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il* IIE- AMERICA’S CUP DEFENDER, COLUMptA.
| Details of the Race |
Hi Between Columbia |
ij: and Shamrock, |
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jv MEMO R A B L E
contest may con-
Kl ft fldently be expeoted
Ml I when Sir Thomas
vWheil Lipton comes over
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Jfcpl'li \ got the America’s
Cup. The race will
h-iS I*'' 1 *'' be tho tenth since
tho proud day when
Hr the eagle first ae
quired a right to
perch upon that
trophy. But it is not time to be
frightened yet. The British papers
arc doing their best to scare us, but
SIR THOMAS J. LIPTON.
(Challenger for tho American's Cup.)
we should keep up our courage for
the present. That the Shamrock, Sir
Thomas Lipton’s challenger, is a dan
gerous craft is hardly to be doubted,
but that she will defeat the Columbia
is not yet a foregone conclusion. We
(A sail was dropped over the stern to prevent photographers getting a picture of the
lines of the yacht.)
bare been told that the Shamrock had
a concealed centreboard, and that this
■was what would beat us. We have
read that she had a way of putting her
chain cable up her sleeve and taking
it out for the purpose of the race*
tLat she had a hollow keel in which
all sorts of dangerous expedients could
be concealed, and that she was in
general a craft more filled with mys
teries than our own Fotimore Coopor’s
Water Witch. But the lines of a
yacht, like murder, will out. Her
dimensions may be kept secret, yet
they, too, will ultimately bo known
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WM. FIFE, JR,, THE DESIGNER.
CAPT. WRINGE. C.U'T. HOGARTH.
(The Shamrock's designer and her two
skippers.)
with something approaching exactness.
The dimensions of the Columbia
have been obtained from men who
have had means of learning them, and
aro trustworthy. They put the yacht’s
length over all as 131 feet; beam, 22
feet 2 iuebes, aud draught, 19 feet 10
inches. Her painted water lino
measured 89 feet 6 inches, nud it was
believed that sho would float, when
all rigged, at about 89 feet 8 or 9
inches. The following table of dimen
sions of the two yachts is taken from
the London Daily News.
Columbia. Shamrock.
Ft. In. Ft. In.
Length over all 131 4 182 2
Water-line length. 89 10 89 6
Beam 24 2# 24 6
Draught 20 20
Displacement Columbia, 149 W tons;
Shamrock, 147 tons. Sail area—Columbia,
19,940 square feet, Shamrock, 14,125 square
feet.
The Columbia, which is the third
cup defender designed by Nathaniel
Green Herreshoff, is owned jointly by
Commodore J. PierpTTht Morgan and
C. Oliver Iselin, both of the New
York Yacht Club. Roughly speaking,
she will cost to build and run about
$225,000 for the season, of which the
Herreshoffs will receive about sllO,-
000, which includes the hull, rigging,
sails and extra spars.
The Columbia in C. Oliver Iselin
has a capable amateur manager. Hi3
famous racing flag, the black and red
swallow-tail, has been carried tri
umphantly to victory on the Titania,
Vigilant and Defender. No patriotic
American doubts he will be successful
this year. He has in Mrs. Iselin the
most charming mascot in the world.
His aids are Woodbury Kane, Herbert
C. Leeds and Newberry D. Thorne,
all excellent yachtsmen.
His skipper, Charles Barr, is one of
the smartest in the world. He is a.
Scotchman, but has long been natur
alized. He is the only man of foreign
birth who will sail on Columbia. He
is thirty-five years old, and was born
at Gourock on the Clyde. In Chiof
Mate Allen, Captain Barr has a thor
oughly nblo and experienced officer.
The crew of Columbia hail from
Deer Isle, Me., and a better lot of
seamen never broke a biscuit. There
are thirty-nine all told, and ten of
them sailed on Defender. Many of
them have been captains and mates 0 f
coasting vessels. They are a litij 0)
m BOW ON
THE HtTlili OP THE COLOtBIA.
agile lot, and handle the Columbia to
perfection.
The Shamrock’s skippers, Hogarth
and Wringe, are men just a little over
thirty years of age, and yet both have
been sailing in class matches for sev
eral years. Hogarth has had charge
of most of Fairlie’s successful boats,
and Wringe made another boat of
Ailsa when he took her over from Jay.
The designer has, therefore, Complete
confidence in them. The crew con
sists of no fewer than fifty men, thirty
Scotchmen and the rest Englishmen—
four officers, boatswain, two boats
wain’s mates, Carpenter, carpenter’s
mate, sailmaker, nine leading seamen,
twenty-seven able 6eamen, two stew
ards and two cooks. In addition,
Tom Katsey and six sailmakers will
look after the canvas. Of the ship’s
oompany, only ten have not saileiDin
America’s Cup contests before.
The contests between two such
yachts as Columbia and Shamrock,
manned by such men, cannot fail to
be of magnificent interest.
The C)fl Hnartial Fin
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that the iflpQJtticm of the Dreyfus
was concluded Fri
day morning Dreyfus, on leaving the
Lycee, looked brighter than he has
ever previously appeared.
All the notable Dreyfusites who are
present at the trial are satisfied with
the result of the examination of the
secret dossier. They have urged their
newspaper friends in Paris to clamor
for full publicity, knowing that if it be
granted, military and nationalist par
ties would be utterly disgraced.
They are convinced that the diplo
matic and war office dossiers teem
with forgeries. Of course, their im
pressions are derived from the five
counsel present at the examination of
these precious papers.
Publicity would mean the pillory
for General De Boisdeffre and com
pany. They would be pelted with
their own foul eggs, while Captain
Dreyfus would be cleared in the face of
the whole world. The military caste is
furious at the turn things are taking.
M. Jaures expects that there will
be a great exposure of a conspiracy
against the republic, and that the
high-handed measures of the present
government against certain generals
will be more than justified by the
coming revelations.
SHOULD BE A FIT.
Hon. W. J. Bryan Answer* Quest on* Pn
llv the Chicago Tribune.
The follow-ing telegraphic corre
spondence has passed between the
Chicago Tribune and William Jen
nings Bryan:
“Chicago, August 11.—To William
J. Bryan, Petersburg, 111.: Corre
spondents at Pana at Lithia Springs,
111., report you as saying yon do not
care whether you are the democratic
nominee for president one year hence
or not if the precepts of the party are
carried out. Will you kindly- wire
The Tribune what you did say and
your exact position in this matter?
“The Chicago Tribune.”
“Petersburg, Inn., August 11. —
Tribune, Chicago: Have not seen the
report mentioned. Whether I shall
be a candidate depends largely on the
platform. The platform should fit the
party and the candidate should fit the
platform.
“William Jennings Bryan.”
CAN’T USE THE MAILS.
Tlio I’ostofflcc Department Sets Down On
Kx-Slav© Pension Scheme.
A Washington dispatch,says: At last
the postoffice department has decided
to put a stop to the systematic robbery
of ignorant colored people by a gang
of schemers who claim they can secure
a pension for all former slaves. The
plan is to exact from every colored
person who was formerly a slave the
sum of 25 cents as a “registration
fee.” The promise is given that the
money thus collected will be used to
promote the passage of a pension bill.
Acting Assistant General Barrett
has made a thorough investigation of
one of the these organizations, and as
a result the department has issued an
order forbidding the delivery of all
mail addressed to parties connected
with the scheme.
FEVER ON THE WANE.
Situation at the Soldiers* Home In Hamp
ton, Va., Is Encouraging.
A special from Norfolk, Ya., says:
There is nothing but encouragement
in the yellow fever situation at the
Soldiers’ Home. No new cases and
no deaths due to this disease occurred
Friday. In fact the trouble has about
been removed.
The quarantine of Norfolk and other
points against Newport New-s, Hamp
ton and Old Point will be raised and
inspectors removed from trains and
boats.
In a week or ten days, if the situa
tion continues to improve, the quaran
tine against the Soldiers’ home and
rhoebus will also be lifted.
Kentucky Coal Diggers Quit.
Oue hundred and fifty coal miners
have struck at Mingo mines, in Ken
tucky, demanding increased wages.
The operators had just promised to
increase wages September 1, but the
miners demanded an increase to go in
to effect immediately.
HOBSON HftARD FROM.
Advises Hitchborn of His Progress In
Repairing Raised Spanish Ships.
Naval Constructor Richmond Pear
sou Hobson was heard from by the
navy department Monday for the first
time at any length since he was as
signed to duty in charge of the Spanish
ships raised from Manila harbor and
now undergoing repairs at Hong
Kong.
His report is unusually interesting,
dealing in general questions, such as
the need of a large dock yard in the
orient, the increased shipping at Ma
nila and the prospect that Manila will
succeed Hong Kong as the emporium
of the east.
ENLISTED AT ABE OF SIX.
South’** Youngest Defender During; the
Civil Wr Dies In Mobile, Ala.
James T. Palmer, the youngest en
listed man on the Confederate side in
the civil war. died at Mobile, Ala.,
Monday night. He was powder monkey
on the Confederate steamer Morgan,
commanded by Captain Fry, of Vir
ginias fame, and served in the terrific
action off Fort Blakely, Mobile bay,
1865, being then six years old.
DREYFUS COUNSEL IS SHOT
M. Labouri Ambushed By TwOjMen While
On His Way to the Lycee.
MANY MEMBERS OF “LEAGUE OF PATRIOTS” ARRESTED
Saturday’s Open Session of the Dreyfus CourtmarLia!
Was Replete With Exciting Scenes.
A cable dispatch received from
Rennes, France, early Monday morn
ing shated that two men ambushed
Maitre Labori, counsel for Dreyfus,
and one shot was fired, hitting Labori
in the back. M. Labori fell in the
roadway. He was still alive at the
time the dispatch was sent.
Maitre Labori left his house alone
for the court at about 6 o’clock Mon
day morning. His residence is situ
ation in the suburbs of the town a quar
ter of an hour’s walk from the Lycee,
the route being along a solitary road
beside the river Vilaine. He bad
reached a point half way on his jour
ney when two men, who had evidently
been lying in wait for him, rushed out
of a narrow lane and one of them fired
a single shot from a revolver.
The murderers were only a couple
of yards behind their victim and the
bullet struck Maitre Labori in the
back. The wounded man uttered an
agonized cry and fell flat on his face.
The murderers at once fled through
the lane from which they had emerged
and both escaped.
At 7:30 o’clock it was announced
that the bullet had entered the stom
ach; that there was no outward bleed
ing and that the physicians believed
that M. Labori would die from the
wound.
DREYFUS CREATES SCENE IN OPEN
COURT BY REPLYING TO
M. MERCIER.
A special from Rennes, France,
says: Saturday’s scenes in the second
courtmartial of Captain Dreyfus were
as dramatic as those of Monday, when
the prisoner was arraigned. M. Casi
mir-Perier recited to the court in an
earnest manner his connection with
the case, after which General Mercier
was placed upon the stand. The lat
ter’s testimony provoked a stirring
scene.
General Mercier had spoken nearly
four hours in ruthless denunciation of
Dreyfus, who had listened unmoved
until Mercier concluded by saying that
if he had not been convinced of the
guilt of Dreyfus, and if the latter’s
conviction had not been fortified since
1894, he would admit he had been
mistaken. Dreyfus jumped to his
feet as though the words had galvan
ized him into life, and shouted in a
voice which resounded through the
hall like a triumph note:
“That is what you ought to say.”
The audience burst into a wild
cheers, whereupon the ushers called for
silence. But when Mercier replied
that he would admit Dreyfus was in
nocent if there was any doubt, the
prisoner shouted again:
“Why, don’t you then? That is your
duty.”
At this there was another outburst
of applause.
As Mercier was leaving the court the
audience rose en masse and hissed and
cursed him, those at the back of the
caurt standing on chairs and benches
in order to better cry him down. The
gendarmes placed themselves between
the general and the audience, who
showed a strong disposition to mal
treat the former minister of war. Mer
cier played the now well-worn war
scare during the day, but the effect
must be very discouraging to him, as
his hearers listened without stirring a
muscle to his story of how France was
on the threshold of a war with Germa
ny. The auti-Dreyfusites have oried
“wolf” too often.
A RECORD-BREAKING REDUCTION
Iron Workers’ Wages Cut From Fifteen
Dollars a Day To Three.
A dispatch from Johnstown, Pa.,
says: What is probably the record
for a big reduction of wages has gone
into effect in the structural department
of the Cambria Steel Company.
The straighteners of the large beams
will have their wages cut from 815 to
about 83 a day, while the holdups will
be paid on a scale that will average
them 81.50 per day against 86 or $7,
the old rate. A general strike is
looked for.
The men claim that they were not
overpaid, as the work is so severe they
can endure it for only a few years.
STORM SPENT ITS FORCE.
Predicted Disa?trons West Indian Hurri
cane Did Not Materialize.
A Washington special says: The
West Indian hurricane appears to De
gradually decreasing in strength and
the chances are that\ it will spend
itself before making
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A special from Paris says: •M. De
Roulede, founder of the League of
Patriots and a member of the chamber
of deputies, for the Angouleme divis
ion of Charente, was arrested at 4
o’clock Saturday morning at his estate
at Groissey, near Paris.
A number of members of the anti
semite league and patriotic leagues
were also arrested at the same time.
M. Deßoulede was taken into custo
dy by four gen larmes aud wa? driven
to Paris. On his arrival in the city
he was incarcerated in the Concierge
rie prison.
The police have closed the offices of
the patriotic league, which are now
guared by gendarmes.
When an attempt was mads to ar
rest M. Guerin, president cf the anti
semite league, he refused j to surrender
and barricaded himself in his house.
He says he is prepared to hold out for
three weeks, having a good stock of
food and firearms. The doors and
windows of his residence are barri
caded and M. Guerin announces he
will blow up his house before he sur
renders.
On the application of M. Fabri, fresh
searches of various houses were made,
including the headquarters of the anti
semites, where only unimportant pa
pers were seized.
Altogether six members oft Lie anti
semite and patriotic league and the
young royalists have been arrested.
It appears that the officials unearthed
telegrams sent to the duke of Orleans
from Brussels at the time of President
Fame's funeral, the first, saying:
“All our men are ready.”
The second telegram was dispatched
the following day, saying:
“It’s useless to come.”
The attempt at an insurrection
against the government had in the
meanwhile failed.
Conspiracy Unearthed.
A semi-official note issued at Paris
reads as follows:
“A certain number of arrests were
made this morning as the result of a
magisterial inquiry and by virtue of
article 89 of the penal code, regarding
a conspiracy organized for the purpose
of accomplishing a change in the form
of government. Persons implicated
belong to the group of the royalist
youth and the patriotic and anti-semite
leagues. At the trial of the Meuiiley
barracks affair, facts relating to that
incident alone were used as the basis
of the prosecution; but searches were
then made and documents were seized
which led to the discovery of an organ
ization dating back to July, 1898, and
of a plot to seize the government by
force.
[ “The documents leave no room for
! doubt as to existence of a plot or as to
! the chief actors therein. After very
j close watch organized proof was ob
‘ tained that the same groups were pre
paring for a fresh attempt at an early
date, the proof being such as to enable
the disturbance to be averted by
immediate measures. The invesiiga
: tion of the affair intrusted to M. Fabre.
examining magistrate.”
Measures have been taken to pre
vent M. Guerin from communicating
with members outside his residence,
and the water, gas and telephone con
nections have been cut off.
TWO FACTIONS ARRAIGNED.
A special of Sunday from Rennes
states that the battle has begun in ear
nest. Its political bearing are shown
in the arrest of Paul De Roulede, the
deputy and poet, and twenty-three of
his numerous royalist and Bonapartist
allies, who have pooled with him
against the republic. As in the Bou
langist conspiracy, the pool would be
j of little consequence but for the mili
tary caste, which has found represen
tative men in General De Negrier and
some other generals having great com
mands. ,
LAURIER DENIES REPORT.
Say* Canadians Did Not Refuse To Accept
th© Chicago Invitation.
In a personal letter to H. H. Kohl
saat, of the Chicago Times-Herald,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian pre
mier, denies the truth of an interview
recently given out by F. W. Fitzpat
rick, of the treasury department at
Washington, in which Mr. Fitzpatrick
asserted that Premier Laurier had
stated to him he would not accept an
invitation to the Chicago autumn fes
tival, believing the somewhat strained
relations the two countries
might result i "some inci
dent daring lfis visit.
AID PROMPTLY GIVEN.
Response* te Call For Relief of Porto
Ricans littTe Been Generou*.
A dispatch says: Re
sponses to appeal of Secretary
Root for aud destitute in
Porto Rico in fron the
mayors of cities ia the
most Donarions
of money, thing are being
t the
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