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VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 125.
NOW COMES THE GREAT
INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE
FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
All the Preliminaries Arranged for the First of
the Series of Yacht Races To-Day and the
Owners of Both the Columbia and
Shamrock Are Confident.
"Tk T.BWTORK. Oct. 2.-Xow come
l\l w * t0 the yacht races— the inter-
I \| national contest which Is excit-
JL 1 ing co much international atten
; tion. And unless all signs fail,
the series of races which begins to-mor-
TW will exceed in interest any similar
contest of the past. For there are many
new features which will distinguish
•■■this BtrUgrgle of the challenger to "lift"
the cup and the effort '>f the defending
yacht to defeat that end.
Perhaps the most notable feature is
-.'not that the races are to be eon
::;-;• < invernment auspices.
Revenue cutters and torpedo-boats are
to; keep a surveillance over the oxrur-
Bion fleet and to see that no vessel ap
proaches near enough to interfere with
the racing yachts. This duty of keep-
Ing the course clear has been placed in
the hands of Captain Robley I 1 Evans.
It. may be unnecessary to add to the
ral opinion that under Buch cir
cumstance? the course will be
The work of keeping it - likely
to be easy, as the excursion fleet is by
:■ followed
the f racing craft on this
Atlantic. A glance over the
. list oi rtised for this
will show what a - irray it is.
■al vessel was long ago on
neighboring ports —
LIPTON AND ISELIN ARE
EACH CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.— 1 think
the. cup is sa!>. From all accounts
the Shamrock is a . t, but
■ y opinion the Columbia Is a
r one. We have developed
I of the Columbia from
the. time ?he left the ways at Bris
have made experiments
tuning up and trial spins, and
hang< b thac w i
. : b •. ":• •he < lolum
- - <i. Mr. Herreshoff has
ad.: himself <>n th» yacht, and
• t se< h' w it could possibly
:-i any way. The Colum
start on her i
al st ruggle and will
certainly give the best there is in
her: The contests "ill be exciting
ones,. I 'imagine, as the English
■ - • nsiderably
r : than any other challenger
that has ever been sent over. But
the Shamrock will hardly prove
• ating our yacht. It
nee is only
t that we have al
. won in the past, I do not
c - th ugh, ac I have been
ie Columbia on all her trials.
?.m -convin Ed that the de
t moves ; along faster than
■ ins carrying canvas.
C. < ' ISELIX.
•from. Boston, .Baltimore. Philadelphia,
;ev:en-,?sfa:r -south- as Florida— other ex- j
cilrslon 1 raft have been chartered and j
brought here, for this "big International ■
eVont. •. And even,: with this great num-
; .ber of. boats the .carrying capacity
y.-ill. probably not be equal to the 'ask j
; of accommodating all who wish to see
' the- races^ ;'.:.; ' :: ' :.
: What tends .additional Interest to the
co.nt.Pirt is -the personality of the gallant
:jggn'&&j& J tiifth6 has challenged for the!
ciip..; 'He; '• is : exceedingly anxious to j
.";ift"tha't trophy, but if he fails in his !
[ambjtlon'/he promises te take his defeat I
like /&■. true sports-man, and so far from 1
The San Francisco Call.
WATCH THE CALL BULLETINS
ON THE BIG YACHT RACE TO-DAY
Bulletins of the first of the international yacht races to-day are
to be sent to New York by wireless telegraphy by Signor Marconi,
the inventor of the wonderful system, thence flashed across the con
tinent by direct wire to the office of The Call. You will, therefore,
get the earliest reports of the race by watching the bulletins dis
played by The Call.
causing any unpleasant episodes, Buch
as marked the last effort to win the
cup, Sir Thomas has already intimated
that he may challenge agrain if the Co
lumbia should prove to be faster than
the Phammck. He is not sure but that
he will have to do so, if he means to
capture th^ cup, for in an event of this
sort nothing can he sure. H.^ is confi
that he has the fastest
yacht that ha? ever challenged for th»
cup. Oliver Iseiin. on the other hand,
is equally certain that thp Columbia is
the fastest craft that was ever built
fend it. Certain it is that the new
rup defender has beaten the old De
fender m every race in which the two
have met, and to outstrip the Valkyr:--
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.— 1 came
over here to lift that cup. Per
haps I may not succeed. But I
have never failed before, and do
not believe that fat" will be un
kind to me this time. I know you
Americans are so accustomed to
winning yacht races you don't
think it possible that the Colum
bia will be defeated. It's a good
spirit to show. too. I admire it.
You had better get another view.
though, or you may have to pay a
visit to Ireland to take another
look at it. Designer Herfeshoff
is a great man and ha« i
ed in constructing wonderfully
speedy yachts. I have spent
money freely to get a boat that
would be th-' fastest afloat. Real
izing thr-se things, the smartest
men of the nautical craft in Great
Britain have- lent th- ir aid. To
morrow will tell how great a suc
cess or failure we have made, if
It so happens that we have not ac
complished our aim this time, we
will see you again. N'f-xt year we
will come back with a better boat.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON.
victor on every point "f sailing and
under almost all conditions is no small
triumph.
Mr. Iselln is to sail the Columbia,
aided by Captain "Charlie" Barr. Cap
tains Hogarth and Wringe. two of tho
most expert of the British yacht cap
tains, are to sail the Shamrock. As an
r they will have with them Cap
tain "Ben" Parker of Emperor Wil
liam's yacht, the Meteor.
Important and interesting is the fol
lowing agreement entered into by the
two contestants. It is significant, too,
h iwing the spirit which animates
h.«th the English knight and the Amer
ican yachtsman. The agreement is as
follows:
How the Yacht Race Will Be Sailed.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1899.
Inasmuch as wp arp of the opinion that
the America's cup races arp no less a t p st
of Btrengtb of construction of competing
vessels than of their sailing finalities, and
it is deemed advisable to avoid the em
barrassment in which a vessel finds itself
when called upon to decide whether to
withdraw from a race upon the occur
rence of an accident disabling her com
petitor, it is agreed that in the races be
□ the Shamrock and the Columbia
each yacht shall stand by the eonse
ea of ;iny accident happening to her,
hat the uninjured vessel shall sail
out the race.
SIR THOMAS LTPTON,
C. OLIVER IBELIN.
It is conceded that weather condi
tions will be an important factor in the
race, as all who have followed the per
formance of the two yachts believe that
the Shamrock is much more dangerous
in ;i good stiff wind than she is in a
light one. If weather experts prove
right the Shamrock will have a wind of
li^r own choosing to-morrow. "Wind
fresh to brisk' is the Washington fore
cast, and therein seems another case pf
"Upton luck."
Fifteen miles to windward and re
turn, or a fifteen-mile run out and a
beat back, according to the direction
of the wind, will comprise to-morrows
race. If the wind be off shore the
yachts will go before "end on" to tho
Duter mark and then beat back to the
finish. If the wind be from the oppo
site direction the racers will beat out
;ind run back.
The start will be made from Sandy
Hook lightship at as near 11 a. m. as
practicable, the preparatory signal
being given fifteen minutes in advance.
But always with the understanding
that should the wind prevent the lay
ing- of the course from the lightship the
starting line will be shifted to the
nearest available point, and that in this
case the preparatory signal will be
given about half an hour before the
time set for starting from the light
ship.
The courses will be as follows:
No. 1. — From the starting line to and
around a mark fifteen miles to wind
ward or leeward, and return, leaving
the mark on the starboard hand.
No. 2. — From the starting line ten
miles to and around a mark, ten miles
to and around a second mark, and ten
miles to finish line, leaving the marks
f-n the outside of the triangle, to port
.r starboard, according as the vessels
are sent around.
The starting and finish lines will be
between a point on the committee boat
indicated by a white flag and the main
mast of the lightship, or other stake
boat if the start is shifted from the
lightship. These lines will be at right
angles with the outward and home
courses respectively.
The goal, or turning point (outer
mark), which each yacht will strive to
reach and round before the other, is
Continued on Second Face
DEWEY WELCOMED AT WASHINGTON BY
THE NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
Admiral and President Review One of the Most Dazzling Night Parades
Ever Held at the Capital.
Scene in the East Room of the White House, Where Admiral
Dewey Was Presented to the President by Secretary Long.
WASHINGTON', Oct. 2. -The
home-coming of Admiral
George Dewey — for hence
forth the national capital is
to be his horne — was made
the occasion for the greatest tribute
ever paid by Washington to any indi
vidual. After the preliminary welcome
in New York, itself unsurpassed in its
kind, it remained for the highest and
greatest in the official world to hold
out the hand of greeting to the famous
admiral and to join with the people
who are to be his fellow citizens in bid
ding him welcome. The citizens had
made every preparation to make the
occasion worthy of their hero. The dec
orations were elaborate. Pennsylvania
avenue was <me mass of colored bunt
ing along the entire line of march, from
the station to the White House, and,
not content with this, few private
citizens failed to make some dis
play of color on their residences.
T'nique designs dotted the horizon;
great searchlights threw beams of
bright light across the blue sky on a
clear October evening and "the stately
Capitol stood revealed in its queenly
beauty in the powerful rays of many
concentrated lights.
The same device was used effectively
in the case of other public buildings
i within the range of vision of Admiral
Dewey and the President, as they re
viewed the throng of people from the
prow of the white Olympia projecting
from the center of the stand erected
Just south of the Treasury building at
the head of Pennsylvania avenue. On
the facade of the newly completed Gov-
I ernmont Posurffiee building flamed
forth two inscriptions set in electric
points, the one reciting the famous
; message of the President directing
Tir-.sey, then thousands of miles away
in the Far East, to go forth to destroy
the Spanish Meet, and the other setting
out the famous admiral's direction to
the lamented Gridley, "You may fire
when you are ready, Gridlc*y." which
marked an epoch in the history of the
T'nit^d States. Twelve thousand mem
bers of civic organizations paraded be
fore him. besides tens of thousands of
non-organized citizens, and in a roar at
cannon rockets and the blaze of red fire
and the thunderous cheering of the
populace and the warm greeting of the
head of the nation Dewey came to the
i national capital and to a welcome such
as has not been known here hitherto.
His journey from New York had been
one continuous ovation, limited in its
intensity only by. the density of popu
| lation. The decorated special train
j which left the Pennsylvania Railroad
ferry slip in Jersey City at 1:50 o'cloch
in the afternoon was fully in keeping
with its distinguished passenger. It
was made up of fi% - e cars, the Penn
sylvania's prize special, the Atalanta,
1 a dining-car, a combination smoker
| and three parlor cars for the accom-
I mod&tion of the Washington reception
j committee. The special was given a
' clear track and the run to Washington
! was made without a stop except at
i Grays Ferry, on the outskirts of Phil
! adelphia, where engines were changed
! and a new train crew came aboard.
| Almost immediately after going aboard
' the train the admiral retired to his
private car for luncheon, which was
; served for six— Admiral Dewey, his son
i George, his brother and wife, Captain
i Lamberton and Lieutenant Brumby.
Thereafter the admiral lay down and
' tried to get a little sleep, but this was
impossible owing to the continuous
ovation along the line.
It was said by the railroad officials
and trainmen that the ovation during
; the run from New York to Washington
1 was the most remarkable demonatra
j tion that has ever taken place along
j the line. Every town turned out its
full population and every house and
! crossroads settlement was turned in-
I side out to see the flying special pass.
! It had been the intention of the well
i meaning committee to notify all towns
along the route at what hour the spe
cial might be expected, but the train
1 dispatcher at Jersey City headed them
j off and offered a hasty protest, saying
i that it was next to impossible to get
> the special out of town and that notice
in advance would probably block the
tracks. Apparently, however, the rail
road telegraph operators had passed
the tip along and the crowds were on
hand as though they had been sent for.
A bare stop was made at Princeton,
i where young Dewey had been a stu
-1 dent, and the admiral went to the plat-
I form for a minute, merely saying to
; the boys that he was pleased with the
I reception they had given him. It was
i such a reception as an Emperor might
| have envied, every student of the col
> i laze town beine in evidence as well as
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.— lt is
said to-night that Admiral
Dewey is engaged to marry the
widow of the late General Wil
liam B. Hazen, who is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Washington McLean,
at whose home the admiral is be
ing entertained. The rumor is
widely current, and in fact has
been in the air ever since the an
nouncement was made that Ad
miral Dewey would be the guest
of the McLean household during
the reception festivities, but has
not been confirmed. Mrs. Hazen
is a sister of John R. McLean.
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio, and remarkable
alike for her great beauty and
wealth.
the whole population of the place, while
college yells resounded above the rum
ble of the departing train.
Admiral Dewey was particularly
touched all along the line by the num
ber of children who turned out to see
him. They formed a very large part
of the crowd in every town, and wher
ever there was a schoolhouse the chil
dren had evidently been given a spe
cial recess to come out and cheer the
train. There was another large crowd
of children at Baltimore, and Admiral
Dewey. who had come to the rear
platform for the sixth or seventh time
on the trip, said to the trainmaster,
who was standing by him, that he felt
more touched and complimented by the
attention of the children than by al
most any other thing that had hap
pened since his return to America.
. All along the line every train, freight
and passenger, that passed the special
saluted it with a long drawn blast of
the whistle, and in all the large towns
where the flyer slowed down within the
city limits there was a continual roar
of steam from factories, machine shops
and the shifting engines and trains on
the sidings. Every engineer seemed to
have been bottling up steam for an
hour in advance and hung out of h ; s
cab window with his hand on the
whistle cord while the fireman, hang
ing to the hand rails and running
board, swung the bell as though ring
ing for a crossing. Chester and Wil
mington seemed to have come down to
the depots en masse, and the train ran
slowly between wide lanes of people
from one end of the town to the other,
while every lamppost, awning pole and
shade tree bore a crop of young Ameri
cans, and the roofs of freight cars on
the siding were converted into grand
stands for the brief instant that the
train swept by. The admiral responded
good naturedly to all these calls on his
stock of strength that he had been re
serving for the trying ordeal in Wash
ington, and came time and again to
the platform to bow as the train went
by.
The train as it reached the line of the
District of Columbia stopped for a few
minutes at the little station of Dean
wood, while the reception committee
went through the formality of present
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ing the nation's guest the freedom of
the District. The ceremony was per
formed by District < 'ommissioner
Wieht in the presence of the admiral's
fleet captains, the military and naval
members of the party and as many of
the reception committee as could be
crowded into the admiral's car.
John Addison Porter, secretary to the
President, first extended President Mc-
Kinley's greetings, to which the admi
ral returned his thanks very briefly.
• '"mmissioner Wight then said: "Ad
miral Dewey, you are now in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and, representing: the
commissioners of the District, I have
the honor of tendering you the freedom,
of the- national capital, and in behalf
of the people of the District, from the
most exalted to the most humble citi
zen. I give you a sincere and cordial
welcome home. . We feel gratified that
Washington is to be your future home.
It is the best place in the world in
which to have a home. and it is fitting
that you, who have done so much for
the nation and have done such an im
portant part for the nation, should
make your future home in the nation's
capital. The people of Washington will
esteem it not only a pleasure but an
honor to do all in their power to make
your stay with us as pleasant as your
services have been successful at Ma
nila."
Admiral Dewey's reply was as brief
and characteristic as all of his other
speeches have been.
"I want to thank you very much, my
friends," he said, "for this testimonial
of your regard. It is true that as long
as I live — and I hope to live a long
time (cheers) — I intend to live in Wash
ington. I thank you again for this ex
pression."
Then dropping the tone of formality
I in which this had been uttered, he cx
i tended his hands and said heartily:
I "Now I want to see my friends. Char
' lie, old boy, how are you?" and he
; grasped C. C. Glover by the hand and
I went through the party, shaking the
i hands of all who were within reach.
In a few minutes the train was in the
i brilliantly lighted depot. The middle
i aisle of the station had been carpeted
i clear to the carriage entrance. The
I committeemen and the "fighting line,"
las the brilliantly uniformed officers
i were termed, all alighted, while A. L.
Moses, the chairman of the reception
committee, Theodore Noyes of the
i Evening Star, Commissioner Ross and
! Archibald Greenlees went into the ad
j miral's car and after a few words of
' formal greeting brought him out. Tak-
I ing the arm of Mr. Moses, he headed
! the procession down the station, while
I the officers and committeemen fell in
jat the rear. It was a procession as
I brilliant as a diplomatic reception. The
! throng about the railway station
j choked the streets for blocks above.
Troop H of the Third United States
Cavalry, under the command of Lieu
tenant Murrillat, which was to escort
i the admiral to the Executive Mansion.
j had drawn up on the east side of Sixth
! street, facing the station entrance, and,
| the United States Marine Band had
i formed on their right. The first of the