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iat ' INTERNATIONAL I YACHT R EXTRA NO. 8. ACE Che “ Circulation Books Open to All. ” PRICE ONE CENT. 20 Miles. 21 Miles, EDITION. BIG FIND OF LOST PAPERS, dictments Discovered in an Old Box GONE AQUARTER OF AGENTURY For Years They Were Hidden in y I} i) VAT Why yi | / th : ) | | | INTERNATIONAL , YACHT RACE | id Circulation Books Open to All.” ] YACHTS CREEPING HOME oo Valkyrie and Defender Both Slowly Coming Down Haze and Mist Hide the Racers) from the Watchers at Every Point. _EXTRA NO. 8._ PRICK ON i CE committee boat Luckenbach not twenty yards apart. After passing the around and at 12.05 boomed. The yachts hugged each other Wke long-lost brothers and went com- pletely around the Luckenbach again and as they passed under the tug’s stern Valkyrie led by a length. | The English boat then gibed and as she did #0 she ran up a No. 2 Jibtopsail. Defender followed sult immediately, no that as the race began the yachts carried mainsail, jib, staysall, club top- sail and No, 2 Jibtopsail, The yachts then came about on the | port tack and stood for the iine, the lend of Valkyrie's boom being fifteen yards ahead of Defender's bowsprit. ‘Thus they crossed the line, The time: tug both wore The wind was very light, scarcely | three or four knots an hour, The sea n high and the yachts rose and fell together on the long waves, but making little or no progress. The patrol boats had not been able to clear the way thoroughly, and the two racing yachts passed through a long Jane of pleasure craft after crossing the line on the starboard tack. The excursion steamers would start thelr engines, but they overhauled the two yachts so fast that In half a min- the starting gun | ° e Wind to the Line. Se ee a oe Valkyrie 2 2) 05' yachts performing on a stage while in er} Defender. iiss sessed? 20 15 the body of the play-house the crowds No sooner were they across than the on the ateamers looked on. Nearly 5.000 Forgotten Ih Britlsher began to draw away. But De-| Soon after the Inst tack American ’ | fender offset this by pointing a bit stock began to take a big tumble. © | higher. kyrie began to creep ahead, There was | | | steamers had been gotten Into shape by the patrol boats and now the yac had a clear sweep to windward, whi on three sides the steamers were packed in Ike sardines. ho mistake about it, made a gain. The yachta were headed about north- east. Where was that big “fuss” that Valkyrie was supposed to make in the water? Nowhere, to be seen. She cut the waves like a razor, and even appear- ed to make less exertion in sailing than Defender. The wind by this time was blowing at a six or seven-mile gait, but It was nowhere near a smart racing breese, At 125 the Britisher had a lead of at Every second she an Old Lott ot the Gen- I) } START. In tho mist, but behind them was @| ute they would have to slow down again. | least a quarter of a mile. But strange r y (ommcta) faint line of smoke from the funnels of | ‘The sun, which had been dull all day, | are the ways of yacht racing, Defender eral Sessions HB. M. &./ the excursion steamers which were fol-|St this stage of the proceedings sent its| began to cut down the lead in big a £12 20. 46) owing them. bright rays full on the gay scene. chunks, 3 4 ‘At 12.30 the breeze began to freshen.) Sue bent to the breeze and overhaul + 12 20 50) phey were apparently about ten miles | pest wag OF PROSPERITY FOR THOSE USING THE ——_— -- i baby}ib topsail, and club. ‘The euly full ooneuntn of tho hanes yachts in accordance therewith, and the Nine Out of Ten Men All their sails, were full ‘and draw ball game are given In “7! | HALF-MILLION GUARANTER pac. | crowd on the street below could view ‘paralsal'Glansalien We Saat tha tonls Well. The yachts acemed so be very od — oe pe. “ev * veath clos ogee: c e | vie) | s your number? °° se ton ere gong throug! f “The Evening Worl bas received an unsigned | 4 . per tor valuabi The eacurvion fleet had crowded for- play has been mad nem Nori bas received an unsigned | alletins of the distances between the er for valuable pre ward to get a gud View of the yachts — ifs recently 4 from 18 Cherry street, The | Sachets At frequent’ Intervals left no yacuTaMEN KNOW THE ADVANTAGE OF ds they passed, and {t looked as it they r HE SPEED OF THE YACHTS 18 SLOW com. | [{4ally Sispoenenunt from 18 Cherry avest. The) excuse for not Knowing ail about the! peng To WINDWARD. THE MALY MILLION would obstruct the course. “One of the “D WITH THE SEEDY RESULTS Faos | ——+ race, although mahy- miles from the ——— larger steamers had to back to allow CLERKS BUSY MAKING COPIES. Some Cases Are Outlawed and Scores of the Indicted Ones Have Gone to a Higher Court. early two thousand forgotten indict- ments for every crime on the calendar, from petit larceny homicide, have been discovered by pure accident in the District-Attorney’s office. Two months ago Assistant District- Attorney Henry W. Unger, in compliance with orders from Recorder Goff, turned over to the Clerk of the Court of Gen- eal Sessions all indictments he knew to be fn the possission of the District-At- to To-day twenty clerks were busy copy- ‘The yellow pipers were untric. indict- ments, which were found in an old box Rollins, Phelps and Garvin, ‘They were “ pigeon-holed * where no City Hall Park, It was moved up to the Criminal Court Building, and put in a corner of the Chief Clerk's offi No one suspected for a moment what was in the box until Mr, Unger a few days ago opened it out of curiosity. wd for Bulle- kor Montreal Citizens Cre tims aud Bet on Va Vaikyrie’s chances Were good in alight wind. for thirty rune. White Caps Beat an Old Woman, , y lative positions of | 4 th yachts were eillt on messee, They fatally whipped Harriett Swag. DEFENDER AND VALKY! ranged to «lve the re! rise to #0 Much unnecessary djscussion, they drew nei e Cable stealer, Pet as aasd ‘ponisa, hie ase tually ce RIB WILL | ine yachts every few minutes. The ‘explicitely stated the opinions whch. i ikyre certa.nly appeared to outpoing Raed Gh tes daeas wits har grandion: BREAST NO BIGGER WAVE THAN THE WAVE) mechanism arranged underneath the ave long held and which J thought fender and kept Well in front. —— ING WORLD'S” NIGHT EXTR 4 immediately after the last @BLLF-MILLION GUARANTEE PAGE. MELP TO THE GOOD TIMES. IT i Fam, " MASONIC TEMPLE ON FIRE. building above the second floor at 11 o'clock, and the roof of the building was then burning fiercely. Templar triennial conclave a week ago At 114 the fire was under control. The roof fell in just before, carrying Fire Chief Exan with tt, three stories, Sent $2 for Mra. Sulliva | Veo German Laundry toap, It's the Best. | Tae genuize bas colored woman on wrapper. °° | story. VALKYRIE Ill. mas Z ese fs ea nw YACHT RACE IN MINIATURE, Building, to see fifteen miles of blue water stretching across the front of the building, on a level with the fourth of the real racers, but it required @ very small stretch of imagination to make Building when any important news Is to be bulletined, might see the yacht race from start to finish, counterfeit: w moves the minature! the race as well as those who give up > time and money and risk an attack of kness down the bay. actual scene of ¢! aquatic stru By the time the yachts crossed the line on their thirty-mile race over 5,000 per- sons had gathered in front of the Pu- Betting on the Excha: THE BOOM GIVEN TO BUSINESS RY THE HALP-MILLION GUARANTER PAGE I$ BIGGE writes under date of Sept. 4, aw follows: | | “With reference to the recent decia: tion in the House of Commons, I do *know why persons interested should he My answer, which has xiven ali bimetallists held also.” QUARANTEE PAGE 18 $0 FAR IN ADVANC OF ALL COMPETITORS THAT IT Can't 2B OVERTAKEN. Both yachts felt its Influence at the| Valkyrie in lively fashion, At 1.45 De- from the finish. same time and nelther gained. | fender went on the port tack, and for a (Special to The Evening World.) ‘The yacht Navahoe coming down from| Valkyrle continued to outsail De-| time there was no means of knowing COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY'S! the north. croxsed under Defender's BTEAMER, Sept. 7.—At 4.15 the wind) stern and pushed across Valkyrie's! choose between them, but thousands Defender was a little ta north- There were two big sloops coming in| ward of Valkyrie and had her spinna- ‘was very light and horizon hazy. | slowly, attended by a fleet of schooners and steamers. Neither could be identi- | fied as Valkyrie or Defender. { nI advance of the fleet and of the] racers was the Committee Boat Luck- enbach, which was making for the finish | under a full head of steam The outlines of the sails were so dim the it wi impossible to distinguish the yachts from each other, but of them evidently had a good lead. | one ls were hardly distinguishable bor ker and ballgon Jib hoisted, Valkyrie was also sailing under her | fender than she also came about. big headsail and spinnaker. At 4.20 It began to drizzle again, shut, ting out a clear view of the racers. IT WAS A PRETTY START. Description of the Race a “Evening World” T. (Special Wire from. the Commercial Cable Com: pany's ON BOARD TH fre Seen XING WORLD | Defender promptly followed suit. fender, who, her rival. There was very little to were disappointed to see the American boat outatrip the Britisher. ‘At 12.85 Valkyrie tacked and no sooner wan the movement evident on board De- They | were equally quick In stays, and as both cume about at practically the same time \there was no means of judging which \nad the lead | For a while after Defender had came Jabout she did not seem to point auite \so high, but she speeded ahead faster. | Valkyrie couldn't be shaken off. She still held the windward position, but Defender was further ahead. ‘At 1.05 Valkyrie tacked again and This DEFENDE however, still outpotnted | 4 ee SC eeeEZ yy At 4.10 the racers loomed into sight | rUG.—At 1160 o'clock both yachts were | time the Britisher was the quicker in| nee, ‘i ounced 0 ti | and e ee ee ee LLL again, away off to the east-southeast. | well up to the starting point and ready | stays, nd, SxAaperating. delays, pa indletsenta, werd: th pip: PORsCA: ‘yhetr to race. Both loafed aiong towards the | By this time the fleet of excurston| It Was found necessary to start from sion. - y — = - - —— - Sandy H ing names of the defendants, and the ——— — Sandy Hook Lightship, aa had beom ine es for o ey were indicted = ‘ici i charges for wich they were indict i This was done to enable the racers to i aa follows: in the District-Attorney’s office, They were ail indictments found from pik 1863 to 1883, during the administration of Valkyrie ex-District-Attorneys Olney, McKeon, ‘one thought of looking for them. For seconds ahead of the challenger, but years the old box In which they we Sevrnsan hoth were recalled, as the start Was & found lay In the loft of the old brown- s Copyright ‘aise one. tone General Sessions building tn the ESS — Pry! The preparatory signal was again . b fifteen miles to windward and return, Mane hig Aue & Goara. Gf clerks 61 Magnificent Structure |The Evesing Wo! Mechanical Vier aug: Tere teek Np ae: ns Both racers crossed the line on copying the titles of the old indictments. Just Escaped Destruction, Duplicate vf Actual Positions. | Records and occupied a greater part of Starboard tack, and Of course, many are outlawed, and) BOSTON, Sept. 7.—Shortly after 10) For those who are unable to go dowu |the eastern end of City Hall Plata Over; “to, SAS | east He anata lead. A number | o'clock this morning fire was discovered | to the scene of the yacht race to-day| The crowd even extended out into had the weather position, but wa: the Jefentants werd not arrested. | |in the Masonle Temple here, rahe Evening World” has prepared a| Park Row and filled up the space be- ot Bo each Lefer the Mr. Unger would not ta: h pleasant surprise. twee | English sloop. efender had eet fad’ neither Would the acting. District: The entire destruction of the magnin- | Pipette re downlawa thao. and on each side of the car | baby fibtopsail just before she Attorney, eas cent structure was threatened. acrning Ware) acion iietecon tudnn a ked to cross the Ine, and both were CANADIANS WATCH THE RACE. The fire had practically gutted the|their accustomed look at the Pulltzer 6 TO 5 ON DEFENDER. g under mainsail, clubtopsail, if Balik ay jof the big fleet of excursion vessels, MONTREAL, Que! pt. 1—The | The Temple was one of the most mag-| More than that, both Defender and| putt of toda Priceeici leg MA aM which made way on both sides for the ae nists ter prevails here | nificently furnished Masonic bulldings in| Valkyrie 111. were there in all the glory | and Valkyrie III becatre quite, brisk racers, to-day over the Defender and Valkyrie |the country and the lots may reach | Of stowy salis and fluttering National maining: Intavere cas adds were | The wind was blowing more than five race for the America Cup. Every bul-| g499,090, ‘The building cost $760,000, colors, manoeuvring about the starting don the American yacht. | miles an hour, and Valkyrie, during the letin board is surrounded by an excited |”, 900: | point, Several bets were made in the Stock |tirst five minutes, seemed to be gaining coud Valuable papers in the safes on the| To be suze, the blue water was the By penne OF $1,200 to $1,000, The pre. | steadily on Defender, At o'clock Tn the betsing Valkyrie was the fayor-| second floor are saved. i product of the scene-painter's art and/ {9p being freely offered’ (eat Maure, 6 Valkyrie seemed to be about five lengths a p They were heading about east-northe ' _* —— It is situated at Tremont and Boyls-| one's self believe that it was the gen- EITHER THE VALKYRIE'S OK east on the starboard tack. Canadian Cricketers at Bat. ton streets, and wes built only @ ycar|uine thing: [FENDERS The yachts stood on starboard tack, TORONTO, Ont. Sept aud @ ball aga ay an ingenious arrangement of ae | northeast, and head on to the steamer me wicket to fall, the Fi wires and pulley “The Evening | {rom the start. Defender was on the al . d den, cl Eni 7 the cricket match this morning Adeut, Madden, of Chemical Engine | Wort mechanics had fixed things | |) Mim weather quarter of the Englishman, maining batter waa soon out for duc! No. 2, was thrown from his engine andj, that the 5,00) people, who always| LONDON, Sept. 7.—The Right Hon. A Hampered by sion Fleet. weat In thelr Grohabiy fasally: hue: [congregate in front of the Pulitzer |J: Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury . (Special 10 The Evening World, The telegraph reports from the dozen | perplexed over my supposed change of jon both sides of the racers and from sn ° ike t—Female o| =? dl lev. roma Pie ‘bimetaliism, for no such cl Ot progres e yac! very Caps have commenged operations in Kast Ten- data. scammcpaeal Miysping World's’, command were: 8h \ curred, ne which hast 2 which yacht speed. Defender stood off for less than ten minutes, and then came’ about again for Valkyrie, which steadily held her way. This hitch was seconds. lost for Defender, and when she showed on the fame tack as Valkyrie the latter ap- Peared to have widened the breach again. was making the best VALKYRIE OFF AHEAD, (Spectal to The Evening World.) COMMERCIAL CABLE STEAMER, Sept. 7.—Valkyrie started ahead in the first race for America's Cup after long the Scotland Lightship instead of the beat fifteen miles to windward, The yachts were timed officially as A previous start had been made, De- fender crossing the line at 12.10.06, five hoisted and the racers were given ten minutes to manoeuvre for position once more. ‘They finally got off with the advantage in Vaikyrie's favor at the time named. ‘The course was signalled 88.B. by E., staysa:ljib and small jibtopsail. When the yachts started away from the line they seemed to pass through the centre ward berth, The latter, however, looked to be out. pointing Defender and seemingly creep- ing out from under her lee. The ex cursion beats were in front, behind and Both yachts Were still on. sta rd yachts carried mainsa! the water very fast, Crowded on Course. Defender to pass. ‘Defender seemed to do better om the tack to the southward and for @ few