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Show PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Fast Races and Close Finishes Were Recorded in Every Trial Shamrock's Actual Sailing Time in Last Race Less than the Columbia's but the f Latter Won on Time Allowance Conceded by the Shamrock. UTAH STATE NEWS. Salt Lake county has two cases of In three straight races Columbia has smallpox and Salt Lake City two. proven her superiority over Shamrock A recruting station has been opened II, winning one of the three in the at Fort Douglas to recruit a new fastest time ever sailed by yachts, and in what was considered Shamrock battery. The Utah Woolgrowers association weather. While the American boat has proven herself to be the finest met in Salt Lake last week, the old general officers. yacht ever built, she had to fight hard victory. In the first of the Approaching cold weather has re- for every races three the Columbia crossed the sulted in the close of the Salt Palace line 31 seconds ahead of her rival, bicycle track at Salt Lake for the which, up to that time was the closest season. finish ever recorded, and the race There has been taken out of Utah's stands as the most exciting ever sailed. mines in the first nine months of the The official time, however, gave the year, according to ore and bullion set- Columbia the race by 1:15, as the Chaltlements, and smelter reports, $19,057,-56to a lenger, owing larger sail area, must allow the Columbia 44 seconds Christian Christensen, a Salt Lake time in the thirty-mil- e race. county farm hand, has sued Jacob SorThe second race, in a breeze so strong ensen, his employer, for $3,500, alleged as to almost frighten those aboard the to be due as wages for the past twelve British boat weather considered es- years. The Salt Lake public library has volumse and 10,603 borrowers cards.-ISeptember 5,413 volumes were lloaned and 3,153 consulted in the reference room. A new solvent for copper, which extracts and percipitates mineral from ithe rock without disintegrating it, is being experimented with by a Salt Lake miner. A visit of John Hays Hammond, the famous mining expert, to the Silver King at Park City, has revived the rnmors of the sale of that property for re-electi- ng 4. al-mo- st 16.-6- 93 (the i 12-yr-o- VK. ld . at a terrible pace. Everything in the fleet had to crowd on steam to keep the racers in rfight, and the gait at which they were going left tugs and some of the steamboats - re-unio- ns It. Mrs. Sarah Gray, Provo's oldest resident, died at the age of 97 years, last week. She has been a resident of Utah since 1854, and has lived most of the time since in Provo. She was born in County Tyron, Ireland, June 11, 1804. Director Murdock of the Salt Lake weather bureau, believes that Great Salt Lake will disappear in time unless a heavier rainfall occurs. An increase f rainfall annually, of a few inches, woold in time raise the lake several hundred feet. There was also citizens of the United States who arrived from abroad. From a comparison of the steerage immigration for the last two years, it is shown that nearly 30,000 of the increase of last year over the year before was in immigration from southern Italy alone. The number of returning alien residents stands at 10.6 per cent, of the total immigration. In the amount of money brought-peSHAMROCK II. capita there appears to be an Valiant, but Vanquished. appreciable increase over last year, hut the report says: she behaved better than her rival. The conclusion unfortunately is Reaching for the first mark, ten unavoidable that ourimmigration miles down the Long Island shore, increasing in illiteracy. with the wind aft the beam she gained Not only tare we drawing more and. twenty-tw- o seconds. In the closer more from the countries where illiterreach for the second stake she gained acy is high, but also the immigrants thirty seconds, and in the thresh to' themselves are showing higher percent windward on the leg home she gained tages of illiteracy. Nearly of exactly two minutes. our steerage immigrants now present The Yankee victory tegan with the an illiteracy of from 40 to over 50 per start, when the erafty Barr by a sys- cent. tem of maneuvering, convinced his adversary that he was trying to across the Beet Sugar Men will Not Sell Froduet aft. Price Fixed by Trust. line first. Captain Sycamore promptly A Pueblo dispatch says: The posi took the bait and rushing his boat into tion of the beet sugar manufacturers' position sent her ,away almost in the smoke of the gun. Thereupon Captain in regard to the attack upon their inBarr, having accomplished his purpose dustry by the cane sugar trust is given tacked about back of the line and held in a statement made by W. J. Ilart-man- , off for more than a minute. Then attorney for the National Beet. with a flying start hep went over just Sugar company, whose refineries and before the handicap gun was fired. lands are at Sugar City, Colo. Both Some of the patriots were disappointed this company's works and those of until the experts explained that there the American Beet Sugar company at was no windward berth in a reach Rocky Ford began the annual sugar where the boats could lay their course campaign last week and they are con straight for the mark, and with a po Burning about 1,500 tons of beets a day. Mr. Hartman says the sugar mills sition astern, where Barr could keep his eye on every move of his rival, was will be run right along the same as if the commanding one. He couuld the American Sugar Refining comwatch Sycamore like a hawk, knowing pany's edict had not been made, but that when the gap between them was the companies will not sell their product at 3 cents a pound as the trust closed the race was his. For the first fifteen miles no .human is attempting to force them to do. In eye could tell which ship, if either, stead they will store it, if necessary, was gaining, so closely were they confident that they will not have to matched. But gradually it became hold it long, but that if necessary apparent that the Columbia was over- they are able to hold until they get a price. A combination of all hauling the flying challenger. Slowly, theliving lnch'by inch and 'foot by foot, the Mr. beet sugar works is intimated by Hartman. white boat gained. They were going 1901, was 453,496. COLUMBIA. QUEEN OF THE YACHTING WORLD. sentially Shamrock wss taken by the COLUMBIA WINS SECOND RACE American yacht in the fastest time In' Fastest Time Ever Recorded In a ZYacht ever recorded in such a race, 3:13:18 in a thirty mile course beating the Britisher out by two minutes and fifty-tw- o seconds, including the time allowance. For a close finish, however, Friday race will always remain notable. The Shamrock, although losing on account of time allowance she must concede, crossed the line two seconds ahead of Columbia. The official time gives the Columbia the race by forty-twseconds. The official time, however, favors the Columbia about fifteen seconds, making the actual sailing time of the Shamrock in this race fifteen seconds better than the Columbia. In starting the race a signal gun is fired. Two minutes is allowed for the racers to cross to the starting line. If they cross before the expiration of the two minutes, time is taken when the line is crossed. If the boats, or either of them, do not cross the line, in this two minutes limit, time is counted as though they had. In the last race neither boat got away on time. The Columbia, however, crossed fifteen seconds ahead of the Shamrock, but for the reason above stated, the latter boat got no credit for the elapsed time. The starting time is recorded at 11:02 for both boats. The line was crossed by the Columbia, however, at 11:17, and by the Shamrock at 11:32. In the actual sailing time, the Shamrock won by seventeen seconds; conceding the time allowance forty-fou- r seconds, the 8hamrock lost by the narrow margin of twenty seven seconds. In all three races the Shamrook outsailed the Columbia in fighting before the wind; in going with the wind, the Columbia outstripped her rival In every o -- 113,-05- one-ha- lf $12,000,000. The Oregon Short Line will occupy three top floors of the new Deseret News building at Salt Lake, for its general offices, upon the completion of jthat structure. Friday of last week was childrens' Iday at the state fair. The attendance (was larger than ever before, the so crowded that it was grounds being difficult to get around. Arthur Moyer, a Salt Lake was in shot the 'boy, leg by a companion of the same age, last while handling a revolver the Moyer boy was carrying. Miss Lizzie Boreham, of Waterloo, addition to Salt Lake, was decided to be the prettiest girl at the state fair on childrens day. There were 15,999 other good looking people present . Benjamin Wright, a Pleasant Grove youngman. while climbing a fence on a duckhunting expedition last week, shot himself through the foot by the accidental- discharge of his gun. He may lose his foot. The fees of the secretary of state's office for nine months of the year are in excess of 66,000. Ordinarily they amount to only $30,000 a year, but the U. P. and San Pedro railway incorporation bring the total up. Herbert Cassidy, a messenger boy employed in the auditor's office of the Oregon Short Line, at Salt Lake, fell a distance' of fifteen feet in the new 8hort Line building last Friday, and eeriously injured his back. Neil Dougherty, a bachelor, died in Salt Lake last November, leaving $770 on deposit in a Salt Lake bank. After funeral expenses and costs of administration were paid, there remains $76 to be devided among three heirs. A reunion of missionaries of the eastern states was held in Salt Lake during conference.. About fifty elders were present. Annual will be held in future, when specially prepared programs will be provided. A party of engineers has been busy for some time locating an electric light plant in Sevier canyon, above Richfield. The project is designed to furnish power and light for the mines of Kimberley and the towns of Sevier valley. T. J. Ellenbaugli ' of Idaho Falls, Idaho, last week consulted Salt Lake hospital physicians regarding a tumor on his neck which threatens to cause starvation in time unless it is removed. He has been a sufferer for years with AMONG (MIGRANTS' ury department. The report shows that the number of aliens who arrived during the fiscal year ended June 30,6 instance. While taking bis defeat gamely, Sir Thomas Lipton made no attempt to conceal the honest disappointment. "I was very much disappointed, he said. "I don't hide that. I thought within fifteen minutes of the finish that we had won. I was as sure as my life that we had won. When I looked around the situation had changed, and we had lost. It was a hard blow to be so near winning und then to lose. I should liked t orfcave got one race, just by way of consolation. It is a very hard thing to tie beaten by a breath by a few beats f the pulse. Sir Thomas received an ovation as great as ,that paid the Columbia. He was everywhere congratulated for the splendid races he had sailed, and for his fairness and gentlemanly conduct. I1N CREASING Saye Report of Bureau of IsImmigration very Notleable Increase of Illiteracy 453,496 Foreigner Came to our Shorses During the Year. The annual report of Thomas Fitch, commissioner of immigration at New York, has been received at the treas- UTAH OGDEN ' ILLITERACY COLUMBIA TAKES THREE STRAIGHTS FROM THE BRITISH CUP CHALLENGER. ...WEBER COUNTY TIMES., Race, Beating Shamrock In a Gale. In the fastest yacht race ever sailed, Columbia took the second race of the series with Shamrock Ii., Thursday, in a glorious whole sail breeze which heeled the big cup contestants down until tbeir lee rails were awash in the foaming seas, over a triangular course of thirty miles by two minutes and nfty-tw- o seconds actual time. With e forty-threthe seconds which the Irish must allow the American boat on sloop account of her larger sail plan, the Columbia won the second race of the secseries by three minutes thirty-fiv- e astern. The guide boat, which started fifteen minutes before the racers, shot out at full speed, but she was hardly able to leg off the distance and get the float overboard before the racers were upon her. The Columbia sailed the thirty miles in 3:13:18, the fastest time ever made in such a race. When asked what he thought of the race. Sir Thomas Lipton, owner of the 5 challenger, said: I admit I licked that got frankly by the best boat, in a fair and square race, and I maintain and believe that there is not a better skipper afloat than Captain Sycamore nor a better crew than mine. I have as much esteem for my captain and crew as when 1 came to this side, but they cant do impossibilities. They took as much out of the boat as could be taken. (I am very much disappointed at the result, added Sir Thomas, and the only consolation is that I know I have been licked by a good, honorable opponent. I know that the wind was true and that the Columbia won without any flukes. onds. The fastest race ever sailed in a cup contest, it was not only a royal struggle from a spectacular point of view, but it. was absolutely decisive as to the merits of the two racing machines. There is not a yachting sharp who witnessed the race who is not firmly convinced that the defender is the abler boat blow high or blow low, beating, reaching or running, and that Sir Thomas and his merry British tars are doomed to return home empty-hande- d. The wind was strong and true, blowing around eighteen knots from the northwest, and at every point of racing, except, perhaps, running before the wind, in which the defender has already taken the measure of the challenger, the Yankee sloop proved herself abler than the Watson model. From the time she crossed the starting secline, one minute and thirty-fou- r until she onds behind the pieked up and passed the Irish boat, three miles after rounding the second mark, Columbia's pace was faster and mug-hunte- Samuel Neirhome Hill Build Independent Smelter In Utah. A Denver dispatch says the statement by Samuel Newhouse that he would enter the field in opposition to the American Smelter trust, and the announcement of the smelter corporation that all its plants would be remodeled and modernized has created a stir in Colorado mining circles. Mr. Newhouse has matured plans that mean much for the handling of ores. He said: . I shall certainly build an independent smelter in Utah. This will be to handle the product of my mines and those of some others who are associated with me; and I am considering the erection of a plant in Denver. This smelter will not be run in connection with my mining operations in this territory, but will be a custom smelter. The thing is not decided upon positively, and the plans are too indefinite now to be discussed. low-gra- de Former Govenor of Johannesburg on Trial for High Treason. Ur. Krause, the former governor of Johannesburg, who was arrested Sep- National Cattle Show st Kansas City Surpass all Others. YF11 tember 2d on the charge of high treason, was arraigned in the extradition cdtart at London Tuesday and charged with high treason and incitement to murder. The former charge is connected with the surrender of Johannesburg, when, according to the public prosecutor, Dr. Krause obtained from Lord Roberts twenty-fou- r hours' armistice on the plea that street would thereby be obviated, andfighting' utilized the period in gettingall the Boer fighters out of town and in sending 180,000 to Pretoria. After Dr. Krause had been paroled he went to Europe and applied to Dr. Leyds, the agent of the Transvaal, for money on account of these services. Indications are that the national cattle show, to be held in Kansas City, beginning, October 21st, will surpasi-alprevious events of that character ever held, with a larger attendance and a greater display of thoroughbreds than ever before is expected. There will he a celebration exhibit and .sale of the three most famous breeds of cattle Herefords, Shorthorns and Galloways. The entries close October- - l r, THE AMERICA'S CDF. 10th. r |