The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC—-NO. 127 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SIR THOMAS LIPTON AGAIN FAILS TO “LIFT” THE AMERICA’S CUP, LOSING EVERY RACE ’ OFFICIAL LOG OF THE FINAL RACE BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND COLUMBIA FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP. Corrected time— QOuter mark— oo 00 aienie s isnen e s se - TX02200% Shamrock ... . 5. tpmsewes TT02:00 Columbin ... 2% Course—Fifteen miles to' leeward and return. | Columbia wins by 41 seconds, corrected time. 3. Finish— vo. 12:49:35 12:48:46 Shamrock ... .. Columbia .. .. Weather—Fresh breese from north-northwest, which gradually became fluky. = ey e T e P 3:35:38 Shamrock . cev-uo. 3:35:40 Columbia Elapsvd time— Shamrock ... . A;\E‘RICA’S CUP DEFENDER COLUMBIA BEATING TO WINDWARD WITH SIR THOMAS LIPTON’S CHALLENGER SHAMROCK IN THE LEAD | KIPLING’S DENUNCIATION OF BRITISH ARMY METHODS| Protests Against Appointment of Buller and Wood | and Demands Recall of Kitchener. ONDON, Oct. £—"In spite of the | dent of the Transvaal to be by no means | pled of the Government the‘ satisfactory. Mr. Kruger is belleved to] whole army machine to be | growing weaker physically nnd} soon as it may His slowness in reaching a de- | the old rules of importance, | cision on important questions is found to] and collapse,” writes | be & serious hindrance to those working | g in a striking letter to | Iin Europe in behalf of the Boer cause ator upon the tment of | At the slightest question regarding his lier and Sir Evelyn Wood | health Mr. Kruger exhibits intense irri- v corps. This pungent | tation and vehemently denies that he is ces the national feeling that not strong. The afled this week without regarq | Causes anxiety, | leave Holland. hauled back as be t approach of winter | as Mr. Kruger refuses to | e weeklies, regardless of politics, | ment to task. people,” again to quote | have pald no small price od that there might According to a remark made by a prom- | inent Boer the former President’s condi- tlon would long since have been much worse if hatred of Great Britain did not nerve him to eontinue. handled by fit and Secretary Long’s Daughter Dead. = comes out boldly, not| HINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 4—Miss Helen cclaration that the appoint- | Long, daughter of Secretary of the Navy and Wood are absurd, | Long, died at 9 o'clock to-night, ind that Kitchener be re- | was caused by pulmonary trouble, which Roberts be sent out agai had its inception after close attention to B, Oct. 4—A. D. Wolmar-| the social duties during Secretary Long's he Boer envoys who has been | first term in the Cabinet. She went to Kruger at Hilversum, found | Colorado” Springs in November, 1888, and on of the former Pral-‘ two weeks ago she started home. | Death | In Nerve- Strammg Finish the Gallant Defender Columbia Again Defeats the Shamrock 1L EW YORK, Oct. 4—With victory flags floating from her towering masthead and the ends of her spreaders in honor of her con- cluding triumph in the cup races of 1901, the gallant sloop Colum- bia returned to her anchorage to-night under the escort of the entire excursion fleet. She to-day completed her | defense of the honored trophy in another | stirring race with the Shamrock II over | & leeward and winaward race of thirty miles, crossing the finish line two seconds | behind her antagonist, but winning on the time allowance conceded by the Lipton boat by forty-one seconds. For the second time she has now suc- cessfully foiled the attempt of the Irish knight to wrest from her possession the cup that means the yachting supremacy of the world. And plucky Sir Thomas Lipton, standing on the bridge of the Erin, led his guests in three hearty | huzzas for the successful defender. “She Is the Better Boat.” “She is the better boat,” he said, “and she deserves to be cheered.” The series of races just closed will al- ways be memorable as the closest ever sailed for the cup, and Sir Thomas, al- though defeated, will go home with the satisfaction of knowing that his golden vacht Is the ablest foreign boat that ever orossed the western ocean. During this series of races not an un- toward incident has occurred, and Sir Thomas will return to England far the most popular of all- the foreigners who have challenged for ‘the America's trophy. To-day's race, on paper, was the clos- est of the series, but because of the flukiness of the wind on the beat home, as a contest of the relative merits of the vachts, it'is not to be compared with the magnificent, truly run and royally fought battles on Saturday and yesterday. The conditions of the race at the start to-day were very similar to those of yesterday. The wind was strong and from the shore embroldering the sea with foam and pil- ‘ng up no swell—ideal conditions for the challenger. Every Inch of Canvas Spread. The racers were sent away before the wind, each carrying penalty for crossing the line after the handicap gun. No offi- clal record is kept of the time after that gun is fired, but the experts with stop watches estimated the Columbia’s handi- cap at fifteen seconds and the - Sham- rock’s at thirty seconds. The contest of the yachts fleeing before the wind was picturesque but not exciting. , The, big racers, like gulls with outstretched pin- lons, had every inch of canvas spread, all their light salls, including bulging spin- nakers and balloon jib topsails. Their crews were gathered aft 'to keep the heads of the boats up, and thereafter un- til the outer mark was reached it was merely a question of holding on to all the canvas and letting the wind do the rest. ' Notwithstanding the fact that the Co- lumbia beat the ~Shamrock before the wind last Saturday, the challenger to-day gained slowly but steadily all the way, out and rounded forty-nine seconds before the defender, having actually galned one minute and four seconds. Tmmediately after the yachts turned their noses into the wind for the beat home the breeze moderated and turned fluky. The skip- pers split tacks, each searching for wind, with the result that first one would get a life and then the other. At one time the Columbia seemed a mile ahead, when a sudden cant of the wind allowed the Shamrock to point nearer the mark and a mile from home the challenger appeared to be leading by fully half a mile. ‘The talent began to feel nervous, but as the yachts approached the finish the Yankee skipper by some miraculous legerdemain shoved his boat into the light air like a Continued on Page Two, — DETAILS OF THE MASSACRE OF AMERICANS ON SAMAR Force of Troops Is Sent in Pursuit of the Treach- erous Natives and Their Town Is Burned. ASHINGTON, Oct. 4—The War Department - to-night recetved the following dis- patch from General Chaffee, dated Manila, October 4, and giving further details of the attack on Company C of the Ninth Regi- ment: “From those who escaped the following is learned: fast, Company C was attacked at the sig- nal ringing of the convent bells by about 450 bolomen, 200 from the rear of quarters and. 200 in front simultaneously attacking the officers’ quarters. The company was completely surprised and the force at- tacking the front gained possession of the arms. A fight ensued for them, in which most of the men met death in the mess- room in the rear. The enemy was beaten off temporarily by about twenty-five men who gained their arms. Sergeant Betron assumed command, endeavored to collect the men and leave in boats, but was re-| attacked by the enemy. The strength of the command was three officers and sev- enty-two men; the killed are three offi- cers and forty enlisted men, missing six, wounded thirteen, present thirteen. ““The party attacking the officers in the convent retired through the church, large | numbers being led by the Presidente. Probably 101 vifies were with the com- September 24, while at break- | | fifty-seven serviceable pany, twenty-six being saved and fifteen lost. Twenty-five thousand rounds of ammunition were lost. Ninety-five pris- oners outside the %uartel joined in the at- tack at the signal. The boat of the missing men of the company was seized. Captain Bookmiller may pick up the men. “LIEUTENANT JAMES DRUILLARD, “Ninth Infantry.” “September 30. We have returned from Balangiga. Druillard explains the condi- tion ccrrectly. We landed yesterday. The inbabitants deserted the town, firing one shot. 'We buried the three officers and twenty-nine: men. A number of bodies were burmed. The quarters buildings were fired as we entered. We secured or destroyed most of the rations. All the ordnance gone. The insurgents secured rifles and 28,000 cartridges. Forty-eight men of Company C, Ninth Infantry, and one hospital corps man were killed or are missing. Twenty- eight men are accounted for. We found two in a boat en route here. We burled the dead, burned the town and returne? to Basey. “CAPTAIN BOOKMILLER, “Ninth Infantry.” “De Russey has sent a strong company to chastise the savages if found. “CHAFFERE.” De Russey is the colonel of the Elew- enth Regiment, stationed near the scens of the attaclk,