The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1899, Page 1

25. VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NOW COMES THE GREAT NTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR THE AMERIGAS GUP the Preliminaries Arranged for the First of the Series of Yacht Races To-Day and the : Owners of Both the Columbia and Shamrock Are Confident. *® *EeDebe e 9‘0‘—;2;4:;‘0‘6‘*0‘@0 S--@-¢ Ni‘l’i”,:;“ G g . WATCH THE CALL BULLETINS 1 . ON THE BIG YACHT RACE T0-DAY A A ) ( ) Bulletins of the first of the international yacht races to-day are ) Y to be sent to New York by wireless telegraphy by Signor Marconi, 5 the inventor of the wonderful system, thence flashed across the con- { ( tinent by direct wire to the office of The Call. You will, therefore, ( ’ get the earliest reports of the race by watching the bulletins dis- 0 e feature i > to be con played by The Call. , such| o win. the intimated r 0 if the CO- | it is ¢ - faster th Tnasmuch as we are of the opinion that the Ameri races are no less a test struction of competing an of thelr sailing qual s deemed advisable to avoid ment in which a vessel fl lled upon to decide whether to ace upon the occur- ccident disabling her com- t in the races be- nd the Cojumbia vessel ap with ds itself Shamrock : o . that he has t shall stand by the conse- 7 % challen dent happening to her, | on the the vninjured vessel shall sall SIR THOMAS LIPTON, C. OLIVER ISELIN. It is conceded that weather condi- tions will be an important factor in the as all who have followed the per- formance of the two yachts believe that the Shamrock is much more dangerous i good stiff wind than she is in a light « If weather experts prove right the Shamrock will have a wind of her own choosing to-morrow. ““Wind fresh to brisk’” is the Washington fore- cast, and therein seems another case of “Lipton luck.” teen miles to windward and re- turn, or a fifteen-mile run out and a | beat back, according to the direction | ¢ the wind, will comprise to-morrow's race. If the wind be off shore the yachts will go before ‘“‘end on” to the outer mark and then beat back to the which the two der in f every r have met, d to « race, Beraeteotiotiotiot et et et ettt e et e tietge e et etie et eNe® + LLIPTON. AND ISELIN ARI EACH CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS T .8 Setlerieny YORK, Oct here lift that 21 cup. B S S R R S SR S A o o i o a8 & e * Kl * R ¢ B - . ) * P . . winning But that should the wind prevent the lay- always with the understanding | vidual. After the preliminary w is a great ma wonderful think it pos ish. If the wind be from the oppo- ASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The| bia will be defeat te direction the racers will beat out | home-coming of Admiral i i run back. | George Dewey — for hence- | il naiein ) he start will be made from Sand forth the national capital s i Tyt Hook lightship at as near 11 a. m. as | to be his home—was made though, or you may ‘ticable, the preparatory signal | the occasion for the greatest tribute R 3,""““‘“ =l 1g given fifteen minutes in advance. | cver paid by Washington to any indi- come | { in New York, itself unsurpassed in its | ed in constructing ing of the course from the lightship the | kind, it remained for the highest and speedy vach I have spent ' giarting line will be shifted to the | greatest In the official world to hold | me freely to get a boat that ¥ | nearest avallable point, and that in this | out the hand of greeting to the famous | wou afloat. Real- ¢ case the preparatory signal will be | admiral and to join with the people | izing th things, the smartest co| given about half an hour before the | Who are to be his fellow citizens in bid- | men of the nautical craft o | time set for starting from the light- | ding him welcome. The citizens had | lent tk ¢+ ship. | made every preparation to make the | morrow will tell how at a suc- ¢ he courses will be as follows: | occasion worthy of their hero. The de cess or failure we have made. It & No. L—From the starting line to and | orations were elaborate. Pennsylvania | it so happens that we hav LAt und a mark fifteen miles to wind- | avenue was one ma of colored bunt- | $ complished our aim tt we ward or eward, and return, leaving | ing along the entire line of maroh, from | % ves will see Xt vear we the mark on the starboard hand. | the station to the White House, and, | - s arrying will com better boat. No. 2—From the starting line ten not content with this, few private | ¢ €. OLIY miles to and around a mark, ten miles | citizens failed to make some dis- = ¢ 0930950 %5+25425 e tietietien: to and around a second mark, and ten | play of color on their residence Dorietietiotie Ne 20254 23@ 505088 sl les to finish line, leaving the marks | Unique designs dotted the horizon; | n. Baltim phia, victor on every point of sailing and de of the triangle, to port | 8Teat searchlights threw beams of | h-as Flor r ex- | under almost all conditions or starboard, according as the vessels | bright light across the blue sky on a he ed and triumph. are sent around. | clear October evening and ‘the stately Mr. Iselin is to sail the Col .| The starting and finish lines will be | Capitol stood revealed in its queenly alded by Captain “Charlie” P- | between a point on the committee boat | beauty in the powerful rays of many tains Hogarth and Wringe, two of the | jhgjcated by a white flag and the main- | concentrated lights. ¢ most expert of the British yacht cap- | magt of the lightship, or other stake-| The same device was used effectively | s, are to sall the Shamrock. As an | poat if the start is shifted from the |in the case of other public buildings | i they will have with them Cap- | ightship, ‘These lines willibe at right.| within the range, of vision.of Admiral | 3en”” Parker of Wil- acht, the Meteor. rtant and i ting is the fol- ' red into by the ant, too, ng the spirit animates ! nglish knight and the Amer- | an. The agreement is as | | | Emperor liam’s angles with the outward and home | powey courses respectively. | = % = 3 | viewed the throng of people from the The goal, or turning point (outer | vhi H e ¢ te Olym mark), which each yacht will strive to | PLO OF, the White Olympia projecting reach and round before the other, is as show both the ican yacht follc o his defeat tsmar, and so far from the head of Pennsylvania avenue. Continued on Second Page. R SO S S S S DA SN D R S = ST “ b —0%6—0«34@ D S e S S How the Yacht Race Will Be Sailed L e e e T o S S S s B o o o S S SR o i S S S e and the President, as they re- | | from the center of the stand erected | just south of the Treasury building at | On | the facade of the newly completed Gov- | | George, his brother and wife, Captain | tmpossible owing to the continuous & | | tion that has ever taken place along Ever Held at the Capital. DEWEY WELCOMED AT WASHINGTON BY - THE NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. Admiral and President Review One of the Most Dazzling Night Parades B e SO ernment Postoffice building fiamed forth two inscriptions set in electric points,” the one reciting the famous message of the President directing Dewey, theri thousands of miles awa in the Far . to go forth to destro the Spanish fleet, and the other setting out the famous admiral's direction to | the lamented Gridley, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley,” which marked an epoch in the history of the United States. “Twelve thousand mem- | bers of civic organizations paraded be- | fore him, besides tens of thousands of non-organized citizens, and in a roar of cannon rockets and the biaze of red fire | and the thunderous cheering of the | populace and the warm greeting of the | head of the nation Dewey came to the | national capital and to a welcome such as has not been known here hitherto. His journey from New York had been one continuous ovation, limited in its | intensity only by.the density of popu- | lation. The decorated special train which left the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry slip in Jersey City at 1:50 o’clock in the afternoon was fully i *eping with its distinguished passenger. It was made up of five cars, the Penn- lvania’s prize special, the Atalanta, a dining-car, a combination smoker and three parlor cars for the accom- | modation of the Washington reception committee. The special was given a clear track and the run to Washington was made without a stop except at Grays Ferry, on the outskirts of Phil- adelphia, where engines were changed and a new train crew came ahuax'd.} Almost immediately after going aboard | the train the admiral retired to his | private car for luncheon, which was served for six—Admiral Dewey, his son Lamberton and Lieutenant Brumby. Thereafter the admiral lay down and tried to get a little sleep, but this was ovation along the line. It was said by the railroad officials and trainmen that the ovation during the run from New York to Washington was the most remarkable demonstra- | the line. Every town turned out its full population and every house and crossroads settiement was turned in- side out to see the flying special pass. It had been the intention of the well- meaning committee to notify all towns along the route at what hour the spe- cial might be expected, but the train dispatcher at Jersey City headed them | off and offered a hasty protest, saying that it was next to impossible to get the special out of town and that notice in advance would probably block the tracks. Apparently, however, the rail- road telegraph operators had passed the tip along and the crowds were on hand as though they had been sent for. A bare stop was made at Princeton, where young Dewey had been a stu- dent, and the admiral went to the plat- form for a minute, merely saying to the boys that he was pleased with the reception they had given him. It was such a reception as an Emperor might have envied, every student of the col- Jege town being In evidence as well as o g at S D Sl SRR SR o ok o Sh R o S R S o T S D e e e ed WASHINGTON, Oct. said to-night that Dewey is engaged to mar: widow of -the late Gene liam B. Hazen, who is a daugh- of Mrs. Washington McLean, 10se home the admiral is be- ing entertained. The rumor wide current, and in fact I been in the air ever since the z nouncement was made that Ad- miral Dewey would be the guest of the McLean household during the reception festivities, but has not been confirmed. Mrs. Hazen is a sister of John R. McLean, Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor of Ohio, and remarkable alike for her great beauty and wealth. D e e I SR S 2 + T Sk sk ok ok ok e ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok the whole population of the place, while | college vells resounded above the rum- | ble of the departing train. Admiral Dewey was particularly touched all along the line by the num- ber of children who turned out to see him. They formed a very large part of the crowd in every town, and wher- ever there was a schoolhouse the chil- dren had evidently been given a spe- cial recess to come out and cheer the train. There was another large crowd of children at Baltimore, and Admiral | Dewey, who had come to the rear platform for the sixth or seventh time | on the trip, said to the trainmaster, | who was standing by him, that he felt more touched and complimented by the attention of the children than by al- most any other thing that had hap- pened since his return to America. . All along the line every train, freight and passenger, that passed the special saluted it with a long drawn blast of | the whistle, and in all the large towns where the flyer slowed down within the city limits there was a continual r of steam from factories, machine shops and the shifting engines and- trains on | the sidings. Every engineer seemed to have been bottling up steam for an| hour in advance and hung out of hig | cab window with his hand on the| whistle cord while the fireman, hang- ing to the hand rails and running- board, swung the bell as though ring- ing for a crossing. Chester and Wil- mington seemed to have come down to the depots en masse, and the train ran slowly between wide lanes of people from one end of the town to the other, while every lamppost, awning pole and shade tree bore a crop of young Ameri- | cans, and the roofs of freight cars on the siding were converted into grand stands for the brief instant that the train swept by. The admiral responded | good naturedly to all these calls on his | stock of strength that he had been re- | serving for the trying ordeal in Wash- | ington, and came time and again to | the platform to bow as the train went | by. The train as it reached the line of the | District of Columbia stopped for a few | minutes:at the little station of Dean- wood, while the reception committee went through the formality of present- | | the reception committee as could | ington. Scene in the East Room of the White House, Where Admiral Dewey Was Presented to the President by Secretary Long. QP e e s eisisi et eiei e R SO S APAR S ) ing the nation’s guest the freedom of the District. The ceremony per- formed by District Commissioner Wight in the presence of the admiral's fleet' captains, the military and naval members of the party and as many of be was crowded into the admiral's car. John Addison Porter, secretary to the President, first extended President Mc- Kinle; greetings, to which the admi- ral returned his thanks very briefly. Commissioner Wight then said: ‘“Ad- miral Dewey, you are now in the Dis trict of Columbia, and, representing the commissioners of the District, I have the honor of tendering you the freedom of the national. capital, and in behalf of the people of the District, from the most exalted to the most humble citi- zen, I give you a sincere and cordial welcome home. . We feel gratified that Washington is to be your future home. It is the best plage in the world in which to have a he . and it is fitting that you, who have done so much for the nation and have done such an im- portant part for the ion, should { make your future home in the nation’s capital. The people of Washington will esteem it not only a pleasure but an honor to do all in their power to make your stay with us as pleasant as your have been successful at Ma- Admiral Dewey’s reply was as brief and characteristic as all of his other speeches have been. “I ,want to thank you very much, my friends,” he said, ‘‘for this testimonial of your regard. It is true that as long as I live—and I hope to live a long time (cheers)—I intend to live in Wash- I thank you again for this ex- pression.” Then dropping the tone of formality in which this had been uttered, he ex- tended his hands and said heartily “Now I want to see my friends. Char- lie, old bo; how are you?’ and he grasped C. C. Glover by the hand and went through the party, shuaking the { hands of all who were within reach. In a few minutes the train was in the brilliantly lighted depot. The middle aisle of the station had been carpeted clear to the carriage entrance. The committeemen and the “fighting line,” as the brilliantly uniformed officers were termed, all alighted, while A. L. Moses, the chairman of the reception committee, Theodore Noyes of the Evening Star, Commissioner Ross and Archibald Greenlees went into the ad- miral’s car and after a few words of formal greeting brought him out. Tak- ing the arm of Mr. Moses, he headed | the procession down the station. while the officers and committeemen fell in at the rear. It was a procession as brilliant as a diplomatic reception. The throng about the railway station choked the streets for blocks above. Troop H of the Third United States «Cavalry, under the command of Lieu- tenant Murrillat, which was to escort the admiral to the Executlve Mansion, had drawn up on the east side of Sixth | street. facing the station entrance, and the United States Marine Band had formed on their right. The first of the