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VOL. XXVI. NO. 34.
SULTAN YIELDS TO CZAR; HOSTILE FLEET
■ RUSSIA WITHDRAWS SHIPS ls
Turkey Bows Io the Will of
the Bear in Every De
mand That Was
Made,
MUSSULMAKS EXECUTED,
HIGH OfFICIALS SCOLDED,
• REFORMS INSTITUTED
Turkey Requests Belgium To Nom
inate Four Officers for the Turk
ish Gendarmie—Revolution
ists Defeat Turkish
Troops in Sev
eral Battles.
St. Petersburg, August 23.—The Russian
Black sea squadron, which was ordered
to Turkish waters, and which arrived
at Injada, eastern European Turkey, Au
gust 39, to support Russia’s demands on
the sultan, growing out of the assassina
tion of Rostkowski. Russian consul
at Monastlr. has been recalled to Se
bastopol, the squadron's point of depart
ure. The squadron sailed soon after.
The recall followed a notification from
the porte that the suits n iiad ordered all
the Russian demands to be complied with.
The d’spateh received from M. Ziro
vieff. Russian ambassador at Constanti
nople, announce that the sultan has
yielded completely to Russia’s demands.
The news has reached St. Petersburg,
from Brussels, that the porte has re
quested Belgium to nominate four offi
gers for the Turkish gendarmie.
Turkey Was Very Prompt.
Constanltople, August 23.—The porte's
reply accepting the Russian demands,
was delivered twelve hours after the pres
entation of the Russian note —a prompti
tude most unusual in the history of Turk
ish diplomacy. Tewfik Pasha, the for
eign minister, and Naum Pasha there
upon called on M. Zlnovieff, the Russian
ambassador, and requested the withdraw- f
al of the Russian squadron from Turkish ’
waters, on the ground that its presence !
tended to encourage the insurrection.
On the receipt of a favorable reply
from St. Petersburg. M. Zlnovieff tele- j
graphed the order of withdrawal to Ad- I
mlral Krieger, commanding the Russian I
squadron at Inlada
A rumor has been current that the stil- I
tan appealed to the German emperor |
to use his good offices at St. Petersburg |
in favor of the recall of the Russian
squadron.
An extraordinary council of ministers
assembled at Yildiz Kiosk yesterday to
consider the situation In the interior and
discuss the military measures rendered
necessary by It The sultan had on Fri
day sought the advice of the French am
bassador.
News from Adrianople represents the
situation in that vilayet as verging on a
pane. The insurgents have destroyed tele
graphic communication at several points
between Adrianople and Kirk-Kilise, 35
miles to the north ast. and have burned]
and pillaged several Greek and Mussul- |
man villages. Tro ps- have been dispatch- '
ed to the environs of Adrianople.
Two sailing vessels crowded with Mus- I
lulman refugees from villages on the '
Black sea have arrived at Kavak. nt the 1
entrance to the Bosporus. At Monastic
q jlussulman called the Italian consul a '
•■giaour.” 1
A strong feeling prevails among the
Mussulmans nt Salontea and Monastic on ;
account of the execution of M. Rost- '
jeowski’s murderers. The’ remains of the
murdered consul were shipped at Salonica ‘
vesterday with a great pomp on board ■
tbe Russian embassy guard ship Terltz.
The Turkish civil and military authori
ties attended the ceremony. The Terltz
sailed tor Odessa.
Inspecting the Vilayets,
galonica, Turkey, August 23—Ferid
Pasha, the grand vizier, is coming to
Macedonia to inspect the vilayets. It is
stated that the palace has telegraphed
strict orders to the Turkish commanders
to avoid excesses, it is further reported
that the military commission nt Con
stantinople has decided to call out sixty
fresh battalions of Redifs from Asia
Minor.
Bevolutionists Gaining Ground.
Sofia, August 23.,-From eastern Adria
nople come reports of more fighting, which
so far appearst o be resulting chiefly in
favor of the revolutionists. Many villages
have been burned and their Inhabitants
have taken refuge across the Bulgarian
frontier. After a long fight at Stoiloro the
Insurgents defeated a detachment of Tur
kish troop®, which lost twenty killed and
wounded.
At' Chanagasko, near Surovlcovo. the
Insurgents are reported to have annihi
, Uted a n en,,r<> Turkish regiment.
1 ** At g.jiank-zera. near Ternovo, seventy
-1 five -evolutionists are credited with de-
feating a Turkish battalion. The villages |
of Andermis and Enrlk, near Vasillko, ■
have been burned to ashes.
The Turks have bombarded and de- ‘
strayed the monastery of Constantine, near
Losengrad. where fifty insurgents had
fortified themselves. The villages of Bakd
gik Konakara, Evren, Dinglsco and Brus
heva have all been burned and their in
habitants have fled. The large village of
Drumbegel. near Losengrad, has been
burned by Basjii Bazouks. The villages of
MEASURES TA KEN BY PORTE
TO PACIFY THE RUSSIANS
ST. PETERSBURG. August 23.—The porte has taken the following
measures to fulfill the demands of the Russian government, ac
cording to a dispatch from the Russian ambassador at Constanti
nople.
“In addition to the condemnation and execution of M. Rostkowski’s
murderers and the punishment of their accomplices, those officers who
made disrespectful allusions to M. Rostkowski are dismissed from the
service. A careful search, is being made for persons who fired at the con
sul’s carriage.
“All the officials, twenty-four in number, whose names were handed
to the porte as objects of unfavorable comment by the Russian ambas
sador, are relieved of their posts and handed over to justice. All private
persons mentioned in the same list as guilty of various offenses will like
wise be tried.
“Ismal Siiki Pasha, the chief of police at Palanka, province of Uskub,
is restored to his post. !•
“The persons under arrest for accusing Mussulmans of outrage and
abuse are liberated.
“Hussein Hilmi. inspector general of Macedonia, is reprimanded.
“The chiefs of gendarmie and police at Salonica are replaced.
“The porte has ordered the appointment of the gendarmie of several
foreign officers, whose names will be announced later, and finally all
the military, civil and judicial authorities have received the strictest or
ders to cake measures to secure order and tranquility.”
Buch, with 300 houses, and Rnkoro, 200
houses, situated in the vilayet of Monastir,
have also been burned by Turkish troops.
Two hundred women and children from
these villages are now begging in the
streets of Monastlr.
The Turkish govern.neu» has organized
I a special court at Monastlr to try the
captured insurgents. The tribunal Is com
posed of a Turkish president, three other
Turks, two Greeks and one Albanian. It
will partake of the character of a crimi
nal court and not of a courtmartial.
Are Ordered Home.
, Bucharest. Roumanla, August 23.—The
, Bulgarian and Greek subjects residing
i tn Roumanla have been ordered by their
i respective governments to return to their
i hemes without delay in order to be ready
I for mobilization.
Turkish Atrocities at Monastir.
Salonica. European Turkey, August 21.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press at Monastir sends the following
dispatch under yesterday’s date:
“When tile Bulgarian bands entered
Krushevo they occupied the Greek quar
! ter, hoisting their flag over a Greek
! house. The Turkish troops arrived Au
j gust 12. All the Komitajls had already
i gone except about 400 local men. Al
i though no shot was fired from the town,
I the Turks commenced a bombardment
i which was continued throughout August
I 13. The shells destroyed 360 houses, 215
I shops and all the fine, large Greek and
j Vlach (Wailcnian) houses. The Greek
j churches and schools were destroyed. The
I Bulgarian quarter escaped.
The Turks entered the town Au
gust 14. pillaged all the houses, as
saulted many of the women, stripped
many persons naked and killed about
three hundred local Bulgarians and
also some sixty innocent Greeks and
Vlachis.
About 8,000 people are homeless and
sin rving.
The material damage done amounts to
several million francs. The Turks, August
19 massacred -00 Bulgarians who sur
rendered at a village near Monastlr.
TO STOP ILLEGAL FISHING.
!
Canadian Government Determined
To Enforce the Law.
j Ottawa. August 23.—The department of
' marine and fisheries Is determined to put
an end to illegal Ashing In the great
: lakes. It Is not the intention of the
' government, however, to enforce the law’
. with s< ven-pound< rs. as has been intl-
I mated in some quarters since the I’etrel
’ Silver Spray Incident occurred. It is the
• opinion in official circles that the desired
! end can be attained without resorting to
! harsh measures which might lead to
i International complications. Swift boats
! will be manned and placed at the points
in the great lakes, where poaching has
been carried on on a large scale. They
will be armed with rifles find seven
pounders as all the patrol boats are now
equipped.
BAGGAGE MEN AS MAIL CLERKS
Decision of the Postal Department
Has Been Misconstrued.
Washington, August 21.—The decision of
the postoffice department to allow bag
gagemasters to act as custodians of
loose newspaper mail on certain trains
has been misconstrued in some places
as an intention to permit the indiscrim
inate swearing In to the postal service
of all railway employees, and the depart
ment has received a number of protests.
It is said the postal laws and regulations
already provide that every regularly
scheduled train may be used for mail
purposes if the company is willing to
accpe the compensation provided by law.
INSULTED AMERICAN FLAG.
Redress Is Demanded from a Moro
Sultan.
Manila, August 17.—Major Robert L.
Bullard has demanded redress from Sul
tan Deseen. the tribal leader of the Lanao
Moros. Although professing a warm
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1903.
i friendship for Americans, the sultan re
' cently surrounded a small detachment of
I United States troops, paying him a friend
■ ly visit, with a strong force of warriors
1 and offered battle, his men insultingly
bearing an American flag. So far the
only reply from the sultan to Major Bul
lards' demands been defiance.
Sultan Birimes His Crazy Son.
Manila, August 20.—The sultan of
Deseen has appeared before Major R.
11. Bullard with a large retinue and has
made a full and complete apology for
the insult tendered the United States flag
and for which reparation was promptly
demanded by Major Bullard, then in
cc.mmand. The sultan declared that his
Insane son. since disinherited, was alone
i-’sponsible for the outrage.
LORD SALISBURY IS DEAD.
Great English Statesman Long in
the Public Eye.
London, August 22.—Lord Salisbury died
peacefully at 9:05 o'clock tonight. Dur
ing the past forty-eight hours the end
was seen to be inevitable, the great
frame of England’s former premier be
ing sustained only bj r the constant use
of oxygen. Even the administration
of oxygen failed of effect as the evening
advanced, and soon after the shadows
had crept up from the valley and en
shrouded the dull red walls of Hatfield
house the distinguished statesman, mak
ing the last effort of his life, turned
slightly toward his favorite daughter,
Lady Gwendoline Cecil, who was kneel
ing beside him, and then quietly breathed
his last.
Lord Edward Cecil had been warned
early this afternoon by telegraph that
the end was near.' All the other members
of his lordship’s family had gathered at
the bedside. The village of Hatfield,
which still retains many features of the
feudal period, was filled with anxious
residents awaiting news of his lordship's
demise. Soon thereafter the announce
ment bell from the tower above tolled
slowly and the villagers at tlyj street
MANCHURIAN PORTS TO BE OPENED
TO THE UNITED STATES IN OCTOBER
Washington, August 17.—Minister Con- >
ger. at Pekin, has secured a written j
promise from Prince Ching to sign on ■
October 8 a treaty with the United States
which will Include a guarantee that Muk
den and Tatung Tao shall be open ports.
Pekin, August 17.—The arrangement
made by Minister Conger for tho sign
ing of a treaty between China and tho
United States providing for the opening
of the Mukden and Tatung Tao on tho
date of Russia's promised final evacua- I
tfon of Manchuria, ends the stubborn re- I
sistance by the Chinese, which for some |
time promised to be successful.
Prince Ching made one defense after !
another until all were exhausted. He
first argued Russian opposition to the
opening of these ports. He then said he
was not informed that Russia had con
sented to the opening. Klnallj' he re
fused on the ground that China was
unable to open towns which were held
by another power.
When the present settlement was pro
corners uncovered In acknowledgment of
the passing of their neighbor and friend,
England's great statesman.
Viscount Crnnborne, who now assumes
the title of marquis of Salisbury, Imme
diately notified King Edward and Queen
Alexandra and others, including Lord
Edward Cecil, the soldier son of Lord
Salisbury, who Is now In Egypt, and who
was the only child of the marquis absent
from the death bed. Soon messages of
condolence began coming in and the
little telegraph office at Hatfield was
swamped with unprecedented business.
The death of Lord Salisbury occurred
on the fiftieth anniversary of his entry
Into public life as a member of the
house of commons for Stamford.
The elevation of Lord Cranborne to the
house of lords creates a vacancy in the
Rochester district and probably will en
tail the selection of a new under secre
tary of foreign affairs. The ex-premier,
though retired from political life, was
an important figure in many public ways.
He was a warden of the cinque ports,
high steward of Westminster and chan
cellor of Oxford university. His death
places an order of Knight of the Garter
at the disposal of King Edward.
Great Minify at Portland, Me.,
of Ilia Land Forces.
Mimic War Begins—Sinking of
Mines in the Harbor—Capture
of Wireless Telegraph Sta
tion—Arrival of Gen
eral Chaffee.
Portland. Me.. August 23.—Although no
actual hostilities can commence until
Tuesday night in the war game between
the army and navy, yet Rear Admiral
Barker's fleet has the official right to
start for Portland, the city to be be
sieged, at 6 o’clock tonight. This will
give the navy fifty-four hours in which
to get to Its destination, reconnoiter or
deploy, as the admiral may wish.
At 12 o’clock tonight the officer in
command of the land forces assembled
for the defense of Portland was notified
officially that the fleet had started six
hours before.
At midnight the work of towing the
mines to their respective positions in
the harbor was commenced. This will
probably take over tw r enty-four hours.
Colonel Dunwoody, the chief signal of
ficer, has built up a series of search
lights and stations. The lights are run
up on a regular schrelule and each one
has Its zone of action, no two crossing
In any way. They are arranged to be
run collectively If necessary, but unless
orders are given for this the work la
done on the zone system.
General Chaffee Ready.
The United States training ship Alli
ance, which has been In the harbor for
the past week, sailed tonight under nr
ders from Rear Admiral Barker, H la
rumored that her presence v.-n.-i djetaste
ful to the defending forces, which, it is
said, thought her a spy.
Major Welch, N. G. S. M., late thin
i .'-ftcrnoon captu—>.i .<> wireless telegraph
station near the Two Lights and put a
guard in the building to prevent Electri
cian Barbank, who Is in charge, from
giving any information to the enemy,
w’ith whom he is supposed i<? be in league.
Portland, Me., August 23.—'Major Gen
eral Chaffee, who is to be commander of
the army in the war maneuvers at this
port this week, arrived here today. With
him were General Barry, Captain Harper
and Captain Hamilton.
"How busy we in the army will be for
the next few days will, of course, depend
on the navy,” said General Chaffee. "The
troops will be over this vicinity during
the greater part of the affair. Neither
the army nor the navy is playing for
victories in this game. On the contrary,
we are trying to eliminate any idea that
there may be a contest, it is a test and
practice of material more than any
thing else.’’
Rockland, Me., August 23.—The vessels
or Rear Admiral Parker's attacking
squadron still remain In the harbor. There
ar 8 conflicting reports as to when they
will leave. The general belief is that they
will not do so before Monday afternoon,
although they may depart between mid
night and daybreak.
“Blowing Up” Bridges.
Portland. Maine, August 23—The bridges
over the Nonesuch river, were
"blown up” today. The blowing up of
these bridges, of course, makes it Im-
| posed with the explanation that China
j must presume that Russia intended t<»
I fulfill her evacuation agreement. Prince
Ching reluctantly gave fn.
Tatung Tao is a small port, which does
not promise much business. Its opening
is mainly important as a victory for the
open-door principle.
Report Is Confirmed.
Washington, August 21.—Sir Liang Chen
Tung, the Chinese minister, was at the
state department, today and Informed
| Acting Secretary Adee that he had re
ceived a dispatch from his government
I confirming the information previously re
| ceived that Prince Ching has informed
Minister Conger that in the treaty to be
signed October 8, provisions would be
made for the opening of two ports in
Manchuria. Tho Chinese minister after
his last conversation with Secretary Hay
Informed his government that the United
States would insist upon open ports in
Manchuria, and he advised them to yield
gracefully to the American demands.
possible for a landing party to make
good to the west of the river, and having
taken care of these, the army wilt do the
rest on the east side of the river.
Although actual warfare is not legiti
mate until midnight Tuesday. General
Chaffee explains this action, saying:
'This is merely a precautionary meas
ure which it is legitimate to pursue dur
ing the period of preparation which we
are allowed before war is actually de
clared."
Major Welch and his officers and those
of the light batteries that are camped
at Silver Springs, went out scouting to
day to pick out al! the places where the
navy will be likely to try to land. It
seems to be the general belief that there
are some cable cutters among this sec
tion vs the navy and every precaution
will be made to ward off their attacks.
Settled With the Estates.
Rawlins, Wyo., August 23.—The Union
Pacific company has made a settlement
with the estates of forty-one miners who
lost their lives in the Hanna explosion
of June 30. The sum of SBOO will be paid
to each widow and SSO to each child and
$45 for each single man.
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RELIANCE LEADS SHAMROCK
IN A SUPERB RUNAWAY RACE
New York. August 22.—1 n a splendid 12
to 15 knot breeze, over a windward and
leeward course of thirty miles, the gallant
sloop Reliance today beat Sljamrqck HI
in commanding style by exactly nine
minutes, actual time, or seven minutes
and three seconds after deducting the one
minute and fifty-seven seconds which the
defender concedes to 3!r Thomas J. Ip
ton’s third challenger on account of her
sail qre.a as at present measured.
It was a royal water fight for the an
cient trophy, which carries with It the
yachting supremacy of the world and by
a strange cplnefdeQpe the first victory in
the cup series of 1908 occurped on the
fifty-second anniversary of the day on
which the old schooner America captured
it in her famous race around the Isle of
Wight
The Reliance beat the British boat three
mlnutqs and twenty-four seconds In the
thresh to windward and five minutes and
thirty-six seconds in the run down the
wind.
Lipton's Ardor Dampened.
The nautical sharps, who had already
made up their minds on Thursday that the
Reliance could take the measure of the
challenger in anj - kind of weather, re
gard today's test as conclusive, although
they hardly anticipated so overwhelming
a victory. The race even dampened the
ardor of Sir Thomas, who insisted, after
Thursday's fluke, that his confidence In
the beautiful craft designed by I r tfe was
greater than ever. Still, like a true sports
man, he does not acknowledge defeat
and hopes for better luck next time.
The single criticism ho and his friends
make of today's race is that the only
shift of the wind which occurred was to
the advantage of the defending yacht.
As this shift of wind occurred on the
windward beat, even granting that it ac
counted for Reliance's lead at the turn,
the time the defender gained on the run
home, was more than ample to have given
her the race. It must be considered, how
ever, that the Shamrock showed herself
a wonderful boat, in beating to windward,
perhaps tne ablest craft in this respect
ever sent across the western ocean on a
cup hunting expedition.
For 12 miles the single stickers raced
like a team of horses, and during that
period of the duel the patriots made no
attempt to conceal their nervousness.
Racing Conditions Ideal.
The racing conditions today were ideal.
A thin haze hung over the Jersey shore,
obstructing the view of the spectators
gathered there, but out on the ocean
race course the sea was flooded with sun
shine from a vault of fleckless blue. A
long ocean swell heaved up from the
south and a 12-knot breeze, fresh and
strengthening, blew out of the south
west, throwing up fleeting white caps on
the sparkling bosom of the old ocean.
The marine picture was superb.
As the direction of the wind would have
carried a windward course from Sandy
Hook lightship into the Jersey shore, the
committee was obliged to set the mark 7
miles farther out. This delayed the start
about three-quarters of an hour, and pre
vented the massing of the excursion fleet
as usual In the form of a great marine
amphitheater back of the starting line.
Instead of being kept back l/y the reve
nue cutter's, they formed a column of
hulls and stacks, ending 3 ntlleg toward
the Jersey shore, the yachts around the
line completing the shape of a fish hook.
The course, southwest, carried the yacht
directly into the eye of the wind, to a
point oft Asbury Fark.
Critical Point in Races.
The critical point in the race came at
12:40 p. m., a little less than two hours
after the start. The mark was less than
2 miles away and the relative positions
of the boats were about the same. Both
were on the starboard tack. Reliance
ahead but to leeward. Suddenly the wind
dropped and hauled a trifle to the west.
The shift enabled the yachts to head
up for the mark, with Reliance in the
lead by about 200 yards. This was the
only tiling which marred an otherwise
truly sailed race. But from that time
on thu Reliance steadily increased her
lead In the windward work until she
was three-quarters of a mile ahead. As
she rounded the outer mark the whistles,
sirens, bands and the voices of the un
numbered thousands on the excursion
fleet swelled Into a vasj. chorus
Turnlng for home, her spinnaker boom,
poised along the mast like a lance in rest,
fell to port and the big sail burst out like
a cloud, while at the same moment her
enormous balloon jib topsail bellied out
forward. The smart work of the yan
kees cheered the crowds, but a moment
afterwards there was dismay when
the guy which held the spinnaker pole
parted or was carried away. The enor
mous sail soared aloft and tumbled over
the jib topsail stay, collapsing like an
empty men] sack. But the spar was soon
hauled back into place and then, with
her three balloon sails setting like plas
ter, the stately yacht sped homeward be
fore the following wind like a scared
deer.
Bad Luck for Shamrock.
The fleet remained to salute the Sham
rock as she rounded, and then with a jin
gle of bells in the engine rooms, scamp
ered away for the finish line to be at the
death. In setting her balloon jib the
Shamrock encountered another piece of
bad luck. One of the stops would not
break out and the sail hung for some min
utes like a limp rag on the
stay. When both had been squared
away for home It was seen that Reliance
was making a runaway race of it. With
her crew aft to keep her head up, she
skimmed along the surface of the water
like a gull with outstretched pinions, leav
irxg thp Shamrock farther and farther
astern. The pace was so fast that many
of the tugs and not a few of the steam
yachts were left behind.
Then the immense concourse of vessels
waited until the Shamrock, majestic even
in defeat, swept by between the stake
boats. The reception she received was,
If anything, more hearty than that ac
corded to her successful rival.
it is expected the next race will be
sailed Tuesday.
Britons Disappointed.
London, August 22.—The result of the
race between the Reliance and Shamrock
111 was a distinct disappointment to all
Britons in London, whose hopes, dashed
by Thursday's failure, rose again during
the first half of today's contest. The
good showing of Shamrock 111 had until
then held small crowds around the tick
ers and the bulletin boards in the ho
tels, but when the rvn home showed that
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
Reliance was pulling away from the
challenger, the gathering dispersed, not
waiting for the inevitable announcement
Japan May Try for Cup.
New York, August 21.—1 f Lieutenant
Commander Isani Takahira, of the impe
rial Japanese navy, can carry out his
plans Japan will have a yacht in the
next contest of the America's cup. The
commander, who came here to see the
struggle between Shamrock 111 and Re
liance, declares he will Interest financial
men in his country to prepare at once for
the building o f a racer to enter the next
international races.
"We can build just as fine a boat as
either America or England,” he said, "and
you may be sure that at the next inter
national yacht races you will see the
flag of Japan flying on the winner.”
FIRST RACE WAS A FLUKE.
New York. August 20.—One of the big
gest crowds of sightseers and yachts
men that ever sailed down Sandy Hook
to witness an attempt of a foreign cup
hunter to wrest from America the yacht
ing supremacy of the world, returned to
Now York tonight disappointed because
the sea had refused a field of combat to
the racers, but, nevertheless, jubilant In
the conviction that Sir Thomas Lipton's
latest challeuger, like the two Sham
rocks which had preceded her, was
doomed to return to England empty
handed.
The day was a miserable one. A mist
lay over the bay in the morning, and
when the great fleet of excursion steam
ers, steam yachts, tugs, and sailing ves
sels reached the starting line, where the
racing yachts were already jockeying
for a position, black, threatening clouds
were gathering over the Jersey high
lands. The dark water reflected no
shadow and the mist all about shortened
the observation. The breeze was not
over 6 knots and the mercury waves
spilled no froth from their crests.
The course was set 15 miles southwest,
straight down the Jersey coast and re
turn. At the very start Captain Barr
cleverly outgeneraled Captain Wrings,
sending the Reliance over the line thirty
three seconds behind the challenger, but
in the windward berth. In the first
twenty minutes of sailing the defender
showed its windward qualities, drawing
up on even terms with the challenger,
besides being about 200 yards to wind
ward. Then the cloud broke and for
thirty minutes the rain came down in
torrents, the wind meanwhile increasing
to 12 knots.
When the storm had passed the de
fender was seen to be firmly established
on the weather bow of Shamrock 111,
and it was never afterwards headed.
During the last two hours of the race
Reliance steadily increased Its lead,
rounding the turn a mile ahead of
Shamrock. Heading back for home close
hauled, Reliance had just reached Sham
rock, still outward bound, when, it being
apparent that the race could not bo
finished in the time allowance, the re
gatta committee boat at 3:45 fired the
signal which declared the race off.
As a result of the trial experts beiieve,
blow high, blow low. that the Reliance
will win this, the thirteenth series for
the America's cup.
Cuba Seizes American Schooner.
Havana, August 20. The American
schooner Addie Cole, bound from Key
West for Mexico, was overhauled and
brought to Havana by a Cuban coast
guard boat on suspicion of smuggling.
The investigation show’ed there were nc
grounds for the suspicion and the schoon
er was ordered released.