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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901, 3 - PRESENT SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES | EXPECTED TO. BE THE MOST THRILLING IN MANY YEARS e BOTH YACHTS ARE N READINESS. i Continued from Page One. 'l Lol = [—] = [ —1 [ — &5 =] e = - ] =1 = - = [—1 = e ! ~ _= —— Continued from Page One. e RS { - | east or a southwest breeze, will be either from a point near the Jersey shore some six miles southwest of the lightship, or in &n opposite direction near Long Island. Such conditions prevailed.six year in the first race of the Defender and kyrie II, the wind being northeast a the stari moved to a point near the J Bey shore of Seabright. This enabled the achts to beat out to sea with the turn. ng mark about five miles south of Long Beach, on the Long Island side of the ‘course. is craft across the ocean, ac-| by a splendid steam yacht as| | m_expended on Thomas I | i | i 1 yacht, the Independcnce, Crowninshicld bf Boston, much short of a qua lars, and was entirely she was never per- ter the trial races and s being roken “up. The materi; which she was built is to be fa monument Cost Enormous Sums. Large racing yachts cost such enormous PSS SN LITTLE SHAMROCK MONEY. ¥ because the most highly o nen and the best materials are New York Sporting Men Have Con- in their construction. The | bject of the designer and builder combine strength with lightness, so | | hull able to ry an| | nvas and yet offer | | as possible to the| | general terms the ighter the boat, t nger her floor and tho greater her sail area the speedier she be. Now steel is a very strong certain amount of rust is siderable Difficulty in Placing Their Bets, NEW YORK, Sept. %.—Betting on the cup races was not brisk to-day. Rep- resentatives of the friends of the Colum- bla appeared “on the curb” in Wall street and for hours offered $10,000 to 33000, or any part of it, that the Columbia would win the match. Inquiry at noon elicited the response.that there was no Shamrock money about, the presumption being that the holders of the latter were waiting for more liberal odds. Fred Brooks, It was reported, in the afternoon, had succeeded in placing $2000 to $1500 on the American boat and de- sired it to be known that he had a few thousands more to Invest In the same led steel and leave copper paint. Alum- nd at least half as strong as steel, but it rapidly corrodes and de- teriorates. So both el and aluminum | have been rejected in favor of Tobin brorze. which ewhat re- s g & about ten | times as much as steel. but it is not | affected by the sea water a needs no | way. anti-fouling paint. The pla of which | There have been many bets made. he hull of the Columbia is made val from tb ixteenths to one-quarter of thickness and are polished | 1 they shine like .a copper | | s through the water | Money had been posted quietly and the amounts have not been made public. In some of the sporting resorts of the city varfous amounts have been placed at odds of five to four om the Columbia, rosly any friction. which odds have grevailed. for 4 weelt 5 A | or ten ays. U ng from the state- ks it for SP?"‘:_ | ments made to-night Wall street will be . onze gy { deserted to-morrow. J. P. Morgan wli g g see the first dav's racing before he leaves Dt i e for San Francisco. A party of steel mag- nates of the United States Steel Corpora- tion_has arranged to see the races on R. G. Reid's yacht. while many brokers owning yachts will take parties of friends on them. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE ON THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions re the strains centy_ tons, t s so cleverly co ed that it t leaden fin weighing tons, besides support- more_of rigging. lors. The deck of ly wooden t is of steel » angle frons. It eet_long. the club of the eet above the sur- b WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5—The a 3»1.\«;::"(; :1:; | Postoffice Department issued the follow- about 15,00 supply a complete full-rigged ship. In| | hainmast the Co- | | pruce, to cident to the | ¥ a ton more rigging and | | rope, the bal- | | at the ends, | ing: Postoffice established: Washington— Kipling, Okanogan County, Georgianna ‘Warren, postmistress. Postmaster commissioned: California— arles C. Smith, McCloud. Appointed: Washington—S. P. Connor, Belfast, S8kagit county. Max Haller, Exa, Clallam County: R. H. Stapleton, Monroe, Snohomish County: E. nny, Osceolt, King County; O. O. MecAllister, South Park, King County: Charles Schoman, Stones, King County. The following pensions were granted: California: Original—John Arkirs. Fres- no, §3. Increase—David M. Dunn, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10. Oregon: Widows—Magdalena Boedel- feld, Oswego, 36. Washington: Original, war with Spain— Edward C. Underwood, Seattle, $I7. Wid- ows—Zerwah A" Newell, Spokane, $8. Cexcept two of the Mght | n cotton duck of aker and bal- lloon cloth, a | | to air | Construction of Challenger. K * challenger, was on. the celebrated and built by the Leven shipyard at N beam and 2 shal- * A X 2 " _ 3 - f = ? | | ASSASSIN OF McKINLEY wit erhangs forward | : £ 3 - 5 oo wids, : 2 15 < ; \ X % ~ 1 overhang is carried - VT : Y . 'y 4 Wil E: 3 G THE CHAIR grad 4 NEARIN ric impervic ay. - 8 to have been d ve been P / i 5 % ; Will Be Executed in a Few kimming over the “ o] iy 2 . g . £ ‘ 4 3 3 b 3 05 Weeks. d BUFFALO, Sept. 25.—It is believed here that October 28 will see the murderer of President McKinley shocked to death in the electric chair. He will be sentenced to-morrow. The Penal Code provides that the “week appointed for electrocu- tion must begin not less than four weeks and not more than eight weeks after | | sentence. The time of execution within P £5 | | the said week ahall be It L% e ';n.v- 3 > - Cor s cretion of the agent and warden to whom cad. ng of which her — | | the warrant is directed.” { hull is a bronze know F While it is thus in the power of Judge White in_pronouncing sentence to pro- long the life of the wretch eight weeks . the general expectation is that the court i thaa will not delay the execution of the death 3 and g sentence any longer than necessary. ouble riveted a 5 The topgallant icon SOCIETIES EXPRESS practice of Britisr ;. HEARTFELT SORROW yused telescopically SRS o g s o Adopt Resolutions and Order That ised on board a racing long from gooseneck | Copies Be Sent to Mrs. At a meeting of Spring Valley Lodge No. 314, Independent Order of Good Tem- bullt to defend the cup. and turthermore | plars heid September 18, resolutions of re- because it was the first time that a boat | boary o the’ mmbery o Preignat Mo was chosen a defender by means of t Inley were adopted and a copy of them races. In the trial races the Mischief, an | grdered sent to the stricken low as an ‘:flllimiei"d- llxw::.:;ho‘: wn:!';:zr;":::‘i- L4 = : Y, iron yacht, proved superior to the new | asgurance of the sympathy of the mem- »: - | Pocahontas and was accordingly selected. return. or r a triangular course, ,len - ; Q ‘I'Ako hex'-l psedtecellcr. |=e Au{‘nll Was C':iumhl- Circle No. 2. Ladies’ Auxiliary . t y Sighter then {mies %o & Jag ks Soses arill be wicict- | | NS . & A ery easily defeated In the first two races. | of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, «ny spar used by any previous cup T e B et et Freghioesdgs e f . Before another challenge for the Ameri- | passed resolutions Tuesday night extend- An Exaggerated Columbi, ! arles have beer. amicably settied between 3 : \ Ca's cup was recelved three years elapsed. | ing the heartfeit sympathy of the mem- Z during which time great changes were in- | bers to Mrs. Willlam McKinley in her mrock 11 10 be 2 | the representatives of Sir Thomas Lip-| , ;G augurated in the construction of yachts, | hour of trouble. It ? A d the challe ittee of the | | 2 but these ch 3 2 - mee B et e | sk Xarbt e s o o | , X ! > , ‘ : vent. the Ao ::.,“3;.}'.'.:«"&.,?‘.,‘::& AL meeting of Camp Relnbold Richter make her easy to drive and!rash man who would venture to predict yacht to mu:mun the fifth coutest. This | held Tuesday night, it was ordered that vantage breezes. | the result, for though the Columbla is 3 A ; match was between the Puritan. camp have a memorial, consisting of e < iy | known to be faster than she was in 1998, ] | (@ 1\ constructed by Lawley & Son of SOUth | o set of resolutions. drawn up deplosing E p when she defeated the Shamrock I, the %~ Boston, and the Genesta, owned by Sir the cowardly assassination of our beloved s ever challenged for tie |challenger of 1%] 15 belleved to be con-| | a Richard Sutton of the Royal Yacht|commander in chief, President William up. think that she does not | siderably faster than the Shamrock I § s Squadron. Three attempts were made to | McKinley, and that a copy of the resolu- r size. and that | The question now almost -universally = 4 fall the first race, over the outside course, | tions be éngrossed and forwarded to bhis reach she wili | asked and soon to receive a reply is “How bes’lnnlnr on September 7, but two of | bereaved wife at her home in Caaton, She will be | much faster is I than 17 these falled because of calm weather, and Ohio. ng skipper in | the a THE cup CHALLBNGBR lnne }he bl:;lrd the Plul‘“l‘l;‘ (outl:dulh- PQ- — - ; s re cross Bl e el e L e s e '.'.22} BOYAL PARTY SPEEDS | - e first race was therofore salled ower tions With be Cleverest amateur ¥a e THROUGH CANADA’S WILDS the Inside course on September 14, in light | SAN JOSE. Sept. %5.—The California world. Her crew pu . i ¥;al:er.lthe Purlu::“ lv:,m:ln‘ dwgh fug Cured Fruit Assoclation and the Califor- :cted with great care, and in-| Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and . . ey e final race was WO S later, | nija Packers' Company. to-day agreed to ; 1 e Hrneee wna - | Since the America Wrested the Trophy From the British There Have |5 American boxt the dontata muie s | iy AN SHTTRC accounts” have been o iy S b, | - et Bt e SO e | St and e packers compety 10 memier of tha| o % ; Been Many Attempts to Regain the Coveted Cup, but 0 thia Face that, for the Arse U e | [mmediately weigh the prunes in its ware. Bl ,,",',‘,”m'flg""’mg"’»g e national interest and pride in the achieve- | Hollrer thog o the Tatter. 5 uke an et o e R s aat | This Country Has Been Invincible. Sughly ‘roused. oo ot Yere thor- 2 companfons westward spent the day on The match In 1886 proved but a repeti- AD VASELINE NO GOOD FOR HAIR. | the north shore of Lake Superfor, and by FTER ffty years of uninterrupted | tries. ‘The New York Yacht Club has been| ous American yachts had crossed the |tlon of the preceding contest. The Gala- = /et night had put Fort Willlam and the lake possession, the emblem designat- | its custodian ever since. o“‘n‘:n ana‘ wllfih Ir-ryln.' -m:fileu.A 4 ;-;:l'-nnpmwx?y .;: » behind them. The party will teach Win- ing_America’s supremacy in the Attempts to Lift the Cup. e 1 iy b for Che Ameriws | voont” Cun, Dzndruffl Germ Thrives in It, as Well | nipeg at noon to-morrow. yachting world again becomes [ Attempts to * " ¢ip came in 1870 from James Ashbury of e 0 0r G“ng a S o “lift the cup” havi n Ro; In construction and met with even as in All Grease. The day's run was for the most part the subject of an international | frequent, but it he s fac mealeins alt o the' Roval Trames Yacht Club, owner C worse defeat. The cup was defended by through long siretches of unsettled coun- | contest. Fifty years ago thbe~ schooner | tempts. ~ A long interval ensued betw: :2:.:;23? L !:;l:'rm f::lth?o lowed | the Mayflower, which somewhat resem- A well known Chicago hair specialist in- | ITY. but at all the widely separated towns yacht America brought the trophy to |the time of the first competition in Brit- | there were fifteen starters. The Cambria, | bled the Puri in construction. A POM tor 0ld “ et wedy and villages the people cheered the party. ish waters and the second held in Ameri- ’, qq‘n». |n‘;.“:‘ l{" » reporter to come to |y STCE Iumberr:en. o n‘;. m"z'_ these shores. Later it was placed in the as a matter of courtesy, was given the| The Royal Clyde Yacht Club of Glas- can waters. And the conditions govern- rwa: under a m’""""l";» ers and some Indians in the little crowds | Custody of the New York Yacht Club, and | ing the race have changed as mnch‘ as the :;:;'d:&:‘:’.lunfi.&a:‘t" ::'35.‘. "herwf;;‘t:: E?.i'.'a.‘r"i;r'?&, ':::;h'y? c'r’:nl: :fub b:‘-;ed'lu the germ thai causes dandrudf |and the welcome was always @ hearty | since then has been competed for at ir- | bulld and design of the competing vossels: | Shance ot wisriee: Magic, a little | hopes on the Thistle, which was ed rives in vascline = The speclaiist said | one. The railroad stations were decoraied | regular intervals. In each instance, all | The America was an inspiration to Brit- | conter-board schogner, won aed was for. by G, L. Watson, the most noted of frit- or ren rations containing | and each little settiement had a display | the elements emraced in a yacht race |18h yachtsmen when she entered their | jowed ncross the iine by the Idler, Silvie |ish designers. The defender, named the food for the germs | of flags and bunting. The train st. nd ers. \Britannia truly ruled the sea, ess propagate them s for an hour at Bolkow to allow the party | Love, seemed to favor the retention of iy about the yachting course around | *%,alecouaped b thia detat ih - L STa et pecla s defeat Mr. Ash-|improved Mayflower with a steel hull, B z {0 dress. and the Duke left his car for a | the cup as a perpetusl challenge trophy | ihe Isle of Wight. The America showed | pury construgted another: schooner, the | Tofreied the Thistle by eleven minutes. ’ Iy halr preparation that | brisk walk. Both took a lively interest | In the hands of its present proprietors. such a clear pair of heels to her fifteen \a 45 tnat is Newbro's Herpicide. “De. |in the country through which they| Financlally of but slight value, there is Tavonta, and lusucda second challenge in | To meet the Valkyrle II in 1892 the Vigl- or the nearest one (157, " The Dauntless and Sappho, keel ihe cause. you remove the effect | pussed. a glamour and a romance about that cup, | Nearly_an clapscd time. ~Then | schoonets, and the Columbia and Palmer, | reanol Comuany. The new ‘efendos will Without dandruff no falling hair, no bald- A engendered by national pride, that makes nter-board schooners, were selected by | proved to be far superior to all the boats B s T e ‘,f,fm" e gy China’s Apology to Japan. 1t worth more than its weight in gold. In | sulted In a_complete revolution n yacht fon New York .th“h" Club to de- | entered in the trial races and in the con- o ¢ —_— LONDON, Sept. 2%.~The Toklo corre- | fact, were one to reckon in dollars and | building, and through its infiuences tnto | £Nd ; satied — — outside of Bandy Hook . ina o0 | test :m} u:e Vlllk{flallhe 'Ol'l 't.ll:e final spondent of the Times gives the text of | cents the amount of money expended di- | the more useful lines of commerce and New Y tead .| Face by forty minutes iu oune of the most DISO RDERS the Sadtony :.rh “En‘lver-;:' Kwang 8u to | rectly and '“dmf.uyn toward rel:.lnlnl 1t | ™SWhen the America first entered British fi.:-:r é"',?.fi‘fm':“?}?:ifii‘t h'llr:g %i;:.rlc-m: 3 3:;‘;%:;" T Ty .- Foperor Mutshito for the murder of the | on these shores, the figures would assume \was defeal n the 0 0 Chancellor of the Japanese Legation I | ytartiing proportions. Yet whas are dol- | of the Haver Feonroahand fastest yachts | proved victorious in the fourth and REth, Afjer & [oonn inttrval tha Beitish ashln uadron, e with a third Valkyri tl Peking at the beginning of the Boxer |lurs and cents compared with s nation's | sock. Mot har otery mgh e asa¥e; | 30 the final two od. - [ SBRTlen " ohowed. ehich the hich _followed, in_whicl outrages. The apology is couched in terms Cowes. There was a brief brush The x was entered in 1876 | 0NLERC. ¥ defended b; of deepest regret and re .. honor? ish and the the Ro; jan Yacht Club of To- | America’s cup was en: Y the De- ’_Th': Mikado in ':lnkl’:l:‘l,:;:n;:ply to the| Before the advent of the yacht America ‘"""fl;“"?:::‘ t‘";:el"::‘&: the lqlm ?g,m,‘ can’:dn‘ the club’ Nvl':'nol:uv(: fender, lr“elllnlteg' lln a m;nhn;lmmu out Chinese Envoy, expresses a beifef that|in British was the International cup ot find any competitars | Deing the center-board schooner Countess | 4f & collislon between the —OF— the relations between the two countries | now being contested for hy the Shamrock of A ufferin. ~The schooner Madeline, | The next challenge c B elin e ‘) would be closer in the future. 17 and the Columble, was & prise glven L’.‘..°.‘;'.”‘é;'.‘&.‘?.‘."““’::":l=.‘:"“”"’.:.' of it o By Dot rocto-aiend the trophy. | % ne Royal Ulster Yacht Giub, of Bosr \ Y FAR THE GREAT- A nually by the al Yacht Bquadron, rica 3 on her belng - r ‘wusmber o petsmts $:th Low Willing to Serve. s i s B g g el race, Bhordy after 30 Jelock that i and the second in twenty-seven | 9r, Ireland, his yacht the’ Sham i Ilef f - v < ing . retiet for we| NEW YORK, Sept. %.—Seth Low an- minutes. This race s notable as bel; rock, which proved In all respects to be to all nations. 1t w ‘Atter Commodare Blovens nai einner | the firsi contest in which Americe was | & Eréat racing machine. She was especial robust men in | Dounced to-night that he Would accept|years after America cup to the custody of the New York Yacht ted b ingle boat. Th ly fast in extremely light weather. Not- Loee of b ination for M; b Club noti road eah of Dufierin was & yacht of the Ameri- | Withatanding her g0od _ qualities, the v respe: Lows of Vitality, Ps it - |t nomination fo h - |- g ot ‘\w:nklv»:wl,lhmllyhe :'y'.'..‘TnE'.;. H T:mn;ny forces ;nd ‘Jfi-’:m yre‘fl:'n"::e SR thet Oatencien, meee Snvived (o e Ring Taoht e e 'mfl'?mfl}n}:i can "”'4 and was dul%nod and bullt by | Shamrock was defeated In every race by i enme ) leading yacht clubs of fory prosesses 'ln‘lu’:d’ :-‘z;-u_‘-,l:' ::lc‘l:fl presidency of Columbla University. ;ll’g:we‘nl?;:lg-lun .::I:n':'lur:hgf the a.hug’.fig#n %ndar "ti"“:h the cup would | Alexander Cuthbert, a !::.dt;m the cup defender Columbia. neck of blad -»4_ g o - ——— % hich h ear] wen! years elapsed be- Great Chan, e Place. . e local pian of | Mrs. McKinley Steadily ITmproves. |intersst e its swneranis wagthe inapirar | {Ore @ challenge came, although pumer- | captain Cuhbert, Uadaunted by the re- October Srd and 4th —~ nr4£|:!4|!rl,'l'::‘l:’ ""J-k- z'q: CANTON, Sept. Z.—Favorable reports | tion of one of the owners of the America, verse of his boat, ‘an..‘m in’ 1881 WL be the last % iortate. immediate T | continue to come from Mrs. McKinley. John C. Bfiwo In conjunc- Excursion to Buffalo. sloop Atalanta for a syndicate of the Excursion tickets to Buffalo will be sold erved. Our eolored | Bhe gives every indication of steadily re- | with t| w od Amint Crmasie, which we wend fres on | gaining her normal condition. s o any b i a deed of trust execu t %5 e umatoms o the tale Wasp McKinley number. Second edition i 'qu:nr:fl 1y for & vk nd); oo i :::kt:::n Mm-::un.' “.;\u p M v, Beco now e competi- partioulars TALCOIT & (0., 997 Market on xale. New pictures added. o | i Detwaen the yaohis of Torsie o | s Markat stroet, ” The Santa Fe will sell tickets to Buttalo a‘fl"'}" f the Bay of return October 3 and ¢ for e 457, Fres reclining