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ORATORS IN A HEAT
Horr and Harvey Con
tinued to Indulge in
Personalities.
A QUESTION OF VERACITY
Each Accused the Other of
Willfully Misstating
Facts.
FEW HEARD THEIR ARGUMENT.
When the Debate Was Resumed
There Were but Fifty-Three
Listeners.
[Copyright, 1895. by Azel F. Hatch.]
CHICAGO, 111., July 22.— Although the
weather was cool and pleasant to-day, the
attendance at the Horr-Harvey debate
dwindled down very perceptibly. There
were just fifty-three persons present when
Mr. Horr reopened the discussion, for the
first time since the beginning of the de
bate reading from manuscript. During
the nineteenth century all the great coun
tries had a gold standard, he asserted, but
had not discarded silver. However, none
of them had opened their mints to silver.
He dipped into the history of finance in
France and was still talking of it when in
terrupted by the bell.
Mr. Harvey said he had many requests
to put into the record, the utterances of
Ingalls, Blackburn and others on the sub
ject of finance, but owing to the limited
number of words at his disposal, he could
not promise to do so. However, he would
probably mention them in his 2600-word
summary at the end of his part of the de
bate. An attack on Senator Morrill fol
lowed.
"He was not very careful of the truth,"
said Mr. Harvey, "when he stated that no
silver dollars had been coined for many
years prior to 1373."
Copies of the mint reports for several
years previous to 1873 were here submitted,
showing that several millions of silver dol
lars had been coined in those periods.
"Now," said the author of "Coin," "if
Senator Morrill could not tell the .truth in
one particular, I have a right to assume
that he could not tell it in another." ...
Mr. Horr warmly defended Senator Mor
rill. He said : • ■.',..
"When Senator Morrill made the asser
tion that there had been no silver dollars
coined for many years prior to 1573, he did
not mean to be taken literally. He meant
that in comparison to the amount of gold
coined there had been practically no silver
coined, and that is true. Mr. Harvey has
a way I do not like of trying to smirch
the character of everybody who differs
from . him. Mr. Harvey admits that he
made one bad misstatement in his book,
and, according to his method of argument,
I have a right to assume that he is wrong
in everything." . i t
Mr. Horr quoted from Mr. Harvey's
book that "the objection to independent
bimetallism is that the parity between the
two metals cannot be maintained at our
ratio of 16 to 1 ; that is, the gold 22 3-10 th
grains in the gold dollar will be worth
more than the silver 371*4 grains in the
silver dollar"; and, "with silver remone
tized and a just and equitable standard of
values, we can, if .necessary, by act of
Congress, reduce the number of grains in
a gold dollar till it is the same value as the
silver ' dollar. We can legislate the
premium out of gold."
"What becomes of Mr. Harvey's ratio of
16 to 1?" he asked. "Here is what he
virtually says: 'The gold dollar may be
cut down if need be, so that the ratio shall
be 16 to }£." His mathematics, however,
are as defective as his veracity. Mathe
matically, 16 to % is the same as 32 to 1, so
it is not the ratio he cares about." . •
Mr. Harvey — Mr. Horr says that I deny
that the two metals can be kept in circula
tion at a fixed ratio, I have not said that,
for they can be, as they have been in this
country. I know they have attempted to
make you believe that there was no gold
in circulation in this country, or seeking
the mints, after 1830, but both were misrep
resentations. Mr. Horr flies in the face of
history when he says that silver was not
used prior to 1873 as a measure of value.
Silver was the unit to that coinage system
regulating the size of the gold coins, Out
the two together were the measure of
values, and that is what we mean by the
double standard. :
"Now, in 1873, you doubted the length of
the yard-stick. [Applause.] Suppose one
half of the gold in the world were destroyed
to-morrow beyond recovery, would not the
gold dollars that were left be twice. as
valuable as they were before? Mr. Horr is
not a bad pupil and shakes his head. So
that when you destroyed one-half of the
redemption in 1873, you doubled the value
of the money that was left. You can see
no harm in destroying the price of a man's
property, cutting the price of his property
half in two, but your eyes are wide open
when any man proposes to even up with
you by proposing to cut the gold dollar
half in two. We don't wish to do that
either; we wish to put back in the coinage
system the money that you demonetized
in 1873." [Applause,] 7 ...''.
Mr. Horr— is possible that Mr. Har
vey believes that the act of 1873, when it
demonetized silver/ cut the price of the
property of the world in two and that the
prices immediately dropped 50 per cent.
I was around the world in 1873 and I know
that didn't take place' and he knows it.
You destroy one-half of the wheat in the
world and the chances are you will in
crease the value of wheat probably four
times; but wheat is an article that we con
sume { from year to year, or " after, a short
time. Gold has been accumulating for
ages and [if 'you should ; destroy ! the pri
mary money quality or * half the gold in
the world you" would not change the price
of the metal one-half. As soon as the
price would go up there is an enormous
store laid away all over the entire world
that is not being used for money purposes
that would at once , seek the channels and
be coined into money and take the place
of the money that has been destroyed.
Referring to his previous quotations from
Mr. Harvey's book, Mr. Horr said he read
them for" the purpose of getting at what
the author desired to reach by '„ the free
coinage of silver, and \ .aid ,'■' that what
"Coin" was really after was a cheap dollar.
He would reduce the value of the money
unit in this country one-half. Mr. Horr
protested against the whole scheme" " be
cause it is an effort to cheapen labor. The
greatest commodity ever placed on the
markets of the world was labor. Was it
best to cheapen the unit of value and de
crease the purchasing value of one dollar? I
He was a believer in cheap prices, and only
opposed them when the cheapening of the
price was at the expense of _%• men who
did the work. v -
Mr. Harvey said thai his opponent
argued that the dear dollar is of more
benefit to laborers than a cheaper dollar.
He did not intend to let Mr. Horr cloak
himself behind the laboring man.
"You have cut in two the number of
days that it is possible for men to find
labor," he said; "yon have put anywhere
from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 laboring men out
of employment in this country entirely,
and to those laboring men who are now
destitute and many of whose leaders are
now lying in jail you sing the sweet songs
of the high purchasing power Of the gold
dollar— when he gets it."
| Mr. Harvey then dived into the ratio of
bimetallism and reviewed the history of
silver in European countries.
Returning to the relation that free coin
age bears toward the laboring man Mr. Horr
said that in 1879 when the question of
metallic money became pre-eminent in this
country we resumed specie payments, and
the only money of final redemption was
gold. . ;-7 7.7 ■"/■'."
"Do you tell me." said he, "that distress
was abroad in the land from that time on?
Any man who says so must be ignorant of
the work in the "United States. Since this
Nation began the years from 1879 to 1892
found our people better employed and at
better wages than in any other same num
ber of years since this Government was
formed. [Applause.] Four million men
to-day are out of employment. , Where did
you get your figures?"
Mr. Harvey: "I said from two to four
millions." • ;
Mr. Horr: "There is not any truth in
either statement. In the years 1879-92 I
was in thirty-one States of this Union, and
during that entire time I did not visit a
city where the people were not well em
ployed at good wages, and I know that
any man who says that from 1879 to 1892
this country was in financial distress and
that the laboring men were not then well
employed is not well qualified to talk on
the subject, because that is not the fact."
Mr. Harvey congratulated the people on
Mr. Horr's frank admission that over
production cuts no figure in this con
troversy.
Mr. Horr: "I never said that." ..
Mr. Harvey: "Now as to the prosperity
of this country between 1879 and 1892— you
cannot back down a great Nation like this
in one year. It has taken a short period
to bring us to the bitter cup of disappoint
ment and distress. I know with eaoh four
years the present parties have charged
each other with having destroyed the pros
perity of the previous four years." [Ap
plause.]
Mr. Harvey referred 'to the National
elections from 1884 to 1892, and said:
"Now, since 1892 a flood of calamities
has come. Don't you in this debate refer
to the prosperity of this country from 1873
to 1895? Don't you refer to the prosperity
that has built up millionaires and multi
millionaires and strewn this country with
millions of tramps and paupers and men
that don't know how they are going to pro
vide for their families in the coming year?"
[Applause.]
The time of the remainder of the debate
was occupied in answering questions.
RAIDING NEGRO CHURCHES
Whites Inaugurate a Reign of
Terror in Northern
Florida.
The Lights Shot Out and the Pre
siding: Elder Driven From
His Post.
LIVE OAK, Fla., July 23.— The Rev.
W. D. Gillislee reports a reign of terror
among the negroes of Lafayette and Tay
lor counties. He says their churches are
being raided by white men, congregations
dispersed and pastors driven away.
Mr. Gillislee is the presiding elder of
the .Live Oak district of I the Florida con
ference of the A. M. E. church. The coun
ties mentioned are in his district, "and he
has recently returned from an attempt to
fill his appointments. He was roughly
treated. He says he . was preaching in
Lafayette County 'to a large congregation,
when a crowd of armed white men came
into the church and stationed themselves
near | the pulpit. The leader asked Mr.
Gillislee:
"How long do you expect to remain in
this county and live?"
Then the whites began to shoot, and
Mr. Gillislee and the congregation ran out
in a panic.
Mr. Gillislee went to Branford, ten miles
away, in Suane County. He made the
trip in an hour. He then went to Taylor
County, adjoining Lafayette on the west,
but was again driven out. While preach
ing at night twenty white men came in
and stationed themselves about the pulpit.
Gillislee was greatly scared, but kept on
preaching. Finally he said, "Sinners, you
must be, born again or go to perdition."
As he said that there was a howl from the
white men and the mob shot out the
lights.. Mr. Gillislee and the negroes ran
out, many being trampled upon.
The mob .so far have shot no one, their
object seemingly being to create terror.
Mr. Gillislee said the negroes - are scared
nearly to death and are fast leaving, many
deserting their property. .The preacher
seems unnerved by his -experience, and
will never go to Taylor or Lafayette again.
He naively says: *
"Neither Lafayette nor. Taylor has any
jewels I feel in duty bound to search for."
TROUBLE IX INDIANA MINES.
Ruptures in the Ranks of Unions . and
'•'•>"■: Operators.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 22.— At
Washington, Curry ville and Star City the
operators are paying last year's scale of 60
cents and the Sullivan company operators
have offered to do the ) same. This dis
pleases the other operators and the miners'
leaders, who say the operators should have
expressed a willingness to \ pay more than
the 51 cent scale at the recent conference. 7
The miners' second ; vote on > accepting
the 51 cent scale shows a larger majority in
the negative than the first vote. The men
are angry with their State officers i for ; re
ferring the proposition to them as they had
made known that they would accept noth
ing less than 60 cents, and it is not im
probable that there will | be a disruption in
the organization. The operators are also
at outs among - themselves and it will be
difficult -; to . hold : another joint conference
soon. y v 7 ;a .
DEATH CAUSED BY EXCITEMENT.
' Conductor Swift Never Recovered From
the Effects of a Coxey Scare.
• TERRET HAUTE, v Ind.;.; July 22.—
Samuel D. Clift, a veteran conductor of the
Vandalia system, known all I over ' the
United f States, diea : this " morning from a
stroke of paralysis which attacked him in
April of last year. The stroke was due to
the excitement created . by. the capture : of
his train by Fry's army a few miles east of
this city when the army was on its way to
Washington. 7 Mr. Clift' has not been out i
out of bed since that day. 1
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 23, _ 895.
QUAY LOSING GROUND
The Magee Combine Has
the Best of the
Fight. ..:\.-
AT OUTS WITH CAMERON.
Forced to : Desert the Silver
Champion to Maintain
His Strength/
CONTROL OF THE CONVENTION.
Each Faction Seeks to Manage the
Presidential Campaign
In 1890. y
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 22.— The
fight against Senator Quay has finally
forced that leader to sever ; his connections
with Senator Cameron, and the latter can
no longer be regarded as one of the issues
of the contest. This action, had it been
taken by Mr. Quay some time ago, might
have aided in stemming the tide of ; pub
lic disapproval that seems to have
set in against him. Senator Cameron,
with his free-silver ideas and his desire to
be a Presidential possibility upon a free
silver platform, made a heavy load for
Quay to carry in Pennsylvania, and un
doubtedly aided in the formation of a
strong combination against him. . 7^77
It is believed here that Mr. Quay's decla
ration upon the money question and in op
position to the aspirations of Senator Cam
eron, both in connection with "the Presi
dency and another term in the Senate,
comes too late to do him any good, but
tha consequences are more serious to Sen
ator Cameron than to Mr. Quay. The lat
ter runs the risk of losing control of the
Republican organization in the State; but
even in the event of defeat he has four
years in which to recover, while for Came
ron the dissolution of his connection with
Quay probably ends his, political career.
Not even silver men will be willing to treat
with him unless he can demonstrate that
he has a strong following in Pennsylvania,
and this he will be unable to do.
Clerk of the House Kerr, who has just
returned after a trip through Pennsylva
nia, says the Democrats 'of ' the Keystone
State will make the most of "the opportu
nities which this factional fight in the Re
publican ranks there presents.
"From what I observed, 'the Hastings-
Martin-Magee organization has the better
of the fight so far," said he. ; "The cities
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg • are con
trolled by a combine, all' of the delegates
elected in Pittsburg being anti-Quay, with
Philadelphia reasonably sure of going the
same way, and the combine is strong in
many eastern and central '.counties. The
western districts, with the exception of the
Magee contingent in Allegheny County,
are almost solid for the Senator. - -
"The fact is, Quay was taken unawares.
He was not aware that a combination to
wrest the control of the party organization
in the State was being formed until it had
gotten in its work in some of his strong
holds." • >.-'-- ■; •V" v "-* >
The battle of the Quay and anti-Quay
factions is attracting not a little attention
in Washington, as the opinion prevails
here that its "outcome will have an im
portant bearing .on National * Republican
politics next year. The belief is general
that the control of the Pennsylvania dele
gation in the National Republican Con
vention is at the bottom of the fight, the
opponents of Senator Quay t raising the
issue' of Quay or anti-Quay this year to
strengthen their organization for the elec
tion of National delegates. "-' 7 7 ";" 7"
It is understood that Quay ' desires to be
chairman of the National Republican Com
mittee, and direct the campaign for the
Presidency. '
WOULD BRING PROSPERITY.
Opinion of a Capitalist on the Effect of
a Silver Standard. 'AA'.,,
NEW YORK, N.Y., July 22.— A special
from the City of Mexico says : 7- -'
The silver agitation in the United States
is much discussed in financial circles here.
A leading capitalist of this city, who has
large financial connections in England and
the United States, said to-day:
"The immediate effects ;of the United
States becoming a silver country would be
felt by corporations owing gold in Europe
and also by the Government, which has a
gold debt held abroad. These would be
the sufferers at the outset of the transfor
mation of the United States into a silver
standard country. ;
"But the United States, having a wide
range of climates, and varied productions,
a self-supporting country, capable of feed
ing the immense population and of cloth
ing it without going outside, and not be
ing under the necessity of paying a heavy
gold premium for many, of the necessities
of life, as is the case of some countries on a
silver basis, can . adjust . itself to the new
condition with comparative ease. 7
"Without doubt the United States would
become the ' largest \ exporting country in
the world, having every class of manufac
tured product, would export; to the .very
countries from : which . they now import
heavily. In this the United States would
become a formidable competitor fof Eu
rope. The cost of labor and production
would gradually be regulated by the value
of the dollar in silver. r; • .»; •■
"The value to be gained by selling agri
cultural products and manufactured goods
(the cost of which would be paid. in silver)
to gold-using countries is the gold pre
mium,- which, naturally, would vary with
the price of silver. There is no doubt in
my mind that products of all kinds would
rapidly increase, just as in Mexico. selling
coffee : - abroad for gold," while : all the ex
penses of raising are paid in silver, has in- .
creased the' production fivefold within a
few years.
"Therefore, I believe it would not be
detrimental to the United States to become
a silver-standard: country. .There would
be such an enormous increase in produc
tion and in the volume of business that the
railroads .would -gain " in ! > increased traffic
what they lose by having to pay their in
terest charges abroad in gold." -
COKEY FOR GOVERNOR.
Will Be Nominated 'by the Populists of
' Ohio.
CHICAGO, - 111., July 22.— A special
from Springfield, Ohio, says:
7; Jacob 8. Coxey, the Commonweal re
former"; will be 'the*- Populist nominee for
Governor. So said T. - J. T Creager of this
city, chairman and : member Eof the Peo
pie's party State Executive Committee.,; ;
"Mr. Coxey is the only man named for
the .nomination,'! 7 explained Mr. Creager.
"Populists with one accord seem to want
him for their standard-bearer. T Coxey will
be nominated by acclamation/, The con
vention will be held at Columbus, Septem
ber 1 and 27" ■ y; v-.y :-;7 .7yy-o^y:
New England Reorganisation.
f, NEW YORK, N. _ „ July 22.-New Eng
land advanced to 51 bid this . afternoon on
statements that the decree of sale of prop
erty will probably, be confirmed and * the
title fully 7 transferred 'to-morrow or f : on
Wednesday. 7 Then Yit wili be •■ incumbent
upon the reorganization committee ß to | or
ganize the new company and ' select a new
board of dirtctors for ft as the plan and
agreement of * reorganization provide. yNo
selection of officers has vet been made, and
the committee cannot do anything definite
until the sale is finally made.
GRAX'D STAXii GAVE WAY.
A Catastrophe to Spectators at a Base
ball Game.
OELWEIN, lowa, July 22.— as the
crowd was cheering a good play made by a
member of the Dubuque club, at the West
Union baseball park this afternoon, the
grand stand gave way, throwing 500 people
into one struggling mass to the ground be
low and piling . upon them boards 5 and
shingles from - the ; roof above. Few es
caped without bruises or scratches of some
kind. 7 ' .7 "7 -A,- .■■..-.,--, 77^77:77
Tho most seriously injured . are . C. W.
Clemens, ex-County" Attorney, internally
injured; Charles Schrader of ■ Randalia,
lowa, right leg broken. While no one was
killed outright a number of ; those who
were in the accident will carry marks of it
for many days to come. 7 ■-.*'■'■
. The accident occurred during a game of
ball between the Dubuquei' of the lowa
league and the Upper University club of
Fayette. '.■.;■"■: 7--
MIXERS IX A RIOT.
Trouble Caused by an Attempt to Levy a
77 Charitable Contribution. AAA' ;-|,
SPRING; VALLEY, 111., Jnly 22.— A
mass-meeting of miners was held here this
morning and broke up in a riot. 'As a re
sult nearly a dozen men are nursing
broken heads.
The cause of the disturbance was an at
tempt to pass a resolution binding miners
lo pay a 5-cent contr'bution on each ton of
coal they mine, to their striking brethren
in Indiana to sustain them in their fight
against a reduction. The miners of the
non-English-speaking , class, yi which is
greatly in the majority, proclaim that they
are ready to strike in an hour's notice. ,
LEFT A MYTHICAL ESTATE.
Heirs of Dr. Leet Found Their
7 Legacy to Be Without
Value.
The Fortune Thought to Await Them
In Los Angeles ' Failed to
Materialize.
SCRANTON, Pa., July 22.— 1t was an
nounced to-day that the fortune of . $50,000,
which the late Dr. Allen Norton Le*t, a
newspaper man. stated had been left him
by Henry B. Carey, a Los Angeles (Cal.)
millionaire, is a myth. The legacy, Dr.
Leet announced, was bequeathed him in
payment of a loan of $500 to Carey when
both men resided in Newark, N. J., thirty
years ago. 7
$ Dr. Leet died suddenly in Scranton on
June 11 and his executor telegraphed to
Wells & Lee, Los Angeles law firm, re
garding the matter. Subsequent corre
spondence showed the whole affair to be a
forgery and that no such estate was on
record in Los Angeles. Dr. Leet, on Feb
ruary 15, j shortly ■ after Carey's supposed
death, went to Los Angeles to secure the
legacy, but learning that he had i been
duped kept the matter secret and an
nounced to his family that he would re
ceive th« fortune in installments. The son
and widow of r Dr. Leet, however, do not
believe . the fortune to be 'mythical, and
they say they will make a ' further investi
gation. 7' ~' f : '-^ rfJK : - •'■'"' : 7 ; y' "/ 77 ."
ATLANTIC COAST PIRATES
A Black Yacht That Is Terror
izing Summer Resorts of
Connecticut.
Young: > Buccaneers Who Make a
Business of Looting* Pleasure
'"■' Boats and Residences.
NEW YORK, .N. V., July 22.-When
Sheriff Hawkins of London County, Conn.,
rounded up Bill Hollo way; the Long Island
pirate, it was thought- the cruises of the
notorious "Black Yacht" were ended for
ever. Holloway was sent to State prison,
but a leader has risen in his place, and a
gang of desperadoes' much more reckless
and determined is terrorizing summer resi
dents and- yacht-owners along the Con
necticut shore of the sound from Execu
tion Light to Newport. . 7 , f ';.;' , Ti
Nearly every day complaints are received
from some point along . the snore of cot
tages looted, banks, . postoffices • end rail
road stations robbed or yachts plundered.
The last-named j sort of business seems to
be the special forte of the sea-robbers, and
already . ; this season they.,, have stolen
enough rigging, sails, cables and anchors
to equip ■• a fleet. :It is pretty certain the
plunder is taken to New York and pawned,
but, although the metropolitan detectives
have been informed, they have not as yet
succeeded in tracing any part of the booty.
The most daring and audacious robbery
that y the gang ; has yet committed took
place the other night at Fort Adams, New
port. Just at dusk a black * yacht dropped
into the harbor. She came to anchor and
to all appearances made everything snug
for the night. ; The next morning the craft
was gone; so were wearing apparel and
jewelry valued at $1000, ■ taken from the
rooms of two lieutenants in the fort Sen
tinels are on duty all night ;in and about
the fort, with instructions to shoot any one
who fails to halt when called upon, and it
shows the expertness and recklessness of
the robbers when they took such chances
and so successfully accomplished their ob
ject. -7;; v - tf'A, 7y-: -7: ■'.::-■
7 It is reported by a South Norwalk lob
sterman, who got alongside the craft when
becalmed fn a fog, that the crew was com
posed of young fellows hardly more than
21 years of age. • - But , the . lobsterman was
not long in obeying the command to
"sheer on." y ■--- :-■ -'.7.77 .— . ■ -. .;[
Three wee_s ago the yacht was seen late
one afternoon hovering off Indian Harbor,
at Greenwich. That • night " two *= summer
cottages I were '■■ broken - into : and a ; large
amount of valuables taken. The next day
a fleet tugboat was engaged and cruised for
miles ; : up and 1 down > the ; coast, but not a
trace of the yacht could be discovered, and
this fact gives color to the theory of old
shore dwellers that as soon as the crew has
"turned a trick" the boat shoots across the
sound and hides in some isolated inlet.
The ; yacht V is - sloop-rigged ; and j carries a
large amount of canvas. .-- It is a fast sailer,
and the manner in which her crew handles
her shows they are far from being land
lubbers. -,-'-7-77.7'y" --y'Vy''
Coupler .;• Works Destroyed.
y BUFFALO. N. V., ; July 22.— The Gould
Coupler Works on Austin street, Tricar' the
New York Central tracks, was destroyed
by fife this afternoon jf loss about I $200,000.
Thousands '• of dollars worth f. of valuable
patterns are lost. *; The destruction of the
plant throws over a hundred men out lof
employment. The plant was heavily in
sured and the loss to the firm will be small.
Joined the '■ United Press.
: AMSTERDAM, N. V., July 22.-The
Morning Sentinel began on Saturday night
to receive : the } leased wise service ;' of ' the
United i Press ; and I the Tew York Asso
ciated Press.
CUBED ON EACH LEG.
Defender Easily Won
on the Triangular
- Course.
VIGILANT BADLY BEATEN
Friends. of the Centerboarder
Forced to ,Adm it Its
i ; Inferiority. .
SAILED IN A LIGHT BBEEZE-
The Race Considered a Fair Test
of the Relative Speed of
the Boats. ■ 7 .
NEW YORK, N. V., July 22.— there
was any doubt of the Defender's superior
ity over the- Vigilant after Saturday's race
it was dispelled to-day. The new aspirant
for the international championship ran
away from the old champion on every leg,
and defeated her handily over the thirty
mile course by 9 minutes 17 : seconds.' The
official time was:
BTABT.
Defender....... 11:25:30
Vlglant .......... 11:26:01
. r7; *. ' FIRST HARK. ' " 7'"
Defender 12:67:01
' Vigi1ant.. .:........... 12 -.59:08
1 Defender's gain on first leg . .'. . . ... ....... . . ..... :36
SECOND MARK.
! Defender ... 2:50:11
i Vlfila-t.... 2:57:50
Defender's gain on second leg. ...........6:32
FINISH.
Defender 3:45:00
Vigilant.... .........3:54:48
Defender's sain on last leg 12:09
ELAPSED TIME.
Defender.... .4:19:30
Vigi1ant......... 4:28:47
Difference of time in favor of Defender.... '....9:17
The race was over a triangular course
with ten' miles to a leg. The start and
finish was at the Scotland lightship. The
first side of the triangle was a broad reach
half way with • the wind light from west
southwest, and a slight change in the wind
made it a run free with spinnakers the rest
of the way. The second side " of the tri
• angle was started as a close reach, but a
change in the wind made it a beat to wind
ward. This change happened to come at a
time when it gave the Defender the most
advantage. y The last side of the triangle
was a reach with wind abeam. The De
fender made gains, and the net result of
the race j was a handsome victory for the
; new boat. ,7 - '\-'' ■■ f' • '
The Vigilant sailed a beautiful race, but
only for a few moments did she appear to
have any kind of a chance with the keel
boat. It was when the wii\d, which was
light at : the start, died down to a faint
zephyr that the centerboarder crept up on
her- rival, remained by her' side a few.
moments and then, inch by inch, moved
ahead. There were yachtsmen on the club
steamer, who said that the great Ameri
can institution;" the centerboard, was about
to be vindicated, and ; the hated keel : type
placed in the rear. But the Vigilant did
not show more than half her length before
her rival's bow. :. V -TA ' : .; k*, !W" r" -
The wind freshened a trifle and the peer
less new boat made a wonderful response.
Like a thing of life she glided forward,
parting j the waters cleanly and leaving
scarcely a speck of foam in her wake. She
walked past the Vigilant and continued to
leave her during the rest of the run— the
close reach, the beating to .windward and
the reach home. In all points of sailing,
the new boat demonstrated her ability to
defeat the Vigilant in the light air which
prevailed off Sandy Hook. , .*Y
In the morning, a couple of hours before
the race, the "j sky N was overcast on every
hand, and most of those who went down
the bay on clubboats and excursion steam
ers provided themselves ; with umbrellas.
In spite of the cloudiness, however, it was
clearer on the surface of the water than it
had been on Saturday. There was no haze
to restrict the spectators' horizon. In the
upper bay there ' was hardly a breath of
wind, and there were many who expected
that the' race would be a drifting match.
.' As ' the steamers and yachts began to
gather, about the "• Scotland light, from
where the start was to be made, there was
still little prospect of a breeze. The clouds
were almost continuous overhead, but now
and then a faint glint on the water gave
promise of sunshine to come. 7
The two contestants were off Sandy Hook
shortly after 10 o'clock with ■ sails hoisted,
waiting for signals from the judges' boat
Sylvia to show how the course would lie.
The Sylvia had come to anchor near the
Scotland lightship, and that indicated that
the start would be made from her and not
from the Sandy Hook lightship. \ ; A little
later she ran up three flags, signaling that
the first leg of the triangular course | would
be southeast one-half east' the second west
southwest and the third north ; one-half
east. :, The wind, which was still very light,
was blowing from west-southwest. .7 7 ; All
The yachts * were : going through their
paces near the -lightship, affording.' the
spectators an excellent chance : to compare
them. The change in the Defender's top
sail, which was ; shortened about ' two feet
oh Sunday, made" her resemble the Vigi
lant ; more ; strongly than ever. The Vigi
lant was carrying all plain ' sail with her
balloon jib "in stops. The • Defender had
out the same canvas, except ; that her jib
was also in stops. ~ ~ ■ "
7At • 11 :15 ] the preparatory gun was fired
from the Sylvia, and the two racers tacked
and maneuvered • for position for "the* next
ten minutes. At 11:25 the second gun was
sounded, notifying " the ' yachts ' that they
had' two minutes 'in which; to '"cross '"the
line. a "y' '•"' \''"-7 •"•.*'!
The Defender, as on Saturday, was the
first over, and was ; followed ' by the Vigi
lant 31 .! seconds * later. The ■ start ; nearly
resulted in disaster. The Vigilant was
standing for the line a few seconds before
the ■ starting "gun was boomed. She broke
out her balloon jibtopsail and was racing
for the line at ;a ' rate I which would take
her. across ahead \of the gun. The De
fender was pointing diagonally toward the
line, with { the Vigilant yon her starboard
bow. 7 Had t both held their course there
would ; have '" been y a collision. The c De
fender had the right of way and held on,
forcing i the Vigilant to ; round up in '.the
wind and narrowly, miss hitting the Scot
land lightship. The Vigilant displayed a
protest flag as ; a result of this maneuver.
The Defender swung across the line thirty
seconds after the gun-fire. The Vigilant
was thirty-one seconds ; later.;' '7 7* '.y
7 The Defender broke out ; her balloon i jib
topsail immediately after crossing the line.
The wind was ; west-northwest, and *it was
a broad reach with booms to port .' at first.
There was barely enough I wind 5 to : fill f the
sails. The sails of the Vigilant seemed to
set better y than i those fof ,' , the ; , Defender.
The latter held ' her ; lead of about three
cable-lengths until , the wind died down to
almost nothing, ; when the Vigilant slowly
but surely began ttr creep up on her.
Then the wind ; canted a trifle, j- and at
11:40 the Vigilant broke out her big spin
naker. .The Defender y followed suit one
minute later. ": Both retained balloon-jib
topsails and the Vigilant used - a "larger
jib than the Defender. The center-boarder
showed the advantage of her type by cut
ting down the lead of the Defender until at
11:65 both boats were side by side. Yachts
men held their.breath while the champion
of 1893 and the type of 1895 raced- like the
wind, he sloops held together as by an
invisible link. _
„' At 12 o'clock the Vigilant began to creep
ahead inch by inch, until, her mast was
even with the Defender's jibboom. f With
center-board pushed ff up the .Vigilant
slipped ahead, while the-. Defender's keel,
reaching down nineteen l feet, held her
back. It was a victory for the center-board,
but it was not for long. . : '7y-7r
. At 12:57:01 the Defender swept around
the flag, breaking the other No. 3 jib topsail
as she did so. Two minutes and seven sec
onds later the Vigilant made the turn. She
also broke the other No. 3 jib topsail, and
the two yachts started on a close reach with
booms to port.' " ? 7'V
' The scene on board of both yachts was one
of greatest activity. One minute the crews
were seen stretched out on deck at full
length, the next they were scurrying
hither and hither, pulling at one line and
tightening another.
They seemed to work quickly and with
great precision. -Sails were taken in with
marvelous rapidity on * both racers. Cap
tains Haft and Barr certainly had their
men well in hand, as the excellent disci
pline of the crews was evident. '
The breeze had freshened and both boats
keeled over somewhat. The Defender
pointed higher than the Vigilant and
carried her canvas, better. This breeze
soon began to die out again, however, and
haunted the sound more to the west.
The Defender had been gaining slowly
and was far enough ahead to get the benefit
at times of changing winds that di?d out
before they reached the Vigilant. Several
times when the Defender's sails were all
drawing the Vlgilant's head sails showed
a tendency to flutter.
The uncertain wind continued to grow
lighter. Under these circumstances the
Defender made the best gains of the race.
She had luck, but it was evident that she
was the better as well.
At 1:53, after a board which lasted for
thirty-five minutes, the Vigilant changed
to the J port tack. This was due to a new
change in the wind, which was now blow
ing from southwest by west, and in a mo
ment the Defender tacked too. She was
then about three-eighths of a mile ahead,
Fifteen minutes later both boats were
about again on the starboard tack. On
this short board the Defender had made a
good gain. ;It was one of the times when
the breeze favored her.
The Vigilant got the benefit of it a little
later, but the Defender continued to out
foot her. The new boat was sailing beau
tifully, rocking gently and sliding quickly
through the ( water. She seemed ■to gain
every minute.
At 2:19 the Defender again made a short
tack to port. The Vigilant kept on her
course. At the end of three minutes the
Defender went back to the starboard tack.
She had opened up a lead of a mile by this
time, '■■..'-
Twenty minutes later she tacked for the
second buoy, which was just off Long
Branch, pretty ; well in ' shore. Captain
Haff had figured very nicely and the turn
was made by the closest kind of a shave
at 2:50:11. 7.=';- A-.-. .'■' .-.-• •' '&¥ '
■ A few seconds before the Defender
rounded the buoy the Vigilant went about
and stood away for the mark. She made
it at 2:57:50, more than seven minutes be
hind.
The breeze began to freshen again and
the two yachts, with wind abeam and
aboom to starboard, squared away for the
reach home. They were both keeled over
and racing through the water.
The Defender had opened up a; terrible
gap by this time, and the 'Vigilant was
plainly out of it. She hung on gamely,
though, but in the ten-mile run she lost
2 minutes and 9 , seconds more. The ■ De
fender simply outran her. 7
The flotilla of steam yachts and tugs
were put to their best to catch the Defender
before she got home. ' At the end a good
sailing ; breeze developed. The Defender
crossed the line at 3:45:00, winning the
$200 cup, and the steam whistles screeched
joyfully. ;
The Vigilant was far astern, and the De
fender had' proved herself the better boat
on all points of sailing except in the faint
est sort of breeze. When the Vigilant
crossed at 3:54:48 there were more cheers
and whistles for the champion of 1893. 7
The Defender sailed proudly up the bay,
escorted by a score of steam yachts and ex
cursion boats. At the Narrows she took a
tug and . was towed to City Island. The
Vigilant sailed up through the main ship
channel inside the " Horseshoe at Sandy
Hook, where she remained for the night. '
BABY MARION'S BIG TASK
Will Start in Motion the Ma-*
chinery at the Atlanta
Exposition. .
!
When the Button Is Touched at
Cray Cables the Wheels Will
. Turn. ,7
ATLANTA, Ga.. July 22.— Baby , Marion
Cleveland will '■■ probably touch the ; button
that will start the ' machinery at the open
ing of the Cotton States and International
Exposition. The Western Union will run
a wire to Gray Gables and another to the
exposition , grounds ; here. . An operator in
Atlanta will give the ' signal and at the
other end,' a thousand miles away, a touch
of the button will send the current that
starts the wheels. j
. The exposition directors desire that the
little "Maid Marion", shall touch the but
ton. If she does not it will be Mr. or Mrs.
Cleveland. ■ Mr. Cleveland was originally
invited to come to the opening on Septem
ber 18.7 He replied that' his engagements
would allow him to remain here but a few
hours on that day if he should come, and
proposed to , come on October 18, which
will be President's day. : ; ' -
Assaulted by Burglars.
a ST.LOUIS.Mo.; July 22.— Morris Lederer,
a butcher on Easton ; avenue, was brutally
assaulted ■> and robbed 7atv his home at ■<• 3
o'clock this morning by an unknown white
and ; a colored man, who secured ? $600 .' in
money and $800 in bonds and escaped. He
was found later in a dazed .and speechless
condition, with his hands bound and sev
eral severe wounds on the head. .7
Maiden Sailed for Australia.
7 HARTFORD, Conn., July 22.— John T.
Maiden; ' the defaulting V treasurer of ; the
Dime ' Savings' ': Bank of * Williraantic, who
left that city Thursday; is believed to have
sailed < from . New York : for, Australia on
Saturday.-;: The \ bank '. vaults ) were opened
this morning, and the exact, shortage
found to be $2" 900. 7:
WRIGHT ACT ISILIB,
Continued front First Page.
irrigation; district officers relied on the
State Supreme Court decision, there; will
be the worst of confusion, 77"
\ "• "If the Ross decision is affirmed," con
tinued Judge Lee, "it will undo every
thing.; In some places water corporations
have been organized and gone, to work.
These will not be materially affected, but
where bonds have been largely issued there
will be trouble and suits galore. Irrigation
is the life of the central and. southern por
tion of the State and the act was a laud
able, j attempt at: righteous .legislation
"despite the unfavorable features I have
mentioned.
"The next Legislature will have the task
of reforming the Wright law and lopping
off objectionable and arbitrary portions; As
it is- the whole affair is involved in the
greatest confusion and no one can tell
when it will be cleared up. The measure
was both good and bad and it ,is to be re
gretted that the latter quality invalidated
the former." "" .:"""*;
Capitalists who have facilities for obtain
ing information as to holdings of irrigation
bonds assert that the banking institutions
of this State did not lend much money on
bonds .of this character. No money be
longing to the State school fund or univer
sity fund was invested in irrigation bonds.
The sinking fund securities . are mostly
State and county bonds. :;7r.7i*
FOUGHT AT A DANCE.
Several Deaths Resulted Front an Attempt
to Expel a Couple.
GALLATIN, Tenjt,, July 22.— a dance
given at Speakville, in the northern portion
of this county, Saturday night West Dixon
and : his wife, who were disliked by the
people there, attended. They were ordered
from the : grounds, and withdrew 'to a
wagon near by. . Dixon was attacked by
Bill Davidson, a moonshiner, and shot the
latter dead. Dixon and his wife then ran
into the bushes, pursued by several men,
firing as they ran. Dixon fell with five
bullets in his body. His wife received a
bullet in her hip that will" likely prove
fatal, while Dixon is expected to die.
Fratricide and Suicide.
CEDAR RAPTDS, lowa, July 22.— Henry
Rolin, a young farmer living near Man
chester, last night shot and killed his
brother. | Henry was upstairs when he saw
his brother in the yard, and taking a shot
fun fired, blowing away the back of his
brother's head. He then reloaded the gun,
placed the muzzle to his temple and blew
out his own brains. He has been suffering
from light attacks of insanity. 7
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