect: for each foot or fraction of a foot
In excess of one foot from such buoy, a
demerit of one shall be made; the sum
total of such demerits, divided by Ave.
shall be considered the demerit per cent
deducted from 100 shall be the accuracy
per cent. Free running reel only allowed.
T. M. Dunne, E. Farnsworth, J. R. Rog
ers 45.
The list for Tuesday night will be posted
this evening. The contestants who quali
fy for the final games will be rehandl-capped.
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
Washington Track Team Will Be a
Strong: One.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26. The stu
dents of the University of Washington ex
pect to put a track team In the field this
year that will stop at nothing short of
the championship of the Pacific North
west. Captain Fred Chestnut Is very san
guine over the prospects of his team
and will work faithfully with the candi
dates, as will Trainer Von Der Veer, who
Is impartially given credit for being one
of the ablest athletic trainers on the en
tire Coast. As the University of Oregon
has lost several of Its most prominent
track athletes, the Washington men ex
oect to defeat thnlr old-time rivals from
the south. The Oregon-Washington meet
of this year will be held In this city, and
It Is quite likely that a meet will be held
at Walla Walla, In which all the lead
ing colleges of the Northwest will enter
men.
Joe Pearson, the crack sprinter of the
University of Washington, Is looked upon
as the equal of any short-distance runner
on the Coast, and Alex Gardner is a sure
winner In the three weight events. The
relay race will be looked after by
Boetzkes, Chestnut and the Pear
son brothers. Dick Huntoon, the
crack middle-distance runner of the uni
versity, will not enter the races this
Spring, owing to an Injured knee, .re
ceived during the last football season.
Cosgrove, Twitchell and Hill are looked
upon as sure point-winners for the local
'varsity.
R. C. Hart, president or the Portland
Rowing Club, visited the University of
TVacVilrnrfrtn Inat nrnTr onrl ViaTiI a POTl-
I AA wltV .1. ptiiAmtQ TT?fa flFA
especially Interested In aquatic sports.
Mr. Hart Is very anxious for the Uni
versity of Washington to Join the North .
Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen,
and it is quite likely that the students
will do something along this line in the
near future.
TWELVE YEARS IN HIDING ; ZlTT&Xsz?;.'?.
I night. Fl-ding that she was dead, ha
j went home, told his mother what he had
I done, and then tried twice to shoot hlm
a. a. nrcvvTivr. xt t.st jniiESTP.n slt. but '.nissoil both times. Jealousy L
supwosea to nave oeen me cause ot tne
tragedy. Tucker was arrested, but will
not talk. Ke is thought to be insane. Af
ter failing to shoot himself. Tucker cut
his own throat with the same knife he
had used on the woman. He will prob
ably die.
FOR CATTLE STEALING.
Lodged In a Missoula Jail to Answer
for an Old Crime Cnugrlit
In New Mexico.
MAN AND MONKEY.
MISSOULA, Mont.. Jan. 26. G. A. Ben-
nett, formerly a prominent merchant of :
hl3 city, and brother to Willard Bennett,
of Deer Ledge, and Nelson Bennett, of
Tacoma, who for the past 12 years has j
been hiding from an Indictment of a grand ;
Jury Issued October 12, 1SD0. on a charge ;
Loudon Scientist Demonstrates That
They Are Hluod Relations.
In
the
London Telegraph.
A terrible revelation was made to thi
Royal Society recently by George H. F
of stealing cattle, was brought last night i Nuttall, M. A., ai D.. Ph. D. (Cambridge)
to Missoula by Sheriff Prescott. iU was 'u 1CBS "ltl" ut'"ui:o """.
Tk. o. t ,i ,i n the opinion of that gentleman, of
be learned. Is that Bell Bros., prominent Nod4 relationship of monkeys and men.
stockmen of Stevensvllle. in the Summer he ,term,s are to e ""J"!?1"?-
of 1S90 bad been missing cattle, and sus- e teaon jH t $? lr
piclon fell on Bennett and his range rid- I JuiLLs r Vlt
I tii !.,.... u .,,. ,. I certain forms of serum and observing the
ers. Bell Instructed his cowboys to keep ..,, T ma ,, mnva fy,av
a close watch on Bennett's riders, with
Cricket In Australia.
In the second test match between Eng
land and Australia, recently played at
Melbourne, Australia was victorious by
229 runs. The scores: Australia, first in
ning 112, and second 353; total, 465. Eng
land, first Inning 61, and second 175; to
tal, 236. The third test match between
the two International teams was played
January 16, 17, 13 and 19. but the result
has not yet been received here. England
won the first test match, and Australia
the second. FIvo games will be played to
decide the championship. An Australian
cricketer writes: "Heavy rains interfered
with the attendance at the last (second)
cricket match, between England and Aus
tralia, only 15,000 people being present."
Handball Tournament Entries.
Tho following entries have been made
for the handball tournament, which com
mences at the Multnomah Club this
week:
Singles A. B. McAlpIn, T. H. Cleland,
B. WIckersham, LeConle Stiles, De
France, Gammle. West, Holbrook, J. V.
Zan, D. T. Honeyman.
Doubles McAlpln and Cleland, WIcker
sham and Holbrook W. Banks anfd Do
France, Foster and Cahalln, Dunn and
Jones, Gammle and West, Irwin and Zan,
Fenton and Stott, Kerrigan and Wat
kins, Barrett and Honeyman.
the result that evidence against Bennett,
which was laid before District Judge Mar
shall, was considered sufficient by that of
ficial to warrant his calling a grand jury
to Investigate the matter. After a session
lasting several days, the grand Jury re
turned a verdict against Bennett and four
others, charging them with stealing cat
tle.
Bennett drove from his home directly
through this city to some unknown point
on the Northern Pacific, where, dressed
in woman's garb, he made his escape. Tho
various Sheriffs of this county since tho
escape have constantly been on the look
out for him. Some weeks ago the Sheriff
located his man at Albuquerque, N. M.,
and quietly left the city for the South
with all the 5apers necessary for his ar
rest and return here.
At the time the affair became puuJc,
Bennett was operating a slaughter-house
several miles west of here, and, in search
ing the place, the grand Jury found up
wards of 100 cattle hides bearing the
brands of several Bitter Root stockmen
bid in the river and buried In the ground
in that vicinity.
Eastern Association Football.
Association football Is booming In Phila
delphia, Pa., and 34 clubs are playing In
league games every week. So far this
season 16 games have been played. The
standing of the six leading clubs Is given
below. The tables consist of games
played, won, lost and drawn, and the
number of points.
Pl'd. Wn. L'st. D'n. Pts.
Albion .16 14 1 1 29
Wayne 16 9 3 4 22
Excelsior 13 9 2 2 20
Eddystone 14 7 5 2 16
Belmont 13 7 5 1 15
Thistles 12 5 3 4 14
Fugitive Gave Himself Up.
PANA, I1L, Jan. 26. Sheriff Miner, of
Shelby County, was surprised today by
tho surrender of a fugitive whom he has
been wanting for more than a year, and
for whom, he went to San Francisco three
weeks ago. The man Is George Larlson,
and he is wanted by the United States
Army officers for desertion while on duty
ln Porto Rico in 1S99. He was once arrested
after having reached his old home, and
taken to Jefferson Barracks, but escaped
within a few 'hours and was next heard
from near Shelbyvllle, where he and a
man named Barker were arrested for
stealing from a freight car. Both prison
ers escaped, however. Barker was recent
ly arrested at San Francisco. For the la3t
three weeks Larlson Is said to have been
hiding at the home of Joe Gardner at
LIthia Springs and claims not to have
been outsiue the county since his escape.
reactions. In men and monkeys they were
the same: In other animals, including tho
lemurs, they were different. Eighteen
species of monkeys wore tried, and "all
reacted to human anti-serum"; moreover,
the Old World species were more human,
than the American. This goes to confirm
Darwin's opinion that "the Old World
apes are more closely related to the hom
lnldae than the New World apes." Well,
so far as that goes. If we are to be graft
ed by the zoologist on the family tree oC
the gorilla, the chimpanzee, or the orang
outang this being, according to Profes
sor Sherrington, who has examined their
brains, the order of Intellectual develop
mentwe should, as a matter of senti
ment or prejudice, prefer Old World pro
genitors. Dr. Nuttall is convinced that
we now possess a certain chemical blood
test by which "It will be posslblo to de
termine certain relationships which have
hitherto been considered obscure." Thank
you. Dr. Nuttall, so much! But with re
gard to this particular relationship we
don't think wo want to know any more.
Notable Records.
The most interesting, although perhaps
not the most practical, of these events
is distance. It Is In this event that tho
greatest development and improvement
has been roade. In 1SS3 R. C. Leonard won
the distance event at the New York tour
nament with a cast of 87 feet. In 1SS7 he
raised the world's record to 102 feet,
where It remained until 1S97, when, at the
World's Tournament In Chicago. Walter
D. Mansfield, a member of the San Fran
cisco Club, broke the record with a cast
of lllVi feet. This record remained until
at the Indoor tournament at Madison
Square Garden In New York, in 1S9S, Mr.
Leonard made a cast of 120 feet. This
record was shortly afterwards broken at
aan Francisco by Mr. Mansfield, champiot
Members' Night at Y. 31. C. A.
Tonight Is members' night at the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic Club, and a
good programme has been arranged.
There will be special athletic features,
and Parsons orchestra will furnish music.
The programme will be followed by a
smoker.
St. Lonis Franchise Sold.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26. The St Louis Amer
ican League franchise was sold today by
Mat and Henry Klllllea, of Milwaukee, to
R. L. Hedges, who represents a num
ber of St. Louis capitalists. It Is said Mr.
Hedges will be elected president of the
club. The price paid was not made pub.
He.
Smallpox Suspect Causes Trouble.
KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 26. Isaao Murphy,
the smallpox suspect, who eluded the of
ficers of Kokomo, Marion and Anderson,
and who was captured at Greentown, 10
miles east of here, and was taken In cus
tody by William Seiners, was threatened
by a mob early today. The house was
stoned and the crowd threatened to lynch
both men, but when Somers pointed a gun
through the door, the mob retired. A
short time afterward, Nlghtwatchman
John Pool approached the house, and Som
ers, mistaking him for one- of the mob,
shot hhn, iniflctlng serious wound?. The
quarantined men have secured additional
arms and ammunition and bloodshed is ex
pected if the attack is renewed.
Beaten With a Wagon Spoke.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 26. August Stagge
died today from the effects of a blow ad
ministered last night with a wagon wheel
spoke by Michael Rleger, a saloonkeeper.
Stagge's daughter was a domestic In Rleg
er's family. Stagge asserted that his
daughter had been Insulted by Rleger and
he wanted him to apologize. Rleger, In
ejecting Stagge from his saloon, struck
him with a spoke. Rleger was arrested,
charged with murder.
Crime of a Colored Boy.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va.. Jan. 28.
Thomas Tucker, a colored boy, cut the
Setting Aside Facts.
Chicago Tribune.
Senator Hoar goes a little bit tob far
when he says no one can be sure that
the famous Lawtorr letter Is not a forgeryv
Of course. Senator Hoar may be prepared;
to maintain that no one can bo sure ot
anything. All things human are uncer
tain. The universe itself may be an Illu
sion. But if one leaves these speculations
aside and submits to the ordinary rules
that govern human knowledge, the letter
which General Lawton addressed to Mr.
Barrett, ex-Mlnlster to Slam, and which
Mr. Barrett gave to General Lawton.'a
widow, Is as genuine a document as any
to be found anywhere in the world. It
is open to Senator Hoar to attack thetj
sentiments expressed in the letter. It Is
not open to him to deny or question its
authenticity until ho has some reason
therefor.
It would, Indeed, be pleasanter for Sen
ator Hoar if the letter were not genulno,.
but that is hardly a reason for believing
that it is not. General Lawton wrote oC
the "cruel and unfortunate effect" In tho
Philippines of the publications of the so
called anti-imperialists, and said that 1C
he were shot by a Filipino bullet "it
might as well come from one of my own
men." These are sentences that galL
Senator Hoar has adopted a summary
method of disposing of them. The letter
containing them, whose authenticity never
has been questioned, "may be a forgery."
Apparently It Is impossible for the Sen
ator to discuss the Philippine question ju
dicially and dispassionately. He has no
patience with any one who disagrees with
him concerning it, and puts on one sldo
with contempt all evidence which conflicts
with- his Ideas. General, Lawton's letter
Is evidence which cannot be thrown out
of court.
The longest span of submarine cablo
in existence will be that between Vancou
ver and Fanning Island, 3000 miles apart.
The task of laying It will commence In
January.
CASTOR! A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
&c
Bears the
Signature of
Piatt "Will Not Sue White.
Washington Senator Piatt, of New
York, who had Intended to begin a libel
suit against William Allen White, of
TTnnsns trhn nrrnt nn nhimlvA nrffrln
of the Chicago tournament, with a cast j about Mr. Piatt for a ma'gazlne, says that
ft 1WY1A tun- iphtnl. wi. A l. V.n , , , js n , T a.
no nas now reacneu me conclusion inai
he can drop tho whole matter with en-
of 120& feet, which record he has since
raised from, time to time until, in 1S99, he
established a world s record of 133 feet,
where It now stands. Mr. Mansfield has
on a number of occasions made clear casts
of 140 feet.
There are very few of the active mem
bers of the San Francisco Club who can
not cast over 100 feet, and there are half
a dozen who have records of 120 and
over. Yet not one of these men could put
out 75 feet of line when they Joined the
club. Taking into consideration the fact
that the English and Scotch records for
single-hand casting are less than 100 feet
and that the world's record for double
hand salmon casting with an lS-foot rod
is but 140 feet 3 Inches, some idea of tho
progress made in fly casting can bo
formed, and all is the result of club work.
No one but a sportsman can appreciate
the satisfaction which comes from the
knowledge that he is master of his art.
The art of fly casting Is easily mastered,
and once gained, the sportsman's pleasure
Is doubled, slnco he can drop his fly deli
cately, accurately and as far out as he
may need.
A world's tournament will probably be
held in San Francisco this year. The
Eastern clubs will all send representative
teams.
Six months' work by the Portland an
glers will put them In shape to compete
certainly In delicacy and accuracy, and
probably In distance also. Since the Ore
gon Fish and Game Association intends
to take up this fascinating sport, and pos
sibly as at Chicago, so at our 1905 fair, a
world's contest will be held at Portland.
but, like everything else worth having,
there Is but one way, and that Is for local
sportsmen to get in and work.
1 Judges 8ha.ll annauac the buoy to be
ENTRIES FOR BILLIARDS.
t Annual Contest at M. A. A. C. Be
gins Tomorrow Evening.
The following ojre the entries and classi
fications for the billiard tournament which
commences at the Multnomah Club, tomor
row evening:
First class, 100 points R. R. Glltner, H.
P. Goering, B. H. Trumbull SO, E. L.
Powell S5, O. F. Godfrey SO, W. H. Wy
man SO.
Second class, 75 points C. H. Grltz
macher, A. W. Sydney. Ernest Bross, C.
E. Stone 70, C. W. Zeller 70. Lansing
Stout 65.
Third class, 60 points G. E. Streeter, J.
H. Clark, P. E, Brlghara, W. T. Harlow,
D. E. Mallory, H. Raurt.
Fourth class, 50 points Guy Holman, E.
W. Blackstone, H. A. Wels, W. B. Fech
lielmer, R. E. Warlnner, E. A. Cawston.
Fifth class, 50 points J. E. Dukehart,
J. B. Lumgalr, Herbert Robinson, JB. P.
Walte, H. G. Foster, J. C. Meuhe,
Sixth class, 50 points H. P. Holmes,
B. H. WIckersham, A. St. Clair Gay 46,
&
This signatare is on ersry box of iho genuine
Laxative Bromo-Ouinine Tablets
YrZnf&lbu raawdy tbab ewes a cl ta oat daft
tire satisfaction to himself. Mr. White is
the breezy editor of a Kansas newspaper,
and last May he published an editorial In
his newspaper about President McKlnley.
In that editorial the Kansas roan gave his
opinion of the late President McKlnley
In these words:
McKlnley nevr had an idea, in his bead. H
Is essentially not a thinker. He Is In no sense
a scholar. He has not kept anywhere abreast
of the economic thought of his time. Until
the campaign of '06 he was unsuro about
finance. He has uttered no sentiment In all
his four rears of official speaking and -writing
that has lived 30 minutes after It was put on
paper. Twenty men In Marlon County can
make as good a speech as McKlnley. No man
who doesn't read can have much to say. You
can't draw water from an empty cistern.
This was a boon to Piatt, and it gave
him great comfort; whereupon he said he
would adandon his purpose to sue White.
Topsy-Tnrvy Evolution.
London Truth.
By his discovery of the oa, & kind of gibbon.
Professor Haeckel claims to have upset the
Darwinian theory that man Is descended from
the monkor, and to have proved that, on the
contrary, the monkey has descended from. man.
Morning Leader.
The disciples ot Darwin, confirmed In the faith
That he taught with a voice bo unquaverlng.
Assert their belief In his theory stilt
"Without any symptom of wavering;
That Mas from the Monkey can trace his de
scent Is a dogma they've always defended.
Imagine their horror, then, now to be told
That the Monkey from Man has descended I
No wonder that they the announcement of such
A significant heresy take ill;
No wonder that they the assertions deny
Which are made by Professor Ernest Haeck
el: For how. as one reads this conclusion of his.
Which the critics have lately been glib on.
Can one calmly allow that one's grandchildren,
say.
Will resemble the Javanese gibbon?
For such a descent a "Decline" and a "Fall"
Would Involve which Is very much greater
Than that of which Gibbon (the man, not the
ape)
Was, once on a time, the narrator;
And though we are doomed the debasement to
see
Of much that the world used to venerate.
We are loath to believe that It must be men's
fate
Into monkeys to slowly degenerate.
So, though the professor refuses to trace
Man back to the sllme'B protozoa.
Wo must not too meekly admit that our babes
May be only a species of oa;
And though, without doubt, his persistent re
search May fresh laurels from near anil from far
win.
For the present, at least, 'twould be weak to
admit
Taat this Haaextl has catekmated Darwin I
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