Rock Island Argus., August 25, 1903, LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK., Image 1

About Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920

Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL

                
i ROCK 11
ARGU
LAST EDITION.
4:30 O'CLOCK.
VOIi. MI. NO. 2G3.
BOCK ISLAND, Hili., TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1903.
PMCE TWO CENTS.
ANNIHIL
FRAUD CHARGED
LOTTERY OWNERS
COMBAT DEEPENS
SUEGERM AN COUNT
LOU DILLON'S
PERFORMANCE
OTTOMA
On the Battlefield of Ohio Demo
.cratic Politics at the State
Capital.
Usurers Ask $50,000 for Arrang
ing a Profitable Mar
riage. EALSO
Sensation Promised in Connection
With Mexican Insti
tutions. Last Quarter Done in SO Seconds
Is Expected to Do
Better.
r
SLAMB
ATE
JEWS .MAY
HAVE HOWIE
WINS SECOND
RAG
Suggested as Easy Way
to Secure Peace in
Balkans.
ARE MANY ATROCITIES
Situation is Growing
Strained to Limit
in Bulgaria.
Constantinople, Aug. 25. Three P.ul
gariau villages near Tcher Keskoi
vilayet, Adrianople, are rejxirteil at
tacked by Circassian and the inhabi
tants massacred.
Sofia, Aug. 25. With the rumors of
massacres and the murder of prisoners
In Monastir now authenticated the gen
eral situation is considered here ns fast
becoming intolerable. Oflicial and dip
lomatic circles alike are concerned,
having every reason to fear that only
a part o the horrors enacted in the
Interior of Macedonia have come to
light as yet. The revolutionary com
mittees Is doing its utmost to force
the hands of the Bulgarian govern
ment, and the immediate outlook is ex
ceedingly serious.
Insurgent Slake T.w Plant.
It appears that the Turks have ob
tained the upper hand in the vilayet
of Monastir, and the Insurgents are
planning to remove the center of their
nctivity close to the Bulgarian fron
tiers. Dispatches arriving from the
disturbed area are exceedingly gloomy.
From Adrianople comes the news of a
Turkish defeat, and the extension of
the revolutionary outbreak; from Mon
astir, the news of Turkish victories
accompanied by barliarous excess.
Horrible AtroeltiM at Krmhvo.
While many of the reports remain
without confirmation suiliclent au
thentic details areforthcoming to cause
the authorities the gravest anxiety. Ac
cording to the Sofia Dnevnik the Turks
committed unspeakable atrocities at
Krushevo. The mutilated corpses of
ninety women and children were found
in one building: pieces of the bodies
had been thrown into the street. Fif
teen of the principal merchants of the
town were killed and their heads ex
hibited on poles. At Monastir. the
churches were demolished, the houses
sacked and the town is now in a heap
of ashes. The populace fled to the
nills, where they are in a starving con
dition. Fanatical Population Hales.
The Dnevnik also asserts that n gen
eral massacre has taken place in the
whole viiiyct of Monastir. Nearly all
the villages have been destroyed. The
treachery. .is murder of eiahty insur
gent prisoners by their guards near
Monastir has made an especially bad
impression here. Many rumors are cur
rent of massacres in the city of Adri
auople.but confirmation Is lacking. The
population Is afraid to leave thehouses.
Tlu. prisons are full and the vali has
taken private houses to t used as
jails. When the ltusslan consul pro
tested at the situation the vali is re
ported to have answered that he was
powerless against the fanatical popula
tion. New In.urgnnt Movement on Foot.
Salonica, Kuroiwan Turkey. Aug.
25. An insurgent movement is afoot
in the vilayet of Salonica. It is feared
that it threatens Vodena, forty-six
miles from here, Salonicu and other
towns. Well-informed persons here
f hare In the general disquietude. Large
bands are reiorted to have been organ
ized by Bulgarians, wlio, it is expect
ed, at a given signal may resort to
general incendiarism. The Turkish
population is resolved, should great
disturbances occur, to exterminate all
the Bulgarians in this city. Conse
quently a number of Bulgarian resi
dents are leaving Salonica.
STEAMER GUEYDON
IS GIVEN UP AS LOST
Sailed From Marseilles With Fifty
seren Passengers
July 15.
Marseilles, Aug. 25. The French
steamer Admiral (ineydon, which sail
ed! hence duly 13 for Colombo, has not
since been reported ami has been giv
en up for lost. Fifty-seven persons
were on board the vessel.
ANOTHER BATTLESHIP
LAUNCHED BY ENGLAND
London. Aug. 25. Frincess Ijouise
today launched the battleship Domin
ion, at Darrow. The Dominion is the
last of three ships known as the King
Fdward VII. class. When completed
the Dominion will cost $0,100,000.
City of Mexico, Aug. 23. A sensa
tion is promised) in connection with
the lotteries that have been run in
Mexico, in which Americans have
been heavy investors. Two compan
ies involved are the Beneficia and the
National. They have been rim under
license of the general government,
and many charges) against them have
lately been preferred.
An American detective, it is claim
ed, has secured evidence that it is im
possible to win over $-0 in either of
them. Two prizes of $G0,X)0 having
been awarded to the wife of President
Diaz, president of Mexico, for adver
tising purposes, purely. It is claimed
that . the drawings have been made
from the unsold tickets left in the
hands of the compauies.
The earnings of the companies are
$25,000,000 a jt'ur, the Mexican gov
ernment getting $3,000,000. The net
profits of the owners are estimated at
$18,000,000 a year, it is probable that
in view of the revelations that have
been ma do the government will make
an investigation. Americans who have
been duped will of course lmve noth
ing to say for they have been en
gaged in- a traffic that is. prohibited by
law.
MATTER TO BE
LOOKED INTO
Pressure May Have Been Used to
Compel Militiaman to
Resign.
.Springfield, 111.. Aug. 2.". The adju
fant general's department will be asked
upon the return of Adjutant General
Scott from the Grand Army eucamp
ment, to investigate the causes lead
ing to the resignation of George It.
Taylor as second lieutenant of the Car
bondale company of the Fourth regi
ment. According to Information lu the
possession of Colonel Tanner. Taylor's
resignation was forced by the switch
men's union nt Carbondale. Colonel
Tanner has made the facts in the ca.se
known to John G. Drennan. solicitor
for the Illinois Central railroad at Chi
cago, and the latter has replied that
he will make an investigation.
Taylor was elected to the second
lieutenancy of the company n year and
a half ago from the ranks. Recently
the president of the switchmen's union
told him that unless he Joined the un
ion ho could not work there any long
er. Taylor applied for membership in
the union and was informed that ht
could not get In so long as he was
connected with the National Guard.
and to save his job he resigned the
lieutenancy. His resignation has
not been accepted up to this time.
MANY LOSE LIFE IN FIRE
HORROR AT BUDA PEST
Budapest. Hungary, Aug. 2.1. Fire
brake out in a four-story building the
two lower stories of which were oc
cupied by a fancy goods firm and the
upper floors are residential fiats. There
were 1(M) work people In the building,
and the escape of many of them and
of the residents on the third and fourth
floors was cut off by the flames.
Only the work jieople near the doors
below were able to effect their escape.
The resitW'iits aUne. seeing their es
cape cut off, clung desperately to the
windows, screaming for help. The tire
men held out sheets of canvas and
called to them to jump. Fifteen per
sons were saved in this way, but many
In jumping missed the sheet.
ACCIDENT TO FIRE TRUCK
AT ST. PAUL FATAL TO ONE
St. Paul, Aug. 23. While a hook-and-ladder
truck from engine No. 1
was en route to a fire a work car on
the city railway collided with it, injur
ing three firemen, one fatally. The
injured are Patrick Fleming, truck
man, skull fractured and otherwise in
jured, fatally: Joe Costello, substitute,
leg broken: Lieutenant Henry Ling
vin, badly bruised and cut.
The car struck the truck fairly in
the center, overturning and complete
ly wrecking it. Fleming, who was
acting, as steersman, was thrown vio
lently to the asphalted pavement, and
the wrecked truck fell upon him. All
of those injured were on the rear of
the truck, the driver and those in front
escaping without injury. None of those
on the street car was hurt.
USE OF HAT PINS AS WEAPONS
OF OFFENSE RESTRICTED
Bloomington, 111., Aug. 25. Because
she is alleged to have prodded J. B.
Strode, a farmer, with a hat pin to
the extent of eight times, Mrs-. Helen
Grubb, .of Lincoln, was fined $15 and
costs. They were fellow passengers
on a crowded street car returning
from the chautauqua, and Mrs. Grubb
alleges that Strode took up too much
space and that she was forced to prod
him before he would make room.
BOTH FORCES ARE HARD AT WORK
Whole Matter Depends Still on th
Credentials Commiitee Plat
form Leanings.
Columbus, O., Aug. 25. The contest
between Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of
Cleveland, and John L. Zimmerman,
of Springfield, for the Democratic gub
ernatorial nomination, Is at this writ
ing as much disputed as ever. At the
headquarters of each candidate the
most confident claims are given out.
At the same time the forces of both
candidates are working not only with
the uninstructed delegates, but also
with those wh are instructed. Zim
merman, with many followers. Is here
in charge of his cauvas. While John
son did not arrive until today at noon,
his managers have been very active.
JohnioD llaom Is Koomlug.
The city Is filled with Johnson por
traits and banners, and with electric
light displays of his fanii.ir face.
While buttons are given ovit In large
numbers. Following the withdrawal of
Bookwalter as the Johnson candidate
for senator the Zimmerman men In
augurated a raid ou the Johnson ranks,
alleging that the Instructions for John
son for governor applied only to the
Valloting tomorrow, and not to the se
lection of members of the committee
on credentials, resolutions, etc. The
Johnson men met this charje by Fay
ing It wus a confession of weakness,
and Insisted that the instructions ap
plied to the selection of members of
tho new state central committee and
the entire organization of the conven
tion. Credentials Committee tit Winner's Frlra.
It Is still conceded that th one se
curing a majority of the committee on
credentials will be nominated for gov
ernor, as there are 145 seats out of the
COO contested, and neither candidate
can win without having all of his dele
gates seated.
How They 8tand on Platform.
The Zimmerman men are not in fa
vor of indorsing any one for senator
or tho Chicago or Kansas City plat
forms. The Zimmerman men favor a
conservative platform, such as the
party bad in Ohio four years a so, when
John R. McLean headed the Democrat
ic ticket for governor, with, additions
for home rule, denouncing the new
Ohio code, and favoring reforms in
state institutions. The Johnson men
declare for the reaffirmation of last
year's platform, when Johnson had un
disputed control of the state conven
tion, with additional planks favoring
2 cents per mile on steam railways and
3-cent fnreson street railroads, and the
referendum.
PASSENGER TRAIN
IN SERIOUS WRECK
One Killed and Several Hurt Near
Fun du Lac.
Wis.
Fond tlu Lac. Wis.. Aug. -". A pas
senger iraln f join 'hicago was wrecked
three miles s ditli of here, tltorge W.
Zulilkc. Fond tin Lac. was Killed. Tho
injured nre: W. B. lerIs, Chicago,
ilagiuan; Alfred Stebbins. Chicago,
aged i;5 years: A. B. (tuale, Milwau
kee, brakemau; Frank Jcrds, Milwau
kee; Paul Druml. Chicago, contusions
and abrasions on bead; Valentin
dVIrutx. Chicago; Frank II. Shephard,
lohiisou's Creek: J. A. Bigby. Milwau
kee; .1. P. O'Malley. Chicago: L W.
Moy. conductor, ('hicago: Joseph Io
malski. Milwaukee; L.W. Pervicr, bag
gageman. Winnetka : Charles J. Norton,
Ocoiifo. serious; J. B. Chubb. Chicago;
Peter Beisonhus. Chicago: F. Biodgett,
Keshena: Bobert Gallagher. Menom
inee. Mich.; Mrs. Sarah Smith. Mil
waukee; Mrs. Stephen Schaeffcr. Cedar
Baplds. la.; S. B. Sanderson, Menom
inee. Mich.
The injured were conve3ed to a farm
house nearby which was converted
into a hospital. Physicians were sent
from this city In carriages and later
by relief train. All the injured were
brought to the city except four and
they will be brought In this afternoon.
The track was torn up for a distance
of 800 feet and trafJic was suspended
till noon.
Said the Captain Was Incompetent.
Bacine, Wis.. Aug. 2.". Captain Geo.
Breckenfeld, who has been in the life
saving service here twenty-one years,
and captain of the crew fifteen years,
and Albert Anderson, a surfman, have
resigned. The trouble came about
through Anderson making the state
ment that Captain Breckenfeld was not
competent.
Soldier Dies From Cnrequlted Lots.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 25. Sergeant
Albert E. Leear. of the Twenty-First
Infantry, stationed at Fort Snclling,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
Unrequited love is said to have caua-isl
the soldier to take his life.
Proposed to Establish a
Colony in East
Africa.
ENGLAND MAKES OFFER
Many in British Isles
Are Opposed to
Movement.
London. Aug. '27,. The English
Jews are deeply interested in the an
nouncement made by Dr. Theodore
Ilerzl. president of the sixth Zionist
congress, at its opening at Basel. Swit
zerland, that Ureat Britain, in view of
the collapse of the project to establish
Jews on tho Sinai peninsula, had of
fered the Zionists a large tract of ter
ritory in Fast Africa for colonization
by the Jews, who w-mld be given an
autonomous government under British
suzerainty. While some opposition is
expected, they believe that the con
gress will accept the propositon.
Would Tie Simply a Jewish, Colony.
It is pointetl out that there is a great
difference between the acquisition of
Palestine for the establishment of a
Jewish state.nsoriginally contemplated
by the Zionists, and the proposal of
the British government, which simply
contemplates the establishment of a
Jewish colony in a section of the Brit
ish empire needing development. When
in London Ir. Ilerzl called at the for
eign otlice and consulted with the oili
clals there in regard to the British at
titude with respect to the Sinai penin
sula, but Creat Britain was not will
ing to tlo more than make the proposal
announced by Dr. Ilerzl.
Why England Makes the UR'er.
Lord Bothsehild said to a represent
ative of the Associated Press: "Fear
ing Jewish emigration from the Brit
ish Isles the government has offered
a tract of land In -Fust Africa to Jcwm
emigrating there. They will have only
the rights und privileges of British sub
jects, the same as their brethren enjoy
here andelcewhere in theeinplre. They
will be under British rule the same
as they would be under American rule
if they were located within American
territory. In other words, they will
simply be colonists. I do not know
whether the proposition will be ac
cepted." Itrltlsh Jews In Opposition.
As Dr. Ilerzl did not disclose the
projosal before Its announcement to
the congress at Basel the Jews here
are not aware of its exact terms, but
the majority of the Jews in England
are said toopose Its acceptance. Israel
Zangwill and Sir Francis Montetiore.
who are at Basel, will, it Is believed,
uphold the proposal.
Will Still Look to raleetlne.
The editor of a Jewish newspapoa
said: "In any event, a refuge is not
desiretl for the Jews of England or
America, but for those of Russia. Bou
mania and other ? European states.
Whose condition can only be improved
by emigration." The editor reiterated
that the idea of acquiring Palestine
had not leen abandoned, even in view
of the British proposal being accepted.
RUSSIA SUPPORTS
ZIONISTS' MOVEMENT
To
Establish an Independent
Stato in Pales
tine. Babel. Switzerland. Aug. 25. At to
day's session of the Zionists' congress
Dr. llorzl, the president, submitted to
the delegates a letter which he had
received from the l'ussian minister of
the interior, Von Plclrve, apparently
pledging the siipjMirt if the Kussiun
government to the Zionists in their
movement to establish an independent
state in Palestine.
GERMAN SOLDIERS
ARE IN ONE SOCIETY
Survivors of Fatherland Army To
Number of 30,000 Join
Hands.
Terre Haute, Intl., Aug. 25 The
Kreiger Bund of North America this
morning voted to consolidate with
other societies of former soldiers of
the (ierman army. The new organiza
tion will have a membership of uU.UOO.
William Vach, of St. Louis, was elect
ed president and Alex. Massec, of Chi
cago, vice president
PENNSYLVANIA GIRL THE BRIDE
Negotiations on Two Years Count
Alleged to Have Been
Dilatory.
Berlin, Aug. ::.". A clique of usur
ers and marriage brokers has been de
manding $."0,000 from Count Franz Jo
seph Maria von Larisch-Monnich since
his marriage with Miss Marie Satter
lee. of Titnsville, Pa., at Buffalo. X.
Y., in June. 1001, which sum the count
has refused to pay. The public prose
cutor lias now brought proceedings
against theusurers for attempted swin
dling. Some time lwfore Count Larisch
Monnich visited the Fnlted States, the
accused persons assert, they supplied
him with funds to go to Nuremberg
and court the daughter of Faber, the
pencil manufacturer. and that the count
signed a note for .$.V).lMiot payable on
condition that he married Miss Faber.
He went to Nuremberg, it is further
asserted, properly supplied with cash,
and paid his addresses to Miss Faber.
but was not accepted. Later the count
went to the United States, presumably
at his own expense, and eventually
married Miss Satterlee. The group
which avers that It financed the Faber
affair demand demanded $.VM'00. not
on the conditional note but on another,
which, it is insisted. Count Larisch
Monnich signed, and which he refused
& uar.
l'ubllc Prosecutor T akes a Hand.
The public prosecutor was Informed
of the case by some one whose name
tines not appear and the matter was
investigated with the result that the
public prosecutor has instituted pro
ceedings against a merchant, referred
to as "B" in the statements given to
tho press, and against u retired cav
alry captain.
GEN. WOOD WILL
APPLY NEW IDEAS
Has Decn Studying British Methods
Feed in Bor
neo. '
Manila, Aug. -T,.- Jeneral Leonard
WtKd litis returned from a visit, to the
governor of Borneo, where he has been
for some time observing the methods
adopted by the British government to
pacify and promote the interests of the
natives and to improve the commercial
conditions of the country. tiemrnl
Wood iejorts that the British govern
ment has obtained remarkable results
In the uplifting cf the natives of
Borneo.
He returns to the Philippines with
many now Ideas which he will, with
the cognizance and assistance of tJov
ernor Taft. put into operation in these
Islands. (leneral Wood Is preparing to
begin a campaign in the Jolo nrehi-
pelaga. into which territory he will go
accompanied by an escort of sullieient
strength to permit his entering the in
terior, where he expects to obtain good
results In his dealing with the natives
by applying some of the ideas ho has
evolved as a result of his observations
in Borneo,
TALKED THE OLD MAN 0VXR
Runaway Marriage In Which en Automo
bile YVa an Important Feature, bat
Not an Entire Success.
Kokomo. InTl., Aug. 2.". Kokomo's
automobile races developed a pretty
romance and wedding. The rrlde and
bridegroom are Miss Nellie Harrison
and Iiwrence Bobey, both of Plain
City, O. The young folks long had
planned to marry, but parental objec
tions prevented. The couple mounted
an auto ai.. drove to Kokomo. The
girl's father, J. S. Harrison, suspect
ed the destiny of the runaways, board
ed a train, and came here, arriving
about the same time as his daughter
ami her sweetheart.
When Bobey andMiss Harrison en
tered the Clinton hotel the father met
them. An embarrassing scene fol
lowed, and the parties were ushered
into a private apartment, where the
young people had it out with the stern
parent and finally conquered. The elo
quent pleadings of the young man and
the tears of the girl wilted the old man
and took all the fight out of him. Har
rison consented and gave his blessir.g.
Ooal Higher In Indiana.
Terre Haute, Ind.. Aug. 'Jo. The
Indiana operators have given notice of
another 1.1 cents advance in the price
of coal at the mines Sept. 1. There
was a like advance Aug. 1. and it is
understood the first of each month un
til January there will be an advance
of not less than 15 cents.
Legislator Drowned.
Chicago, Aug. "o. While bathing in
the Desplaines river at Santa Fe park
Peter Knolia. state representative from
the Fifteenth district, was drowned
within sight of hundreds of picnick
ers. Two companions attempted to re
nc him, but without success.
KCaavmo, Mass., Aug. '2Z. Before a
great crowd of spectators at Bead
ville, and with track and weather con
ditions perfect, Lou Dillon trotted a
mile in two minutes, a new world's
record. For pacemakers there were
two running horses hitched to road
carts, Peggy from Parts, driven by
"Doe" Tanner, and Carrie Nation,
driven by Scott McCoy. Tanner kept
Peggy from Paris directly in front of
the peerless chestnut trotter, while Mc
Coy lay at her wheal. The trio went
to the quarter pole in th!rt3' and one
quarter seconds.
The half was clicked off In 1:00.
Around I he turn to the three-quarters
pole the clip quickened, the third quar
ter being in :j.0U seconds. To the
amazement of all the last quartor was
driven In twenty-nine seconds, thus
making the mile in the wonderful time
of two minutes. Sanders said he fully
believed that before the season closes
he will drive the mare In 1:59 or better.
STRIKE IS NOT
ENTIRE SUCCESS
Trouble Met in Attempt to Call
Out Waiters at
Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 25. The attempt was
made to call a waiters' strike in ev
ery place that could be reached by un
ion committees, but In many cases the
employes refused to go out. Ffforts
to get the help at Kinsley's and Vogel
sang's places were nut with derision
by the union employes, who said they
were satisfied with their jobs.
At King's restaurant, on Fifth ave
nue, two plucky young women. Miss
Anna King a nil her sister. Mrs. II.
Teller Archibald, prevented a strike
being called, after a fierce fight with
Business Agent B. II. MeKenzIe, of the
Waiters' union. The two women at
tacked MeKenzIe. and somebody hit
him with u policeman's club and he
ran from the house streaming with
blood. The strike agents met vigor
ous resistance at many places and
were not at all successful. The strike
is called In violation of an agreement.
FORMER CAPTAIN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Frederick D. Pressler Kills Himself
In Brook
lyn. New York. Aug. 25. Frederick I).
Pressler. until sex en mouths ago cap
tain in the I'nited Stato army, sta
tioned at the Seattle paymaster's de
partment, today shot and killed him
self in Brooklyn. He was: in financial
straits and despondent.
KANSAS SCHOOL TEACHERS
DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS
Newton. Kans., Aug. 2.1. The teach
ers of Kansas are up against the rule
which is being generally adopted by
school boards, on the recommenda
tion of the state board of education.
forbidding courting by teachers dur
ing school terms. Harvey county
teachers vesterdav, at the close of
the normal institute, adopted the fol
lowing resolutions:
"Whereas. Our fathers came to
Kansas in pursuance i f a high and
holy desire to establish the institu
tions of freedom and equality on Kan
sas soil and did heroic serice in the
tkirk and bloody days of the border
war to e.-tablUh constitutional liber
ty in this state: therefore, be it
"Kesolved. That ve view with
alarm the tendency of school boards
in certain parts of lvuiMis to adopt
harsdi and oppressive measure in re
striction of our sacred and inalien
able rights; that to submit to such
tyranny would prove ns to be unwor
thy children of such noble parentage:
that a large percentage of our teach
ers being marriageable. v e urge u
on all the necessity of vigorous ami
unceasing' rebellion against this at
tempt to deprive us of our right to
court, and be courted.
MARQUETTE MICH., ALARMED
OVER STRANGE LIGHT IN SKY
Marquette. Mich.. Aug. '2?. A mys
terious streak of light in the sky that
completely encircled the city caused
tlarin here. The streak steadily gained
in brilliancj- and as slowly faded until
It was very low In the sky and had en
tirely disappeared. It was first over
head, f .
NaT .Jg like it was ever seen here
before, and its cause cannot be satis
factorily explained, although some be
lieve it to have been the "northern
lights." The same phenomenon waa
visible at Tshpeming, fifteen miles
away, where also it caused considei
able anxiety. - - -
Reliance Beats British
Challenger by Close
Margin.
LITTLE OVER A MINUTE
Shamrock a Close Com
petitor Throughout
the Contest.
New York, Aug. Prospects fin?
another good contest between the Ue
liance and Shamrock III. today were
encouraging. A seven-knot, breeze
was blowing from the southeast and
the sea was fairly smooth with eery
indication that the wind would hold
throughout the day. giving the yachts,
especially the Shamrock, every oppor
tunity to prove their worth over thu
r.n-mile triangular course, which, ac
cording to the program. mut be .-ailed
in the second contet.
New York. Aug. ."i. The prepara
tory signal was tired at 10:4.1. The
eourM- signaled wa south for the
fir.-t leg. The other two leg- are
northeast by eat, one-half east and
northwest by west.
The starting gun was tired at 11.
The Keliance crossed the line lirt.
The unofficial starting time was: Ke
liance. ll:twi;-T; Shamrock. 11:0 Ap
parently the Shamrock va haiu!icai
ped about '1 seconds, as he cro-ed
that much after the handicap gun was
lirod. Thus her time of start is
11:0"J:00. although the crossed soinej
second- later. The Keliance crossed
the line on the starboard tack, but the
Shamrock held away too long and
was behind the handicap gun. SLe,
immediately on reaching the line,
came about on the port tack r.iul
headed for the .iersey shore.
Shamrock ISehaves Well.
AJ 11:1.1 the yachts weie maintain
ing their re'atie positions, tho Sham
rock seemingly pointing as high and
as fast as the Keliance. The wind fell
into five-, knot s.
At 11:2-1 the. Keliance l::td a lead o
a quarter of a mile.
At tl:4:;::;o the Shamrock went
about on the starboard tack, after
getting to the weather in the Kc
liance's wake. it looked as if the
Shamrock had gained on the Keliance
in the pat five minutes preceding, but
with a strengthening win ! the Ke
liance increased the had to three
eighths or one-half of a mile.
At 12:0.1 the Shamrock was gaining
on the Keliance until she secured a
windward position, but the Kellamt;
was fully a quarter of a mile in the
lead.
At 1:0.1 both boats turned the first
mark and set the spinnakers tor tho
run to the second. A heavy fog nuu'.e:
it ditVicult to distinguish the vachts.
At 2:(M1 both vachts were Hearing
the finish. The leading yacht, which
looked like the Keliance. was about
two miles from the light-hip and ap
parently oive and a half miles ahead.
It looked as if the leading boat wou'd
win the race by a inaiain of less than
two minutes. The leading acht was
now within a mile of the finish.
The it ading boj.t, supposedly the
Keliance. crossed the finish at 2:1.1:07
(unofficial ).
The Shamrock crossed the finish!
line at 2:1'.:20 (unofficial). Unofficial
ly the Kelian-cc won by .12 seconds.
The official time of the start was;
Keliance. 1 1 : OO: ::'.; Shamrock. 11:02.
The unofficial time of the lirst mark
was; Keliance. 12:21 :(k; Shamrock,
12:2:!:"o. Second mark: Keliance. 1 : IT;
Sha niroek. 1:21.
The official time of the finish was;
Keliance. 2:1.1::'.0; Shamrock, 2:20:10.
Iterance's elapsed time. : : 14: .11 ;
Shamrock's elapsed time. ::1":10.
The Keliance wins by 1 minute an J
1; seconds.
TAFT TO SUCCEED
SECRETARY ROOT
L.atter'4 Resignation to Date From
January 1 on That
Account.
Oyster Hay. Aug. 25. Secretary
Koot, under date of Aug. 19, presented
his resignation formally to the pres
ident. The resignation was accepted
by the president with the understand
ing that Koot continues .as secretary
of war at least until Jan. 1.
" (Jovernor lien-era I Taft. of the Phil
ippines, will succeed Koot.
i
(- " , ; ".; .: