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yHE END OF YACHT RACING. iselin declines to race MR. ^(JIINST THE VALKYRIE. lOflD Dt N RAVEN PREPARING TO TRAVEL OUT WEST. vaikr rie Will Probably Be Sent The immediately to England. Southern Associated Press. g y 13—This morning New York, Sept. found the Defender and Valkyrie off R'dS e the centre of such a group Baf only international cup of yachts as an brings together. Defender was race full dress of colors. There decked in a was a fresh breeze and a choppy sea Z “, the big single-stickers rode and cour iei l under their influence. The Valky " L and her tender left Bay It Ridge after in for Erie Basin at 9:20. was L L o’clock when Mr. Iselin, who had t the night in the city and had come ^ the Atlantic Yacht Club in the fowa to fleam yacht Neckar, put off in a launch ,0 the Defender. The tug Wallace B. flint, then went alongside and put a Ine aboard. Mrs. Iselin was on the De¬ fender with her husband. As the yacht lot Joe under way. in anchored tow for New close Rochelle, by burst of the yachts j #r th a salute from her gun and the other yachts taking the cue joined in a lois y ovation that lasted 20 minutes and sounded like the bombardment of a be ifeged Valkyrie town. in tow of the Lewis Pul The basin shortly ter, arrived at Erie be¬ fore 10 o'clock. The British boat was warped in between the George W. Clyde md the Ship Carnhill and her sailors were put to work at once stripping her. By noon her top mast and much of her top works had been removed. Lord Dunraven was not present. Mr. Glennie, his representative, said that, tii lordship would start at once for Colorado with his two daughters and that the Valkyrie would start on her tomeward voyage as soon as she could be got in trim for the passage. He said that the Valkyrie would not enter any race for a special cup on any,conditions. Beyond this be would say nothing. Mr. itatzey, who was present, was even more reticent. H. Maitland Kersey said that the Valkyrie’s sails would be shipped to Cowes. Her spars would fol¬ low later. Several members of the American cup committee and the regatta committee visited the Madison avenue club house of the New York Yacht Club this fore¬ noon. No meeting of either committee was held and no communications were received from Lord Dunraven or sent to him. A. Cass Canfield left the city at noon for Newport. Ex-Commodore S. Nichol ion Kane, chairman of the regatta com mittee, said that he regretted the man ner in which the races wound up, but that Lord Dunraven at the last mo tnent made requests which the commit tee could not grant. Mr. Kane contin Bed: "If we had acceded to his request to call it no race if at any time one of the boats was interfered with by steam ers, it would be unfair to the other boat If she were winning. We did all that we possibly could do to keep a clear course and and prevent interference, and offered to postpone the start until the rse was clear. I don’t know what aore we could do.” Mr. Kane said he knew of no arrange¬ ment for races off Marblehead or any other place. He said it rested with «>rd Dunraven whether he would race ony more in American waters. Mr. Iselin Declines. Boston, Sept, 13.—The following tele Pam was received by General Chas. H. Taylor this afternoon from C. Oliver Min, who represents the syndicate that Kns the yacht Defender: [Brooklyn, Editor Sept. 13-Ghas. H. Taylor, Globe, Boston:—Many thanks for pnerous P Valkyrie. offer. I must decline iat present (Signed.) C. OLIVER ISELIN. I Tie Globe’s yachting representative in f Mternoon w York telegraphed the following this [General : Chas. H. Taylor, Mr. Kersey r® telephoned me that Valkyrie is be P? dismantled and that Lord Dunraven r s made no formal reply to your propos pon of yesterday. Uphold Dunraven. The America’s Cap. York, Sept. 13.—Mr. C. Oliver as the representative of the Winder syndicate, received an of- ficial notification by letter this after¬ noon from the America’s cup commit¬ tee that the Defender was the winner of the three international yacht races sailed off Sandy Hook lightship and that in consequence the America's cup would remain the property of the New York Yacht Club. Statement From the Syndicate. New York, Sept. 13.— In reference to the gold engaged in this city today for shipment on tomorrow’s steamer the United Press is authorized by the bond syndicate to make the following state¬ ment: “The impression has become general that members of the bond syndicate en¬ tered into an agreement with the United States Treasury to maintain the $100,000, 000 reserve until October 1 proximo, and upon that date, said obligation will cease and terminate. Such is not the case. The bond syndicate fulfiilled all its obligations to the Government in June last and has not since been bound in any way to the Treasury. It is true that it has from time to time since June last paid over sums in gold coin to the Treasury which have sufficed to maintain the reserve, but it has done so voluntarily and will continue so to do in the same spirit and for the same motive. So far as October is concerned it has no relation to the ac¬ tion of the bond syndicate and it will continue to deposit gold until the 1st of November and the 1st of December and the first of January if necessary and if existing conditions make it feasible to do so. But neither the bond syndicate nor any one else can control the ele¬ ments. But the idea that its relations to the Treasury situation will be any dif¬ ferent on or after October 1st from what they are now and have been all along is erroneous and should be corrected.” NOT SO AWFULLY SLEEPY. Indeed, When all Was Reconed Up he Came Ont n Trifle Ahead. “What station was that?” demand¬ ed the passenger In the rear seat, sud¬ denly rousing himself, straightening up and projecting his voice through the dimly lighted car. The conductor, who was coming down the aisle, stopped and held the lantern close to the speaker’s face. “It was Bragdon,” he replied. “Ain’t you the man that wanted to get off at Smallville?” “I am,” rejoined the passenger. *T asked you to wake me up when we got there, and you said you would.” “I did wake you up.” “Oh, you did, did you? How far have we gone past Smallville?” “Fifty-five miles.” “And you waked me up? Strange I didn’t konw anything about it!” “I shook you, called out the name of the station and you said ‘all right’ and reached for your hat. I supposed you were wide awake. Several passengers got off there and I took it for granted you were one of them.” “Well, I wasn't. I’m pretty hard to wake up. You ought to have been sure about it. I had friends waiting for me at the station. It’ll make an awful muss. I wouldn’t have had this happen for a thousand dollars.” “You can’t telegraph them, can you?" “i suppose I can. What’s the next station?” “Flaxwood.” “Does the next train back stop there?” “Yea’’ “Well, you give me a note to tfefl conductor, can t you, telling him to pass me back to Smallville? It’s as little as you can do. j The eonductor scribbled a few lines on a pIece of paper and handed lt t0 * ‘ hl^Sv . “I- „ y ye you . re awake?” ,. rll getoff here , anyhow," respond tbe pa8Ben ger, grabbing his valise and starting for the door, “whether | I’m awake or not.” . As the train pulled out of Flaxwood the brakeman standing on the rear platform of the last coach heard a voice calling out in the darkness: "Hello, old fellow! I was afraid you wouldn’t be here to meet me. I came all the way on a 60-cent ticket. There’s more than one way to beat a railroad, i b’gosh!” —Chicago Tribune. COMING SOUTHWARD. New England State Official* En Route to Chattanooga and Atlanta By Southern Associated Dress. Washington, Sept. lo.-This evening Governor Woodbury, of Vermont; Lieut Governor Mansur, with the full staff passed 5XT^VV^inT^via tt Pennsylvania and Southern Railway en route to Knoxville. Tenn., to attend f the encampment of the Sons of Veter n8 Thence they go to Chattanooga to toke nart In the dedication of the Chick amansa battlefield on the 19th, 20th and 0 prom Chattanooga th<> Ver f monters continue exposition. their tour to Atlanta °\f the dav night Governor Werts and ctaff am^iga of v^a New AsSe Jersey, will go to Chick by the Southern Railway. They will have three special Pullman cars for the entire trip, and will reach Chattanooga Tuesday even ing. The travel Southward just now is enormous, both to Chattanooga and At lanta by all the routes. Great prepara tions have been made by the railroad companies to handle the heavy traffic, and no doubt is entertained of their ability to provide adequate and prompt service to both points. -- . . SESSt oleander, and the large gora cat, the leaved myrtle. CAROLINA’S CONVENTION. FIRST WEEK NOTED FOR ITS RE MARKABLE HARMONV. GREAT DEAL ACCOMPLISHED IN SHAPING THE WORK. Tbe Economic Basis Contemplated - Had to Be Abandoned. Columbia, S. O., Sept. 15.—The end of the first week of the session of the constitutional convention has come. Five days work has been done in com¬ plete harmony, with absolute freedom from utterances of a political savor. It is indeed remarkable that 160 South Carolina political leaders should be to¬ gether in the same hall for a whole week, discussing all kinds of political matters, without letting politics come into the proceedings in any way. If this alone be all that will be accomplish¬ ed by the convention in this direction it will be more than any one had any rea¬ son to expect, judging things from the light of the events of the past five or six years in Carolina. The first week has been a pretty busy one and a good deal has been accom¬ plished in the way of shaping out the work. Enough ordinances and resolu¬ tions have been presented to permit one fourth of them to be incorporated in the new constitution and even then have the document be a perfect book. The most important single matter that the convention has thus far acted upon was the refusal to permit the formation of any more counties. This means that there will be a great saving in the time of the convention. The length of the session will thereby be greatly re duced. ’ while there can be no doubt that a general , ordinance .. providing ... for „ the formation of new counties will pass making the maximum area not over 500 miles, which ordinance will give the Legislature all the power it needs and will result in the formation of many new counties at the coming session of the General Assembly. The printing matter is also out of the way now, and the body is thoroughly organized and in working shape. The engrossing department will be ready for work tomorrow, and this week things Will move along swimmingly. The work of the first week just closed, to one on the floor, seems to indicate that the following matters in one shape or another are pretty certain to be con tained in the new constitution: 1. An ordinance providing for a gen¬ eral reduction of the area of counties, with a maximum of scarcely more than 500 square miles and a maximum pop¬ ulation . 1 2. An ordinance providing for bien uial sessions of the Legislature. 3. An ordinance providing for the eleetion of all State and county officers every fourth, instead of every second year. 4. An ordinance in one shape or an other providing for the establishment of county courts, presided over by county judges. 5. An ordinance regulating the pay¬ ment of the school tax so that the tax¬ payer shall have the right to designate to which of the public schools it shall be applied, and providing for separate schools for the races. 6. Such a regulation of the liquor traffic and manufacture as has been proposed by Mr. Efird, which allows I the State to license and regulate under its police power. char¬ 7. A general provision for the tering of corporations. 8. A provision for the establishment of a State board of pardons. 9 That judges of all State and conn ty courts be elected by the people. I 10 The establishment of a State bu reau of labor statistics and State labor commissioner. j There are some other things about the first week’s results which impress an on looker. The convention has been abso lutely unable to start out upon the eco nomical basis, upon whioh it was thought that it could be run. It has been a strange condition of affairs so far but it is true neverthe less that nearly all the debate that has been indulged in has been bet tween the Conservative members of the convention. Mr. Johnstone and oov. Shepnard have done more talk in g than any other four men in the new resolutions and or dinances have come from unexpected quarters, from men who have been heard of but little in the presentation ! of ideas for the formation of the new I constitution. Senator Tillman has had j but little to say so far though several times he has displayed his stump | speaking sentative ability. Tillman, His has brother, been Repre- pretty much alive to things for the past two .days. His speech on Saturday as i | ^"fse'sfon It was^eToq'enT fir an5 h more force one could | but reaHze that the snowy locked j gage Qf Edgefie i d wae speaking straight frQm the beart . His voice had a ring of >slncerity j n it that was eally re f regb j ng -. 'Woman’s suffrage has made no fur ther advance than the introduction of a b j;i providing for it in municipal elections. The suffrage plan that Senator Tlll man has frequently outlined, designed to disfranchise the negro and no end of homestead exemption ordinances, have stjssswjs sir Among the curios that have made their appearance is Mr. Stoke’s scheme of abolishing the State Supreme Court, Mr. McGown’s plan to engraft the dispensary law in the constitution and the resolution affecting the right of the press to publish report; of certain trials. Congressman Talbert in talking the situation tonight and about the week’s work and he outlook stated | i that could there be said was really yet very to little the work that as as of the convention. He withdrew from the race for president to insure har¬ mony, and he is gratified, he says, to see that the sessions of the body have j been perfectly harmonious so far. From the composition of the body he sees no reason why they should not remain so to the end. The work will, in his opinion, get rapidly into shape for action from tomorrow onward. He thinks an early adjournment can be reached for it is the general disposi¬ tion of the members to get hrough as soon as they can without undue haste. In regard to the suffrage, Col. Tal¬ bert says he favors the Mississippi plan pure and simple unless some¬ thing better is proposed, and he hasn’t seen it. yet. Col. Talbert is one of the strong men of the reform side. Senator Till¬ man having gone home to spend Sun¬ day, his views could not be obtained. Irby says he is adverse to having anything to say. Col. Jno. T. Sloan, a prominent Con¬ servative, who was elected on the equitable division basis, says: “It is not probable that the convention will disturb the pleasant relations of our State with the Federal Government by attempting to adopt any article that will disfranchise all of the col¬ ored people. We will be guided by reason in this matter, a spirit of wise statesmanship will prevail, and the permanency of white supremacy will be secured without injustice to the negro. I believe the convention w blot out - and discountenance any f rauda in elections I favor the dis franchisement . of all persons convicted of registration or eiection frauds 1 am opposed absolutely to female sur and j think a large major ity Qf the memberg of the convention en tertain thig oppo * ition . G od created woman for higher a nd nob ler purposes than poli tics. 1 think many of the mem bers are tired, if not disgusted, with being buttonholed on this sub ject by old maids and widows. The judicial system of this State will be changed and for the better interests of the people in the establishment of county and municipal courts, the judges of which should be elected by the Legislature, and in the overthrow of an expensive and useless trial jus¬ tice system. The Legislature will be given power to establish smaller coun ties rvith prescribed conditions as to area and Inhabitants. The right of dower in all lands aliened by husband during covertures will not be abolished. I believe the Legislature will be authorized to provide for the maintenance of the educational institu tions of this State. I think the dispen sary law will be left out of the Consti tution, and the homestead law with pow e r of debtor to mortgage the same will prevail. The granting of divorces in this State is now being considered by tbe committee of which I am chairman, j am opposed to divorces, and will use my influence to defeat any Constitution¬ al provision to provide for them. My committee has reported favorably on ordinances, eliminating the oath on duel¬ ling, and preventing lotteries in the State, and such ordinances will in all probability be adopted by the conven¬ tion. The convention has been in ses¬ sion now for a week, and factional lines so far have not been drawn, and the best of good feelings prevails among the members, who in my opinion will be act¬ uated by patriotism in framing a Con¬ stitution that will be acceptable to the people of the State.” Mr. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, an other promment . compromise Conserva tive. stated that he favors an honest suffrage article m the Constitution, such as will ensure a permanent system of honest voting. He had no doubt such a plan would be reached by the mem bers of the convention who are working most harmoniously without regard to faction or party. He especially advo cates a qualification of the suffrage in the towns of the State, which are now suffering, he says, from a large influx of lazy, idle negroes f ronl the country. He is ehair man tb e comm ittee on municipal cor pora tj on8> and his committee, he says, ^ paying spe eial attention to municipal in all departments. He thinks ^ convention wi „ Jagt at leaHt one month and that a Constitution will be formed as wdl allay pohtlcal trouble, in this State and invite capital and operation from abroad. The convention does not reassemble unt il noon tomorrow, and during the day the bulk of the outstanding resolu tions and ordinances will be presented, The ind i C ations are that the second week wilI start off with a brief and un eventfB j session. In the afternoon the ommjtteeg wi n get down to work in real earnest. They have no end of mat *ers before them for consideration and report, and until these reports are pre sented, the work of the convention will necessarily be clogged. The first half of this week will consist' almost exclu sively of hard work in the committees, with pyrotechnics on the floor of the convention each day over questions of v jt a l concern. A mixture of Vienna lime and alcohol imparts a beautiful polish to iron and steel. Seleet the soft pieces of lime, such as can be easily crushed by the thumb and finger, as they are the most free from gritty particles. Apply with I a cork, piece of soft pine wood or leather. CAROLINA’S CONSTITUTION. CONVENTION DOING RAPID WORK TOWARDS ITS COMPLETION. THERE WILL HEREAFTER BE BI¬ ENNIAL SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE. Smaller Countie*—Jndget Will Be Elected, by the People. Columbia, S. C„ Sept. 13.—Today was a rather important one in the constitu¬ tional convention. The morning ses sion opened with a long wrangle and rather spirited debate as to whether the convention should go to the ex¬ pense of having each ordinance and resolution printed as soon as presented and laid on the desks of the members or whether the manuscript copies should be handed in to the commit¬ tees without printing, allowing the committees to report recommending substitutes in shape of clauses to the amendments. All ordinances now go to the commutes’ room and no one on the floor would ever know what was proposed. The members wanted to have the ideas of one another and conse¬ quently ordered the printing of every¬ thing. The convention spent several hours discussing this feature of the rules. Then in the last fifteen minutes of the long session the wheels of the resolution and ordinance mill flew around with the rapidity of lightning and some forty new propositions were presented, some of them being of vl* tal importance. It is now pretty thoroughly under¬ stood that bl-enniel sessions of the Legislature will be provided for in¬ stead of annual sessions; that the terms of the State officers would be made four years instead of two years as heretofore; that smaller counties will be provided for; that county courts will be established and that judges will be elected by the people direct instead of by the Legislature. When rule 41 in regard to the ratification of the constitution was reached the col¬ ored member, Canary Miller, made an effort to have it referred back to the people, presenting the following amendment to be added to the rule: “And the said Constitution after it shall have received the majority vote of the delegates present shall be submitted to the electors of the State of South Carolina for ratification. The vote of ratification of the people shall be taken on the second Tuesday In January, A. D., 1895. The vote shall be taken at ths several precincts In each county of the State.” The form of the ballots to be voted shall be as follows: “I favor the »ew constitution, or “I do not favor the new constitution.” Mr Efird raised the point that this was not the proper piace to present such a provision. The proper way to present it was in the shape of an ordinance later on. Miller said that this appeared to him to be the only proper place to bring this matter up. hand¬ ful of people had no right to act for the whole people and declare after they had completed drawing lt up, it was the constitution of the whole people. The president said: “The chair will not entertain this in the shape of an amendatory resolution to tS» rule but as a regular resolution and refer it to the proper committee. The resolution took the latter course. Miller’s effort will be a fruitless one. J. William Stokes introduced an ordi¬ nance to abolish the State supreme court and establish an appellate court consist¬ ing of the circuit judges. Senator Tillman intrduced an ordi¬ nance providing for smaller counties of 400 square miles each. The present area is about 960 square miles each. Mr. Patton introduced a suffrage reso¬ lution providing for an educational quali¬ fication, a property qualification of $300 and for the disqualification of no Con¬ federate soldier or son of such. Several ordinances providing for a four year’s term of all State officers were introduced. Mr. Hodges asked for a three mill constitutional tax for educational pur¬ poses, giving the tax payer the right to say to what school it shall be devoted. Mr. Farrow, of Charleston, presents a strong plan for the reorganization of the judiciary. Ex-Congressman George Johnstone presents a strong suffrage plan with alternative property and educational qualifications. Mr. McCown has introduced an ordi¬ nance, which is against the wishes of Tillman and Irby and the most ardent dispensary advocates, providing that the State shall never issue any licenses to in¬ dividuals or corporations to sell liquor, but can provide for its sale under State control. The committee on municipal corpora tions will report tomorrow recommend ing the plural system of voting in cities, coupled with a female suffrage which allows the women to vote through agenta. The legislaive committee has decided to allow Charleston county only one sena tor. The committee Is tied on the matter of bi-ennial sessions of the general assem bly and favors the four years term of office scheme, Steerage Rates Raised. By Southern Associated Press. Hamburg, Sept. 15.—The Hamburg and Bremen steamship lines Have raised their steerage rates to New York to $35. The advance will go Into ] effect Oct 16.