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DREYFUS HAS A POOR DAY.
JUDGES VXFArORAUI.Y HI PRESSED
11X 1IIS ATTITUDE.
Ills Alleged Relntlone With German Offi
cers Discussed Wltneaaea "VVltli Iluil Hep
ntatlona Trlnl ltnplillj Approaching nn
Knd Verdict lCxpectttd Next Tliutadny
Generals Blnr Try Final Coup Tii-dn.
metal Cablt Dtipatch It Tiir Botr.
Hennes. Sept. l.-Thcra In a general Impres
ilon that It has not been a good day
for Droyhts. This Idea Is based solely
i , on tlio apparent ollect of tlio nro-
ijf ci edliics on tho Judges. Thero was nothing
In tlio evlilcnco itself to justify a belief tlmt tlio
' case ol tho prosecution had been strengthened.
The points doalt with were cliielly ox-Judge
Utiosnayde lleaurepalre's stories (if Droyfus's
I alleged relations with Oornian officers at his
birthplnee. Mlllhausen, and his reported pres
ciieu at tlie rnunn-uvres there In IHiil. Each
I point was demolished as soon as it was raised,
I eltherby exposure of tho bad chaiacter of tlio
vlttic3ora prompt explanation of the inno.
cent character of the Incident to which It was
eouglil to attach suspicion.
I It la significant tlmt It was tho attltmlo of
I tlioriloncr hlmsettwhloh seemed unsitlsfne-
lory to tho Judges. Dreyfus, for the llit tlino.
Beenied to loso a little or his mental keenness
and readiness. Ills replies once or ti.-icn wore
not so prompt and cloar as heietoforn, and
Bomoof thomumbuia of tho Court seemed to
diaw unfavorable conclusions from this.
As a matter of fnet it is scarcely less than a
miracle that the prisoner has borno tho lorrllle
sttn.nas well a-. Ik has. He is weak almost to
tho point of collapse when he Is In his cell, and
it Is only when ho Ir In court that ho Is able to
' maintain his tvomlarfuli-olf-oontrol.
Tim wltne-ses have been disposed of so
rapidly durum tho past day or two that tho end
of tlio trial is nppioachlng sooner than tho
prose 'Utlou expected.
Ex-Minister of War Cavalgnac. who has been
alwent for four davs. returned to nlsht. and
presided at a meeting of all tho Generals at
herder's houco It Is said that ho Is vc.od
over tho bohaioi of Uon. lioget. Major Lauth
and other olTleeis this week, bulletin!; that tho
Court vv us disgusted by it. Thoie is reason to
billoui that tho consultation to-night was to
decide the question whether a final coup will
. be ehsioed to-moirow. It Is understood alBo
- that the Generals had the substaneoof I)u l'aty
Hfj do Clam's deposition before them, and dl-
I cuhsud tho question of how they should deal
Ml with it.
w ' VEiimrr ExrErTi:r thukspay.
i The taking of testimony will almost certainly
I e (ln.shed on Monduy. (Inly twelve witnesses
fi lire known to remain for examination. Major
fjlk urrlere. tho Prosecutor for the Government.
I says tli.it ho will speak for only an hour or two-
111 He says that he will not undertake more than
v a Kouornl uigument.
Maltre Demange is expected to occupy a day
or a day and a hall In summing up for tho de
feneo. Maltre Laborl will follow him. but will
occupy only an hour In discussing tho points
which have arisen slnco tho 1804 trial, unloss
Major Carrluro should reply to Maltre Domange.
Iu tho latter case M. Laborl will apeak as lone
ns will bo nooessary to nnswer tne Gotornnieiit
prosecutor. The last word rests with the de
fence. It Is the general expectation that the
il erdiet will be given Thursday.
1 I nnETFUS AND THE OK11MAN MANEUVRKK.
The session was given up to hearlnc testi
mony by a cholco collection of M. Quesnny de
Jloiurepalro's 6candul-mongers. 1 irst M.
Diihreull came back to prova thut ho reallv
was an honest lioraedesilor. Then ho retailed
nmre tittle-tattle about Dreyfus's relations
w th Mme. liodson beforo his marrlace. Drey
fus pr itested vigorously against this Indecent
divus-lon of his private life nearly fifteen 5 ears
nuo. The audience also joined In a chorus of
of murmurs.
t'i..Iouaust replied to tho prisoner, saying:
"Ye, it N purely a personal question, so no
more of It."
Then e.nne Ex-Judge Boaurepnlre's famous
liotier Utrmain. who told his story of seeing
D rs at the German nianumvrea in 1W0
Mi-, a.terwards recognizing hltn on theChamps
Eltd-.
"" M. Demange compelled the witness to ac-
I. 1 ki nAluduo a long criminal record.
Jij ' J'lvyius. replying to Germain, said he had
! il- er. officially or otherwise, been Invited to
I the (lurinan manccuvioa. lie had neter been
I , iimleU to ilinii with Germau oflleers. While
l lil- family was living at MUlhauson he had been
Jl ri'Uiiiarly presented to the German General
commanding thore. He had not attended the
in m.uiauvres specified by Gormaln. Asa mat-
Ul tor of act no mameuvres were held there. It
f as merely n plaee where-reglments drilled.
iiepiying toanuestion by Ool. Jouaust. Drey
fus s.iiil he did not remember of evor hiring or
r.dini; hordes from Kallmann's stable where
Germain was employed: ho might have douo
eo, honever. lie did not remember whether
he visited Alsace m 1880, but his paHssports
noulil hliow.
('apt. Infretille came forward moroly to ay
thut Geimain told him the same story now re
luted bai'k In lhiin.
Kullmnnii. the employer of Germain, gave
the latter a bad character. He tc-tllled that he
never heaid GermainV presentstory from him.
It .sua his friend haclierr, tho witness deolaied,
v. ho Is also an Alsatian, that attended the
manoeuvres specified by Germain. Kullmnnn
declared mat Dreyfus never hired horses at his
stables nnd he did not believe any part of Ger
main's story.
M. I euiounler related n, conversation he bad
with Dreyfus during which the prisoner told
him he hud assisted at the German niumeuvrcs
at Mulhauscu,
Dreyfus de(larod that he remembered the
conversation which referred to the movements
rv, of the troops oa the Mlllhausen road toward
Tjff Iiulfort. Consequently the position was direct-
m ly opposite to the one Indicated by Germain.
"' Dreyfus added that he was then spending hjs
I holidays at MUlhausen, where he often rode
I out. Coneeuently It was not surprising If he
'T-f OL-caslonally saw troops mauumvrlng, but this
,v(i, was very dlffeient ftom assisting ut tho ma-
jj iio-uvres.
",v M. Villon, another ono of lleaurepalre's wlt-
I nvases, related thut in the soring of 18!lt he
J wus in the Centiul Hotel in Berlin and heard
I two Uoriiiiiii superior ollleers talking at break-
I fast. Ono of these ollleers said: "We expect
I to got the mobilization scheme from Dreyfus."
I M. Demange cross-questioned the witness,
I eliciting tlio fact that the hotel named has
I gone out of existence.
T M. rischer, a J'olleo Commissioner at Avrl-
ctiirt, i-ald that a foreign spy was arrested at
1 Dourges In 1887 for offering to sell details r
I L'ur I flic a shell in oielinnu-o for l.UuU francs.
I 1.MHK.VCE AlllINHT ESII'.IIIIA.V.
I .lent. Uernheiiii, n man of n strong Jewish
M tyi'O. testified tliat Ksterhn.y asked hiru in
18lt to lend him llteihazy)hls manual. Tho
H witness refused to do this, but did lend Kster
J liacy other documents which were never te
J turned to him. He offered this evidence at the
H Ksterhii.y court-martial, but the Court refused
J to accept it on the ground tlmt tlio faots men
B tloued by tho witness occurred In August,
S 1811 1, whereas the bordereau was found in
J Aprl'. This statement produced a sensation.
E 'IIIK "I'-'U" (AWOS NOT HEC11ET
I.leut llruyero, a ret red ofllcor, deposed that
L he ussisinil .it the artillery practieeut Chalons
HI in 1K.H, witiiesKiiig the workliig of the'TJO"
k cannon. Aftemurd, In going through the
B Artillery park to examine a jiloce, ho might
HJ bate skotched tha cannon. Thoro was no pre-
HJ ' caution taJren to iprtTent tbU. Ob Ur 13 J
. t ,t v ..y . - i fath ii jijnWr
group of infantry officers witnessed thecannon
operating, tlio artillerymen being ordered to
give thorn information. On May 17 the same
thing occurred. The witness declared that the
shooting manual was not considered confiden
tial In 18!l. ns tho witness bought a copy from
tho regimental pross of the Twenty-ninth
Artillery for i!0 centimes. I'rlrates of the
Tenth Itogimcnt of Artillory possessed copies
of this book, proof of whioh the witness had
procured. r.scutlul extracts from tlio work
wero published In Paris In 1804,
Captain I.o ltond jumped up, domandine the
right to refute tho last wltnoss's statements.
He atalked up haughtily to tho platform and
declared the "l'JU" cannon did not llguro at
Clintons on the 0th and llth of August.
Ijleut, nruyero replied that ho hnd not
spoken of August. Ho had simply told of
what he had saw In May.
Gen. llocot jumped up nnd stalked to the
platform with his usual hectoring air. Ho de
clared that I.leut. Bruyero was no longer a
French officer, having resigned In an Insolent
letter to tho War Office. In which ho stated that
he was ashamed longer to servo In tho Trench
Army.
Meut. Tlruycre protested against this state
ment, denying that such was tho text of his
letter.
Gen. Ttogot-Itls not the toxt. but It Is tho
sonsc.
Turning Impatiently In tho direction of the
hall. Gen Hoget called Gen. Deloye, who In
formed the Court that llrutero hnd been dis
missed from tho army on because of Ills letter.
Maltr? l.aborl demanded the production of
this letter, nnd Col. Jouaust promised that It
would bo produced. The letter really attacks
M. C Cavlaenac. former Minister of War.
BOlinRKRAU STATEMENTS EASILY AVAILABLE.
Cnpt. Carvalho testified thnt most of the In
formation enumerated In the bordereau was
available to any body In 181)4. Capt. I.oitond
contradicted this statement.
M. Labor! read a lcttor rocolved yesterday
from Secret (service Agent Cornlnges, saying
that he copied In the house of a foreign spy In
18WI the firing manual of 18".". showing that
there wero still traitors In tho War Office after
Drevfus was condemned M. l.aborl asked
the Court to summon Cornlnco.
Col. Jouaust replied that If the individual
had addressed tho Information to him perhaps
he would have summoned him.
Col. ricquart confirmed tho assertion In Cor
nlnges'a lettor, saying he evon suggested to
Gen. Deloye In lal that ho call in all tho
firing manuals In the Versailles district In
order to ascertain whose copy wns missing.
Gen. Doloye attested the same thing.
Mnjor Lauth tolunteered tho remark that
( e ninges was a member of an association of
Iok spies, of which Lajoux was thechiof.
M l.aborl protested against I.auth's'lnalnua
tlon. Major Cnrrlere nlso protested. Col.
Jouaust declared tho Incident closed for every
body, but Major Carriers plaintively protested
again that the defence got the floor whenever
It desired, while the Government prosecutor
was unablo to obtain a hearing. The audience
simply roared at this.
Gen. Robert repeated his testimony before
the Court of Cassation, In which ho arguod
that tha bordereau was not tha work of an ar
tillory officer nnd the handwriting not Drey
fus's. EVIDENCE Ton IlttKTFVS.
Major Hartmnn affirmed that Germany
knew all about the " 120 " cannon named In the
bordereau four years earlier. It was delivered
to that Power by a olvll employee in the artil
lery bureau.
Col. Jouaust asked the wltnoss not to go into
aide Issues, at which thero were murmurs of
protest.
Major Hartmann replied that his Informa
tion wap of great Importance to the defence.
He oontlnued his technical evldonce until
the arrival of the recess hour.
Aftor recess there was a brief cross-examination.
In the course of which the witness dis
cussed Berttllon's wonderful system, finally
declaring it was impossible ever to discover
the author of the document.
M. Bertillon jumped np In the court, shout
ing: "I ask the floor." Col. Jouaust did not
even notion the excited little man. who pres
ently subsided into crushed, melancholy si
lence. Commandant Ducros repeated his testi
mony before tho Court of Cassation.
He said he had offered Dreyfus Im
portant information In 1887 and 18fi:t. wnlea
would have been most valuable to him It
he had been a spy. but Dreyfus did not take
the trouble to como and get it. Dreyfus told
the witnosa in 18114 hs was translating Wltle's
German work on cannon of the future. He
gave the witness the proofs of tho work, but
did not try to obtala secret Information from
the witness's department.
Major Hnrtraann began a technical discus
sion of artillery secrets which had been con
sidered at Thursday's secret session.
Gen. Deloye protested against this, bnt the
Court ordered the witness to continue until a
point was reached when It was necessary to
close the doors.
The tenor of Hartmann's evidence shows It
was Improbable If not Impossible for Dreyfus
to have all the pieces enumerated in the
bordereau.
PLAX OF DltKTFVH'lt I)BFECE.
M. Drmangn Says lie Mint Not Attack Gen.
Mrrcler but Defend the Prisoner.
Special Caole "fpstcA fo Tna Bus.
Bknnes, Sept. 1. M. Demange, one of Drey
fus's counsel, still thinks that the trial will be
finished by next Thursday. He believes that
tho testimony will bo nil In to-morrow or Mon
day lteplylng to-day to some criticisms on the
policy of the defonce. M. Demange said:
"Though the oyes of the world are fixed
on this trial, as you well know. I must not
forget iny role. I am not prosecuting Gen.
Mercler but defending Dreyfus. All my
faculties must be devoted to that end alone.
I have a special audlenca composed of seven of
ficers who, although they are upright ami fair
minded, cannot In the naturo of things
fall to have a prejudlco against the prisoner.
The wltnessss for the prosecution have played
upon this natural prejudice and sought to In
tensify It by making tho Issue a question be
tween Dreyfus and the Army I shall endeator
In my pleadings to romovo that pre
judice m delicately as I can without
nulling the feeling of the members of the
lourt-martlnl. It ! the 1804 tnal over again
puis tho bitterness of party splr't aroused dur
ing the fight for revision
'I shall try to show that Dreyfus neither
wrote the bordereau nor delivered any of the
documents mentioned therein, and I have
every bono of success, hearing In mind the faot
that the Judges are honorable and honest men,
If I fall to carry absolute conviction to tholr
minds on these points, I shall also argue that
they mint not. In conscience, convict tho pris
oner if a shadow of doubt remains."
II I. X. KOUKT lit HK AKItESTF.lt.
Iteport That II W II llrmiicht llrfore
the lllali Court of Justice.
il-tciat CaMt lltiimttk to Tin nx.
Paris. Hept. 1. The iWff Caporal says the
Goterninent intends to include Gen. Itoget In
the charges of conspiracy.
XO VltOOF OF IIMETFU.V3 OVILT,
The rigaro's F.ntlnata of the Evidence Thus
Vjt l'rndueed.
1 fiitual Cblr DnpaleK la Tar. Bus.
j Pr.lH, Sept 1. The Fignva says the taking
of evidence py the Itennes court-martial will
I be concluded iu a few days. It adds that not a
single proof has been adtaneod of Dreyfus's
guilt
'J'be Figaro does not believe the High Court
of Justice will assemble before the loth of
HupUwLor U baur tho ut idouue lu the oases of i
tha aJJaiad oonipirtton ac tiast U Jiutt. t
BOEliS MUST DECIDE NOW.
LATEST IMlTlSll OFl'ER COXSIVERKD
Till: JCXTltKMK LIMIT.
Mnny Englishmen I.envlng the Trnnsvnnl
Vnlkaraad Won't IMkciisb the Sltuntloa
I'ntll Mnndny Another Conference He
ttveen Kruger nnd Mtlner Not Approved.
Scroti Cablt I)tivalttt to The Sds.
London, Hopt. 1. Tho publication of the lat
est despatches between Great Britain
and tho Transvaal Is regarded as bring
ing dlplomncr to a deadlwk un
less President, Kruger assents to
Mr. Chnmbottaln's terms. It Is feared that in
stead of assenting ho may utillzo tho Invitation
to another conforenco with Sir Alfred Mllner
for a renewal of Indefinite bargaining.
Tho standard says thnt President Krtlgor
has still a little time to think over the position.
If he does not comply with tho British de
mands thore is only one Issue.
Tho Telegraph Bays it Is palpable that Eng
land has readied the extreme limit to which
she ean go In honor and safety along the path
of concession.
The Jlaitv MaU't Aldershot correspondent
says that In the event of a rupture with the
Transvaal 25.000 men. 850 officers and 8.IKX)
horses are ready for mobilization at tho bar
racks there.
Col. Hector Macdonald. who. It was reported
recently expected to go to Houth Africa under
Blrl'roderlek Walker, has received an urgent
summons to como to London. Col, Macdonald
expects to start in the direction of Cape Town
immediately.
Pr.KToniA. Sept. 1, Jonkhorr Fischer, ft
member of tho Executive Council of the Orange
Free State, has arrived hore and is consulting
with President Kruger concerning the situa
tion. Tho Volksrnad has deferred until Monday
Its dhcusslon of tho latest correspondence
that has taken place between President Kruger
and Mr. Chamberlain.
JoitAXNEsnuno. Sept. 1. Tho situation Is
moat grave. There was great excitement here
this morning occasioned by the largo number
of passengers taking tleketsfor Nalalnnd Capo
Colony so as to be out of tha Transvaal in tho
event of war.
The Volksraad is strongly against any fur
ther recognition of British suzerainty. The
presence of Jonkherr Fischer In Pretoria will.
It Is hoped, hate a conciliatory effeoU Tho
Boors do not approve of President Krtlger ac
centing Mr. Chamberlain's proposal for an
other conforenco with Sir Alfred Mllnor In Capo
Town.
Tho Boer, who was tried yesterday for creat
ing disaffection among the natives of lthodesla'
was sentenced. In default of finding sureties
that ha would presorve thepoacc.tosixmoutlis
imprisonment.
ItXaLAXV'S REPLY TO THE IIOEIIS.
Mr. Chamberlala Mnkes I'ubllo Illi Refusal
to IHacuit tae Suzerainty Question.
Svtnal Cable DeiMteh to The Sex.
London. Sept. 1. (Tolonlal Secretary Cham
berlain is consistently following his self
adopted new diplomacy In publishing tho text
of the despatches to and from the Transvaal
almost concurrently with their receipt and
delivery. The latest correspondence mado
public is the Transvaal's reply to the British
proposal for an inquiry into tho matters in
dispute. la effect it promises to grant a five
years franchise to tho Ultlandors, but adds
that thla concession Is conditional on the
promise of the British Government not to
interfere in the future In the Internal affairs of
the Houth African llepubllo. It also lays down
tha further conditions that Great Britain shall
not insist upon any further assertion of suzer
ainty and shall agree to arbitration.
Mr. Chamberlain, in his reply, says regard
ing the intervention of Great Britain, that ho
hopes the fulfillment of the Transvaal's prom
ises and just treatment of the L'itlandera wll
reader such Interference unnecessary, but tho
British Government will not debar Itself from
its rights under the contentions nor divest
Itself of the oidlnary obligations of a civilized
Power to protect its subjects In foreign coun
tries from injustice. Mr. Chamberlain barsthe
question of suzerainty from discussion, but
agrees to discuss the proposition for a tribunal
of arbitration, from which foreign interference
shall be excluded. In conclusion he says:
"I desire to remlad the Government of the
South African Republic that there aro other
matters of dlfferenoo between the two Gov
ernments which want to be settled besides the
grant of political representation to the Ult
landers. and which are not propor subjects for
arbitration. It is necessary that these be
settled conouriently with the questions now
under discussion, and they form, with the
question of arbitration, proper subjects for tho
proposed conference."
GUI I. KILLED FROM A.MlVSll.
Shot Wns Intended for a Mormon Elder
Slnyer Commits Suicide.
Chattanoooa, Tenn.. Sept. 1. Six Mormon
elders wero conducting a meeting In a school
house at Pine Bluffs. Stewart county. Tenn..
Wednesday night, when the building was
stormed by a mob of ovor 100 men. Eggs and
stoaes were thrown through the windows, and
those present lied to save their lives, as
bullets began to strike the building thick and
fast. Elders Hiram Olson and H. C. Petty tried
to escape: Miss May Harden, a popular young
woman, walking between them with a view
to checking the mob. As the trio passed down
the roail allots were fired from ambush. Tho
woman was hit and almost instantly killed.
Miss Harden 'a brothers vowod vengeance,
secured bloodhounds and placed them on the
trail of tho assassins.
Baston Wliison, a young farmer nnd superin
tendent of a Sunday school, was lying In wait
for the elders and yesterday became convinced
that he had II red the shot which killed his neigh
bor's daughter. He wrote out a confession,
stating that It was an necident. Shortly
after the confession was mado bloodhounds
appeared at his home. Win uon picked up a
knife and cut his own throat, almost at the
same Instant sending a bullet through his
brain. There Is Intonso feeling against
the Mormons In Mnwajt couniy, and further
orloiiH trouble Is expected. 'J he elders havo
been warned repo.uo lly to leavo the county,,
but they go right on holding meetiags.
COO 1.1 VUB LOST IX A M1XE,
Copper Mine In .lupnn flooded with Ter
rible f.nsi,
ftrenaf Cablt Dti?tc to Ths Brs.
Yokohama, Sept, 1. Six hundred lives have
been lost by the Hooding of a copper mine nt
Dcsshllhlkokii
Woiunii i iniiid Dead on n llonntrp.
A win a., with a dog license mado out In
1K5 to Mrs. Margaret T. Brady of 251 West
1:15th street was found dead last night, sitting
on tbo doorstep at 105 West l.'ilst street. In
her pockets wero 115 pawn tlokets. 1ft cents In
money and a pair of gold-rimmed spectucl .
At tho house In 135th street it was mid that
nothing was known of the woman thero.
MUST rllOTOGUAFHIO
Interview ulth lewey
In Sunday's .Intirnnl.
The Admiral talks to J. C. Hemment, the
Journal's noted photographer, on the deck of
tho Olympia. Mr Hemment snips the Admiral
as ho speaks la various characterise attl-
tOJlVLJjU. i
REMtiX lO 'VCVKEI) SAIIV.SOX.
Ilia Unselfish Devotion to Duly In Hie War
tho Chief Oauae of Ills Nnlrctlnn.
Washington, Sept. 1. Itear-Admlral George
O. Hemey, nt present In com mnnd of tho Navy
Yard at Portsmouth, X. II., has been selected
to succeed llear-Arimlral William T. Sampson
ns Commander-in-Chief of thonnvnl furceontho
North Atlantio station, when AdmlialSamp3on
Is relloved of that command lu the fall.
Whilo Admiral Itemey is the senior
flag officer without a sea command, or
who hus not hnd n sea command recently. It
Is said nt the Navy Department that his selec
tion to succeed Sampson was due to another
reason, greatly crodltnble to him. At the be
ginning of the war with Spain, Admiral Itemoy,
then n Commodore, was anxious to obtain a
command, but whon he found this was impos
sible, the flag officers available being greatly
In excess of tho number of squadrons, he ac
copto 1 tho pot of command of tho naval sta
tion at Key West. Thccheorfultioss with which
Admiral Ilemcy assumed this detail, which
was not doslrablo from a climatic standpoint
and meant much hard work without any glory.
Impressed tho Xavy Department with his de
votion to duty, nnd his assignment to tho com
mand of tho fleet that was stationed In the
West Indies during the ar with Spain Is a
natural result of his demonstration of unsel
fishness. Admiral Sampson will be relieved from com
mand shortly after the Dewey reception cere
monlos In New York. Ho will havo somo Im
portant shore assignment. His two years'
tour of duty expired In June, but he will bo re
tained In command of tho North Atlantio
Squadron until after tho arrival of Admiral
Dowey, so that ho may have charge of tho
naval force gathered at Tompklnsvllle to greet
the hero of Manila Bay. When Admiral Snmp
son was In Washington lost spring, Hecrotnry
Long suggested that ho tako a leavo of ab
sence, but the Admiral preferred to retain
active command until tho fall. Subsequently,
however, he wns obliged to go on leavo for n
month on account of tho condition of his
health
The Chicago, with Bear-Admiral Henry I
Howlson on board. Is scheduled to reach New
York on Oct. 5. aftor a voyage of 2.000 miles.
Admirnl Howlson will bo retired for ago the
same month and It Is generally understood
that llenr-Admiral Norman II. Farquhar. the
commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, will
succeed him as Commander-in-Chief of tho
South Atlantio Naval Station.
EXTEHTAIXEO IT TUB KAISV.R.
John Wannmaker Went Aboard Ilia Yacht
nnd Talked to lllm About Auiellra.
John Wanamaker, who was ono of n
p party of Americans that went on a
cruise to the North Cape. Norway, in July,
returned yesterday on the Hamburg-American
liner Auguste Victoria. At Aalosund. on
July 20, the Emperor William of Germany,
who wasaboaid his yacht, tho Hohenj-ollorn.
cruising In arctic waters, sent wor.l to Capt.
Kaompff of tho Augusto Victoria that ho
would be happy to rccoive and to entortaln a
representative American on the imperial craft.
Capt. Kaerapff decided that Mr. Wanamaker
was the man tho Emperor wanted to seo. Mr.
Wauamakar said yesterday about his visit to
tho Hohenzollern:
"It was an unusual courtesy on the part of
the Emperor to glvo me an hour of his time
as well as his personal 'attention In show
ing me over the Hohenzollern. I was
muoh Impressed with tho scope of tha
Kaiser's Intellect. He was desirous of In
forming himself on subjects In which the
Americans are most Intorestod. I beliovo that
he Is broad minded; he has not tho narrow
ness that lll-lnformed persons nttrlbutn to him.
To mo he seemed to be filled with tho pifr
poso not nly to bo a ruler, but to
advance tho welfare and happiness of his
reople. I am very suro that his pride in
tho traditions and tho presont glory of
tho German Empire wilt not cloud his
appreciation of tho near Western Empire
which Is made up. In no Incousidorable part.
of German-Americans.
"Thero can be no doubt that It will bono fault
of that young and vigorous Kaisor if the re
lations between America and Germany aro not
of tho closest and and most cordial character.
I may say that while I was speaking to the
Emperor In a pritate capacity. 1 also repre
sented my country, and, therefnro, used what
ever common sense I could command to In
crease the good will of ono nation toward the
other."
ASTOR DUAL DISCREDITED 11E1IE.
W. W. Astor's New York Representatives
itldlcule the Cabled Kaporta.
Cable despatches from London say that Mr.
Adams, the English agent of William Waldorf
Astor, confirms the report that Mr. Astor has
recoived an offor of J150.000.000 for his real
estate In this city, and that the offer has been
accepted. The agent, according to the des
patches, declined to discuss the dotalls of the
transactloa, but stated that Mr. Astor had
washed his hands of America and Amerloan
methods, nnd no longer desired to be oon
nected In any way with his native land.
Charles A. Poabody. Jr.. legal representative
of Mr. Astor In this country, said yesterday In
regard tothoLondon despatch, that he know no
English agent of Mr. Astor of the name of
Adams nnd that If there was such a person, he
had never made tho statement attributed to
him.
"Life Is to short to talk about It: the whole
thing Is absolute nousonso." Mr. Poabody
added.
At the office of tho Astor estate. 21 West
Seventy-six street, It was said that nothing
had been heard regarding tho reported trnns
action except what had beonlpubllshed in the
New Yoik uewspapors.
crowd jnonni'.D cruel driver.
Eicorted lllm to the Police Station nnd All
Wanted to 1'roierutr IIIui.
A horse drawing a coal wagon and driven by
Jn-eph De Vlto of 157 West Twenty-seventh
stroet balked at the corner of Sixth avenue
nnd Twenty-sixth street eterdny uftornoon.
De Vlto began to use his whip and raised
large welts on tho horso's back and sides, but
the animal never budged. De Vlto kept on
plvlng the whip for so long a time and with
such vigor that a crowd gathered and de
manded that ha desist. When he didn't, the
crowd began to threaten.
To show his disdain for threats De Vlto
swatted the horse over the jaw with the stock
of his whip, knocking out one of tho animal's
teeth This was too much forthe crowd, and
several men, egged on by a dozen Indignant
women, seized the driver. They were us.ng
him rnuBlilv when Policeman Bhlbles arrived,
mid on Hie emphatic demuud of the onlookers
placed tho Italian under arsost. Da Vlto was
escortod to the Tendorlolu police station by
fully one hundred people, half of whom ex
pressed their willingness to make a complaint
against him. The police elected Mrs. Mary A.
Harwayof.TM WestlTwenty-second street as
the complalnunt. On het charge of cruelty,
De Vlto was locked up.
I'lvn Ilnrleu Klntera Cnntlctrd.
Daiiikv, fin,. Rept 1 Tlitoe negro men and
two negro women who took part In tho riots
lafet wouk were tried and convicted to-day.
IOranae Athlftlm vi. Ilrooklyn (Xatioual Ltugnai.
Oranu. Uvt.1, to-Jar at ana, D. L. 4 w u n
UroveiWllW.lMdJo'ciocfc-jUo. "
FLURRY IN TAMMANY HALL
IlEVORT THAT CHOKER HAS TUKOtlX
Dony joiin f. carrolu
Said to lllnme lllm for the Muddle In the
.Municipal Aasembly ntul the fourth of
July I'liiicn In the Wlgwniii-.Shcehnn'e
Opponent! Den) Tint Ihej JInvo Quit.
The Demoorats, who aro managing revolts
against Ittchard Croker's Assembly district
leaders, began a campaign of public meetings
and house-to-houso canvnsslncyesterdny. Tho
crusade, it Is said, will bo kept up until the
primaries on Sept.lft. Thero are twelve districts
in which there are fights, and from now until
the ovo of primary day, tho present leaders
and their opponents will bo kept busy getting
tholr enrolled voters Into line.
Ever sine" Mr. Crokercnmo home from Eng
land it has been reported that ho had had a
falllng-out with John F Carroll. It has been
said that Mr, Croker blamed Mr. Carroll for
the moss Into which the Tammany Hall mem
bers of the Municipal Assembly have got with
the courts, and, to some degree, for the con
version of Tammany Fourth of July celebration
Into a Bryan nnd freo sliver demonstration '
Mr. Carroll has been attacked fiercely by 77k
VeriUel, the no iv weekly Domoc ratio newspaper
which urges that ho be thrown overboard. It1
charges him with tho responsibility for tho
Itamnpo water scandal. Among tho district
leaders nro a number who aro not
friendly to Mr. Carroll. and they
have been ready to believe the reports that
Mr. Croker and Mr. Carroll have had a falling
out Mr. Carroll's enemies say that ho has not
had any conferencos with .Mr. Croker slnco tho
latter arrived In this couutry. Mr. Croker has
disappeared from view forthe tlmo being. Mr.
Cnrroll won't talk.
It was said yesterday that in case Tollce
Commissioner John B. Soxton was se
lected as the Tammany candidate for
Sheriff this fall. City Court Clerk Thomas
F. Smith, who Is Mr. Ciokor's private
secretary, might bo appointed as his
successor. In any event It was said. If
Mr. Sexton retlses from the Police Board, somo
man identified with tho Goodwin-Smith move
ment against (John C. Shoehan In the Ninth
district would get the job. The reason for this
was explained thus bv an ofilciir of Tammany
Hall-
"There are voters In tho Ninth Assembly D's
trlct who won't belleto that Crokeris ugalnst
Bheehan. They aro hard-shell organization
men, but they won't be convinced that Croker
wants to down Slieehan unless he hits him
in tha head with n club, or does
something else asunfrlendly. If thoOoodwIn
Sralth faction could namo a Polico Commis
sioner it would convince theso men, who are
the ones that Croker wants to get nt."
Every person Interested In tho Ninth district
fight denied yesterday that the contest wns to
be called off as tho result of Mr. Sheehan's
sot In consenting not to introduco a
resolution condemning the P.nmapo water
contract at Tueday's meeting of the
Tammany Genoral Committee. Mr. Shoe
han said yosterday,.thnt he was. in common
witfc the other members of Tammany, opposed
to tho Itamapo contract, and regarded It as a
steal. Then he said:
"1 attended the meeting of the Tammany nail
General Conjmlttoo on Tuesday evening last,
and If I had Intended to introduce a
resolution denouncing tho Ramapo steal.
I certainly would have dono ae
as I am satisfied that the rank and file of Tam
many, as well as Democratic votors of the city
generally, aro lined up against it. No proposi
tion has been mado to me with tho view of Mr.
Goodwin being called off In tha Ninth Assem
bly district. In common with a largo majority
of tho members of ths Tammany Hall organi
zation of the Ninth district. I want Mr. Good
win to remain In the raco: otherwise tho
Democratic -voters of the district would
not have the opportunity they welcomo to
erush out with their votes, nnd so give em
phasis to the bitter resentment they feol
against outside Interference nnd the nuto
oratlc dictation In matters concerning tholr
home affairs."
Mr. Smith and Mr. Goodwinwereequallrom
phatic in denying that they were going to quit.
Mr. Smith said:
"Thero is absolutely no truth in the Pe
quod Club rumor that tho Sheenan vs Tam
many Hall organization fight has boen called
oil or will be called off. That is but another
of the many fake varas spun in desper
ation by our opponents to deceive thu voters of
the district. Tho fight is still on and will con
tinue to be wngod vigorously until primary
day. unless Mr. Bheehan should resign In tho
meantime."
The Democrats who aro fighting against
Mr. Crokornnd Mr. Carroll In their home dis
trict, the Twenty-ninth, met at Tuxedo nail
last evening and elected these officers: Presi
dent,, Joseph H. Koch: Vice-Presidents. J. W.
Muldoon. Joseph Uulqueen and William J
O'Dalr: Treasurer. Abe Schwab; Secretary. P.
8. Myer, Every election district was repro
sentod at the meeting. The officers of the
ashoalatlon fear that an attempt will bo mado
on primary day to stuff tbo ballot boxes, and
they adopted resolutions calling on all
good citizens to unite in preventing
such a thing. The association also
adopted resolutions condemning the Ramapo
water contract. Another meeting will bo held
on Tuesday evonlng. The association has
opened permanent headquarters in Tuxedo
Hall.
Tho John J. O'Brien Association, which Is
fighting P. J. Dooling In tho Thirteenth district
paraded through the street of the district last
evening, and held an open-air meeting In front
of the headquarters at r'orty first street and
Tenth avenue. Speeches wero msde by
Mr O'Brien, J. H. Griffin, AlexnndorLnw, John
Crowley. James Meadln and Julius Simons.
Mr. O'Brien's friends say that they have the
support of 1,200 of the 2,000 enrolled Demo
crats In the district,
The dlssatifled membors of the party In the
Twentieth Assembly district will meet this
evening to lay plans forthe overthrow of High
ways Commissioner Keating, tho leader of the
district
Fourteen Democrats of the Tenth Assembly
district havo Issued acallfora meeting to pro
test against the leadorshlp of County Clerk
William Sohmer. Tha meeting will bo held on
Monday evening at Stirk's Hall, 142 Sevonth
street. The first name signed to the call Is that
of Louis Hannemnn.
PLAXXIXa A BLAF AT COI.Elt,
Tammany City Offlelnla Will Try to I'ny
lllm (III for (he Rniniipo Fl7ile,
Certain Tammnnvcitv officials are p'annlng
to attack tho lesolution adopted by the Board
of Public Improvements at its last meotintr, by
which the Board i pledged to tlio purchase of
the plants of ull the private coiporatlons from
which the city now purchases wator.
The resolution was forced through by Comp
troller Color and Bridge Commissioner Shea to
head oil tho propo(ed contract with thu
Ramapo Water Company. If the plans
now under consideration aro carried
out these ofucurs will be ohnrged with
taking advantage of the Bnmapo agitation to
fence through. uinKr enter of protecting thu
lights of the city, a resolution Intended to
benefit the owners of water companies In
Brooklyn.
A Hutedy for Cancer.
Dr. E. M. Itrowu taa M!nliiiol Water offer bet
ter proapwta of good mull, tutu any kuuwn aliar
ssaeeuUfsipniianUtar Jh Jrwar.-jtsiJ '
MMIBBMPWsapasWIMasl
EXDORBE Sl'MXl.r.T'S BVEKCll.
English Weekllea lliaruaa Our Campaign in
tlin Philippine!.
Swtnal Cablt D'tpatch ! Tub Has.
London. Sept. 1. The lending woeklypapors
publish articles on the speech delivered by
President McKlnley at Pittsburg a few days
ago. and they unanimously endorse It. The
Spectator hopes that the Amorlcan aot em
inent will not try to rush things In tho Philip
pines by using a vast army of white troops, and
also hopes that a Govornor-Gencral. with ab
solute powor and n free hand, will bo np
eolitcJ. Thn Speaker says: "Whether tho American
Goternment Is popular in tho Islands or not.lt
is tastly superior to any conccltablo Filipino
administration."
bexa tor lwrr.itJDaEFnjt kxpaxsiox
Unclt from the Philippines Prepared to
Uphold the I'rraldrut In the Senate.
iNDiANAroLis. Sept. 1 Senator Albert J.
Beverldge reached this city this afternoon
aftor a six months' visit to tho Philippine
Islands and other places in tho far East. Ho
was met nt tho Union station by tho Marlon
Club, the members to the number of three
hundred and fifty being drossed lu blue coats,
whltoducktrowsers and whlto hats. There
was a rush to grasp tho hand of tho returned
Senator when he appearod In the station, and
for two hours the corridors of tho hotel wero
crowded with persons who came to bid him
welcomo to his homo city.
Senator Botorldgo refused to say anything
regarding his experience iu the Philippines,
thnt Is, 83 to what offoct they had In shaping
his convIotloiiB In respect to our policy to
ward tho Islanders, or what he pro
posed to do with tho Information he has
obtained. It Is said this refusal is becauso of
a purpose to discuss the Philippine situation
fully as soon as the Sennte meets In December.
Itls believed that the Senator will offor a reso
lution In thnt body endorsing the policy of
President McKlnley nnd that the Resolution
will be made the basis of o speech In which
he will draw from his observations
and experiences to enforce his arguments.
His friends say that his speech will have ns
wide an Influence In moulding public sentiment
as did Senator Froctor'a when he addressed
the Senate after his roturn from Cuba.
There no longer remains a shadow of ques
tion in the Sonator's mind regarding tho ne
cessity for carrying out tin presont policy of
the Administration toward the Phllllplne
Islanders. Before leaving hero he had
given much thought to the question
and wns an expansionist, but ho de
termined to look deeper Into tho question,
and his trip was undertaken for that purpose.
Ue has returned here thoroughly imbued with
the Idea that only American rulo In the Islands
can save the Filipinos from themselves.
PYRAMID OF COLORADO GOLD
"Will Tnkethe rinre of the Prnpnaed Mnllde
Admit Stntun nt the I'nrla Exposition.
Colorado SrniNns. Colo.. Sept. 1. The
Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce
has supplanted tho Colorado Commission
appointed by Gov. Thomas to represent
Colorado gold at the Paris Exposition. The
commission disbanded after an attompt to
prepare a gold statue of Maude Adams, which
Commissioner-General Peok refused to ap
prove. When Mr reck presented his Jiqaoja.
$1,000,000 solid gold pyramid to tho Chamber '
of Commerce, the plan was endorsed.
A committee has been appointed to secure
the gold and to attend to all other dotalls.
The members own a number of great gold
mines and ean furnish the ore themsolvcs on
short order. The pyramid will bo of solid gold
mined at Cripple Creek between specified
dates. The manufacturer's certificate of
weight and quality will be given.
llORSETS SPOIL A PICXIC
Attack n Party of Sunday School Children
and sting Them Madly.
Bloomheld. N. J.. Sept. 1. The scholars of
the infant class and junior Christian En
deavor Society of tho First Baptist Church lioro.
wore taken out for a picnlo In the woods in
tho upper part of tho town this aftornoon.
Some of tho littlo ones wandered off In search
of flowers and borrles. Suddenly there wero
loud cries for help from twenty children
The Iter. C. A. Cook and somo of the
Uachcrs hastened to the scone and .wore
confronted with a swarm of yellow jaokets
which had attacked the children, stinging
them severely about the head, face and arms.
Tarker Gilbert. Everett Brown, Jr.. Llla Bald
win and Cora Sandy wero so badly stung that
they could hardly see out of their'eyes. The
little ones were all rescued and taken to a
place of safety. Tho hornets broko up tho
picnic, and children and teachers were glad to
get home.
GLASGOW COMRiCT FOR AMERICANS.
Their Hid for Engines 1 Highest Bat Quick
Delivery Is Wnnted.
Svtcxal Cablt Dttpalc U Tn Sun.
Glvboow, Sept. 1. Tho City Corporation
has practically decided to accopt the action of
the Tramway Committee nnd award the con
tract for aupplylng engtnos to generate elec
trical power for tho city road to EIHIs & Co., an
American firm.
Tho Amoricnns tendered tho highest bid, but
tho homo competitors could not approach them
in the matter of quick delivery. Two vortical,
compound oondonslng engines will bo built in
Milwaukee at a cost of S280.000.
BOLI1IERS' RIOT AT noxoi.tr LU.
Men from the Senator Get Wildly Intoxl
rnted en Alcohol.
noNOi.iii.P.Aug 2tJ.vlaSan Franclsoo. Hept.l.
Four davs aso the United Statoa transport
Senator arrived here. Two days later a num
ber of soldiers bought several bottles of methy
lated spirits of alcohol, which can bo purchased
In any quant I ty, and were booh half insane un
der Its influence.
A goueral light ensued which soon Involved
over ono hundrol soldiers. A riot call vtaa
sounded nnd tha polico arrested tho rlng
lualers. On tho way to thestntlon thosoldlers'
friends nttaukod tho police, but citizens and
the provost guard came to tbsii aid. A few
hours later the Senator sailed with mnny
soldiera iu irons.
T IE ALASKA EOVXDARY COXFKREXCE
Sir Louie Dnvlea Gains In England to Ilrp
reaent Pramler I.aurler.
MosTnEU,. Hept. l.-Sir Wilfred I.aurler.
Cinadlaa Prime Minister, who was In Montreal
to-day, stated thnt owing to pressure of en
gagement he would not be able to go in Eng
land person il'v to confer with the Imperial
nu'horltlos on the Alaskan boundary question
but ha would send Sir I.ouU Davies. a mem
ber of his Givernmcnt. to represent the Cana
dian Government.
Itarord Month for Cnatoins Receipts.
The recelpta at tho Custom House for Aug.
31 wore $0:17 548 11 and the total for the
month tvaa$ia,78(.471 OH Thls.it was said.
was the largest sum that had over been taken
In iu one month within the recollection of any
the Custom Houso ullloials.
(i.A.K.NnHi nl ': icnmuinrn , 1'hllnilelphla
Ipoti oijrailou il A, B Nitmnil Rncinipineiit,
Pennsylvania Hallroa I aiiiiiiiuii' . m-iinl trip rato
1 frniu ew vrk, V,. oo inktt on iulc -sept. Ji t.i
Mil, good to return i-rpt Uth nr liy tt pimli .,f
Itiektit anil pameat of 0 ivuu, good until bcpl.
Il'.,,h. Ji4"! ' bulV durUm th day sad at
BidalgBt, A, f
I
LIPTON COMES FOR THE CUP. H
BU All ROCK'S OirXKR SATS HB UXAHB wUKkbW
TO niX IT IF UB VAX. SHU
Sir Thonins, with rife the Tncht's Design flHLlfl
nnd Untaey Her Sntlmnker Arrived Jbast IRsBfl
Evening nn the Cnmpanln Sir Thomas teVillBifl
Declares Itls Iloat la the Ileat That flHS
llrltalu Can Produce, and Expressed BH
Confidence That the Contest Will De at JSHH
Thoroughly Sportsmanlike One ItaUejr KIBmI
Predicts Some Snrprlaea-Ulgger Bolt et l'flmswfj
Sulla Coming for tho Challenger All flHKsfl
Curious to Sen the Columbia In l Kac. itfHBH
Sir Thomas Upton, ownerof the yacht Sham- 'PKHH
rock, tho challenger for the Amorlca's Cup. ao- IBbIBIsI
compnnlod by Will Fife. Jr., the designer of fl wWyEm
the yacht, nnd Thomas llaUey. tho sallmaker. jfl IHsefl
arrived In this country last night on the M lKH
Cunard liner Campania. Sir Thomas has 'M H
como over full of enthusiasm and with fl HjH
tho avowod Intention of working hard from M BH
now until the time for the races, to got ths M iH
Shamrock Into the best posslblo condition for flltaHI
the contests. He says that ho never felt surer IbwIbHLbI
of anything in his llfo than that tho Shamrock: 9Bjai
will have a fair and square chance to take the !sVssH
Columbia's measure if tho ability to do so is in iKlsM
her and that no matter which of tho boats wins iaHlaiiN
tho American pcoplo will applaud the victor illKailaSfl
cheerfully nnd generously. BHI
Sir Thomas Upton Is no stranger to America JLVsiiBlfl
as ho has been hero almost every year for a jLH
long time, but he never met with such a ro- iHjV
ccptton as that which groetcd him last night. IHLI
He was mado much of by all the passengers fhHHt1
coming ovtfr on tho Cnmpanln. particularly by rEesin'
the Americans nnd ho was delighted over the ,-KKb
assurances of tho lattor that hlsxportsmanliko iBl
conduct over since negotiations for tho races HH
began hnd been thoroughly appreciated jaHM
Sir Thomas was seated in tho smoking room IHbIbI
of the steamer enjoying n cigar nnd n talk with BiR
some friends just bo f ore tho Campania reached LBesV
Quarantine when soundsof handclapplnc nnd BjJaLIm
applause reached him. Look Ins out ho wns BsHHIB
surprised to behold the ensign of the Sham- JaHLiiiiiifl
rock fluttering a short distonce away. Golngon Hl
deck ho saw n small etoamer alongside 'BsHlillH
crowded to tho rails with persons who laiBHI
went into a perfect frenzy of excitement upon HsUHilH
his appearance. Then, for the first tlmo. ho iftHsllilifl
roall7ed that the people were friends who had ''ibHsHIIIh
come to welcomo him to America, and wero !laV sHHHIh
out of compliment to him. flying his colors 1
at tho fore. The small steamer was the State jHILsllH
of New York, and she had been laflrsslllllH
cruising around tho lower bny since 4 'SBLI
o'clock In tho afternoon, waiting for iRLH
the Campania to put in an appearance, 19bbIH
On board wero a delegation from tho Empire UJBI
Stato Society Sons of the American Itovolu- RbIIbIIIIk
tlon. led by Edward A. Sumner, who is Sir liBsH
Thomas's attorney In this couutry, and HbBLiiB
representatives of a number of other flHBsiH
societies nnd clubs, as well as some personal icIbKssiV
friends of tho challenger. Among others ItaWsiiH
were Charles B. Kingsloy of the Mass- 'bIsHHV
achuaetts Belief Association, ex -Gov. EbHLUK
Campbell of Ohio, and Col. Georgo Curtis HslBfJ
Treadwell. who was detailed by Gov. Roosevelt TaTfsBM
to welcome Sir Thomas on behalf of tho Stato QHL
of New York. This official recognition of Sir HB
Thomas's arrival was becauso of his generous jflH'
gift somo tlmo ago of $10,000 for tlio relief of rJaHu
sutferors from the war with Spain. Col. Tread-. jBH
1 w'cll thanked Sir Thomas 6n'5(tnj4rS!rW tHra
York State for his gift. Mr. Kingsler nld the 'jufli
samp on behalf of tho State of Massachusetts. smPHb.'I
and members of a number of New York and i-BBsm
Massachusetts Volunteer regiments, who wore rllsHft
present, added their thanks as well. jHHE
Mr. Sumner handed Sir Thomas cards to esKLsiiV
fifty-six clubs In New York, the doors of which IbR
are to be open to him during his stay hero and SbH
then on behalf of Gen. Hnwnrd Carroll, chiof "KeB
of the marine division of th naval parade to bIjbsB'
be held in honor of Admiral Dowey's return. flfslllB
invited him to lead the marine division with r'BBal
his steam yacht Erin. H'saasH
"Tnis Invitation." said Sir Thomas. "Is an 'BBsbB
honor which I will liasten to accept. I shall be srlillllilH
delighted to lead the marine division with the UbbbI
Erln'nnd I hops I shall be able to do my iHbbbI
yacht and those that follow credit In tho mat- IO'bbbI
ter of illumination." ImbbHsI
Then, turning to the subject of the cup race, f BbbbI
he said: "lam curious. I don't mind tolling IIbbbbbI
you. to know something about your IbbIbBjbI
yacht Columbia. I have had little IBHbIbI
information about her nt home, but I IHsbbK
know that you Americans are ready iHls!
and willing to spend $5 to protect your cup to ISaH
every $1 that we will spond to capture it. and )B
so. In deciding to come overbore for a try at laflsB
tho prize. 1 knew It would be a wasto of time to jflaB
start on tho venture with anything but the best -'Hnsllfl'
boat Great Britain could produce. Tho Dent timfiBV'
that sho can do Is horo now.JIt is tho Shamrock. SIEak
"Tho Shamrock will try her hardest and we nBlaHHi
will strive to do better with hor than some , jtVI
havo done, who havo been hero before. What- Ijb1jbbs!
ever is th outcome. I am sure that the win- 1$sjbI)bIIIIIH
ner will bo the better boat. If we are kHsHHIIIh
not successful, it will bo because the B)bbbI
Shamrock Is not tbo faster yacht. Iwantto IbsImbbIbI
thank you for your courtesies to me. nnd the HLbB
American people for their courtosles to my 9BilBI
yachts which preceded me. In coming to this ' rKaBfal
country I feel that I am como among my i iSBH
friends." i 'ffR'l
Sir Thomas was applauded for several mo- rBaB
ments after his speech. Then he shook hands IBbB b1
with all of the party, making each man wish BbBi1b!
luck to the Shamrock A little later whon ' jBafl I
soon by a Sun reporter. Sir Thomas said: i'flH
"We had a One trip over and I am In the Terr IS IB 1
best of health. There aro lots of Americans on ISfli m
board and I have had some jolly talks with 'i'SIbU
tham about the coming races. When we left !ibBB
tho other side thev wero all ardent supporters j'BbV1b1
of the Columbia, hut I've converted them. Yes, ifclHI
sir, I've cot every American on board swear- I'IhJB '"
log by the Shamrock, nnd I think that was UrUS
a aomothlng to accomplish, rli'Mtf
"Im naturally very anxious to look at JflW'
your beautiful cup defender. I understand y I JBl ''
tho Columbia la a very flno boat, and v liBf I,
I am glad, for we have the best that i fjljj 1
Great Britain can do in the Shamrock I should jjj IJjB-l'
llko very mucli to got to Newport for i fjB i
the racss next week, as I underbtnnd f; B '.
the Columbia is to compote, but my plans '' rB
are not made yet I shall spend a i ' JjB
great donl of tlmo with .Mr. Morgan, the Com- ' ' t-B
niodore of the Now York Yacht Club, and if ha j ijB
goes to Newport maybo I'll go with him, It 1 1 'w '
would certainly bo a rare treat to see the ' Vlllm'
Columbia raco and I hope I enn arrange It." i'ljmffl!)
Sir Thomas showed auriosity about the bet- -'it'lwffi
ting In this country on the races. Whin lis j 9 551
left England he said the last reports he heard ' ijw
from here wero that the odds wore over- j ft'Mj
whelmingly In favor of the Columbia, Downs 'J .rlittl -""
told that tho betting had gone from H to 1 on Jj K1lSi
Columbia, back to ulmost oven money and ' lljlfl '
that, although some wagers at 100 to 7.1 were ffttilt J'
I offered on the Maritime Exchange yesterday fjdfj 1
thev were quickly snapped up by adtnliers tiMilft
of the Shamrock, tRt!
"It Is very gratifying to henrthls," said Sir Il PM J,
Thomas, "and shows that there aro soma here flljlflll
who think wo hav a pretty good boat. I al- I'lHl
wavs llko to hear about the betting on an ft uM
event, altltnugh I don't bot myself. l-iilSTB
I'm In yachting for pure lovo of the 'IBbK';
sport, nnd I shall take more pleasure i'vBIh
' out of these races, no matter how they ilBflv
r siill, than I can tell voii. We're h"re for thi I'BbI
ip II we ean ir.-t It, mid ns we e that we liflB
h vo undertaken a great task, our time from ' TbbB
n iw until the races is gmng in bu put in IJbsIbsiWj
I the hardest kind f work I shall BBBfafl
att ad nmlilng In tho way of a ucinl function IAbiiiiBbT
uiitM the race aro over, lor yu ull reitllze th 'tBsiiflf
L trouble sud work ahead ol ua Xbe treat tUU tBw'
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