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THE ASSOCIATED PRE83.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.
A son was born Wednesday to Mrs.
■C. Oliver Iselin, wife of the managing
■owner of the Reliance, defender of the
America's cup.
The Wabash Bridge & Iron company
has assigned for the benefit of credi-
tors. Liabilities are estimated at
$200,000, assets at $100,000, which is
capital stock.
- Edna Folia, a servant girl for Mrs,
•Olllin, residing two miles below Mil
ton, Ore., committed suicide recently
by taking a heavy dose of strychnine
Despondency is given as the cause.
Reports from New York tell of plans
for consolidating the new Federal Min
ing & Smelting company with the
American Smelting & Refining com
pany, or the smelter trust.
Hesse Langsdorf, cashier of the Sal
mon City (Idaho) bank, was taken
to Salt Lake recently to be treated
for two dangerous gunshot wounds re
ceived while camping out on the Sal
mon river, in Idaho. A shotgun was
accidentally discharged, a portion of
the load striking him in the right
eye, destroying that organ, and the
rest of the charge making a dangerous
wound in the thigh.
The veterans of the Spanish-Ameri
can war and the Philippine insurrec
tion held a largely attended reunion
at San Francisco and campfire at their
armory on Ellis street recently. The
election of officers was held with the
following result: Commander in
chief, General Owen Summers of Ore
gon; senior vice commander, Major
B. T. Sime, of California;'junior vice
commander, Colonel J. J. McClintock
of Arizona; judge advocate general
General W. P. Metcalf of Kansas ; sur
geon general, Major Elmer S. Brown
of Washington; chaplain general, Rev,
Joseph S. Woolley, of Rhode Island
officer of the day, Lieutenant L. Hart
man of Idaho.
About 7000 textile workers of Crim
itzchau, Saxony, district have struck
for shorter hours of labor.
The Swiss arbitrator may not serve
on the Venezuelan arbitration com
mission.
John Ellsler, father of Effie Ellsler,
the actress, and himself a veteran
actor aDd theatrical manager, died of
heart disease at his home in New
York recently, aged 82.
The villages of Boufl, Bakoro and Ar
mesko, near Fiorina, have been bom
barded and their insurgent garrisons
annihilated. At Boufi alone 500 Bui
garians were reported to have been
killed. During another fight near Ok
rida 217 Bulgarians were killed.
Rumors are again current relative
to the abdication of Emperor Franz
Joseff of Austria, because he is tired
of the continuous political struggle.
An immense throng saw Africander
beat Heno and Water Boy for the
Saratoga purse of $9000 recently, and
in doing so made a new world's rec
ord for a mile and three-quarters. He
set a mark of 2:58, the previous rec
ord being 2:58 2-5, held by Latson.
Jane Anna Longland, who as a child
-danced with the duke of Wellington,
who saw the coronation of Queen Vic
toria, and was friendly with the chll
dren of Don Carlos, the pretender to
the Spanish throne, is dead at her
home in Brooklyn. She was 94 years
old. Her father was an interpreter in
the royal navy. The children of Don
Carlos lived in his home for some
time while he acted as their tutor.
Major Samuel Reber, signal corps
general staff officer, has been detailed
as secretary of the army college. He
is the son-in-law of Lieut. Gen. Miles,
retired, and formerly was his military
-secretary.
Secretary of War Root has sailed
■for Liverpool. He goes to England to
act with Senator Lodge and former
Senator Turner of Washington, as the
United States representatives on the
Alaskan boundary dispute.
The death knell of the Pacific Na
tional league is ringing. After proba
bly the most expensive warfare in
minor league history, Harry Hart has
thrown up the sponge in California,
and the league has come to its death
there. The season will be finished
with Butte. Salt Lake, Seattle and
Spokane playing.
Prince Ching had informed Minister
Conger that in the treaty to be signed
on October 8 provision would be made
for opening two ports in Manchuria to
the United States.
A special from Sour Lake, Tex., says
the oil field fire which started there
is still burning. Not a derrick is stand
ing in the Shoestring district. The
loss is now estimated at $1,500,000.
After saturating her clothes with
kerosene and setting it on fire in an
effort to commit suicide, Mrs. Mabel
Lathey, aged 24 years, of Chicago, fell
upon the noor of the hallway In her
home and awaited death recently.
An occasion which will be memora
ble In the history of Pennsylvania
transpired recently, when the giant
armored cruiser Pennsylvania, named
by the daughter of the state's senior
senator and political leader, M. S.
Quay, was launched at the yards of
the Wm. Cramp Ship & Engine Build'
ing company.
WASHINGTON NEW8.
Robert O. Lan fare has been appoint
ed postmaster at Bay Center.
It is reported that there is a scarcity
of harvest hands throughout the Big
Bend.
The new town of Nighthawk has
been laid out on banks of the Simil
aameen river.
The boycott of the nondelivery com
mission houses by the Spokane Re
tail Grocers' association is still on.
There is an effort being made to do
away with the heavy grade on the S.
F. & N. between Marcus and Myers
Falls.
A material reduction on rates on
sash and doors irom Spokane to east
ern points goes into effect on Septem
ber 15.
The water situation at Waitsburg Is
becoming serious. There is a good
supply, but it is bad for drinking pur
poses.
An electric storm Sunday afternoon
played havoc with the telephone,
street railway and electric lighting sys
tems.
H. M. Shafer of San Diego, Cal., will
succeed Professor L. B. Alger as prin
cipal of the state normal school at
Cheney.
The management of the Interstate
Fair association is working on the live
stock auction sale proposed for the
8th and 9th of October.
Capt. I. N. Campbell, a well known
mining man of Spokane, is dead at the
home of his brother, A. B. Campbell.
Death was due to sarcoma.
The Transmississippi Commercial
congress closed in Seattle last Sat
urday the most successful session in
the history of the congress.
The hay raisers of the Yakima val
ley are experiencing a greater demand
for their product than at any time
there for raising feed for stock.
F. H. Hammond and brakeman
Charles Johnson were slightly injured
in a wreck on the O. R. & N. Sunday
afternoon at Buckley, 20 miles from
Spokane.
Friday Sheriff Inkster and deputies
Level and O'Farrell of Lincoln county
arrested W. H. Marcho and James
ShucK at Deep Creek, upon the charge
of horse stealing.
An important defect has been dis
covered in the laws passed by the last
legislature in relation to the leasing
of state lands, which renders void
scores of leases.
Despondent over the fear that he
might be beaten in a law suit, J.
Goettel of Spokane apparently could
not stand the shock, and committed
suicide. He was a tailor.
John L. Smith, superintendent of the
Interstate fair, is making a tour of
coast cities for the purpose of interest
ing fruit growers, stock raisers and
farmers in the fair here from October
5 until 13.
The Spokane county board of equal
ization has completed its annual labors
and the records of its proceedings
show that the personal valuations re
turned by the assessor have been re
duced about $300,000.
The state insurance department in
figuring up its receipts to date finds
that they are $17,428.38 ahead of what
the receipts of the office were for the
entire year of 1902. The total receipts
to date are $28,612.49.
A $11,000 fire occurred Saturday at
Walla Walla, burning the mattress and
upholstering factory, a blacksmith
shop and four shacks occupied by Chi
nese. The insurance is $7000. The
fire started in the "picker" at the mat
tress company's building.
Seneca G. Ketchum, a printer and
newspaper man, well known, and par
ticularly in the northwest, died re
cently at his home in Sedro-Woolley,
Skagit county, of Inflammation of the
bowels. He leaves a widow and one
child, living in Sedro-Woolley.
The record yield of wheat for Whit
man county so far reported this season
is that of Adam Lust, a farmer living
one mile from Endicott, who threshed
a fraction over 51 bushels per acre
from a field of 100 acres. The wheat
was of the red variety, sown last fall
on summer fallowed land.
Deputy Collector of Customs Thomas
R. Delaney and Inspector Stephen A.
Brinker of Seattle recently seized 100
pounds of ambergris, alleged to have
been stolen at Victoria. The value of
the concretion is at the present whole
sale market list $30 an ounce, making
the seizure worth about $48,000.
The detailed plans for the hours of
amusement to be given at the Spokane
Interstate Fair grounds are being dis
cussed by the fair management. The
entertainment of thousands of people
each day for eight or 10 hours is
big problem In itself, and the intent
of Manager Stimmel is to have "some
thing doing" throughout the day.
1« || FIRST RAGE
BEAT SHAMROCK III. BY EXACTLY
NINE MINUTES.
There Was a Splendid Breeze—It Was
a Royal Fight on Water—The Vic
tory Came on Anniversary of Day
When American Lifted the Queen's
Cup, 52 Years Ago.
New York, Aug. 23.—In a splendid
12 to 15 knot breeze, over a windward
and leeward course of 30 miles, the gal
lant sloop Reliance Saturday beat the
Shamrock III. in commanding style,
by exactly nine minutes actual time,
or seven minutes three seconds after
deducting the one minute, 55 seconds
which the defender concedes to Sir
Thomas Lipton's third challenger on
account of Reliance's larger sail plan,
as at present measured.
It was a royal water fight for the
ancient trophy, which carries with it
the yachting supremacy of the world
and by a strange coincidence the first
victory in the cup series of 1903 oc
curred on the 62nd anniversary of the
day on which the old schooner Ameri
ca captured it in her famous race
around the Isle of Wight.
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The Reliance beat the British boat
three minutes and 24 seconds in the
thresh of windward and five minutes,
36 seconds in the run down the wind
The nautical sharpe, who had already
made up their minds on Thursday that
the Reliance could take the measure
of the challenger in any kind of weath
er, regard today's test as conclusive,
although they hardly anticipated
overwhelming a victory. (
The race even dampened the ardor
of Sir Thomas, who' insisted after
Thursday's fluke that his confidence
in the beautiful craft designed by Fife
was greater than ever. Still, like a
true sportsman he does not acknowl
edge defeat and hopes for better luck
next time.
The racing conditions were ideal.
The marine picture was superb. The
size of the enormous excursion fleet
and the number of sightseers aboard,
in the estimation of the witnesses of
many contests, made a record for an
international cup race.
The concourse of palatial steam
yachts was the largest ever seen off
Sandy Hook.
The honors of the start, as on Thurs
day, were captured by the American
skipper. Captain Wringe timed his
approach to the line with the Sham
rock badly, and in an effort to keep
off until the gun boomed, he almost
lost his bowsprit as he lufTed up to
cross. Barr, as usual, went over in
the windward berth, four seconds be
hind his rival. Both were closehauled
on the starboard tack.
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est
Official Summary.
Elapsed
Start. Turn. Finish. Time.
R. ..11:45:21 1:55:10 3:17:38 3:32:17
S. ..11:45:17 1:58:30 3:26:34 3:41:17
The net result of the race shows that
barring the fluke Shamrock had held
her own in the windward work and had
been beaten more than five and a half
minutes to leeward.
The Erin steamed into her haven at
Sandy Hook after the race with the
American flag flying at the mainmast
and another at her bow, a tribute to
the winner. Sir Thomas Lipton said,
with a smile:
"We were beaten fairly and squarely.
It was splendid weather and the Sham
rock did not do as well as 1 had ex
pected she would in the race to wind
ward and return. I appreciate the
splendid manner in which my boat was
handled. The Reliance is a wonderful
yacht. My confidence in the Sham
rock, however, is not shaken, and I
hope she will yet make a much better
showing."
Captain Barr said:
"My boat did just what I expected,
but she can do even better, I think."
Newspaper Train Wrecked.
Little Falls, N. Y., Aug. 25.—A spe
cial train on the New York Central
carrying New York city newspapers
was wrecked at Gulf Bridge in this
city. Engineer Robert Lilly and Fire
man Peter Conley, both of Albany,
were killed. Employes of the World,
Sun, .Rochester News and American
Journal were severely injured. Con
ductor Erhardt and several other mem
bers of the train crew were slightly
injured. The train, which was run
ning at the rate of a mile a minute,
was composed of an engine and three
express cars. In rounding a sharp
curve the engine jumped the track
and landed at the foot of the embank
ment. The front car in which all were
injured followed the engine.
Woman Charged With Arson.
Tacoma, Aug. 26.—A special from
Walla Walla says:
On a warrant from Kentucky, Mrs.
Nina Thompson, nee Langford, was
arrested on the charge of arson al
leged to have been committed in Ken
tucky three years ago.
Beat
RELIANCE WON SECOND.
Shamrock III. by One Minute
19 Seconds.
New York, Aug. 26.—In a glorious
steady sail breeze over a triangular
course 10 miles to a leg, the fleetfooted
defender Reliance again showed her
heels to Sir Thomas Lipton's chal
lenger, taking the second race of the
cup series of 1903 by the narrow mar
gin of 1'minute and 19 seconds.
It was as pretty and hard fought
a contest as has ever been sailed off
Sandy Hook and, had the wind not
fallen during the last 10 minutes, the
record for the course, 3 hours 12 min
utes and 15 seconds, made by the Co
lumbia two years ago In her memor
able race against Snamroèk II., would
have been broken. As it was, the Re
dance sailed the 30 miles within 2
minutes and 29 seconds of the record,
which Bpeaks wonderfully of her speed
in the wind that was blowing.
The Reliance's victory, narrow as it
was, would have been smaller had not
Captain Wringle, the skipper of the
Shamrock, bungled at the start, send
ing his craft over the line 19 seconds
alter the last gun and handicapping
her to that extent. At every point of
sailing the defender's superiority was
uemonstrated. She gained 1 minute
55 seconds in windward work, 40 sec
onds on the run to the second mark
and 45 seconds on the close reach for
home.
Based on the magnificent showing
she has made in two races already
sailed, it is.the belief of many experts
that the cup is safe and that it will
take something better than Fife's lat
est creation even to budge it.
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Coming Events.
Annual Methodist conference,
kane, September 2.
Presnytery, Spokane, September 29.
Washington National Guard encamp
ment, near American lake, September
14-23.
Convention of County Superinten
dents, Olympia, September 28-30.
Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs, Olympia,
September 22-25.
Oregon State Convention of Mining
Men, Portland, Septemoer 7.
Fairs, Carnivals, Etc.
Regatta, Tacoma, September 6.
Carnival, Walla Walla, August 31
September 5.
Washington State Fair, North Yaki
ma, September 28-October 3.
Interstate Fair, Spokane, October
5-13.
Whitman County Fair, Colfax, Octo
ber 12-17.
Lincoln County Fair, Davenport, Oc
tober 13-17.
Interstate Fair, Moscow, September
29-October 2,
Interstate Fair, Lewiston, November
4-6.
Gun tourney, Lewiston, Nov. 4-6
Oregon State Fair, Salem, Sept. 14-19
International Fair races, Boise, Oct
12-17.
Stock exhibit and race meet, Port
land, September 21-26.
Second Eastern Oregon District
Fair, The Dalles, September 22-26.
Klamath County Fair, Klamath Falls
Ore., October 6-9.
Crook County Jockey Club meet,
Prineville, Ore., October 27-29.
Lincoln County Fair, Toledo, Ore.
September 10-12.
Interstate Fair, Lewiston, OcL 26-31.
Not for Kohlsaat.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 26.— H. H. Kohl
saat of Chicago was a guest of the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt at lunch
eon. Alter his conference with the
president Mr. Kohlsaat said to a rep
resentative of the Associated Press
that his call had nothing to do with
any contemplated change in the cabi
net.
"It has been rumored," said Mr.
Kohlsaat, "that I might be appointed
postmaster general, but there is ab
solutely' nothing in that story. The
president contemplates no change in
that office. In fact, he desires that
his cabinet should remain intact, at
least until tne close of the present
administration. Personally, I do not
desire public office and the president
has no office in his gift which I would
accept."
End of the Richmond 8trike.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 26.—The strike
of street railway employes here has
been officially declared off. It had
lasted just 69 days, and is estimated
to have cost the streetcar company
$125,000; the strikers in loss of
wages, $50,000; the states for troops
to maintain order, $75,000, and the
city for special police, etc., $5000. One
man was killed by the soldiers, one
motorman was fatally stabbed by an
other and scores of persons were more
or less seriously injured.
Editors at Victoria.
\ ictoria, B. C., Aug. 26.—The Wash
ington State Press association, to the
number of 150, has arrived here from
Seattle to enjoy themselves and in
cidentally hold the annual convention
during the next three days.
Clean politics will come when clean
men get into it and stay in.
SHE
WENT THE MILE IN
MINUTES FLAT.
TWO
New World's Record Made—She
Went Without a Skip the Whole
Mile—Driven by Millard Sanders—
Mare Was Bred in California—Was
Offered once for $150.
Readville, Mass., Aug. 26.—Before
a great crowd of spectators and with
the track conditions perfect, Lou Dil
lon trotted a mile in two minutes, a
new world's record. So that no breeze
might Interfere, Millard Sanders,
driver of the great mare, brought out
the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the
first attempt early in the day.
For pacemakers there were two run
ners hitched to road carts. The first
score was fruitless, Lou Dillon making
a break just before reaching the wire.
On the second attempt, however, the
word was given. Starting Judge Warn
er rang his bell, but Tanner nodded
for him to say "Go," and, turning to
Sanders, called him to come along.
Tanner kept Peggy From Paris di
rectly in front of the peerless chest
nut trotter, while McCoy lay at her
wheel. In this way the trio went to
the quarter pole in 30 1-4 seconds.
With never a skip Lou Dillon went
so smooth gaited down the back
stretch as to lead those not timing
the mile to think that her speed was
not alarmingly fast. The half was
clicked off in 1:00 3-4. Around the
turn to the three quarters being 30 1-4
seconds, making that mark of her jour
ney in 1:31. Faster and faster came
Tanner with the runner, and right
with him trotted the handsome Cali
fornia bred mare. Sanders was sit
ting perfectly still, but McCoy was
crying aloud to his runner to cheer
on Lou Dillon.
To the amazement of all, the quarter
was driven in 29 seconds, thus mak
ing the mile in the wonderful time of
two minutes. When Sanders Jogged
the mare Jack to the wire, those who
had witnessed the performance leap
ed to their feet and sent forth cheer
after cheer.
Lou Dillon apparently was as fresh
as though she had only been out for
a jogging exercise. Sanders said he
fully believed that before the season
closes he will drive the mare in 1:59
or better.
It was announced that on Friday
Major Delmar will go against the
gelding record for trotters, 2:03 1-4,
held by The Abbott.
Bred on 8anta Rosa Farm.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 26.—Lou Dil
lon was bred and raised on the Santa
Rosa stock farm. It is said tust when
a colt Lou Dillon was offered for sale
for $150, wltn no takers. She is by
Sidney Dillon out of Lou Milton, both
local animals.
LORD SALISBURY IS DEAD.
The Famous English Statesman Wit
73 Years of Age.
London.—lord Salisbury died peace
fully at 9:05 p. m. During the past
48 hours tne end was seen to be in
evitable, the life of England's ex-pre
mier being sustained only by the con
stant use of oxygen. Even the use
of oxygen failed to effect as the even
ing advanced and soon after the shad
ows had crept up from the vaUey and
enshrouded the dull red walls of Hart
field House, the distinguished states
man, making the last euort of his life,
turned slightly toward his favorite
daughter, Lady Gwendolin Cqcil, who
was kneeling beside him, and (hen qui
etly breathed his last.
Family Was Near.
All memuers of his lordship's fam
ily had gathered at the bedside.
Viscount Cranborne, who now as
sumes the title of MarqUis of Salis
bury, immediately notified King Eld
ward and others, including Lord Eld
ward Cecil, the soldier son of Lord
Salisbury, who is now in Egypt and
who was the only son of the marquis
absent from the bedside.
Soon messages of condolence began
to arrive, and the little telegraph of
fice was swamped with unprecedented
business. The death of Lord Salis
bury occurred on the 50th anniversary
of his entry into public life, as a mem
ber of the house of commons for
Stanford.
The ex-premier, though retired from
political life, was an important figure
in many public ways. He was a war
den of the Cinque ports, high steward
of Westminster and chancellor of Ox
ford university. His death places an
order of knight of the garter at the
disposal of King Edward.
Whatcom a Terminus.
Whatcom, Wash., Aug. 21.—The
Union Pacific is planning to make Bel
lingham bay its northwestern ter
minus. This statement has been sup
ported by the fact that th^ survey
ing party working in the interest of
the u. B. & B. C. railway is using
Union Pacific vouchers.