Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1903, Page 1

% "THE EVENING STA PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. ‘Pusiness Office, 11th Btreet and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KACFFMANN, President. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicage Office: Tribune Building. Star is served to subscribers in the Peg Pap eeer on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, 2 cente each. By matl—anywhere in the U. B. or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month, Saturday or fy $1 per year; with for- el; tage ad . 60. (Entered at the Fost Office at Washington, D. 0, fas second-class mail matter.) 7 All mat] subscriptions must be paid in advance, Bates of advertising made known on application, BLACKER IN TURKEY Rumors of Fighting in Streets of Adrianople. BRUTAL BUTCHERIES NILLAGES DESTROYED AND MANY PERSONS MASSACRED. Soth Turks and Insurgents Equally Guilty of Horrors—Bulgarians Take Uskub. SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 24—There are ‘unconfirmed rumors here that fighting and amassacres are proceeding in the streets of ‘Adrianople. Reports from Monastir, authenticated by the Russian and Austrian consuls, give hor- vifying details of the massacres and atroci- ties. At the village of Armensko the Turks de- Btroyed 150 houses out of a total of 157 and ‘massacred every man, woman and child. Women Subjected to Atrocities. ‘The women were subjected to the most terrible atrocities by the soldiers. Eighty revolutionists captured at Krushevo, who were sent in the direction of Monastir in chains, were slaughtered by their guards. The sanitary conditions of Krushevo are described as revolting. The dead are lying in the streets, stripped of every garment, the Turks even taking the vestments off ‘the body of a priest. [Adrianople is the second city of ‘mpor- tance in European Turkey. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants, and is only about 150 miles west by north from the Ottoman capttal.] Adrianople was named for the Roman Pmperor Hadrian, as Constantinople was named for Constantine the Great. It was at one time capital of the Ottoman empire for nearly a century, and continues to be one of the principal places in the still extensive dominions of the sultan. It has always been regarded as an in- tensely Mahometan city. If the insurrec- tion has reached Adrianople there can be no doubt of its seriousness. ‘The mosque of the Sultan Selim {s located in this city and {s said by many writers to be the finest in the world. It has four minarets, and 1s claimed to exceed the famed mosque of Omar, in Constantinople, in beauty. Adrianople is a prosperous city, having extensive manufactures of silk, cotton and ‘woolen stuffs. Among its exports are opium, leather, wool and attar of roses. NEARING CONSTANTINOPLE. Znsurgents Are Threatening Midia, Sixty Miles Away. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 24.—Accord- $ng to Turkish advices. when the insurgents captured Vasiliko. in the eastern part of the villayet of Adrianople, they killed the gar- rison, consisting of fifty soldiers, and about one hundred of the inhabitants. The insurgents are now threatening Midia, sixty miles northwest of Constanti- nople, on the Black Sea, and are reported also to be attacking the important town of Kirk-Kilioseh, thirty-two miles from Adri- anople. Fearing a Massacre. Christian. Greek and Mussulman refugees ‘have arrived at the mouth of the Bospho- rus from the neighborhood of Midia, fear- ing a massacre there. They have been sheltered in the lazaretto at Anadoli-Kavak and are being fed by the authorities. The lighthouse at Kuru-Burun, in Iniada bay, is not working. It has been abandoned by its keepers on account of the nearness of the insurgents. The Italian embassy has notified the porte that it holds it responsible for any injury which may be done to the consul of Italy at Monastir. and demands the punishment of those who insulted the consul recently by calling him a “giaour” (infidel). WHOLESALE HORRORS. MWurks Said to Have Massacred in Many Villages. SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 24—The Turks fire reporte. to have massacred all the {women and children in twenty-two villages ‘of the districts of Fiorma and Monastir and ‘to have afterward burned the villages. Whey are also alleged to have killed a num- der of prisoners. The streets of Krushevo are sald to be Strewn with dead, and the survivors are lafraid to bury the bodies, fearing to incur Ghe suspicion of the Turks. Following the proclamation of the revolu- tion throughout the vilayet of Adrianople the insurgents cut all the telegraph lines connecting the city of Adrtanople with the astern parts of the vilayet. BUILDINGS DYNAMITED. Bulgarians Kill Two Hundred Persons at Urgas. VIENNA, August 24—The Neue Freie \Presse’s Constantinople correspondent tele- \graphs that a band of Bulgarians has at- eckea the Turkish town of Urgas, south of Iniada, on the east coast of 1urkey, and [bas blown up ths government butldings (with dynamite, It ts reported that 200 per- ‘Bons were killed. REVOLT IS SPREADING. ‘Macedonian ' Insurrection Going to the | Eastward. |. The insurrection in the vilayet of Adria- ople, which started thirty-two miles from |Adrianople, ts spreading eastward. Several {Villages have been burned by insurgents, ‘and urgent demands have been sent to }Adrianople for reinforcements. The British and French warships in Turk- jIsh waters are in readiness to proceed to /Balonica in the event of necessity. } Moussa Bey, that notorious Kurdish brig- j@nd chief, who was responsible for many of [the Armenian outrages, and who escaped last month with several other Kurdish |ehiefs from Medina, Arabla, where they jhad been living in exile, has been recap- |turea with his companions and retaken tq Medina. | No Sign of Improvement. | Bulgarian advices are that the general outlook in Macedonia shows no sign of im- |provement, and the developments in the Inext few days are awaited at Sofia with the |greatest anxiety. The outbreak at Adria- \mople is growing, and disturbances are also prevalent along the coast und in the vicin- iity of the Bulgarian frontier. The-situation \on the frontier is extremely critical. The insurgents have killed several Turkish sol- ; & = No. 15,755. TWO CENTS. diers at Dnevnik. The dispatch also says that a division of the Roumanian army, with a brigade of cavalry from Bucharest, has been ordered to march toward the Bul- garian frontier, ostensibly for maneuvers. Boris Sarafoff is reported to have appear- ed at the village of Pesoder, and to have seized a Greek priest who had denounced the revolutionists. Sarafoff took the priest to Buch, and was pursued by Turkish troops, who bombarded that village. Sa- rafoff and his companions escaped. Fighting 1s reported at fifteen places in the vilayet of Adrianople, during which the insurgents are said to have lost four- teen and the Turks 300. Heavy fighting is reported at Sreborene, where the troops destroyed the village and where the Turks are sald to have lost heavily from the ex- ploston of @ynamite bombs. At Kurbani it is stated that the Turks killed or wound- ed sixteen women, who had valiantly de- fended themselves. One Turkish soldier was killed by a woman. The women are organizing bands to help the insurgents. Insurgents Defeated. A report from Salonica says the villages of Boufl, Rakoro and Armesko, near Flo- rina, have been bombarded and their in- surgent gerrisons annihilated. At Boufl alone 500 Bulgarians are reported to have been killed. In an engagement at Ostrorot on August 19 fourteen komitajis were killed and thir- ty-seven were wounded. In another fight near Okrida 217 Bul- garians were killed. An important battle is being fought near Florina. The com- mandant there demands immediate rein- forcements, Twelve battalions have started for Florina from Monastir. INTERNATIOVAL GOLF. Interesting Contest Between English and American Teams. GARDEN CITY, N. ¥., August 24.—It was late today before the start was made in the four-ball foursomes forming the first half of the international team golf match be- tween the Oxford and Cambridge team and the Metropolitan Golf Association team. At the special request of John L. Low, captain of the British team, the match was made of ten men a side. This crowded out Adrian H. Larkin, the captain of the Metro- politan team,, who was to have played this afternoon against C. N. Day, whom Low laid off. Quite a large gallery of golf enthusiasts followed the players. The first foursome consisted of play by Norman F. Huntet and J. A. T. Bramston, against Charles Blair MacDonald and Walter J. Travis. The Americans made a fine beginning, as Mac- Donald and Travis won both the first and second holes and halved the third. In the second four-ball match the com- petitors were G. D. Barnes and D. F. Ran- son against C. B. Cory and Marc M. Mi- chael. The third foursome to get away con- sisted of H. G. B. Ellis and P. W. Leathart and John M. Ward and L. L. Kellogg. ‘The fourth set were H. V. Beveridge and J. H..Allison against John Moller, jr., and Devereaux Emmet, while the rear was brought up by .’ Mansfield Hunter and John L. Low, who were pitted against Findlay S. Douglas and George T. Brokaw. ——_o-+-9— PROBING ALL CHARGES NO DEVELOPMENT IN POST OF- FICE INVESTIGATION. Mr. Bristow Has Given Up All Hope of a Vacation This Year. There was no important development to- day in the investigation being carried on by the Post Office Department into frauds in the administration of the business of that department. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow was closeted in his private apart- ments during the entire morning and until after 12 o'clock he denied himself to all callers. Shortly after noon he went to the room of the Postmaster General and he and Mr. Payne had a short conference. ‘The work of the day, it was announced, did not develop any ‘important evidence bearing on the subject of the investigation. There is a mass of material in the form of clues and charges that has not yet been looked into fully by the fourth assist- ant postmaster general and all of it has to be gone over very carefully. It is that work that is now taking Mr. Bristow's time. It is understood that this work does not lead into new fields of investigation, but that it merely relates to matters that have already received a good deal of publicity. The work {s so extensive that Mr. Bristow has finally given up all hope of a vacation this year, though he would like very well to get away to the woods of Maine for a few weeks. Postmaster General Payne today stated that there was nothing that could be added to the stock of public information in relation to the investigation being car- ried on by his department. The Investiga- tion, he added, is going on as vigorously as ever, though the public has not the same interest in {t as was manifested ear- Uer in the course of the proceeding. The investigation will be pursued as long as there 1s any charge or clue on which the work can be carried on. The grand jury resumed its delibera- tions today. Its time was divided be- tween the consideration of routine cases and the post office matters. It could not be learned what witnesses appeared in the postal cases nor what particular phase of the case was under consideration. or —_$ THE GENERAL STAFF. Selection of Officers to Head the Three Divisions Soon to Be Made. The new general staff has got into run- ning order and the officers of the army sta- tioned in Washington and who come in con- tact with its operations are beginning to see its value and improvement over the old sys- tem. The general council, composed of Gen. H. C. Corbin, Gen. Wm. H. Carter and Gen. Wallace Randolph, is presided over by Lieut. Gen. Young, chief of staff. This board has about completed arrangements for carrying out the new law and the se- lection of the officers to head the three di- visions will soon be made. These divisions will be known as Nos. 1,2 and 8. The fi will handle the business of the line staff corps, the second will make plans for campaigns and gather military information from all over the world and the third will heave charge of all matters relating to the staff bureaus of the War Department. It is the general opinion of officers that the new system will soon be advantageous- ly felt in increased efficiency in every line of the army. In the past all orders have been prepared fn the office of the adjutant general and sent out from that office under the order of the commanding general with- out his personal review. This fashion is @ thing of the past, the chief of staff now be- ing directly under the orders of the Secre- tary of War, and he will see and supervise the preparation of every order that is is- sued from his office ever his name. Another feature is that now all matters that used to be taken directly to the Secre- tary by the chiefs of bureaus is now taken to the chief of staff, who in most cases has authority to act without consultation with the Secretary. The office of the adjutant general, thongh independent, will be the place of record for the general staff, and the entire system is felt by officers to be a great improvement on the former that has existed for years in the operations of the SEC'Y WILSOW'S REPLY [25S "85555" 705511 CHT TO FRESH WINDS What He Says of Ex-Senator Butler's Criticism. WILLING TO WAIT UNTIL THE COMING COTTON CROP Ig SOLD. Then if Present Prices Continue Will Call Butler a Benefactor; if They Drop, It’s a Case of Gamble. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture today gave to a Star reporter @ statement in reply to the criticism of ex- Senator Butler of South Carolina, published in the New York Sun this morning. Sen- ator Butler's remarks had reference to Seo- retary Wilson's interview on the cotton cor- ner, printed last week in The Evening Star. In his rejoinder today Secretary Wilson said: “I have read ex-Senator Butler’s criti- cism on my interview regarding the corner in cotton, and its effects upon the country generally and the cotton-growing and man- ufacturing industries particularly. Two Alternatives. “I hope the ‘business men’ of whom he speaks will see to it that these prices con- tinue until the cotton grower sells the com- ing crop. If that should be done I will make a trip to South Carolina, find Gen. Butler if he should be there. take off my hat to him and say to him that I regard him as a great public benefactor who has been able to see further ahead into the fu- ture than we poor fellows of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. “But if. on the other hand. it should oc- cur that the price of cotton is dropped, when the farmer gets ready to market his new crop, down to 8 cents. or 7, instead of 15 or 12, then, of course. I shall still adhere to my opinion that the manipulation of the Present cotton corner by the gamblers of whom I spoke is doing infinite mischief.” Mr. Butler Surprised. The criticism of ex-Senator Butler pub- shed in the New York Sun this morning was, in part, as follows: “The gentlemen to whom he refers as gamblers, Messrs. Brown and Hayne, are not only among the most reputable bus!- ness men in the country, but are gentlemen of the highest character. One of tem, Mr. Hayne, is from my own state, and I think he will stand fair comparison, as will Mr. Brown, from Mississippi, with Secretary Wilson or anybody in official or business life. I must say I was surprised at what appeared to me to be a very reck- less charge, one which was not justified by the facts. “The fact 1s that Messrs. Brown and Hayne have done more for the producers of cotton, the farmers, in a few months than the Department of Agriculture has done in ten years. I was somewhat .sur- prised at Secretary Wilson, for he aid not appear to get into a frenzy of indignation when certain other gentlemen in the west were making a corner on wheat and corn, which enhanced the value of these two commodities, and from which the farmers got the benefit. The Operators and the Mills. “The Secretary seems to be particularly concerned about the operators and the cotton mills; that the cotton mills have had to shut down and put out of employ- ment @ large number of employes, and that therefore it's a great wrong upon the cotton mills. Now, in regard to that, Messrs. Brown and Hayne simply bought cotton from the bears in the cotton market and required them to deliver the cotton, and, of course, the price went-up. “As a@ rule, the managers of the cotton mills all over the country are bears and sympathize with the bear operators. Very naturally, their interest is to lower the price of the raw material, and they heeded the representations made by the bear oper- ators, exaggerated the last crop of cotton and failed to provide themselves with the raw material to keep their mills going. That is all there {s in that.” His Conclusion. “Then what do you make out of Secretary Wilson's statements?” “Well, summarized briefly, I should say that they amounted to an unwarranted, and, it seems to me, rather wanton char- acterization of reputable business men, do- ing business in a legitimate and honor- able way, as common gamblers. ‘haf, and a number of bogeys, apparently the emanation of Secretary Wilson's rather vast lack of information on what he was talking about, seem to me about all his pronunctamento comes to.” PHILIPPINE CERTIFICATES. Bids to Be Opened at War Department Tomorrow. Bids will be opened at the bureau of in- sular affairs tomorrow for the sale of $3,000,000 in Philippine certificates of in- debtedness, the sale being for the purpose of supplying and maintaining the gold re- serve under the Philippine ourrency legis- lation. Some time ago there was a sale of the first $3,000,000 of these certificates, the price received bel: 102.518. The act of Congress of March 2, 1908, authorized the 10,000,000 in these certificates. September 1, 1008, and bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. They mature and are collectible at their face yalue in gold coin at the office of the Guarantee Trust Company of New York. By the terms of the act of Congress these certificates are exempt from the payment of all or duties of the government of the Philippine Islands, or any local author!- a therein, or of the government of the fnited States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under any state, munici- pal or local authority in the United States or in the Philippine Islands. The tary of the Treasury authorizes the statement that these certificates of in- debtedness will be accepted by the Treasury Department as security for deposits of the public money of the United States in na- tional banks whenever further deposits may be made, and may at any time be substituted for United States bonds now held as security for deposit, on condition that the government bonds thus released be used as security for ‘additional national bank note circulation. or _ To Revive Canal Treaty. Acting Secretary of State Loomis has re- ceived two rather indefinite from Mintster Beaupre, at Bogota, the latest dated August 15, conveying the infor- mation that efforts are still being made to find a way to revive the canal treaty. From other sources an intimation has been given the State that a movement is it on feat to change the consttuion of Colom- bia so as o secure ratification of the treaty. or Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for re- demption, $589,416. Government receipts from internal revenue, $1,221,901; customs, $884,226; tures, $1,760,000, MARRIAGE SHARPS CLAIM THOUSANDS OF BRIDEGROOM. Good Weather Predicted for Tomorrow's Race. Marriage of Count von Eesisch-Mon- nich and Miss Satterlee Before Berlin Courts, LIPTON’S REMEASURED RELIANCE TAKES A TWO HOURS’ SPIN TODAY. BERLIN, August 24.—A clique of usurers and marriage brokers has been demanding $50,000 from Count Frans Joseph Marta von ariseh-Momnich, simee- his marriage with Miss Marie Satterlee of ‘Titusville, Pa., at Buffalo, N. Y., in June, 1901, which sum the count has refused to pay. The public prosecutor has now brought Proceedings against the usurers for at- tempted swindling. Some time‘before Count Larisch-Monnich visited America the ac- cused persons assert they supplied him with funds to go to Nuremberg and court the daughter of Faber, the pencil manu- facturer, and that the count signed a note for $50,000, payable on condittfon that he married Miss Faber. Failed With Miss Faber. He went to Nuremberg; {t fe further as- serted, properly supplied with cash, and paid his addresses to Miss Faber, but was not accepted. Later, the count went to America, presumably at his own expense, and eventually married Miss Satterlee. The group which avers that it financed the Faber affair, demanded -$50,000, not on the conditional note, but on another which, it is insisted, Count Larisch-Monnich sign- ed and which he refused to Fey. The public prosecutor was informed of the case by some one whose name does not ap- pear and the matter was investigated, with the result that the public itor has in- stituted proceedings against-a merchant, referred to as ‘‘R” in the statements given to the press, and against a retired cavalry captain, The trial has been set for the au- tumn term of the criminal court. Count Larisch-Monnich pelengs to the Austrian nobility. His father has an estate near Astrosnitz, Prussia, and‘has become a naturalized German. —_++<-——— GRAND THUNK DOUBLES STOUK. Road Will Obtain an Atlagtic Terminal on Dominion Sail LONDON, August 24.—A spe@ial general meeting of the shareholders-of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canadg itefay unani- mously approved the recent act of the Canadian parliament in authorising an in- crease of the 4 per cent gparanteed stock from the present authorized‘amount, $26,- 100,000, to $50,000,000, The president of the road “Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, after the meeting, denied specifically to a representative ef the Ass0- ciated Press that the money weuld be em- ployed in the work of ext the road to the Pacific. The shai expect that steps wil] be taken to a¢quire a Cana- dian port as an Atlantic termimal, ingtead of Portland, Me. ++ KILLED HIS AGED Yrormzn. Colored Preacher, Insari Over Reli- gion, Finally Cay Special Dispatch to Tho Evening tar, NORFOLK, Va., August;24—The Rev. Philip Hughes, a colored Héptist ‘preacher who lived near Campbell Station in Albe- marle county, Va. became suddenly in- sane over religion, and, going to the home of his stepmother, Ellen Hughes, battered down the door and killed the aged woman by ‘splitting her head open with an ax. An uncle of the preacher, Burrell Hughes, only escaped being murdered by fleeing to the woods. A posse of farmers finally cap- tured the wild man. He was tried by a commission, and being adjudged a lunatic, was ordered ‘sent to the state asylum for negroes. —»r+s-—_ PLEDGED EACH TO SECRECY. Three Centuries Afterward Sailors’ Find Yields Fortune. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MONTEREY, Mexico, August 24—Great excitement prevails in minfhg circles over the very rich silver strike on Mitre moun- tain, about eight miles from this city. A large vein of very fine‘silver-lead ore has just been encountered jm the workin, on the Ascunsion mine, and-values are sald to reach the thousands, Old Indian and Spanish traditions here ‘credited Mitre mountain as being the location of very rich silver deposits, originally discovered three centuries ago by two Spanish sea captains, both of whom took out fortunes and started back to Spain, pledging each other to -ge- recy. One was killeé by the Indians en route to the coast and the other was Jost at sea with is ship, since which timg the exact loca- lon of the silver depogits has been un- known. A rush is on here and ali the prospectors in the neighborhood are going out to Mitre intain for the purpose of taking up claims. ————— r++ LIVED TO BE 114 YEARS OLD. Remarkable Longevity of Colored Wo- man of New Orleans. CHICAGO, August 24.4 @ispatoh to the Inter-Ocean from New Orleans say: Widow Victor Marie De Ransbourg, col- ored, supposed to have reached the age of 114 years, is dead at her .bdme here, According to statements masie by mem- bers of the family, the womam was born in 1789,. in St. Charles parigh; and was the property of Pierre La Rio, a sich planter, who jatar wart removed te the lower coast 01 lers, The woman was a slave} {mil 1852, when she was purchased from thé I Rio family by her husband, Victor: De Ransbourg, with nine children. & All told, deceased has; gtven birth to twenty-two children, of: sh mumber only nine survive, the eldest, sixty-nine years old and the youngest forty-seven Pi years, Her husband died twen: ago. The woman had never SS severe Iselin Says Both Boats Were Well Handled—English Sportsman is Still Game. NEW YORK, August 24.—The local weather bureau ts in receipt of the follow- ing from Washington: “To Observer, New York: “The winds Tuesday over the interna- tional yacht race course will be light to fresh and variable, though mostly from gome easterly point. Unsettled weather, possibly showers. (Signed) ‘The Shamrock III was remeasured at the ry dock in Erie basin early today, after having taken on board her cable and an- chor, as required by the rules affecting the measurement of the cup yachts. Sir Thomas Lipton was on board. Shamrock’s Measurement. ‘The measurement was taken by Charles D. Mower, official measurer of the New York Yacht Club, and watched by Mr. Fife, representing Shamrock III, and by Secretary Carmack, representing the New York Yacht Club. When the measurement wan completed Sir Thomas Lipton said that he had been informed by Mr. Mower that Shamrock III's racing rank had not been affected and that it would be un- changed. It is presumed that sufficient weight was removed to equalize the weight of the anchor and cable, Secretary Carmack of the New York Yacht Club today announced the following figures as the new measurements of Sham- rock III: “Length on the load water line, 89.78; sailing length, 104.375. These figures show that Shamrock III does not exceed the 90- foot limit on the water-line length, and also that there is a difference of barely five one- thousandths of a foot on the length, which would not affect the time allowance more than a very small fraction of a second. The time allowance therefore stands at 1 minute and 57 seconds, in accordance with the first measurement." The Reliance was taken out for a sail at 10 o'clock this morning. The boat sailed out of the horseshoe with mainsail and lower headsalls set. Oliver Iselin Talks. “The cup is never won until the best boat has takey.three races,” said C. Oliver Ise- lin today just before getfing aboard the Reliance. “Asked whether he thought the remeas- urement of the Shamrock would have any effect on the future races, he said: “I know no more about it than you do. The fact is that attention was called to the matter of the absence of the anchor and chain, not so much on account of its effect on any racing, as to follow absolutely the rules. “Sir Thomas would have felt it much more keenly if the issue had been raised after he had won a race.” Mr. Iselin would not discuss the race of Saturday or the criticisms raised concern- ing the sailing of the Shamrock further than to say: Both Well Handled. “Both boats were well handled.” The bey inside the Hook was compara- tively deserted today except for the pres- ence of the Reliance and her tender. It was not a good day for racing. The wind was fluky from north and east, very variable and not strong enough to get the boats over the course in time had it been a race day. The Reliance stood out beyond the Hook with her mainsail, club topsail, jib and staysail set. She tacked out to windward, evidently stretching her sails. After she had been out a half hour a new jib was tried, and it was evident that the boat was out for the purpose of trying some new sails, Reliance Holds Back. At 11:10 Reliance headed ‘back to the point and making several short boarde pointed back to her moorings, club topsail being taken in. She came about and picked up her moorings at 11:35. OFFICIAL FIGURES OF RACE Capt. Barr Gave Reliance Two Hours’ Spin Yesterday. Official figures of Saturday's race were posted at the New York Yacht Club yester- day by the regatta committee, says the New York Herald today. The starting and finishing times of the yachts, as have been published, are correct, but the times of turning at the outer mark as given were unofficial. Still. the times taken at the outer mark on the press boat Edgar F. Luckenback show only two seconds’ difference in the elapsed times of the yachts over the wind- ward and leeward legs as compared with the official figures. There is no change in the elapsed time by which the Reliance de- feated the Shamrock III, but the corrected time will not be calculated by the commit- tee until the result of the next measure- ment of the challenger is known. The com- plete official summary is as follows: “FRANKENFIELD.” Yacht. ‘The Reliance. The illness, and had only E bed two week: before a this event she was pe! could move about witho: hearing and sight were tee $70,000 MONUMENT 70 CURRY. eps meses.! ‘Will of Widow of Great Bducationalist Admitted to Probate, Special Dispatch to The Evening Btar. NORFOLK, Va... At 2t-—The will of the late Mra. Jy Li M, ; widow of the prominent southern. of the sum of = tion of a bequest. the eed At Moville—Laurentian; from New York. night the dampness went through the thick At Gibraltar—Labh, trom New York, covers, and the work Was elso cut out THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms; 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks; or 50 cents per month. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The address may be changed as fre- quently as dcsired. Always give the ast address, as well as the new one, to dry the big mainsail, which, although of beautiful set, has yet t mtretched: ¥ to be thoroughly Taken in Tow by Tender. So light was the breeze inside of the Hook that neither Mr. Iselin nor Captain Barr cared to fill away from the white mooring buoy of-the Reliance, and the Sunbeam took the defender in tow and dropped her a full half mile outside Sandy Point. Returning, the Sunbeam went to her an- chorage, and when two hours later the Re- Mance returned Mr. Iselin, who had watched the set of the defender’s sails from her deck, went to his quarters on the tender, and later journeyed to his home at New none to return to his charge at mid- mifter the noon lunch on the Reliance the were allowed to rest quietly, while Captain Barr and Captain “Lem” Miller in- spected the standing rigging, the running rigging having been carefully overhauled when Mr. Iselin was on board, To prepare for a hard day’s work this morning all early. Sir Thomas at a Dinner. Led by Commodore Tod of the Atlantic Yacht Club a party, including Sir Thomas Lipton, the Earl and Countess of Shaftes- bury and other friends of the British baro- net, left the Atlantic Yacht Club house, in Sea Gate, yesterday afternoon in automo- biles and proceeded to the Oriental, in Man- hattan Beach, where the commodore gave a dinner in Sir Thomas’ honor. Early in the day the dining hall had been prettily decorated, and above the place where Sir Thomas sat was a display of in- tertwined American and Irish flags. There was a profusion of flowers. Those at the dinner were Sir Thomas Lip- ton, Commodore Tod, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, General Corbin and Mrs. Corbin, Paymaster General Bates of the United States army, Justice Brown of the United States Supreme Couct, Colonel Neal and Henry Clews. There was no speech- making, but while the dinner was in pro- gress there was an animated discussion of yachting matters in general and the relative merits of the Reliance and the Shamrock III in particular. CANADA READY TO TRY. Already $100,000 Has Been Pledged to Build Challenger. The New York Tribune of this morning says: There 1s a possibility that Canada will challenge for the cup in a few years. This announcement was made on the Brin yesterday by Capt. Arthur G. Penchen of the Royal Yacht Club of Toronto, owner of the yacht Vreda. He says that about $100,000 has already been pledged in Can- ada for the construction of a challenger, and interest is keen. ‘Owing to the rule that the challenging club must have a deep sea race course, the challenge, he says, will be issued, in all probability, through the Halifax Yacht ful An interesting part of the Canadian plan as outlined is the crew of the possible challenger, which will be entirely made up of volunteer sailors, a “gentleman” crew. This will both reduce expenges and testify to the somewhat absorbing interest in the sport for its own sake. Mr. Penchen could set rfo definite date for the challenge. NEW HEAD OF CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER. Bishop Bourne of Southwark Proposed by Propaganda—Was Third Choice of Bishops. ROME, August 24.—The congregation of the propaganda met today under the direc- tion of Cardinal Gotti, the prefect. After some discussion 1t was decided to propose to Pope Pius that he appoint the Right Rev. Francis Bourne, bishop of Southwark, England, as archbishop of Westminster, in succession to the late Archbishop Vaughan. Surprise in England. LONDON, August 24.—The decision of the congregation of the propaganda to propose to the pope the appointment of Bishop Bourne of Southwark to the archbishopric of Westminster somewhat surprised the English Roman Catholics. He was the third choice of the bishops, who only nominated him by a majority of one vate. Since he became bishop of Southwark Monsignor Bourne has been energetic, but he was considered arbitrary, especially in regard to the finances of the diocese. On one occasion he publicly declared that he was accountable therefor “only to God and the pope.” ++. ____ WHITAKER WRIGHT'S TRIAL. The Accused Promoter Claims to Be Confident of Acquittal. LONDON, August 24.—The proceedings in the case of Whitaker Wright, the company promoter, were resumed in the Guildhall police court today. The attendance of the public was not large. Wright appeared to be calmly confident. Informally opening for the prosecution, Horace E. Avory, senior counsel for the treasury, described the circumstances of Wright’s departure for New York and his extradition and said the broad facts of the prosecution’s case were that Wright, being managing director of the London Globe, British-American and Standard Ex- ploration companies, used these names as suited his purpose for stock exchange spec- ulations and engaged wholly in fictitious transactions, Counsel added, as evidence, that Wright controlled all the financial operations of the companies, that the much-discussed speech of the late Lord Dufferin at a shareholders’ meeting was written by Mr. Wright. Mr. Avory concluded with saying that the losses of shareholders in the capital of the three companies amounted to $25,000,000, and that of 389,575 shares of the London and Globe Finance Corporation ‘originally held by Wright, he appeared only to pos- sess 2,500 shares at the time of the collapse of the concern. —_—+o eo POWERS CASE PROCEEDING. Will Probably Not Reach Jury Before Next Week, As the cross-examination will necessitate ee ee oe a rece weineeeee and will very thorough, with the pur- pose of laying the f ion for contra- will bably not to case pro! not go jury until next week. : on the Reliance went to their bunks AGAINST REAL THING Tom Johnson Has the Fight of His Life in Ohio. CLARK FOR SENATOR CALVIN BRICE’S OLD ENEMY MAY BE INDORSED. Bookwalter Withdraws From Contest— Ingalls Mentioned—Convention Meets Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 24.—The with- drawal of John W. Bookwalter from the race for nomination for United States sen- ator on the eve of the convention has badly demoralized Mayor Tom L. Johnson's forces and sent Zimmerman stock kiting to the top. Yet many disinterested poll- ttclans who have been predicting that John- son would win are still of the opinion that he and his associates are by far the most resourceful politicians engaged in the fight, and they expect that when he lands after this disaster he will be catlike on his feet. Many Guesses. Guesses of all kinds are being made as to the real cause of Bookwalter’s withdrawal. Politicians do not agree on this, but they are agreed on the proposition that for Bookwalter to desert Johnson at the last moment was an act of bad faith, the ef- fect, if not the purpose, being to leave” Mayor Johnson's forces badly demoralized on the eve of the fight. The talk about Johnson taking John H. Clark-as a candi- date in place of Bookwalter is taken with @ great deal of salt. Harvey C. Garber, who stood sponsor for the Bookwalter boom, said when the substitution of Clark’ for Bookwalter was suggested, “I am not sure about that.” Are Not Together. Clark and Johnson are not together on any of the pecullar views that Johnson stands for. Clark is not a free silver man, He was a gold democrat in 1896, but, as for that, none of the democrats whose names are now mentioned for the senatorship are for free silver. Even Allen W. Thurman, who was a radical silver man, is now claiming that silver cannot now be an issue. The most likely turn in the senatorial situation now {s to President Ingalls, who, though he was a gold democrat in 1896, hag broken with the McLean democrats as the result of the defeat for mayor in Cin- cinnati last spring, and has held several conferences since ‘then with Bryan and Johnson. The Bookwalter withdrawal has added several unknown quantities to the already perplexing problem of the conyention to- morrow. ¥ Clark May Be Taken Up. Among the friends of Johnson there seems to be an indication that John H. Clark-of Cleveland will now be taken up by Johnson as his candidate for ‘the Sen- ate. Clark would take the nomination no doubt, but he cannot be induced to change his views to get it. He is a fearless fighter and will not sur- render his principles and views for any consideration. He is a lawyer now of Cleveland, but formerly practiced at Youngstown. He came into national no- toriety twelve years ago by a speech de- livered in a democratic state convention denouncing Senator Calvin .8. Brice. He was alone in the fight, and the con- vention indorsed Brice, but it listened to a most eloquent and scathing criticism of the politician methods of the senator. Sen- ator Brice was in the hall and made no reply. Defeat Even Though Nominated. The question now is will Clark take the nomination and not demand that free silver be cut out. If the Kansas City and Chicago platforms are not indorsed it will be a defeat for Johnson, even though he should be nominated for governor, for he started out to secure indorsement of those platforms and only became a candidate for governor when it seemed necessary to do 8o in order to contre] the convention. Ingalls Has Reconsidered. ‘W. P. Huntington, the Zimmerman man- ager, who was ready to concede Sunday that twenty-five votes either way would settle the fight between Johnson and Zim- merman for the governorship, will make no concession today. The withdrawal of Bookwalter seems to have come as a surprise to him. And tho story that it resulted from old friendship between Bookwalter and Zimmerman, the latter requesting Bookwalter to resign, does not seem probable for this reason, It is suggested here that Mr. Ingalls may have had something to do with it. It is said at least that he was privy to it. This may have caused him to change his atti- tude toward the convention. In an autograph letter from him received here last Wednesday Mr. Ingalls said that he was so busy that he would probably not attend the state convention. It is now announced that he will attend and bring the Hamilton county delegation as his guests. Depends on Contested Seats. By Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 24.—Prominent democrats are in conference here today pre- paratory to the democratic state convention of tomorrow and next day. For weeks there has been a contest of un- usual intensity in the eighty-elght counties between Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and John L. Zimmerman of Springfield for the gubernatorial nomination to secure dele- gates. Beth come here claiming a majority of the 690 delegates. Both base their claims on securing the 145 delegates whose seats are contested. These contests will be settled tomorrow, and all the preliminary agitation is over the organization of the convention. CLARK IS RECEPTIVE. Says He Will Accept Senatorial Nomi- nation if Given Him. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 24.—John H. Clark of this city stated today, in conneo- tion with the Columbus announcement that he would receive the support of Mayor Johnson and his friends for the United States Senate, that he had not been and