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MARCONI'S BULLETINS
ARE BOLDLY STOLEN
Method of Hearst's Newspapers in
Competing With Call=llerald
Wireless Telegraphy.
NEW YORK. 0 't. 13.— Thanks to Signor
Man mi and the Herald's bulletin board,
wire, a pair of
i ong man behind
Journal was enabled
yacht race bulletins.
pled from the Heralds
to the Journal office
end from there wired to the Examiner
Francisco. In each case they were
I uxnal ten to twenty min
ited unsuccessful ef
forts • ■ - readers what was hap
■•- Hook in the preceding
□ the Columbia and Sham
- concluded that wtre
lletins ■ second hand
• :• gs«d "specials" at
, even though printed in red,
. k. Accordingly, it fol
: rd to Herald Square and
led to absorb the Marconi bulle-
Opposite the Herald building and fac
ing the bulletin board on which are dis
played Marconi's messages IB a restau
rant in which there are large windows
*nd a telephone. Leasing a window to
look through and a telephone to talk
through, the Journal stationed there a
young man to watch the Marconi bulle
tins and to repeat them immediately to
the main office In Park Rojv. This he
did, and while hungry pedestrians on
Broadway gazed longingly at the hot
c:.kes that were sizzling- behind one win
dow the bright you:;g man gazed on the
Marconi bulletins from the other win
dow. Ha had axi advantage over the
hungry pedestrians in two respects. They
could not get what they longed for, while
he could and did; and It took money to
acquire the hot cakes, while he acquired
real news of th<» yacht race free. He
could help himself, but they could not
without paying the pen) ■ of a trip to
tho. Police Station and to the Police Court.
Persons who -ought to use the tele
phone, which is a public one. were In
formed that they could not do ■'. One
jnan was told by Mr. Blake, one of the
r-opriotors of thf* restaurant, that "the
Xew York Journal hari leased the wire
for all day." The young man with the
classes, when asked about this statement.
Eald it was true. He explained that the
wir* had been, connected direct with the
Journal office, and that a man was at
NEW OFFICERS
OF FORESTERS
High Court Has Finished
Its Labors.
•
Special ' Dispatch to Th» Call.
FRESNO. Oct. 19.— The High Court of
Foresters, which convened Tuesday after
noon, concluded its labors at a late hour
to-nlpht and adjourned. Many of the
delegates took the late traJn for their j
homes in various parts of the State.
When the court was called to order at j
fc o'clock this morning the first thing on
the programme waus a speech from Su
preme Secretary McGillivray of Toronto,
•whoFe presence in the anteroom was an
nounced. A committee was sent out to
escort him in and his entrance was greet
ed with applause. Chief Ranger ite-
Klfresh welcomed the distinguished
visitor In a short speech and formally in
troduced him to the court.
When the supreme secretary had con
.eluded, the court resumed consideration
of the report Fubmitted by the finance
committee of the day before. Just before
adjournment Wednesday evening the
rural delegates, headed by Assemblyman
Fairweather and others, had carried an
amendment proposed by Michael Deck
jnan, reducing the ealary of the chief
'ranger from $2000 to $1500 a year. The
original motion had not been put when
the court adjourned.
The question of what the salary of the
chief ranger should be having been set
t>n, the next matter taken up was the
eaiary of the high secretary, which, at
the last meetir.c of the court, had then
bc-en fixed at (V'ft a year. The rural dele
pates, who had succfe«led In cutting down
the chief ranger's salary, were for the
most part eager to reduce the secretary's
Place Is at or n^ar Market street ferry, being 25-27 Market street, six-story
•nent building filled from bottom to top with all kinds of goods for
.rids of buyers and all kinds of uses. Nearly everybody knows the pla< •••»
. a It. for the best reason in the world— more and better goods
the money and better service than you would expect anywhere. Come
let prices and be convinced.
GROCERY WONDERS.
SUGAR—
Dry Granulated, Epreckels' finest. 21
ibs Jl.™
Golden Coffee Sugar. 25 lbs $1.00
Hongkong, English, fine dry Granulated,
IW-lb sacks on!y $475
We do not retail the latter; sold only in !
cripinal sacks.
.CRACKERS—
B»ft Soda Crackers, %-cases (called 20-lb>. '
per box 40c !
Peek-Frean English Mixed Cakes, per !
lb 12',*c
CRANBERRIES—
We V"<:i.ht a carload of finest ripe Cape
Cods that have to Jie closed out on consign-
ment. A great harco-ln! Good keepers for
thirty days. Until sold, V, gallon 150
Or.c gnll'.n 25c
Full barrel. 25 to 2S gallons $6.00
CREAM BREAKFAST WHEAT—
Extra fancrl thin rolled, 5 Ibs 10c
Ext I fancy, thin rolled, 1- lbs 25c
Extra fancy, thin rolled. 73 lb! $1.35
• FRENCH PEAS-^
Per tin 12140
, FRENCH MUSHROOMS—
Per tin. ,> 15c,
MAPLE SYRUP— "
Guaranteed; per gallon _ $1.00
gOAP —
Swift's or Fairbanks Mammoth, 18-o»
bar • ■ 5c
FLOUR—
Ppf-rry'p Drifted Snow, Qoldeo Gate or <? I
C. S., limit 1 barrol, per . »ick, 50 lbs..B7Hc
DAIRY SALT— ~
Per 50-lb sack jg,,
FANCY CODFISH—
Choicest middles, boneless, lb to
SLICED BACON—
l-lb tins, each.. m l"He
BLENDED TEA—
Superior quality Waldorf, worth We per
lb! this week, special at 2t£c
APRICOT JAM—
Large tins, pure goods, no nicer preserves
on the market-' ea^li ... ( .f. ■■ . Jjc
- — - • - —
the other end devoting himself exclusive
ly to receiving Marconi messages as fast j
as they could be read from the Herald
bulletin board and repeated over the tele
phone. At the Journal office they came
in like "hot cakes' by telephone.
"How does the plan work?" asked The
Call correspondent.
"Very satisfactory, he replied. By
this arrangement the man at th«* other
end knows what the bulletin is almost as
Boon as it is posted." ,
Then he added: "I suppose you are tak
ing Marconi bulletins, too, I guess all the
j papers are doing it."
It was learned that Signor Marconi s
c bulletins on the yacht races may
!en by this method in forty-seven.
is after they are posted, while by
1 formerly employed at least
minute and thirty-one Beconds
elapsed between the time the bulletins
were posted in front of the Herald build
•d the time they were received in
the newspaper office down town. But the
rival papers were not keeping up with
the news as easily as they thought. I r
in several instances the Herald delayed
posting important bulletins until long
after they had been posted by the Can
in San Francisco.
\- the Ma^kay-Rennett had dropped
ible which had given ordinary tele
graphic communication with the shore,
and was leaving the anchorage to-night
a carrier-pigeon alighted on one of the I
yard arms. \V. H. Hensman, second of
ficer of the cable ship, captured the
pigeon. In a tiny aluminum istened
to its leg was found this message:
"on board M. K. I,uekenbach. Oct. 19.
4:07 p. m.-No wind. The Columbia four
miles from finish and one and one-half
miles ahead of Shamrock.
H. H. HOSLEY.
Lieutenant U. S. N., executive officer of
Vermont.
Captain E. G. Schenck of the Mackay-
Pennett, to whom Mr. Hensman tui
over the message, wa.s desirous of hay« •
ing it transmitted at once to G. G. Warily
vice president of the Commercial Cabta
Company. As there was no cable com
munication with the shore, the mes
was sent by T. Bowden, Marconi -
pistant. by wireless telegraphy to Atlantic
Highlands. Within one minute after Mr.
Bowden's instrument ceased flashing, a
wireless reply was received that the
message taken from the carrier pigeon
was In the hands of Mr. Ward of New
York.
stipend, too. An amendment embodying
the change was proposed and evoked ;i
great deai of discussion. The vote re
sulted in the defeat of the amendment by
a slight majority and the secretary's
salary remained the s.une as before. The
vote on the original motion to adopt the
• of the committee was then put
and carried. The only Important change
made after all the discussion was the re
duction of the chief ranger's salary.
The High Court dues on members of the
order were placed at s " cents Instead of
$1. as recommended by the committee.
The entire afternoon w:ts spent in sub
urban railway excursions, the Kearny
ranch and the ."■' ro winery I
the principal places visited. At the latier
place the delegates were bq.no,'.:
The election of officers was the first
thing tak*en up at the night session. It
resulted as follows: High chief ra
cj. A. McKlfresh,. Los Angeles; h:zh vice
chief ranger S. L. Hngu.-, Fresn ; high
secretary, W. H. Perry, Los Arp
high physician. I'r. J. C. Stimson, San
Francisco; high councilor, F. McClure,
Yisalla; high auditors, George Hood and
T>r. W. Johnson of I>">s Angeles; high
treasurer, W. K. Reavis, Los Angeles.
f Ranger McKlfresh appointed the
following officers: J. M. Pratt. Kutte
City. H. O.; S. R. Keiium. Los Angeles,
H. J. S.; P. L. Archibald. San Fratv
H. B. W.; Gh P. Goldman, San Diego. H.
J. W.; L. Kroner. Rr*-ntwood, high mar- 1
shal; D. A. Kellogg, Placerviile. H. C; A.
A. St. ciair, Gilroy H. M.; J. Hurry San
Francisco, H. S. B.; F. M. Packard, El
Rio, H. J. B. : E. B. Miller, Sebastopol,
high organizer.
The selection for a place of meeting
n<*xt year wrs a contest between Santa
Cruz, Stockton and San Diego. Santa
Cruz won on the first ballot. The High
Court installed the newly elected officers
and adjourned at 11 o'clock.
NEW CHARTER FOR FRESNO
Its Opponents Defeated by a Large
Majority.
FRESNO, Oct. 19.— The election to-day
for the new city charter resulted in a
victory for the charter by a vote of 544
to 107. The "push" element In local poli
tics have made a feeble effort to defeat
it. but appear to have given up the task
as hipejeps. The new charter is in many
respects a novelty in city government.
One of Its chief features is that it gives
th« Mayor almost autocratic nower.
SEE THE WINDOW.
Misses' Overshoes, Rubber, 11 to 13% 10c
Misses' Overshoes, Rubber, 1. 1%, 2 20c
Ladies" Overshoes, Rubber. 24, 3, 34 15c
. Ladles' Overshoes. Rubber, 4. 4', Me
Ladles' Overshoes, Rubber, 5 to 7 23c
. These goods are in fine condition and of hteh
grade as to quality; a special lot at about 40c
| on the dollar of value.
, BLACK GERMAN YARN, High
Grade, pound .... 60c
This Is sold aR wanted to the trade or for
u?» l.c a hank or 80c a pound; some odd
colors at jam" price.
UMBRELLAS . . . .. sOc
A good $1 cotton rain Vmbrella 2S-inch
sire; only Ml to close out at this price.
LADIES' WOOL WAISTS . 51. 50
These are all-woo! goods made tip In our
£2 wX^rVorn^wekr comfortable and
n«at waist for home wear.
GINGHAM for Dress . . . 5 C
Stylish Plaids for children's wear at about
half price: only 40 pieces selling to all com
c£'e t0 attract trade; '"" th 7 C nts by the
SATEENS AND LAWNS . . 6 1-4 C
These are solid or light colors: real 15-cent
goods;- closing the season at 6-« cents- fine
two-bit quality; In black and white stripes
and dark figures; at 8 and 10 cents; come In.
NOTICE
Dry Goods »f all kinds will be higher Wlr«
Goods and Metal Goods are higher. Eastern
mills refuse to take large orders — oversold We
are glad to fill small orders as yet. Free deliv-
ery across the bay every day. Free deliver? in
town to 1000 patrons. Get a lot of Apricot Jam
5 cents to-day. Come in for a black Sunday
Butt, $10. ' ■
NO LIQUORS SOLD.
CASH STORE
25-27 Market St.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1899.
COLUMBIA THE LEADER IN
ANOTHER DRIFTING MATCH
Extra Ballast Put Aboard the Shamrock to Alter
Her Trim Seemed to Retard Rather Than
Help Her Progress.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.— Another fluke, I
another day of light airs and calms
and drifting and guessing as to i
whether either boat would ever i
reach the outer mark. Both man
aged to get back to the finish be
fore the time limit had expired. The
Columbia was ahead In the drift around
the stake boat, and she was still further
in the lead when that much overworked
signal of "No race" was made.
If Sir Thomas Lipton got any consola
tion out of the day's doings the reason
for it was not apparent to any one who
followed the fortunes of the yachts. The
extra ballast which had been placed in i
the Shamrock to alter the trim of that \
vessel did not bring about the desired re- ;
sult. So far from any improvement be- j
ing shown in the Shamrock's speed, It j
seemed that the contrary effect had been I
produced. The Columbia gained the ad- |
vantage at the start and steadily in- j
creased her lead, despite ail efforts of the j
Shamrock to outfoot her. So long as the j
wind held the Shamrock continued to drop i
astern, and when the two floated into a j
zone of calm the Shamrock showed that |
she could drift no faster than could the
Columbia. l;s- : y£'>
So it must be counted as a failure, this
experiment with ballast, a failure at least
in such winds, or lack of them, as were
about to-day. Outfooted in the run, the
(shamrock was also distanced in the beat
back toward the finish line. Even the
most ardent of her admirers are now
forced to admit that the fehamrock is no
match for the Columbia in light weather. |
The two are yet to have a fair trial in a
stilt breeze, the test of Tuesday being |
inconclusive and unsatisfactory because j
of the accident which crippled the chal
lenger when the race had barely begun.
Tnere was a bit of maneuvering be
fore the start, and in it neither vessel (
scored any signal advantage over the
other. Both were in good positions when
the starting signal was given. The
course was a ritteen mile run to south
ward before a north breeze and back to
the finish line. The wind at the time was
from the north and was blowing about {
eight miles an hour. The Columbia ,
showed the way over the line, followed
at a close inter, by the ShamrocJc, the .
cup defender going over it at 11:01:33, the
challenger at 11:02:00. The Shamrock was ;
handicapped by two seconds in starting
as she tailed to start within the two
minutes allowed.
Both yachts took in jib and staysail as
they headed across the line, and as the
Shamrock went over it she set her bal
loon jib and dropped her spinnaker boom
to starboard. The Columbia set her bal
loon Jib one minute after the Irish cut
ter had Bent hers bellying to the wind,
and netting her spinnaker boom to star
board, tent up her spinnaker in stops.
Then followed a lufllng match, the Sham
rock heading to the westward in an et
fort to blanket the Columbia, and the
cup : 'fender sheering over In the same
direction to prevent the Shamrock get
ing the position dead astern, which she
was striving to gain. Such of the ex
cursion fleet as were to the westward of
the course were forced to swing still fur
ther inshore, half a dozen torpedo boats
guarding that side of the line, driving
pleasure craft before them.
The Shamrock was persistent, but when
at last she found herself directly astern
of the Columbia, the position which she
had coveted and tried so long to gain, the
defender was so far ahead that no ad
vantage accrued from it. The two were
then nearing the belt of calm into which
they soon found their way, and all the
rest was drifting— a slanting of sail to idle
airs, or listless swelling of the canvas.
The aprroach to the outer mark was
made with that prodigality of leisure
which distinguishes the flow of mo
lasses in cold weather. The Columbia,
dipping sunlight In and out of her droop
ing - ills, seemed in no hurry to get
around the mark. The Shamrock was
inertia personified. She slowly drifted to
ward the quiet buoy which marked the
end of the fifteen-mile run, the excur
sion fleet patiently awaiting the outcome
of the effort to turn the stake.
Almost imperceptibly the Columbia les- j
ned the distance between herself and j
the mark, and taking in her drooping |
spinnaker languidly swung ; around the |
buoy. That was at 2:24:15. Six minutes !
and fifteen seconds later the Shamrock :
followed her around the mark.
After that the only element of interest
which remained hung about the problem
i as to by what margin the Columbia would
win, SO badly had she beaten the chal
lenger in the run down and so rapidly
was «he drawing away from her on the
boat back to the finish. Later on It be-
I came apparent that there was to be no |
race at all. as the wind remained light j
and there was no hope of either yacht i
i finishing within the time limit allowed.
So it was the same old ending. Two ;
miles away from the finish line the time
limit expired at 4:30, and the race was j
declared off. The Columbia was then a <
full mile In the lead. The yachts will try i
it again to-morrow over the same course j
of fifteen miles to windward or to leeward
and return. An unusually large excursion i
fleet was out to view this effort of the
yachts to race. All the boats were excep
tionally well patronized, the Grand Duch- ;
o??e or the Plant line carrying fully 1500
guests.
Sir Thomas I.lpton was greatly disap
pointed at the failure of the wind, and as
he shook hands witn his departing guests
on board the Erin he seemed for once to
have lost some of the buoyant confidence
which until this had been superior to
calms and accidents.
'•I am very sorry the wind failed." said
he. "What we want Is a good, stiff breeze.
This seems to be the only country In the
world where there is no wind. I received
a telegram the other day from a gentle
man who suggested t+iat If I had come
during a Presidential campaign there I
wouid have been plenty of it."
In answer to a question. Sir Thomas '
said he though it would be an excellent I
Idea to have extra races to give the mer- '
its of the yachts a more thorough test !
than they have had.
When asked if he thought the Shamrock \
had shown herself a more dangerous rival
since remeasurement. Mr. Iselln said:
"No, I do not think so. We' led her by
two miles."
Mr. Iselin was told of a reported offer
of a cup for another series of races be
tween the Columbia and Shamrock, and i
asked if his yacht would compete. "i '
want to end the present series before I I
think of another," he replied. "We want
to have it over by Christmas."
Mr. Iselin paid that for the same reason
ho would not at present consider any
suggestion to complete the five races If
the Columbia should win the next and de
ciding contest.
TECHNICAL STORY OF
LAST UNFINISHED RACE
N'KTV YORK, Oct. IS.— Clear weather
and a fine breeze from the northwest
greeted the skippers and rrewg of the Co
lumbia ;ind Shamrock at sunrise this
morning', and thr> occasional puffs that
made little whttecapa on Sandy Hook Bay
p.'tvo promise of plenty of wind for the
third race of the International series.
Both boats were taken in tow before 9
o clock. Eager to try his large club top- I
sail on his new topmast, Captain Hogarth
made sail on the Shamrock on the way
out to the lightship, and by 9:15 the tow
line had been cast off and she was under
way with everything on her, including the
baby jib topsail. It was 10 o'clock when
the Columbia cast off from her tug, broke
out the jib and began to sail about with I
mainsail and jib set. Fifteen minutes
later her largest club topsail was set, and
soon after the staysail was broken out.
At 10:30 the course was signaled from the
committee boat, which had anchored to
the westward of the lightship. It was
southeast by south, showing that the
wind was northwest by north, and the
probability was that it would be a spin
naker start. About the time the tug
started to log off the course of fifteen
miles to leeward the patrol fleet of rive
revenue cutters, five torpedo-boats and
11 8^*™ ftch t Erin arrived off the
| Lightship. - ■ The Shamrock took In her
baby Jib topsail and set up her ballooa
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.— At 4 o'clock
this morning the lookouts at Sandy
Hook and the Highlands reported
that a very light west wind was
blowing, not exceeding two miles an
hour.
Jib topsail on the stay in stops at 10:40,
the Columbia having done the same a few
moments before. The preparatory signal
was given at 1u:45, the warning at 1u:55,
the start at 11, the handicap gun at Il:u2.
The maneuvering before the start was
remarkably interesting work. Excursion
boats and yachts gave the racing craft
plenty of room, and Barr and Hogarth
nad iheir little game all to themselves.
At the warning signal both yachts, with
booms to starboard and sheets flattened
well In, were sailing to the northeast,
parallel to the line but about a quarter of
a mile north of it, with the wind a little
abaft the beam. The Columbia was to
windward, with the Shamrock on her lee
beam a couple of lengths away. It being
necessary to use the Jive minutes between
the warning and starting signals, both
yachts leaned far over to the northeast,
gradually lufling to me northward. When
three minutes were left the Columbia
luffed into the wind, then coming about
headed for the line. Hogarth, instead of
tacking like the Columbia, wore the
Shamrock sharp around on her heel,
bringing her close up under the Colum
bia's lee, both having booms to port.
Hogarth lost both time and headway by
lufhng Instead of tacking, so that when
the Shamrock hauled up nearly on the
wind the Columbia, under better head
way, was pointed straight for the line, a
couple of lengths to the good. As soon as
Hogarth realized this he broke out the
Bhamrock's balloon jib topsail, her crew
trimming the sheets smartly just as the
gun was fired. The Columbia's crew broke
out her balloon sail while the smoke from
the gun was blowing away.
The Columbia crossed the line twenty
seven seconds in the lead without the
handicap, which means fully two lengths'
distance. She crossed about the center
of the line and Hogarth, after a vain at
tempt to luff out across her wake and
obtain the weather position, kept off and
pay-- the Shamrock a good full.
The official time of the start was: Co
lumbia, 11:01:33; Shamrock. 11:02.
The Shamrock's actual time In cross
ing the line was 11:02:02. She was handi
capped two seconds because the yachts
are allowed seven minutes from the
starting signal in which to cross the line,
and she exceeded that time by two sec
onds. Jibs and forestay sails were taken
in at once on both yachts to give the
balloon sails a chance to till. While the
yachts were crossing the line spinnaker
booms were dropped to starboard and the
sails hoisted in stops ready to break out,
but in the Kianii- of luffing and bluff which
followed, neither yacht had a chance to
set these .-huh for fifty minutes. ilo
garth, not i"-ing able to try his yacht
on a reach on a triangular course, seem
ed determined to maKe a portion of the
ra< ■■ << reach at all hazards. So they
went at it. Instead of following the
guideboat on the southeast by south i
c, by which they mleht have carried
spinnakers, they sailed between four and i
five points to the eastward of their
courses in order to make every sail draw i
to t lie best advantage, thereby covering
Ist five miles more ground than was
necessary. The excursion fleet gave
them miles of room, keeping so far away
that the yachts were "hull down" most of '
the time.
1 mring the first fifteen minutes of this I
reaching work the Columbia seemed to
increase her lead. After that, for the j
next halt" hour, th«? Shamrock apparently
was gaining on the Columbia and at
11:50, when they both decided to abandon
the lulling game and set spinnakers to
starboard, tne Shamrock had certainly
gained some on her antagonist. Having
the wind dead aft npw, the Shamrock had
decidedly tne better position. If, with
the assistance of some of the friendly
pulTs, she could succeed in closing in oh
the Columbia her chances of blanketing
the latter would be felt. While the
wind remained steady In the same quar
ter it diminished in strength at times,
coming in puffs occasionally, but on the.
whole the outlook for finishing the race
was not very encouraging at 1 o'clock.
when the outer mark was in plain sight
from the racing yachts.
At 12:45 both yachts gibed after taking
in ihtir spinnakers and set. those Sails
ajrain to port, the Columbia setting hers
tii'st. The wind canted to the westward
gradually during the next half hour and
at 1:X- the Columbia gibed to port, quickly
followed by the Shamrock, which dropped
her spinnaker boom to starboard ana set
the sail iit 1:40, the Columbia setting her
Bpinnaker four minutes later.
it was a long run before the wind, with
simply enough of it to liil their sails dur
ing the next forty-five minutes. Balloon
jib topsails were taken in when the yachts
wore about a mile north of the outer
mark, and as they approached it .jibs,
staysails and baby Jib topsails were hoist
ed, ready for the windward work soon to
follow, it was noted that as the Colum
bia came down for the mark her
great mainsail with its crosscut cloths
was a brand new one. having in it four
battens and two reef bands. The cloths
in her spinnaker ran horizontally, while
those on tl:>- Bhamrocli were perpen
dicular. At 2:20 tlif Columbia took in her
spinnaker and ail hands stood by to
round in the main sheet as she ap
proached the mark.
The Shamrock's spinnaker came in at
2:27. The official time of the turn was:
Columbia, 2:24:46; Shamrock, 2:?,1:Q.i.
By this it will be seen that the Colum
bia was six minutes eighteen seconds
ahead at the m;rrk. that her elapsed time
was three hours twenty-three minutes
twelve seconds, and that the Shamrock's
was three hours twenty-nine minutes
thirty-two seconds, showing that the
Columbia's gain had actually been
five minutes fifty-one seconds "in the
fifteen miles. When Columbia luffed
around the mark, coming up sharp on the
wind on the starboard tack, Captain Barr
found the wind to be about west by north,
which meant that if it held in that
quarter he would be able on the other
tack to lay his course for the finish with
out making another tack. One minute
and twenty seconds after rounding the
mark he put the Columbia about and
found his judgment to be correct, and, bet
ter still, the wind freshened considerably
during the next half hour, sending the
white sloop along at a six-knot clip. Ho
garth, who went breeze hunting off to the
southward for eight minutes and ten
seconds, lost just about that amount of
time, for when he tacked and stood to the
northwest like the Columbia, his im
aginary advantage was that he was to the
windward of the Columbia's wake, while
the latter yacht was nearly two miles
ahead of him and pointing direct to the
finish. . _
As the Columbia stood on to the north
west, the wind canted to the southward
gradu&Hy, and at 3:35 she was able to
set a big topsail in place of the baby.
She also eet a balloon staysail. Fifteen
minutes later the wind had canted lo
south-southwest. Down came the Colum
bia's jib topsail and up went a larger one.
The Shamrock followed suit a few
minutes later. The wind was now falling
lighter every moment. The Shamrock
was nearly thr^p miles astern of the Co
luntbia and while the lightship was in
slgnt from the Columbia's derks she was
still five miles from it at 4 o'clock with
only half an hour of time left to 'finish
within the limit. At 4:10 the committee
boat sheered in toward the yachts and
at 4:19 exactly she fired a gun and hoisted
a signal declaring the race off. The
yachts kept their sails drawing and head
ed toward the finish for some ten minutes
longer, until their respective tugs came
alongside and took them in tow.
When the race was declared off the Co
lumbia jvas leading by about three miles
She had sailed toward the finish about
eleven miles. So ended the eighth fluke
of the interesting series. The yachts will
race to-morrow over a similar course to
windward or leeward and return.
UPTON AND ISELIN
BOTH APPEAR WEARY
NEW YORK. Oct. 19.— Before the Erin
left her moorings In the Horseshoe to
steam out to the lightship Sir Thomas
cast bia weather eye ekyward and gave it
as his opinion that there would be no ]
race.
"My experience over here." he sail,
"convinces me that winds from the north
or west do not hold We shall have a ■
start, but not a finish. I ;im sorry, ••on, !
for I had hoped to have a eood blow.
Then if we were beated tn<_-r<. wutito .«.
nothing left to say."
Both racers had gone out from their
anchorages when the Erin g-ot under way,
and the big steam yacht followed th. m
to the starting point, while the hundred j
or more guests breakfasted or gathered
i en her decks and discussed- the chances
I of the day.
When the gun from the committee boat
i announced that the time limit had elapsed ;
! and that "no race" was again the verdict
1 the Erin 6teamed back to the Horseshoe
and Sir Thomas' guests went home. Sir
! Thomas himself was clearly tired of the
1 whole affair. He has been living aboard
his boat in the Horseshoe for more than
a month, with but an occasional visit en
shore.
"I wish." said he, "that we could have
had a good breeze and have settled the
question one way or another."
Asked if he favored the suggestion that
I two more races be sailed in the event of
I the Columbia winning three straight and ]
; the cup, Sir Thomas replied in the affiim
-1 ative, adding that it mteht be a good plan.
, Said he: "I am willing to stay a little
i longer in order to get at least one more
triangular race and the chances of a rare
i»in a stiff breeze. Of course, it would have
'• no effect on the possession of the cup, j
which will go to the Columbia If she wins
! another race."
C. Oliver Iselin, looking a trifle weary i
; after his race against time, was seen on
the Columbia when she was towed into
\ the Hook about 6 o'clock.
"T am very sorry it turned out as it
did," said Mr. Iselin in answer to a query.
• "Everything went well on board the Co
; himbia. and we are all right. Ther» will j
' be a race to-morrow, and we are ready."
CUP OFFERED FOR
AN EXTRA RACE
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.— The Evening
World announces to-day that, in con
junction with the Daily Mail of London,
it offers a cup to be sailed for by the
Shamrock and the Columbia for an ex
tra race on a day to be agreed upon by
Mr. Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton. The
World suggests that a change of crews
be made in order to settle the question
as to whether the crew of the Columbia
Is better than that of the Shamrock, or
vice versa.
MR. LOVER TO BE
NEXT TO CHALLENGE
LONDON, Oct. 20.— A provincial paper
is authority for the statement that if the
Shamrock fails to win the America's cup
Mr. Lover, a millionaire soap manufac
turer, intends to issue a challenge for a
series of races in 1900.
PRESBYTERIANS OF
STATE IN SESSION
Synod Is Organized by the Election
of Alexander Parker to Serve
as Moderator.
STOCKTON, Oct. 19.— Two gatherings of
the Presbyterians of this district and this
State have occupied the attention of the
ministers of that church to-day and this
evening. Nearly i'.»j ministers are in this
city, to remain here until the final ad
journment next Monday. The sessions of
this morning ;ind this afternoon were only
of the Stockton Presbytery, and about
the only business of interest was the
nmughtening of the Armenian Presbyter
ian Church of Fresno, where Rev. Lysan
der T. Burbank, a returned missionary to
Armenia, has been pastor for some time.
A very large portion of the congregation
were willing to have a change some six
months or more ago, but when it. was be
fore the spring session of the Presbytery
it was found to be a hard thing to handle.
Rev. Mr. Burbank wa« retired during the
six months, but the Presbytery to-day de
cided in favor of declaring the pulpit va
| cant and permitting the church to select
! a new minister if It can find one.
This evening Rev. Robert C'oyle, the re
', tiring moderator of the State Synod,
: preached the opening sermon of that
body. His subject was the forgiveness of ]
; sin, "and he carried his large audience with
him. At the close of his sermon the synod
was organized by the election or Alexan
der Parker of the Los Angeles Presbytery j
as moderator, 'me permanent clerk Is I
Frank Babb of San Jose, and the stated
clerk is William S. Young of Los Angeles.
The report of the committee of arrange
; merits was changed so as to give the first
I hour of synod business meeting to-morrow
! morning and the first hour of the popular
. meeting to-morrow night to the discussion
of the proposed constitutional amend- j
! ments exempting church property from
j execution. There will be sessions* of the
synod and of the Women's Synodical So
j ciety of Home Missions to-morrow.
HANNA SPEAKS ON
SUBJECT OF TRUSTS
CLEVELAND, Oct. 1?.-Senator Hanna
in a speech before the Fifth District Re
publican Club to-night defined his posi
tion regarding the trusts. On this sub
ject he said:
"The Democrats pay I am afraid to talk
about trust?. That settles it. I'm g>oing
to talk about them. This combination of
capital for one purpose or another is not
a political question at all. It is a business
question ;md ought not to have been
brought into politics. When our indus
tries were in their infancy England and
otli'-r countries came along and sold goods
in this country at less than the price
a«k<=ii in their own country. Then fol
lowed the protective tariff law formu
lated by that friend of the workingman,
William MeKinley. Having secured this
protection American manufacturers went
abroad. They are making rapid strides
and are successfully competing with the
whole world. It is evident, however, that
they cannot continue to do so unless they
have combined capital. We ought to own
and control our own merchant vessels.
We then would be in shape to make our
own rates and compete with other nations
on an equal footing. This formation of
combines is simply an evolution in busi
ness methods. The so-called trusts are
not new. They have been found in Eng
land and Germany as far back as 200
years and are increasing. Therefore, from
a business standpoint of view, the forma
tion of these combinations in one sense is
a step forward. However, if the trusts
are a menace to the country what party
better than the Republican party can give
you relief? When it comes down to plain
facts the various labor organizations are
a sort of a tru&t. and I believe In them
and always have."
BLANCHE WALSH LOSES
HER VOICE SUDDENLY
Performance of "Gismonda" in Balti
more Stopped Because of the
Mysterious Attack.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 19.— The curtain was
rung down at the close of the second act
of "Gismonda" to-night because Miss
Blanche Walsh suddenly lost her voice.
A physician was called upon the stage,
but could not restore her voice so as to
enable her to continue and the audience
was dismissed. The case is mysterious and
baffles the skill of the best physicians in
the city.
Jack Dumfree Knocked Out.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 19.— John Mar
shall, a local lightweight, knocked out
Jack Dumfree of San Francisco to-night
in five rounds. An accidental blow dis
abled Dumfree in the fifth round and
Marshall finished him In short order. Up
to that time Dumfree had the best of it.
SAYS WILCOXSON HEIRS
TRIED TO BRIBE HER
Mrs. Jackson Alleges Dr. Clow of=
fered Compensation and Used
the Name of the Elks.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 19.— A tremendous
sensation was caused in this city to-day
by an incident In the trial of the action
brought by Miss Amanda Austin to re
cover $150,000 from the estate of her de
ceased uncle, Jefferson Wilcoxson, a mil
lionaire banker and ranch-owner. The
testimony thus far adduced has gone to
show that Miss Austin had held a high
place in the affections of her aged uncle
and that he intended to leave her the
sum of $150,000, which he had locked in
the safe in his office, to be delivered to
her, in accordance with a letter accom
panying it, immediately after his death.
George Wilcoxson, a nephew and execu
tor of the will, found the money, but
claims to have discovered nothing indi
cating that it was to go to Miss Austin,
since her name was not mentioned in the
will.
The defense in the present action will
attempt to show that Miss Austin is not
entitled to the amount, which has been
merged into the estate, in which, owing
to hf>r omission from the will, she is to
have no share. Among the hosts of wit
nesses called by Mins Austin in support
of her claims are Mrs. George W. Jack
son, wife of the superiutendent of the
Capital Gas Company, and a woman
whose word is unimpeachable. To-day
an affidavit sworn to by her was read in
court charging that on October 11 Dr. G.
B. N. Clow, a physician of this city, call
ed upon her at her home and asked her
to change the testimony she was going
to give in the action so as to make it
more favorable to the defendants and less
favorable to Miss Aftstin, the plaintiff.
Dr. Clow informed her. so the affidavit
charges, that in return for this service
she would receive a consideration.
Mrs. Jackson confided the matter to
NO REDRESS FOR
ALIENATED AFFECTIONS
Remarkable Decision Handed Down
by the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts.
BOSTON, Oct. 19.— A remarkable deris
ion of the full bench of the Supreme Court
in a novel case interesting to married
women was rendered to-day in the case
of -Mrs. Ella M. Houghton of Hudson vs.
Klla M. Rice of thf» same place, holding
that a wife has no right of action against
another woman for the alienation of her
husband's affections where no adultery is
alleged. The court sustains a demurrer
which the defendant filed to th^ plaintiff's
declaration, thereby setting aside a ver
dict of $10,041. which a Mi<idl«-=.->x jury
awarded the plaintiff. The court says:
"We do not think the declaration in this
"?" sets fortn any cause of action at
common law. if the husband had been the
plaintiff instead of the wife, and no stat
ute of this commonwealth gives the wife
any greater right than the husband in
cases of this nature.
"The acts charged are that the defendant
did ingratiate herself Into the affections
of the said William Houghton (the de
fendant's husbandi. cause him incessantly
; to frequent her society, to give her va
rious large sums of money, to execute to
■ her various conveyances of property, to
I make large expenditures of money on her
I■ . I
I^K^R^^^ OvfiFCOfltS 1
> Why not prepare now ? I
It is only a quesiiion of I
time when an overcoat i
I illlFfiiiFij a num^ er °f overcoats jp
Sv iffl every day, we are twice g§
•E* j!| n| cm S n UUby in UVtr[CUcu.o Wlicll fe^fl
§i I I P!J this is a natural conrse of j||
g 1 1 1 |1 J events, but buying before Eg
i| a! i!|[«i it rains is far more conve-
• overcoats which sell from
P ".'^ $12.50 to $25 and you i|
s|| will find your fancy among them whether it m
H be a cheviot, kersey, covert, melton, oxford or m
See us to-day, then you will be prepared E
m for to-morrow. Then there is an advantage in If
H the first selections, you know. m
I Boys Shirt Waists. !
We have a number of 25-cent shirt waists for boys from 6to ml
Hi 12 years, in a great variety of patterns, which we are selling for &|
|l 15c each. |i
I S.N WO 0D& CO (Ss\ 1
&* V^l^ TIB MARKET 51 * \Qo£y @
|M# Out-of-town orders filled — write us. |||
her husband, who advised her to ascer
tain exactly what Clow wanted. A sec
ond Visit was made to the Jackson resi
dence by Clow, who repeated his propo
sition, adding, when asked who had sent
him, that it was an Elk. Mrs. Jackson's
husband is the exalted ruler of the local
lodge of Elks and Clow is likewise promi
nent In the organization. Mrs. Jackson
spurned the inducement to commit per
jury and in so doing spoke her mind to
the physician.
Another sensation, somewhat less Btart
ling, but none the less significant, waa
produced when an affidavit was read
from Mrs. E. A. Davis of Sulphur Creek,
Colusa County, a witness for Miss Aus
tin, wherein she charged that on Septem
ber 22 at Sulphur Creek she was offered
a bribe of $1000 by Tilden Jones of Sul
phur Creek, together with a railroad
ticket out of the State, if she would stay
away until after the trial was over.
Just before adjournment to-night the
counsel for the plaintifi placed on the
stand Edward Twitchell, one of the
appraisers of the estate. His testimony
being objected to, the plaintiffs counsel
set forth that it was intended to be
proved by the witness that the keys to
the safe containing the $150,000 had been
taken from the deceased two days before
nis death by the defendants, that the
contents were removed and that the keys
were not returned until after Wilcoxson's
c'eath.
Judge Elliston of Tehama County Is
presiding in the case. No arrests have
yet been ordered as a result of the sen
sational affidavits, and it is thought that
t.Ms feature of the case will not be
taken up until the testimony of all the
Vitnesses to the main action, many of
whom ai-> here from abroad at consider
able outlay, has been secuerd.
behalf and to transfer to her. the said
defendant, the courtesy and {jenerosiry
love and affection, previously bestowed
by him upon the plaintiff, as his said
wife."
KEEPER OF COURSING
PARK HELD FOR CRUELTY
LOS ANGELES, Oct. ID.-^This morning
Superior Judge B. N. Smith handed down
an opinion affirming the decision of Jus
tice James in finding F. D. Black, presi
dent of the Coursing Club, guilty of cru
elty to animals.
Judge Smith holds that the rabbits are
killed unnecessarily. It is admitted that
rabbits in their wild state may be pur
sued and killed with dogs, but in this in
stance the rabbits are kept in. confinement
and released for the dogs. The League
of Good Government, which hired an at
torney to prosecute the coursing men. 13
jubilant over the result and is preparing
to distribute Judge Smith's opini<>.
over the State. According to Mr. Black,
the suit will be carried to the Supreme
Court as scon as possible on a writ of
habeas corpus.
Mother and Babes Burned to Death
CANTON, Miss., Oct. 10.— At Stann,
Leake County, twenty miles east of here
to-day Mrs. J. H. Gambrell and four chil
dren were burned to death in a fire that
iestroyed the Gambrell residence.
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