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PRICE FIYE CEINTS.
caught in a burning mine
ifHIBTT MEN FNTOMRFD HAl.F A MII.E
rNDFRtmorND.
WLAMI" W THK THIRTY-SF.VKNTH I.EVEI. OF
THB OS.KOI.A ( OPI'KR MINE- THK M1NTRS'
0N1Y C?AWC8J If TO BBCAtaj TO THE
CAMMKT AXD HF.ri.A-I.ITTI.F
HOPE OF THKIR IBJ1 Ul.
Houir"l"VT1- Mlch . Sfpt. 7.-Fir* was diecovered
this afternoon at 12:30 o'clock by tlmbermen ln
?Ix. thlitv -.*?? \ --ntl* le.el of ihe Osceola copper
mln*. The tlmbermen at once rushed to the
afjaft, Bnd when hrought to the surfn.o ln the bla
lucket gave the alavni. Thlrty mlners were nt
j?.rk at the time. an.l up to a late hour to-night
bgta ? ne patBOn had been reacued. a pump boy,
and aa d'?? ' tooB after na. hing the open alr.
The Maaa of the thlrty-seventh level Ib 2.600
ftrx t-olow the parth*8 BtUrfaca. Tha underground
worklngs are h>-av,ly ttwrbered wlth plne. and as
the Bre spread it generated great quantttlfs of
gUtonlC aell frat*. whlch sank to the lower level,
go that death from auffocartlon Is aa certaln to all
|B the level below the thlrty-seventh as to those
above.
* Srmke is p-^uring In dense volumea from ihe
pouth of every shaft In the mlne, and escape
through thoaa openlng* Ib Impossible. The flre 1*
tvidenth galnlng rapl l.y. The only hope for the
thlrty Imprtoooad mlr.ers 1? their escape through
Ba old Fhaft which opens at about the nfteenth
]*vel into the south Ilecla hr-tnoh of the famous
Calumet and Hecla mine. That drlft was ahan
doned years ago. and rtoubtlesx ia choked up wlth
decayed timber. But it Is the only posslble ave
nue of escape, and the hopes of the miners"
fri.r. is riinaj dcuperately to it.
Oathcred about thf shafts of th* Osceola are
the wives. mothers and chlldren of the unfortu
nate men. anxlously awaiting further news from
their loved ones. The aoanaa are very pathetic,
but heyonu the doubtful assuranoe thal tha BMH
may have found the abnndoned Hecla drlft, llttle
comfort can be extpn'ed. Every effoit Is belng
put f^rth to rescue the unfortunate men. but
there is llttle h-'j 8.
Thp Oaoa ila is next to tha Tamarack, the chlef
copper prodttoer In the ciarkoBlgelofJ aroup. ll
has been ln continu.'us ,-peratl-n sineo 18*8. and
pald average divl lenoa of H00.080 annually.
I'pward of two hundred n >?.. arere at work in
the other levela Of tbe mine when the flre started.
Many of these w.-re takl. I" tha maln shaft nnd
brought to the Burface In the Rreat bucketa In a
famtlng condltl ,n. It !a now utterly Impoaalble to
quench the tlre l.y the usu.l raethoda, an-l prepa
rati->ns are n<.w belng made t<? cinse the moutha
of the shnfts to Bhut <.ff the air.
Th" .id? shaft l.-a<llng tO the thirty-seventh
level ls hermetlcally aeaded, bul the other shafts
wlll n-M be etosed bo l.-ng as hope remains. It is
beleved it wili take a month tO extinguiah the
flres. _
FIFTEES IXJVBBD IX TIIE IVEECK
two ooAcanaa ivmp thi track and on dowb
INTO INI'IAN CREEK.
Monmouth. Kan., Sept. 7.?Flfte.-n persms were
burt in a wreck oa the Paraons dlvision of the
Kanaaa City, Memphla and Fort Scott road to
night. Taro c achaa Jumped the track whlle
croaslng Indian Creek and went down into the
atream.
? ???
TORE DOWX THK hritish flac.
AN EXCITINO IltCirJKNT AT THK UAFAYKTTE
GlARI.'f* ( EI.EHRATI'.N
About seventy-flve membera of the Irish-Am*r
Ican Volunteers of the State of New-York. ln unl
form, attended the .elebratlon of the Lafayette
Guard, at Llon I'ark, last nlght. At 11 o'clock,
when the dan< ing was at Its helght, a number of
prlvates of the Guard and of the Irish Amerlcan
Volnntaaaa made a rush for the British flags
whlch hung upon the wall of ihe pavilLm. whlch
was deoorated with the banners of all natlona.
They hauled down two Unlon Jarks ln th.- north
e^st ^orner and two whir-h were hung ln the cen
tre of the east wall. Great excltement prevalled
aad the crowd in the pavlllon cheered wlldh as
aach Hrltlsh enslgn was thrown to the fl >or. The
aoldiers trampled up->n them and klcked them
about the Boor as they yelled "Down wlth the
British flag:"
The band continued to play In order tO lessen
th* exfitement. Many of the women who were,
dan^ing at the tlme J.dned ln the cheers. Flnally
order was rest..'-"-d and the ball proceeded.
Major (;.?? iraja E. M.Quade. .,f the I,:sh Volun?
teers, said after the n.-urrence:
"I saw th.se flag-. hauled lown, and to me It
waa a most enfpyabla slght. rv.n?:derlng that
thla is the blrthday of T.afayette. wh. pe Fren-h
f->reaa OOUtrlbuted bo vary ;r.aterially to the vlc
too- of Torktown in the Ravolutlon, and the
routing of the last tracea of British domlmtlon,
in tha thea Confeilenited statf-s. n-> sueh flaga
DUght to be exhlbited here t ?- !ay. It is an ab
joh-e in-4u'.t to the meni-uy of T..-ifayetic and the
Fren h wh?j did ?-> much 10 lead us to vlctory
over the Knglish."
ADaMS EIPBE88 OFFICEBB B188IXQ.
?AXOV.Y THAN 19,880 TAKFN FROM THK I vi.MVANY'S
orrri e at tkhre hattk.
Te*-e Haiit-, In.i., Sept. 7.?J. I>. Farden. caahler
af 'I," a Ihitib Eapraaa Co?Bpany h*r*. and J. R.
Baraatt. Oiiy ti<*ke< agen' "f ih* Vnndalla llne, have
d:sa^;.eare.J. A paekage cortalnlng $16,000 that
wa* deposlted yeaterday by Reve.-iu* Collector
Jiimf,, for ahlpment -o the Clnclnnatl Sub-Treaiury.
ll BatBBtaaj. The police are now ln charge of the
offl-* and at a late hour to-night they sald that
the am->.;nt m.sslng waa between |2.'..OO0 and BBAAA
and that the ofllce wa* ,:t?iHlly gutted.
THE ST. I.oriS AVCEPTED.
HZR SPKED BATIPFA^TORT TO THE GoVERN
mknt for the o:ean maii. bkrvi.e
Washlnaton. rtept. 7 The Amerlcan Une
?ttamahtp j?t. Loula ha? been atsoeptad i>v the
Datted .Sta'es Covemment as a ve-s.-l of the
flrat claaa for OCean mall service. on the basis
of the report made by Commander Royal B
Bradf ,td. l\ R. N . and Meutenant Rlchard T.
Mul|i?.'.,n. 17, BJ. X , who wltnesned her recent
ap..-l trlal In British water* The report Of
Oaniinaililai Bra.lford and I.lfiitenant Mulllgan
BaVowa ihat on her voyage t. S..uthonipt.ni from
New-Y,..rk, the St I. ,uis ran from land) Hook
to Btahoa/a ROCk, MM knota, at an aveiag
hourly apead r,f iK.se koota. She was free ..n this
tnp from th* eff,-. i of tha tJa>, and ihawaBtBer
was g,,.,.| and th< s< a smooth.
Oa l.er offlclal trlal on Atlgust 14 the total
#_ ,i. ,- llf ki.-t- w.is iiia.ic at ?n average
apeed of 2>> 14 knota an hour. Ou AUBJUBI 20 the
Bt, Loula was run ? dlatauea otrer a measure.
<?.ll!^.? of 104 kn >if. V4hl<h wan aone ln a total
of 4 h-.urh 41 mlnutea and 4^ aeconda. giving
an averaara apeed of BJ kiwl* Ihrowlai ?ut at
the (Ml.-ulatl mi all 'idal li.Ilu-ri.'f*
Oa Augual M the St. Ix.uia started frum Souih
aaapton for New-Tork, an.l made the run fr.un
Blahop's Rock to Bandy H(-"k at an average
speed of 10 20 kBOta an h.-ur During the passage
ah" <xf,er1en<e.t h atrong ga'** ano' tt hfa,v>
B8B, whlch obllged her io run at half Jfaaed f r
? w*ive i.i.uis. Bul for thia and the ractinai
for three dav? ber BB*8d waa aiso in.iterla 1>
reduced, ihe St. I. .uls w-.uld have broken tlie
record. mnklng an average nf at least |B kr,'.ta.
DOBEMTIO BBWtBB BACHIXE AFFAtB
wmpany last year. Sla daya. lt li BBAtrmtoOt^ najra
M*n aet down for tha taAing af teatlmony befora
'?4'*-Chanceilor Emery.
ONE VICTORY FOR THE DEFENDER.
THE DEFENDER GETTING READY TO SET BALLOON JIB.
BAZEN HAS DR. BRADFOBD.
thi: escaped oouhterfbiter aoain IN
TIIK TolI.S
THRBB ACOOHPUCAI WITH HIH BVIDEHCfl
?HOUOH TO (C'nvkt HIH HHHB BEPOBfl
11R IS TAKF.'N TO BHW-JCBBV.
KOR TUIAI. WITH THB
BHOCKWAT OAN1.
Chlef Hnxen. nt tiie Unlted ilataa Pccret Benrlce,
captured aevertl counterf'lters )esterday. Ile
arrested ln all four men The moBt Importanl of
thaaa was Dr. Orlando B, Bradford-, a dentist. who
waa arreated recently nnd faeapod the next dir
from Secret Service datecttvta at No. .14 Thlrd
ave., at that tlme hla offlce. The arrests were ac
compllshed hy Se^ret Service AffPntB Frank E.
Squlreii. Wllllam J. Burna, F. R. Brkk. B. Bass
and Thomaa Flyrn.
Slnc the arrcsts of Brockway an,'. hlt* Kanur of
cnunterfeiterB some tlme ago and the BUbSCquant
aaoapa of Bradford, many aeeompllcee >.f the lat?
ter have been shadowed hy Docret Service a*.,tnta,
One of the?e was .lo??-ph H. Xlxson, whom Brad?
ford met three yeara ago ln Sln* Sinr< prleon,
where Nlxson was a keep?r aivl Bradford was
lmprls.,ned. Yeaterday afternoon the BKenM
traced N'lxson. who for s ,me tlme hai bf;en a
Bwltch tender on the Broadway < ahle road at
l'nlon Square and Fourteenth-at., lo Dr. Brad
ford'i ).onaa, at No, Wl Kast Ona-bundrod-Biid
flfth-at., wh-'-re ihe latter had hlrod a room under
hla own name in h boBidlng-houae Bept hy Mra.
Kate Kennedy. The offl.-t-rs reaehed the- room
about 12 o'clock and aneated Bradford. He waa
locked "P ln the Ludlow-at. Jall. Before the of
flccrs left the room they found platea and Iiokus
money whlch arlll convlct Bradford ln this stat.-,
before he ia taken to Hudaon County, N. J., lo
atand trial for rompllMly with the Brockway
88ns , _ .
Chlef Haaan'a man alao arrested yeaterday ? an
ton Bentlev. thlrtv-flve yeara old, of No. 53 Eaat
One-hundred-and-twenty-flfth-it.. and Dr J
I, Courtnfv. flfty-two yeara old, of No. 101 Se ond
et Bro-ikivn. Nlxson, Coortnay an.l Bentlev are
all' locked "up li. the Oak-st. stati->n and arlll be
held a--- accompUcea in the Brockwaj
alao ln the new caso In this State ajialnst Dr.
Bradford. Thcse men met one an,.tl.er ln Blng
S'nK prl aon.
Court.i' v. at the tlme he mel Bradford ln Blng
Slnc w*?a'aarvlne a ten yeara' sentence for forg
erv and Bentley was there on an -her harge.
Untll yeaterday Bentley aaa engaged aa an as
ulstant In thp Fact One-hundrpd-nnd-twenty-flfth
st houn- 10 Dr. O'Dell. 8 drntlst.
FBRDBBIC li. COVDBRT RBTOBXS.
A PASSBHCKR ON t-? TOL'BAIHH-THB BBLATBD
?COR-tANKIA IN
The French Uae ateamshlp La Touraine arrlved
h.re eariv yeaterday mornlnK from Han*.
Among the prorc.lnent pasxengers wer. PraderlC
R Coudert. Ml'.e. de Wo!f?. the opera slnKer; Mrs
Uargare: Bottome. Mra. W H. Palne, the Btat( '
the late Kobert W. Inrnan; Mr. ani Mrs. Bamotl
\lvarez M BollnberBO, Itallan Conaul to Ca
Colonel VanKanet, Comm*ndan1 l<r.-hs an.l Captaln
Cordler The last three ar- ofTlcera of the French
army and have been detailcl to rtelt thla COimtrjr
ls'?_i(irjr^_?ff^"^rt'^'K.?
houae _^__,
B08TQT8 MAROS10 TEMPI.E IX FLdBBS
AI.I. ABOVB THE THIItn BPOBT PRACTICAU.T
DBBTnOTBD, WITH HUCH PAHAPH1B
NAI.IA ANI' UODOB PBOPBBT1 v
BVMBBB OP AC'IIKNTS.
Boa'on. Sept. T.?BoatOB'fl Maaonlc Temple. at
Bovlaton and Tremot.t ata. wa-' badl] ,1 tm.K-i
by flre and VBter tO-day. The (ire -.tarted In ona
of th. upper atorlea and practically daatroyed all
above the thlrd rtoor of Ihe seven-s(.ry bulldlna.
The damas* to bulldlnK and contents. In< lt.dlna
KnUhlB Templar and Maaonlc I-odae reRal.a.
aererda, bannera and other parapliernalla. la esti
mared at 1101,0m. Of thla ntnnint the damaa* to
buildlng aU.ne wlll be nearly ICi.trO1 Th.* l,'il!dl(i<
luelf la valued at alKJi.t aeven hunlr-l ar.d flfly
thouaand doll.ira. Manv of tha lodBarOOma 80B
taln valuable palntlnga, Jewels and ..U.'-r Hrticlea
of value. IncludlnK the ( hart--.' of each ...aanlJiatlon
and ita rec.rda The Maaonlc I.ibrat), located ln
the Urije room on Ihe aoir heaiter ly st.le of tl.e
atructure, contalna thouaanda ,.f ?.oliimes, many ,,f
a'hlch are damaRed ,,,ri?ld.-ial,ly by n^ter. The
damage lo the bulldloK la all covered b> laaoraoee,
and the furnlture of many of the lodgerooma i?
alao Inaured, but the regalla and i^-rBonal effeotfl
of the meinbera are not Inaured
Many coatly palntlnaa. worka of art, exuet.alve
bannera ar.,) relk-H arera aaved.
The irrriiind Hoor of Ihe bulldlna l? occupled bv
the Ivera & l',,..,| 1'iano company nnd (1,-- Hom.
Savlnga Hank 'Ihelr premlae? and eoatenta arere
badlv waahed down, but Ihe losaeB nr. COTBTed D)
Innurance. The aolld granlte walls of the T.-.n[!e
ar>- not damage,]
Heveial aceldentfl oecurred durtBfl the lir.-. bul
none were fatal Flre Chlef Johr- F. K-.an, -,f the
Thlrd DlBthct. waa walkinx on the ror.f near the
edje of ihe llttl.? crater where the flam.-x had
burat through, ahen the atructure ?av. war, and
he fell Into the hall two Btorlea below, a dlatance
of thlrty-two feet. His Injurles, though aayare,
ara not dan8erot_a>
VVELLWORTHYOFHEKNAME
TICTORY FOR THE DEFENDER.
SHE BFATS VM-KYBIF III BY 8 HIN
UTK3 19 BECONDt CORRECTBO timi*:.
nrXHAYES'S (HAIJEXOER 0UT8AILED,
the rapp: a BBAT fm-t-kn mii.f.r TO
WINpWARD AND BACK.
bomb iiveiy MiSiprrnE.* nr the iioat*.
TIIK MKRHKl-H^FF cnFATION <*HO\VS HKR .?!*
PFP.toRITV OVBB THB BHOMBH TACHT IN
TH* BTBATHEB WIPPOBBD TO BB MOBT
A('.RKF.A'*I.K TO THK I.ATTKR - A
r.RKAT CROIVP OF FPF'TATOT:S
OB gWAHM- OF CR4FT WIT
NKSSKS THK FIRST CON
TK?T IN THK IMTBR*
NATIONAL SF.RIF.3.
The flrst of thp flve Infrnatlonal racea f-r the
Amorlca's Cup was aalled yesterelay on a cnurs"
flfteen mlles to wlndward and return. and the De
fende.- beat Valkyrle III by about elght mlnute.-.
This Is the offlclal tlmp:
Rtart
The Defender ...12-n'-0 The Valkyrle .1AMM
Turn.
The Defer.der .3:.'>,'V_!> The Valkyrle .IMM
Fln'-h.
The Defender.IrJllH The Valkyrle .R:?:J0
Flapaed Time
The Defender.I-80-81 Th" Valkyrle..Vf?:H
C'orre.-lel Tlme
The Defender .IJMI The Valkyrle .r.:W:l4
The Defender won by s mlnutes and IH Beconda,
Thoie wh i saw the race and w1k> were near the
mark when the Yankee yachl flnlshed wlll prob?
ably r?memb*T lt as i'>n? as they Hv: they wlll
spcHk of If t>> Ihelr children and make valn eff. rte
to dcs-rlbe the rr-nc. and when other yachts
have taken the plaee of ihe Dpfpnder and Of Ihe
Valkyrle, when the younu -nthuslasts have -ymwn
old. dates wlll be flirured by those who were there
from the day "when fhe Defender beat ihe Val?
kyrle the flrst tlme."
The weather predlctl.na were correct and th?
8ky was overcast all day. except at the momenl
whpn thp Defender crossed thp flnlshlnfc llne
about el&ht mlnutea ahead of the Valkyrle. when
thp Biin brokp forth from beneath the lowerlnx
clonds and peemed to add Its emlle to the h'lrrah.a
and cheerB wlth whlch the vlctorioua yacht wai
salutr-d.
t'ni'hf'-km-:n'ti:ii intf.rfst.
In the ion*? htatory of thp Aiaarlea'a Cap races
the one of yeaterday attract.-d thp m,,*t attentlon
and dr*w tha laruest crowd. Therp were good
reaaona for lt, an.i among theae nol the least im
portant wa?< that a n>-w model had been adopted
and that analnsl the wNhea of manj who belleved
that only a i-pntreb..ard va. ht eould BOC-ceaafully
(b-fend ihe yacht tr.phy a-jalnst fhe Brlti?h. An?
other reaaon f,,r eepeetal Intereal was the fact that
ln Ihp lasi Internatloiiol ra.p the margln waa
palnfully small, and tha Enicllsh had made their
boast that Ihpy had dlSCOVered an.l renie lb-d the
defeeti in the ehallengar >f IIM As a matter ,,f
htatory, it i? Intareatlng ti note the foiiowi-ig
i?,ints ln ...nn.-, iion with the last Internatlonal
race".
THI) fi')' CONTBST fiF IW.
The flrsi of Ihe racea was Mlled >,n Oetohei 1,
1S9.1, Rfteen miles t . leaarard an.l return The
viKih.nt, ihe Amerlcan Cap defender, made ihe
run In I houra, f> mlnutea nnd 17 necnds; thp
Valkyrle II tOOfc 4 houra. 11 mlniites and 3_
Bpconds The Vlfflliyit beat the Valkyrle h mln?
utea und y aeeonda
ln the second race, w-hi-h tooh pia * n" Oel ?
i.er >, over .< trlan#ular e arrae, ten mllea to each
leg, the YiKllant's ilm<- waa 3 houre. .5 mlnutea
and 1 aecond, that ot Valkyrle waa 3 houra. 36
mlnutea and 36 aeeonda. Tbe Viaiiar-t __*. k_>
Valkyrle II In this race 10 mlnutea and 33 aec
onds.
Thp thlrd ra?a was sailpd on October II and
waa flfteen mlleH to wlndward and return. ln
this t-a-e the Vlirllant b.at the Valkyrle II hy
only io Beconda, th,-* time belng: vigiiant. 3 houra.
21 mlruites and .19 ?.e.-,.nds; Valkyrle II, .1 houra,
M mlnutea and vt aeoonda
Wlth a vliw to wlptng out this amall margln
the new Knglltali yacht was bullt. and when the
plUCky F.-.rl of Dnnraven pr.n.,urccd her ready
for the fray and sent h.-r over the water to do
battle ajtalnst the Yankee Bl,,op, whlch had been
bullt in antlclpation of her coming, many a
?(out yachtsm-in'e hr-^rt beit 'ulsglvlnijly, ?tu 1
rnany a patrlot who haa lo.iked upon Ihe Amer
Ica's Cup as a flxture (n thla cnusitry wondered:
"Wlll It leave ns this year?"
COM8ERVATIVI AXBBICAN TACHTiM-DC
The axdtement over the c imlng race? was not
? f tii,- demonstrativp klnd; p'*"p!e were slow to
predict success for th* Defender, even after she
bad beaten the t/tgllant whlch had been im
provedi and whlle there were some who adver
tlaed thpmselves as ready to wai?er large sums
,,f money on the new* b.at, rhegp werp few In
comparlson with tbe eonaervatlve people who
Blmply h.,pp.l that the racea ,f '9'. would be
another trtumph ,.f th.- Amertcan ovar the KnK
llab yaclit.
This spirir Bhoared Itseif up t., yeaterday, when
nii r,,((,is in ai.d ahout Naw-TorB aeemed t,?
lead to the Bay. By traln and hy boat. from
;.!! dlrectlona, from near an.i from far, pe< pia
cama to sep what they could of tba Srst "i the
conteata batareen the taro radng macblnea in
which has be. n e .ncentrated the mechanlcal
genlua of tw.otlnentJ Qreat numbera >,fpeo
?<:?? came from Canada wltb Engllah flags in
their pockets ani BngUah bopee ln their bearta
and went down ll;.- Bay t" come back without
an opportunlty to wavp ths former Of t" 808
the latter realised
CROWDS ON THE EXCURBION BOATB,
Boat-* larjre and small were charte.ed to take
partles d,>wn the Bay, ani bmr? befor? the Btart
int; tlme ,-i m la arem ruahlng t" the yarioua
plera, and in many instan.-es tartee nnd three
times as many peaaengera could have t>- n taken
by the boat* if the comm.iii.lera had not <1<
termln.'d t > run no rlsk by overcrowdlng. Moal
,f theae boata left their bprths between 9 and
9:30 a. m.. and then the procession down the
harbor bejjan. Ther- was no thlng cheerful In
the w?ather. Thp sky waa leaden. the alr thlck
and warm, the wat.T lumj.y and the wlnd n..*h
lncr to speak of. Down the Bay, though. the
whlte-wlng.d champtons were wa|tln? fur the
word to bp off, and toward the place where
they floated l.izily ,'ibout all ptOWl were turned.
Kxcursion boatR, blach "Ith paesengera and
earaylng under their load nf humanlty. steam
and salllng ya his wlth merry partlea oa board,
llttl-* craft whlch went bey>>nd tfeir usual courae
and thpn b >bhed about reluctant I l leave the
scene?evprythlng that OOUld g.-' away moved
t,<w-ard the racers, and Bcattered thl.kly along
th" llne were the boata of the patrol whlch
guarded the safpty of the craft and prevented
Int'-rfprencp wlth the racers.
Th" North ilerman I.loyd stentner Trave came
down wlth the flept of PX.ursI n fcwatS and si?ht
Beera and the way in whi h some <,f the peaaen?
gera waved tlny Amerlcan flags as th.- great
Bteamer Blood away left no doubt ln the mlnd ol
those wh,, Baa them as I.. IVhal would b? their
flrst qoeatton arhen they reaehed th<- ..ther side.
The iTmbrta alao aaar the pleaaura fleet rr..m a
dlatanee.
BOATB WHICH FOI.LOWED TIIK BL-OOPB.
Among Ihe craft wl.l<-h th >pp pasaed who (arenl
down th" harbor were the pollce bOBl I'atr,,l, with
Prealdenl Rooeevelt ant part) on board; the
Bteam racbl Ifabel, '?: C Benedlct'i OnekLa, Mrs.
Carnegto. Dungeneee, with the only woman
member ,,f the yacht oluh on the hri.iR.., rhe
llghthouae tender John Bogera, tl.e steam yacht
Ar.Ka. the l .rexel ya,*hl MarK.irlta. th.- Qowm
menl boal Qeneral m-iks. the Defender'a launch,
th Hattle Palmer; the Bteam yacht Stella. H M
FlaKler'B All.-la, whlih *-arri.-(l ll.e COmmodOTS ,,f
the patrol; Ceorge (i.aild'.'i Atalanta, ex-Se.-icta; \
Whltney'a Columbla, an.l the ITallant, wlth Ihe
absent Bag up tO hIiow that h.*r OWner, W, !\
\",i..derl)llt, was not OH board. Ha was ?.n tbe
Defender. There w<re also th- Nonrmahal, with
her owner, .b.hn laOOb Astor. and a large party
on lioard: the Wand.i, the Klv.il. tiie (},>elet ya.ht
Hermlone, fliin* the BngHoh Bag; tbe Bngllah
? booteMp VBihaiia, with a crowd >f barefootad
I,,,ik ln white urilforms at th.- rall. and bundrada
of ,,ther craft.
AT THK I.KiinSHM'
By 11 o'clock th.- fc-reat Improvlsed fleet, prob?
ably the largeet of the klnd ever assetnbl.-J ln
?a m.ri.ian watera. had reaobed U)v fi_B?f pear Iba
Mghtshlp where the two racera w*re stretchlng
th.-lr wlnga. Then for an hour fully twenty
thousand people divided thelr attentlon between
watchlng tha two ya.-hta and wlshing for a llttle
Wlll I. Th.-re was llttle or n-? slgn of enthuslasm
any where. and when at abiiit aoon the flrst gun
was flr.-.l, by which it beOBttM known that there
WOUld ba a race the spectators began to show
the flrst symptoms ,,f interest.
thf; NO. i roiRSF. taken.
It soon became known hy slgnal that the courae
would be the one known as Na 1. whlch aceord
ItlfJ to th.'- prngramme was from the startlng
Itna to and around a rnark fifteen mlles to wlnd
ward. or to leeward, and return. leavlng the mark
on the starboard hand. The course waa lald
east by south, the wind at the tlme belng east
southeast and the tlde at ebb.
As the hoafs cnssed the llne and the Valkyrle
appeared to take the lead a chlll seemed to strike
the spectators. The flotllla moved along, keep
lng the yachts In sight, but the muslc on tie
iioats and the merr> chatter of those who were
n>t seaalck could t.ot cheer the man and women
Wbo had .? une to see tlie Defender wln. The
Kngllsh boat wps ahead to all Intents and pur
P0888, but at aboul 2 p. m.. when she tried to
cross the hows of the Yankee sloop and falle.l,
.in.l when for the flrst tlme In the race the De?
fender shoved ahead, there was a ihOUt froni
every boat and a concert of steam whlstles whlch
b i ?? .-vidence of the fact that the Interest waa
not dead, not even sleeping.
ALL DOIBT REMOVED.
Another dln was caused all alonp the l!ne
When the Defender rounded the flrst mark ahead
of her Kngll?h rlv.il. and faces brlghtened and
rren wh., had looked deapondent braced up and
wenl b.'low?to exanilne the compass or s ime
.-ther rrautlcal c.ntrlvanre whlch the yachtsman
resorta to ln BUCh emergencies. From then un?
tll the end, V4iien the Defender crossed the :lne
aboul two mlles ahead of the Valkyrle, there
w.is h.irdlv a doubt as to whlch boat would
wln. At tha flnlahlnf point the hundreds of
vesscis had areemblM to wltness the end. The
decka of the steam.-rs were black wlth people.
?.?I: . stood tier upon tler on the slde toward the
racers, causlng the boata to lean In a way whlch
mlghl have looked danger.,us at any other tlme.
Bul no ona mw a boat sway, no one saw an
orarcrowded dcck. no one would have seen many
a thing of more lmportance. All eyea were dl
rected toward the Yankee sloop as she reached
gracefully toward the goal. There was a p?nt
up hurrah in the throats of thousands of patrl
otlc Am.-ri ans, and they walted with hated
braath f->r the moment when lt mlght be set
fre?? fo vibrate over the evenlng sea and echo
loudly through the contlnent beyond.
THE KINISH.
"Ther? sh* goes!"
The moment has come, and the hurrah whlch
greeted the vcf*rious b--at as she rounded the
stake was one to be rememhered.
Whlstles In e4-ery key. bells, guns, drums, any?
thlng and everythtng that would make a nolse
was made use of, and many a cheer dled on the
llpa of stout men .ecause they were too mu.h
orerooma t<? gi\-3 rant to their feeiingn. When
e\er the dln ceast-d for a moment, some whlstle
~r gun started it all over, and when the nolse
flnally dled away and the D.-fender moved <>n
toward ber berth. when throats and whlstles
alike W8T8 tlr.-d, and quiet had settled on the
W.tera, after thi Valkyrie had recelved her sa
luta alao, Ihe gentle breer.e caught ihe stralns of
mueir from a band, and acroaa the waters came
the sotind to whlch thousands sang:
And the Htar-Spang>d I'.anti-r. long tr.ay It wa\,\
O'er the land of the free an.l the homo of the brav*.
Tbe n.-xt r.ict- of the serles wlll bc sailed on
Tueaday.
m
HOW THE RACE WAS WOX.
DBTAlLfl OF THI KIR8T CnNTEST HE
TWKK.s THE YACI1TS.
BHIBTINa (?F THE BTARTIMXl miM TH BTART
A 1'HKTTV (INE KX< ITINO MAMOBUVBM BOI
Al>\ A.\TA(?lr. IM THK HKAT T') V4 INi "44 Al( 11
Tb.- Bnl of i,i- batllf* for the cup la over. The
Defender proved haraelf mperlor to the tutoign
yachl >.n all the points of salllng, and that. too, on
a Valkyrle day. Nol only did she b.-at the
BtJrangar handsomely IM the flrst >>r wlndward half
..f tha struggle, but ahe Increased b>-r l.-a 1 .omlng
home. Tbe result of yesterday's race may he
ttith- r i dampi-r on the ,ith--r COBtBOta, for the De
feiider ln ,he eyes of inan> old yachtsmen showed
i-i i'A tn much the superloi of Valkyrle III that
It wa-i even thought the EnKlixhman Ib only a
Irlfle. !f any, better than the Vlg-.lant. Mr Isellii,
the trlumphant owner of the alumlnum boat, aot
a tremendoua greetlng at tba flnlah, to whlcb ln
rtapondinx, wlth Mra iaellA. *Ca_nata lucr and tba
crew, he h*ld aloft the yellow eur that It aeema
has brought surh luek to the now pale blue boat.
II wlll be remember -d that It was In The Trlbuna
that attentlon was called to the fact that the Da
"ender's last accldent was her thlrteenth and that
II would be her last -the more certalnly becuea
the last race the alumlnnm boat salled was on a
Frlday, and no one could go ba. k of that crush*r
to the hoodoo. It wili be remembered, too, by
readers of The Tribune th~t it was mentloned ln
these columns that the Defender was sald to hava,
sults of salls on board of her of whlch no on. .
knew. That balloon Jlb :he New-Rochelle boat
brought out yesterday was In the nature of a aur
prlse. The Valkvrie has all BjOBBJ be*n aupposed
to have the larg?-r salls. but yenterday the De?
fender showed a balloon topsail that was far blB>
ger than the Valkyrie's.
When the ex.urslon sfeamers got down to tha
Scotland Llght and s-.w th- two blg beautles.w.y
out there In the o.ean stretching tnelr wlnga
they flgured out Just hOW II would all be. But
ten mlnutes later all their Ideas were upset by
the orderin*,- of B startlng point further out to
sea than t'ie riandy Ho .k Llghtshlp.
THE 8HIFTINU OF THE STARTINO POINT.
Accordlnx to i ule the flrst slgnal she jld be tha
preparatory gun, followed ten mlnutea later by
another gun, the last one giving th* yex'hta the
rlght to go oevr the llne as soon as they could
manage lt, and If they dldn't get over lnslde of
two mlnutes, a third gun would be flred to an
nounce the handlcap llniit. Hut yesterday .t
11:55 o'clock a gun boomed out ov*r the
watera from the flagshlp. At flve mlnuteB after
the noon h.ur I' w?s expected that another
gun would go oft, and all the salling about
and cruislng pf the two ya-hts were put down
to the deepe.st gclence <>f the aklppera of tha
Defender and the Valkyrie. Inatead of that
the two captalns were oniy passlng the tlme
ln careful wtng-ntrebhing fllghts. Then, when
every one had alven up hopes of the start?
lng slg-nal, another gun went off. and now tha
careful taotlaa and Jockeyinga of the skllful cap?
talns were looked upon as so much nonsense.
A lot of Intelllgent persons puzzled th-lr heada
over all this, untll the ca?.ful oiies, consultlng tba
aaillng directions m<.re serlmsly, found that "ln
case tho star*. is poatpoood .r the startlng poinl
C OT.IVER ISEI.IN.
la shlfted from the llghtshlp. a prellmlnary algnwl
wlll be made by firlng a gun and dlsplaying tha
yacht enslgn at the fore tifteen mlnutea before tha
preparatory signal ls made." This ia what ea
plalns the apparent atwpldlty of the Valkyrle ln
g.-tn* to what every one thought waa the wrong
slde of the commlttee boat once or twlce. And
thla Is the explanation of the Def*nder's apparent
cross purpos-s when she wasn't trying to gat
by flrst at all.
A DESPERATE DUEL.
In reallty the start was perhaps the prettleat
jan >f the contest. ex-ept the attemptfl of tha
yachts to cross each other's bows in the desperata
duel that took pla-e before the Defender's bu
perlorlty wai. tt might he sald. established. It
was a flght yesterday all the way to the turn
ing of the stake buoy. After that. on the way
home. as a Fren-'hman who kept admlrlng the
beauties of the two ynchrs remarked: "Ce n'eat
plUB une course." The Valkyrie was the flrat to
want to take libertl-s wlth the Defender. Both
b. ats were salling merrlly In the teeth of a north
east braBBII. which. however much the Valkyrle
may like that BOft of ara ither, was certalnly not
the strong golng that is best sutted to the De?
fender's wlshes. The Valkyrle seemed to be not
only well in the lead, but 10 ba galning steadlly.
It was about 1:41 o'clock. Every one could see
that there was aoma BV0V8 of importance contem
plated on the Engllsh challenglng vesael. for all
her crew were at their hlghest tension. The crew
of the Defender, from the hortz-ntal posltlona on
her whlte de.ks. were summoned to thelr sta,
tions. At Its the Valkyrle went in staya and
put about to tne port tack. The Defender .11
along had been p intlng up cloger in the wind
than the Valkyrle, and to the experteneed aho
innn nrxr.AVEN.
was not nearly so much In the rear aa the VaJa
kyrle tactics sometlmes made her look. The apeo>
tators on the steam yachts and the pasaengera
on the blg escuratoa ati-amera stood up 88 aea
how the auda.ious inove of the Valkyrle would
work. All knew that the Valkyrle was golng t?
tty io lufT acr..-?s the Amerl.an yacht's b.>wa. I|
look.-d as If there 44 oul.1 be an a.cident. aa th*
piisseng.Ts on Hom.- -f the huge passenger boatl
tush'-d wlth on.- acc.rd f?r the slde towird tha
yachts, Bfhtch wBT8 Bj ibj like two gladlators aboul
to . lose ln deodly embia.e. The Valkyrle bore
stralght down on the Defender The latter held
her course stralght OB, unlesa lt may be aald
tb.it she polntaf) aren BBttOf up in the wind,
Every one held hts btWAth. Juat at the momenl
some paopli were sure thi-re was g >:ng to be a
Craah, there ar. oa a mlghty ct .-er. for the Va>
kyrle had iiad to luff up t,. a\,,|d a eolllslon.
I'p tl this tlll,,- Um D.-fender Btock Wil* gnln|
down; ao far It b ui alraoal be, ome a ncstlon ol
bettlng how BBUCh the Vnllqrrta wa* g-dng to beal
her. The !? . rBCBta rm on f..r a few mlnutee oq
the aame ta.-k, lha starboHid. the Defender galn*
Ing every inlnute. not rnaktng <iulte to much fusa,
At 1:50 the DafBBtWr 48888 abc-ut and went oq
the port tack The Valkyile went on the atar*
botraj tack The two yachts were golng at ex.
actly rlght auglea to ea :h other. The Vaikyf.i
came on to the port tack ut 1:54 and, strange'.j
enough, the Defender Immedlately want on to tb|
atarbotrd tack. Now, Inatead of thelr aalllna
4 wav from anch ath_r _MaUt_ML__gjgj|