The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, September 07, 1903, Image 1
The Atlanta Constitution.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 36.
TURKEY
FIGHT
Sultan's Council of War Rte-1
ommends Sending of Im
mediate Ultimatum.
IOREIGNERS ARE iH PERIL
HTHECAPITALOFTURKEY
It Is Said Sultan Has Warned Pow
ers That He Cannot Protect the
Embassies —Reported Tur-
kish Troops Have
Crossed Frontier.
I
Berlin. Septembers.—A dispatch to The
T ogeblatt from Constantinople, dated to
day, says:
"War with Bulgaria is in sight. The
council of war has recommended sending
an immediate ultimatum to Bulgaria,
but the sultan has decided to wait. It
is rumored that Turkish troops have al
ready crossed tire Bulgarian frontier
without a declaration of war.
"'Che members of the council of war
were up all last night at the Yildiz kiosk
end designated Edhem Pasha as com
mander in chief.
"The Turkish press is printing inflam
matory articles against Bulgaria."
Legations Are in Danger.
The Turkish government, according to
Information received from the foreign
office here by the Associated Press, lias
notified the powers that the porte can
not guarantee the safety of the legations
at Constantinople.
This extraordinary statement was com
municated, without explanation or ’qual
jf Pg ,i . :. response to . 11 inquiry
as IO wli licr German marines were
among thoal Unlt.fi Stab s Minister
Irishman reported as having been land
ed at Constantinople.
It If inferred here, however, that the
rendition-- at the I irkish capi al ar-' not
go had a the sultan's notification would
Imply. but that i-ie legations have been
•warned to look out for their own safety,
the porte disclaiming in advance respon
sibility for any disorderly act.
The foreign ott'icia Is achl».’<i that
the German embassy at Constantinople
had not reported whether German ma
rines had been landed, nor whether ma
rines of any other power had been land
ed. Complete official reserve is main
tained on this point.
The Associated Press correspondent
learned from so irees outside the foreign
offi. p th it the German government re
gards Turko- Balkan affairs as having
entered on an acute phase.
The porte's inability to take energetic
hold of the Macedonian insurrection is
the worst feature of the situation.
Turkish Soldiers Want To Tight.
Constantinople, September Alth-mgt
in high Turkish official cir.- th-' t- n
<l me? is against war. th-■ imr-si among
the military -loment and in < ertam sec
tons of the Mussulman civil population
has markedly incr-ased during
few days. Considerable signm-ano’ i~- at
tached to the sultan's gif'- of woo. ■ •• ts
to the troops and the .’ippoil to t p ■
for similar contibutions The local pa-
TO AN ELASTIC DOLLAR
SHAW IS NOT FRIENDLY
T-. .4 . if «T
Chicago September 2.—Two hundred /
VuMness men from all parts of the coun- ;
try listened to Secretary of the Treasury j
tall It look
at a banquet given tonight at tie A.’.dl- ,
t-rium hotel by th. National Association .
of Merchant s and Travelers. Lyman ... •
,-., eP addr-ssed the association on the t
same subject just before his retirement j
from the tr-as-r d-partinent. and great ■
interest was atia-hed to the speech to- ,
night of the present secretary. In his
i Iseustrnn of the financial question sec- i
retarv Shaw de larcd that what was i
needed was not an elastic dollar, bit
some provision which. .1 it ornate al y, (
the aggregate volume of dollars should i
increase whenever and wherever more ;
collars were needed, and would as
• romptly retire when not needed.
Secretary Shaw's Speech.
In beginning his address Secretary
Ehaw consider... the present bus.ness
bo. m and the probability of its perma- l
pence. His conclusions wire expressed |
BS follows
••As nearly as can be estimated the ,
annual productive capa ity ot the Amer- i
I-an pei pie is elev a billion dollars. I his
uoe- not include raw rutt n and manu
factured cotton; but raw cutton and the
value added tin r- to u the process of
m: nofacture. Os this we export one and
cne-haif billions, and import a billion
of other merchandise, mainly non-com
retltive witli our -wn products. We,
therefore, consume the equivalent of !*-
. ~ . • ■ lu Not while
these condition 3 continue will prosperity
cease. ,
"VV- are the most prosperous people
in the world because we both produce
rnd consume more th in others. '1 he lit
tle that we sell r broad, about 10 per cent
<f our net production, and the little wo
purchase abt ad, 6 or 7 p- r cent of ou *
pet consumptii n, constitute no challenge
to the stater-ent that >:ur prosperity
tests with ourselves. Unless ->ur facto
ries and work shops voluntarily close,
cr labor vo'i’.ntariiy refuses employment,
<.r commerce voluntarily ceases its ac
t.iitv. there is no occasion for alarm.
Unless apj rebension becomes epidemic
PREPARED TO
WITH BULGARIA
.ers are further Inflaming the Mussul
nans by publishing highly colored ac- .
omits of the ill-treatment of Mussul- I
nans by "Bulgarian brigand bands.
The opinion of the foreign diplomats
iere is divided regarding the issue. Great
mportanee is attached to the coming
n eting between the czar and Emperor
Francis Joseph, which is expected to be
ollowed by decisive stops in the direction
>f guaranteeing the Macedonians radical
Minister Leishman has received a tele
rram from United States Consul Raven
ltd. at Beirut, saying that the author:
ties at that place apparently have not yet
■ ’cured the man wno fired at. \ b e ( onsul
Magelssen. and adding that the arrest
imong others of a. 15-year-old boy eeenr.
to indicate that they do not realize the
gravity of too situation. Mr. Ravendal
also refers to the general state of inse
curity at Beirut and suggests that the
assailant of Vice Consul Magalssen was
same individual who attacked Mr. Mag
elssen one night about a. year ago will:
the object of robbing him. Iho man was
imprisoned and recently was liberated.
Powers Forced To Take. Action.
London. September s.—So threatening
is the Macedonian situation that th' pow
ers are being forced to take action sooner
than it had heretofore believed would be
necessary. Before adopting ary definite
scaeme for the pacification of the Balk
ans it was intended to wait until the
czar’s visit to Vienna, when the matter
was to be discussed fully with Emperor
Francis Joseph, but it is learned a recent
exchange ol views has broug-.t th.
powers'to a stage where deci non i- about
to be reached regarding the character of
the intervention which should be adopt 'd.
While the proposed plans are not di
vulged. it is authoritatively denied
that the intervention contemplates the
oc.'up. tion of Macedonia by Austria and
Russia. It equally certain taut the
powers have no Intention of actin:; so as
to in any way encourage Bulgaria to de
clare war. ~ , .
AU the diplomatic advice iivaliaote
here agree in the statement that order
prevails at Constantinople. The few ma
rines landed there from the guardship,
were merly for the purpose of placing
sentinels at the embassies, as an extr;>
precaution in consequence of the potter
warnings against insurgent plot-'-. I’ *’
emphatically stated that the marine!
were not landed for the purpose of nn
pressing the sultan, and it is asserte.
here that the porte can be relied upon t
protect the embassies. But, in case <•
riots at Constantinople the guard.-.up
■ will quietly land additional men to pro
i tect foreigners from harm.
Bulgaria Sends Troops to Frontier.
I Sofia, Bulgaria. September 5. Reports
• of the proceedings of the. mmls-leri il
! council at Vania indicate that there has
been no change in the attitude of du
I government on the Macedonian question
For the moment the dissolution ->f tin
I sobranje forms the chief subject of dis
cussion. The council is supposed to be de
' voting Itself chiefly to Internal affairs
i The coming elections will probably affori
• quite as much excitement as the proceed
i ings of th- insurgents Bands of revolu
' tioi.aries continue to cross the frontier
I but scanty lews of fighting in northe.ri
’ Macedonia is received here. The insurg
i ents are believed to be waiting until :
< larger force have assembled.
• Tlie latest details of the fighting a
I S.iibonoru state that three insurgen
bands. -’sis-al by peasants, were engng
j with a battalion of Turkish troops. It I
report'd that f'M of the Turks were Uli'-
In -i t hr- ■■•■ hours’ fight at Kerikko h*‘
1 twe-n two companies of Turkish soldiet
! am' a revolutionary band, the former lo>
i 25 men and two officers.
The insurgent loss was slight. th
i Turkish forces are reported to have et
I tlr.lv devastated the- district of Dekostei
I in the vilayet of Monastlr.
The numerous rumors of the mobilize
I tion of the Bulgarian army are declare
'and ultraconservatism contagious, the
immediate future holds for us as much
f r--a! good as th- immediate past has
iLowered upon is."
Monetary System.
Discussing then the monetary system of
; United States, lie said:
: \ vei v respectable, ivimir-r of very
I g. 0.l people, ar. J of that number J de- j
to b,- elass-d. believe our iinanc.al I
• svstem. good as it is, might be improved
Iding an el< ‘ ' '' • ' '• ■ 1
■ .io m-t tlilr.k there exists any gr--at r. m- I
' i.'-r who believe w> should have any tafia- .
i Gon. Bight years ago we had S2l •-r !
I < apita. Now we have certainly more
than $29 ami probably nearly SilO pt'
. it.im <'onservatn e busim ss men and
, conservative bankers do not generally
| t c.nsi<h r this an insmHcient nonnai min
imum volume of curi'cn» y.
••Tli - term 'elastic currency,’ of rnurs*',
is a misnomer. What is needed is not
,11 elastic dollar, but some pr-vi-ion by
wiiicl'.. automatically, t'ac aggregate vol
ume of dollars shall Increase whenev’r
ar i wherever more dollars are neeiled.
and will as promptly retire when not
I ' "Ti'/ie is now no statutory prohibition '
j rgainst the well-nigh inherent riijht of |
i banks to issue circulating notes. This |
right ex’sts throng.lout the I nite-i ,
! States, but subject to a tax of 10 per
i c. nt per annum. This tax is pr-.n J itory.
i If I wire given authority to
measure that would provide the requisite
-iasticitv to our present currency sys
tem I think I should add an .ant- •: inu . »
permitting national banks, with the con
sent of the comptroller of the currency,
tc issue a volume of circulating notes
I equal to 50 per cent of their bond-secured
Circulation, at a tax of 6 per cent, the
sam“ to be rttired at will or b-. -lirectton
1 of the f'omptroller. by the deposit of an
i equal amount of lawful money with any
! subtreasSry.
Three things I know. First, this ad
ditional circulation would spring into ex
istence almost instantly whenever and
wherever interest rates advanced to the
point of profit. Second. it would as
promptly tetire whenever interest rates
became normal. Third, it would be ab
solutely safe—as good as the present
national bank issue ami with a slight ami
immaterial change identical in form amt
nppearance -for the government, amp v
: protected by the 5 per cent tax. would
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1903.
to be false. The government Is sending
Us to strengthen the frontier rd,
which, according to a dtspa.b h nm. Rita
is likelv to ause trouble me
troops and the insurgents.
Russia-Bulgarian Secret Alliance.
Paris September a. A dispatch to The
Temps from Sofia confirms the report
that tlm official journal, Dnevik, which
i mjovs the confidence of the pakt'-e an
' j« the. organ of Minister Popoff. has ptib-
I lished the sensational information that
la treaty of alliance exists between Rus
j sia and Bulgaria. The Dnevik claims to
Narrow Escape for Magelssen
Washington. September 1 —The first offi
cial dispatch coming directly from Beirut
regarding the Magelssen affair has been
received by Secretary Day. It is dated
August 31. and isl signed bv Consu
Ravndal. It says:
"The att mpt on Magelssen's life failed.
A nar row escape, but tho vice consul suf
fered no injury.” I
Cheklh Bey. the Turkish minister, has
received fyona the minister of foreign af
fair- at Constantinople, a dispatch giv
ing the. Turkish version of the reported
atb-mpt on the life of United Staten
VI, e Consul Magelssen at Beirut. After
de daring that the report of the assassin
ation of Mr. Magelssen was absolutely
fal?% the dispatch gives a version of the
ass Hr practically the sgme as has hecn
told before in the dispatches from Tur
key It says th® P'stol was fired bv a
nuin returning from a marriage fete, that
the Shot was fired in th" air. and that it
happened just as Mr. Magelssen was
passing in bis carriage. This, the dis
patch says, led the vice consul to believe
that an attempt had been made against
his life, The man who did the shooting
h is been delivered to the judicial authori
ties.
United States Not Alarmed.
Washington. September s.—lt is evident
the I idled States government lines not
possess a copy cf the treaty, the terms
of which guatantl-e that in case of war
between Bulgaria nd Turkey the former
shall have the cooperation of Russia.
The Temps emphasizes the importance
of the statement and declares that the
rtTidals in Bulgaria timed the announcc
| mint, so as to give Turkey a final warn-
I ing of the danger of further menacing
Evlgarla.
War Is Regarded as Imminent.
Sofia, Bulgaria, August 31. Both in offi
cial and revolutionary circles the opinion
is fre.-ly held that war between Bulgaria ,
and Turk, y is imminent and can be avert
ed by nothing short of a miracle. It is not
expected that either government will for
mally d<- lare hostilities, but that the pre
vailing conditions will force on a war.
There is no qm tion that large numbers
| if Insurgents hav- recently crossed the
I frontier. An extensive outbreak in north
i -in Ma-■■■donia is possible any day. The
I Autonomye-prints a telegram from Con
| stantinople declaring that the sultan, In
! fluenced by counsels of Germany, now
! favors a war with Bulgaria. The Turks
I here, however, take an optimistic view,
asserting that there is no danger of a
j war. as Turkey does not desire one, and
Prince Ferdinand and the present Bul
i garian government are not In a position
! to force l.ostilities.
! The Bulgarian agent at Uskttb reports
I that the detachment of Turkish troops
I sent to garrison the small towns in that
■ vilayet have spread destruction along
j their route; the villagers have been robbed
i and beaten, the women violated and the
Christian population subjected to every
! conceivable outrage, while the local au-
underwrite it. But you say this is ot
g.-nev currency- Anything more is
ilan. It lias the advantage. hovij
, ver (■mrtgency currency so namei,.
liz< d clearing house c.ertf of
in that it injects into the comm rj f
the country no new or doubtful ...west
' monev .mil the presence of the in ji_
will m-t advertise the stringev ,- x .
tion which is the occasion offitg, if
. Istencc. Prominent among the -, 0
not the principal benefit. wo ie!l in
substantial guaranty against equally
crease in interest, fates, aticgerously
important guaranty against, j- would
I low rates of interest. Each ir its own
i be able measurably to prov'
emergencies s the only
■ 1 do not'intimate that y say ft is
way to secure elasticity, way, and it
one wav. and it <s an cffeflation, but
possesses no element able cushion
would afford a very ffeussiont, and
against sudden financir
few people ask more.’ s
More M;. pd lh „
Secretary Shaw < the United
topic of his address,j n jtg com-
i States acquire mor c suggested three
men ia! advancement we voluntarily
' methods, the fii'fjt more freedom of
! and gratuitously,p e that other coun
' importation in favors. The scc-
• tries will gran*iited States shall ex-
■ ond was that advantages with
! change specie he third method, o-i
; other country some length, was the
' which he sp Id, by which the United
I only means, • its share of the South
■ States will by securing regular lines
American ton with the countries
• ot comni’iuator. At first such lines,
south of transcontinental railways, I
like the rated at a loss, and such'
would > assisted.
! lines iriisunderstand •me." he said. |
"Do mourning the defeat of any |
. ■ "1 ar-'V bill, but I shall mourn ex-
I ' shit> 'be defeat of a bill, if any such
. ceed be introduced, which, if en.u.-t
--: s’.ta insure regular linos of Amert
.d. s, tiling the American Hag, and
_ ’ ca- American merchants and corn
travelers, with their wares and
I ' rindiso, the product of American la
o ito those countries to which 1 hate
v j «<L”
ii
thorltles appear to be helpless to stop the
atrocities
The position of the Bulgarian residents
Is reported to he terrible, as the cruelties
committed by the Turkish authorities ex
peed all limits.
Rebels To Fight With Dynamite.
Berlin, September 5. The Cologne Ga
zette publishes the report of an inter
view with one. of the Macedonian leaders,
who Is quoted as saying that the Mace
donian committee controls an enormous
quantity of dynamite, ratin’, guns and
much ammunition and a larg ß sum of
money, and is firmly nv"! td. unless
its efforts result in a war between Bul
garia and Turkey or In Eurotean inter
vention. to destroy the Mueedqfian cities
with dynamite, burn tie- villages and
contaminate the fountains and water sys
tems. throughout the country.
The committee, this leader lys. firmly
expects war. as otherwise anarchy might
be carried into Bulgaria and placed face
share any apprehension th" may be
felt in some quarters that tl:»re is dan
ger for the legations in Conrtkntinople.
The Berlin dispatch regarding the action
- the Turkish governn -nt’s notification
to the foreign t-epi’i". ativ>,< is taken
here to be the annoutic-ment first, made
to t’nc ministers by the port and which,
as indicated in the dispCch f Minister
T.eishman, meant that the interior or
personnel’ of the lagatlons ild not be
protected from those who nrtht gain en
trance and commit some oueage.
Minister Lelshman has no asked for
marln»s nor has he given a:, indication
that they will be ne< ded I’he matter
of sending either the. Hrookyn or S-,n
Francisco to a point netu’e: the Darda
nelles has not been consid'-i’d and the
fact that Minister I/eislmiai has made
no suggestion is taken to nio.n >!:■ h*
does not think such action r-cessary at
present. While Admiral Co'.m has re
ported his arrival at Beirut u has not
sent any communication as o the cofiTlt
tion existing there, and the father move
ment of the squadron <lep< rls ei.tlrelj
upon the reports which Mi ;t-■ L< :h
man and Admiral Cotton mote to their
respective departments.
War Ships Arrive at Jeinit.
Beirut, Syria, Septernboi 1. I’b ■ ' nlted
States cruisers Brookiynland $ n 1 tan
cisco have arrived here.
to face with such an 8 er-.ative Bul
garia would prefer wiV, am ipor. this
result Macedonian hopes Sre a’d.
Atrocities Feipeb ated -a'
Sofia. Bulgaria. Sept#,lor 1- .
Macedonian revolutionart® tQ
. mniversary of the
proclaim the long an T, r n M 'e-
Lral insurrection > n ; Ulich ‘ ' was
donia. the pro.. •>-ha ' ([le jnt , m i, Pr(j
Issued today signed by <f (ff Tbo w
of the insurgent genera Mape
outbreak is headed -To„ nt( . llleff> prfs .
! ,ca ‘ lcr ;;. G T, / . ommlttee. and
lident of the -a. too woun ,j ec i j n the
< 'olonel Jakoff, who/*
rising of 1902. L-ers the ,’ ‘ rlct
The new ternt”*™ at t y_., ase
In the valiey of th
Retiree Easy Winner.
Cip Stays in America
_. September 3. —The Reliance.
New Yor
a cup detender, today won
the Amor
, , ,1 final race and tlie series for
the third , , . , ■
s sea trophv. the Americas
that fa’
dense fog. winch prevented
* 1 ond 200 yards, she finished the
':3o:02, amid the acclamations of
mbled fleet. Shamrock 111, after
' 1C ' for more than an hour in the
*‘ m ?s.sed tlie finish line, passed by it
"?cn returned to it from tlie opposite
a [’ion. As the Reliance was then be-
through the fleet., yacht ensigns
’ering from her truck spreaders tn
bration of her victory, the Shamrock
did not cross the finish line. As often
id of the historic race when the Anter
, a won the cup, there was no second.
This success was achieved only after
four futile attempts to sail off the final
race, an i after the outcome had been ad-
mitted by even Sir Thomas Lipton to be
a foregone conclusion. Today's was thi
eighth attempt to sail a race. After one
fluke, the Reliance won two races—one by
seven minutes and three seconds and the
other by one minute and nineteen seconds.
A week ago today the first attempt to sail
the third race failed, and attempts have
been made every day tills week. On two
occasions the Reliance led the Shamrock
to the finish line by about, two miles, but
failed to reach it before the expiration of
the time limit of live and a half hours.
Today’s victory means that the cup is
destined to remain in America until Eng
land is able to produce a genius equal to
Herreshoff in yacht designing.
Finish Most Spectacular.
Rarely, if ever, ha s there been a more
spectacular finish than the Reliance's to
day. After racing for more than an hour
at terrific speed through a blinding fog.
the Reliance burst through the wall of
mist upon the vision of the spectators on
the fleet assembled on the finish line,
and, heeling under a great bellying bal
loon jib tonsail till her lee rail was awash
lied across the finish almost befoic the
spectators could determine for a £cr
tainty that it was she.
The. official starting time was;
Reliance, 1:01:56.
Shamrock 111. 1:02:00.
The Shamrock 111 actually crossed the
line at 1:02:03 and suffered a handicap of
t h roe seconds.
They went off at a swift pace in a
freshening breeze. Captain Wringe at
tempted to outsail the defender by giving
i his boat a good full and letting her romp
i away at a fast clip, while Captain Barr
pinched the Reliance close to the wind
I and cleverly nursed her toward the turn-
I Ing mark. The Shamrock 111 at first sail
ed faster, but the Reliance more than
made it good by outpointing her.
Reliance Steadily Gained.
For more than an hour they sailed on
that tack down the shore of Sandy Hook
and the highlands of Navasink to Sea
bright, and during a'l that time the Re
liance steadily worked up to windward
of the Rhodope Mountain chain, and to ,
the north of the river Vardar. Colonel |
Jankoff is directing the movements of |
the bands in the southern part. News
of severe, fighting is still coming in At
the village of Armens! after a day's light
ing the Turkish troops in the night time
massacred the entire population of 181
men and 200 women. The Turks have ,
also massacred the inhabitants of the
village of Veles.
Threat To Massacre Turks.
It is reported that Hilmi Pasha, the
inspector gen’ ral for Macedonia, refuses
to leave his headquarters in the Konak
at Monastlr. The insurgent leader
Gruff, in a letter to Hilmi Pasha, de
manded that he prevent tin. barbarous '
acts of the Turkish soldiers and Bashi |
Bazouks. otherwise, tlte revolutionaries
would massacri all the Turkish inhabi
tants. The insurgents have occupied the ,
mountain pais of Gi’rgele, on the mam
line from Saloniea to L’skub and Turkish j
troops have been sent to dislodge them.
The town of Malkoternovi is reported j
to be in a state of anarchy, the Turks
plundering the houses and committing
unspeakable atrocities on the women.
A strong fori”’ of Turkish infantry,
cavalry and artillery recently attacked
the village of Sterlovol, northward of
Malkoternov'.’, which had been occupied,
by insurgents. The latter retired, atter
which the Turks intered the place, mas
sacred the entire population and de
stroyed the village.
Prince Fardinand. of Bulgaria, has ar
rived at Kuzina s-l-.ide. Bulgaria, where
he has been joined by Premier Petroff.
The prince is expected to remain there
"or some time.
All Christian Villages Pillaged.
Constantinople, September I.—Consular
dispatches from Prishtina, near the Sei
vian frontier, confirm the reports that
nearly all the Christian villages in the
districts of Dibra. fifty-four miles from
Monastir and Glcevo, have beftn pillaged
and burned anil that the inhabitants h ive
, fled. It is not stated whether Albanians
i or Bulgarians were the perpetrators of
the outrages.
' Fifteen Hunareu Bulgarians Killed.
, Saloniea. September I.—According to
the latest Turkish official estimate about
I.s<jfi Bulgarians were killed In the recent,
fighting at Smilero, Neveska and Klis
sura. The Turkish losses are not stated.
This estimate does not include further
losses In the Smilero district where fight
ing was renewed August 30. and contin
ued until yesterday. It is reported that
Bulgarians were killed in this two
days' battle.
Sarafoff. the revolutionary leader, left
Saloniea yesterday
Immense Army for Macedonia,
i Sofia. September 4 - Colonel Jankoff, the
i insurgent, leader, with three lieulenants
of the, Servian army, at the head of i
I iwnd of four hundred Insurgents with a.
j flag dying, crossed the frontier on u
day evening wed ewjMed through the Tn !<-
i ish posts unopposed.
■ Captain Stoyanoffs band captured fifty
Turkish soldiers at Rakovltza (about 15
miles southeast of Sofia) August .11, took
1 their arms anil ammunition and proceeded
i to Melisko.
I A dispatch from Rila (40 miles from
Sofia) says the date of the general insur-
I rection has beeu postponed.
l According to reliable information from
i Constantinople. Turkey will shortly have
i 400.000 soldiers in Macedonia. The pros
; pects of the appearance of such an Im
j mense army causes the most intense anx
iety here.
of the beaten challenger, outpointing and
outfootlng her at the same time and
passing to windward of her. The Reli
ance steadily gained and when at 3:10
'noth boats headed oft the mark 6 miles
; away, t'te Reliance was a good mile
i ahead and gaining. Holding to a. fresh
■ cring wind and jumping into a rising
si-a. which at times threw their long
bows high out of the water to come down
with a splash that sent miniature clouds
foam flying from under their power
ful shoulders, the boats were making a
pretty spectacle of it. The boats were
gaining speed with every mile and the
Shamrock 111 was a long mile astern
when the Reliance whirled about the
mark and a towering stretch of canvas
broke and bellied out from her spinnaker
pole and over her lean bow. The home
ward stretch had begun.
The boats were timed at the turn as
follows:
Reliance —3:40:45.
Shamrock 1II—3:51:45.
Meantime the regatta committee’s tug
whistled shrilly its guiding. signal to th-’
missing Shamrock. Th» Reliance ha 1
crossed the line at 5:3’1:02 and it was after
6 o’clock when the fog lifted a bit and
disclosed the challenger hove to north of
file line. Captain Wringe had missed it
in the fog and passed by the east of it.
The Shamrock did not attempt to cross
the line, but after a feeble salute from the
fleet was taken in tow to the Hook.
Lipton Satisfied Best Boat Won.
Highlands cf Navesink. N. .1., Septem
ber 3. When the Erin had discharged het
passengers tonight and the reecho of
their cheers hid died away, Sir Thomas
Llptcn sail:
"Two weeks ago I was hopeful; last
week I knew I was doomed to defeat
and was disappointed, bit today I am
almost glad in my own defeat this
America has been such a thoroughly
generous victor. I want again to thank
the American people for their generosity
to me in my defeat."
Asked what he would do with the three
thamroeks. he said:
"I am to meet some people tomorrow
who desire to buy at least one ?f the
boats. After I have seen them I will de
termine what to do.”
Regarding the defeat of Shamrock HI.
lie simply said.
1 don t care, to discuss it any more.
The American boat was the better; that
Is all."
< aptatn Barr, of the Reliance, said,
after the race:
"Reliance is a bcautifui b:-af; had nil
kinds of weather and won ir it. Our
adversaries did the best they <ould with
th. rnatirial al their command.'
J. I’. Morgan's yacht, the Corsair, slop
ped in ar fl• ■ Hook and took Oliver Ise
lii. aboard. Mr. Iselin was ill smiles as
he renlkii to tn inquiri as to the re
sult:
"Os course I am proud of the result,
a splendid boat, a splendid crew and
-..plain, and all helped the result. Sn
'."nomas made a bray ■ tight and deserves
bitter luck, but every American should
be glad the cup is to stay here."
Sir Thomas and Mr. Jselir. exchanged
visits tonight and. the former extended
his congratulations.
Lunatic Seeks to Wed
Miss Alice Roosevelt
Oyster Bny, September 2. -A g'’«- |
ing his name as Erank Weilbrenner w is i
arreste] at Saganioiv Hill late last nignt |
while making a persist*-nt demand to see
President Roosevelt. The man was armed
with a revolver, fully loaded. !!>• w ■ ,
! taken to the village and pbivod in t u'
! town prison. Shortly after I’ l o K Ei -t ;
i nigi.t, Wei’brenn* r drove to Saga;nc<r.?
‘ Hill in a buggy. He was stopped by the '
' private detective on duty. V, ■ilbr am r |
• said he had a personal cngayu.u ::t wit.:
the president and de-in .< t » him A
it was long after the hours when xicitors
, are received, the otlicers d ’-lined to pa:
• mit him to go to the house. 'llia ma.i
! insisted, but the ofT? -er turned him aw 'y. I
Soon after Wcilbrenm r returned and ;
again insisted he bo allowed to see too
president if onl.y for a minute. This ;
time he was ordered away ami warn-’ 1 i
not io return.
! Just before H o’clock the mtn r irn 1
a third time and d -man :« d of • - IE
i that be should be permitted to t the
i president at once. The oflmer’s response j
1 was to take th-* man from hi.- buggy ami i
I put him in the stables, when li* was j
' p’aeed under the guaid of two stable
men. A revolver was fount! m the buggy.
i Later Weilbrenner was brought to th |
' CAPTAIN HOBSON TO WED
DAUGHTER OF W. J. BRYAN
WAYXESViI-LE. N. C. .-’ ptem
be: 5.-(SpfcDl.)-Thc gossips at
this resort never hail sc ’.iiu.'li to
I talk about as at present. The? have it
that Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson.
I the famous "hero of the Merrim i p .” is
ifngsg<(l to marry Miss Ruth Bryan, the
I elcie-t daughter of William Jennings
I Bryan. Captain Hcbscn him ’ll . clou s
’fo cither confirm or den,;. the rumor.
' This much is certainly truth. Cantain
I Hobson writes a letter to Miss: Br.-’nn
every day in the ve k end Just as ofbn
j does ho receive a daintily ■ d en
velope postmark' ’ Lin■■•iln, Ncbr
I Captain Hobson is the geest of ins rela
tive, Major W W. S’tringf’ohl. near White
j Sulphur Springs.
I PEARY TO DASH FOR THE POLE.
Explorer Will Again Brave Regions
of Eternal Ice.
• ! Washington. September 5.--Commander
' Robert J< Penr;-, (’nite.' S’ '.tes i.< ■ -.
j the well known arctic exploryy. will make
■ another dash for the north i>o' *. I ‘ iv
*f absence for throe years has been
granted him. with the permission of the
president, by Mr Darling, acting secre-
I ■ tary of the navy, and he has been as
sured of the hearty sympathy of both
i ■ the officials in his new venture.
■ I In his letter of application for leave
'of absence. Commander Peary briefly
, outlines his plan of action. In a suita
ble ship built in one of our best ship
• . yards, reenforced and strengthened to thy
■ i maximum degree and fitted with Amer
, ican engines, "sp that she may go north
I as sn exponent of American skill and
I mechanical ability. Commander Peary
I hopes to start with his expedition about
I July 1. next.
! Upon arriving at the whale sound re-
I giori, he will take on board u. large nuni
i ber of Eskimos and establish winter
i quarters on the northern shore. As far
I as practicable along the route he will
i establish caches.
I The following February, with the ear
-1 liest returning light, he. will start due
THE FIRST COTTON FIGURES
OF 1903-4.
Secretary Hester Gives the First Comparisons for the
New Cotton Season.
Secretary Hester's first statement for
the current cotton season gives the result
through Friday, September 4. The small
figures quoted cover only the first four
days of the cotton season, but they are
sufficient to emphasize the latem s of
the present cotton crop.
The total amount of cotton brougli’ into
sight for these four .lays i- l<>.bales.
This portion of the new crop of cotton
looks A ery small when it is ri-niemb* : -
c-d that last year about 20('.iW bab-s of
the now crop had been marketed before,
September I, that is. b.'loro the -■tlieiil
cotton season opened.
The amount of cotton brought into
sight covers every bal..’ I’lat lias been
marketed that is known to the commer
cial world. The current report as com
pared with last, year shows a falling oil
of 101.360 bales for the four days given:
as compared with year before last a tai:
Ing off of 43,(‘65, and with th" ■ ir before
a decrease of 39.672 biles.
The cotton receipts at all United States
ports for these four days are. only 4.213
•bales, against 72,071 last ye.-ir, 30,726 year
before last and 22,US for 1900. Sabtra--
tions show the decrease to be
and 17.905, respectively, for the years com
pa red.
These figures, of course, do not indi
cate that there is no ?otton in the coun
try yet to open, but they show that cot
ton will have to mature and be handlel
very rapidly to bring this year's statis
tics to a level with hut year's figures.
Favorable seasons and a late fall with
mild, dry weather will greatly enlarge
Hie number of bales made.
The Constitution's SIO,OOO Contest on the
Port Receipts will grow in interest as
the figures develop. The first official re
port of Hie season ' m ulshes the first
opportunity to compare this year's i’.Tt
Receipts cotton with the years preceding.
The question is upon .he number of bales
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
village ttnd Io ked up. He is feet ‘
inches high. 2S years of age. has a
medium siz'd dark mustache, black eyes,
and evidently is of German descent. Ho
rcsii'.es in Syosset, about 5 miles inland
from Oyster Bay. H" was well dressed.
It is thought by the otTe-ers ;-iat 5' oll
bronner was m orn;;:inie,, by two other
mon as th-Ir root prints w.-i • found in
the mi. I alongside of the baggy Iracks.
In view of Illis fact ’he officer on duty
telephoned to the village lor assist:.r,<o.
and was soon joined bv two other S ' ret
<,, p men. Whin V.’.’lTorenner talked
rationally D the offi’ers last n'ght. it
seems .’Viih’iit f’-.im Ills conversation to
day that, he I- d.-ni' nt’d. He said he had
receiv’d a telegraphic communication
from’the president, nlrf.-tlng him to call
at Bigimor,’ Hill. Weilbrenner’s btiggv
',vas taken to a local hvery barn. Wh-n
ask"d what had become, of. the rig M eil
brenner replieo:
"Oil. the pi sident has taken care of
It. That's all right."
Weilbrenner regarded by those who
bvi him to b" a dangerous lunati,
u ' Sv ..ss,.t h is earned that the m . n
is u,.. .-OH of ,1 tri: k tamer and is one
of three brothers. lb has two sisters
■ rb( . fimily is r.-spc'i’able and is held in
general esteem.
' north over the polar pack, wi'l a small
' light ) ionoer party, and followed by a
i large main party
What Peary Says.
i In his letter of application to Acti: Z
: Secretary of the Navy Darling for leave
i of absence, Commander Peaty says:
i "I should expect to accomplish the dis
• tance to the polj? and return hi about
; one hundred days, gr a little more than
an average travel about 10 miles :
day. Returning I should break the shin
i out late in the season and return home
j "If ice conditions the first year were
■ such as to prevent reaching the northern
I shore of Grantland. I should winter as far
north as practicable and force the ship
j the desired location the following yea;
In this event, the expedition would b
1 gone two years.”
Distinctive features of Commander
I Peary's plan are the use of individua
sleds, with ■ oinparatively light loads
drawn by dogs, the adoption, of Eskim
* methods and costume and the tulles:
j utilization of the Eskimos themselves.
i I Commander Peary believes the ad
' vantage of his plan and route are
' fixed land base 100 mib-s nearer the no'u
r than any other route; a more rigid b
• pack extending fu-tber p wan’ than
t | to tic found on th»- opposite side of
‘ ! pct..; a wider laud b-w. on which to r
! trea nd ' ■ ■ of
, i mui’ication and retreat from winter qunr
I ters to comparatively low latitudes, -wh.
jis prar-tlcable at any season of 'h.
, - ” 1 ”
SOLDIER KILLED BY A SENTRY
j Slayer Fired at Fleeing- Man ny
, ‘ Order of Officer.
11 Nfw London, September —A report
-j reached this city tonight that a soblK
i i in the garrison at Fort 11. G. Wri--nt
II In Ivong 1-land sound, had been sh"’
lnd killed by a sentry. An (th :et or
; dee d a '•■ ntry to irrest the -o! .i- -
sentry appro •cried the soldier, who start
ed io run. He would not st.,, wh- n
’ challenged and the sentry, raising his
rifle, took aim and fir d.
Bryan Leaves New York.
New York, September -I- —William J.
Bryan left town tonight for New II i" :i
without seeing, so ’,r is is known, an:
prominent local democrats.
of cotton received at ail United State®
I ports from September 1. 19'B, to January
12. 1904. both inclusive. There are s7.mo
in prizes for the 195 nearest estimates
unless some of the estimates should tie
A special prize of S2OO cash will be given
for the best estimate received during
the month of September. It matters n->t
how far this nearest September estimate
i may miss the exact figure, since it will
i be tlm nearest received by us during Sep
• tember the S2OO prize will b.> paid for it
I Should the estimate be near enough to
; take any other prize the S2OO cash will
■ be allied to that other prize, whatever
■ the amount. Tliere are two grand ('on •
i solation offers, the first. SI,OOO, for dis
: tributlon among those estimates, not tak
' ing any other prizes, that come within
si'O bales either way of the exact figure.
The other Consolation prize covers the
field with SI,OOO for those estimates that
come between 509 bales and 1,000 bales of
tlie exact figure.
You now have the first figures of the
new cotton year and comparisons there
with for the past three years. The sta
tistics of the last six years for the whole
i period covered by the contest will be
found in the advertisement. With such
data you should be able to make an in
telligent estimate. The terms of secur
ing estimates are quite simple and rea
sonable and your estimates should be in
our hands at an early date. The $3,000
first prize, or even me smallest division
of tlie Consolation prize will be very ac
ceptable early hi January. Do not fail
to file your estimate during September
and take your opportunity to secure the
S2OO cash prize. Read tlie rules of the.
contest, make your figures plain, remit
by safe method and send ail. the sub
scription. estimate and the money in ths
same envelope, addressed to
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta, Ga-