2 YACHT COLUMBIA SHOWS HER HEELS The Defender Left Far Be hind in the Race. COLUMBIA MAY KEEP CUP SIR TiIOMAS WILL# GO HOME SORROWING. COLUMBIA WON BY THREE MINUTES She Would Have Gone Much Bet):*Had Her Sails fitted as Well as Those of the Defender. An Exciting and Beautiful Race. ' New York, July o.—Over a triangular «?OUTse of thirty unit's in comparatively light winds the new Isclin-Morgan yacht Columbia to-day vanquished the Vander bilt yacht Defender and convinced the yachtsmen who saw the royal struggle that she is worthy of defending the pre cious trophy which Svr Thomas Dipt oil and his merry tars hope to take hack with them in the Shamrock next full. I ‘Rased upon the showing she made as ■ a better lwmt than the Defender under j adverse conditions the nautical sharps I sire strongly convinced that Sir Thomas will sail home without the silver mug, the possession of which has given 11s the yachting supremacy of the world since 1851. To-day’s race plainly demonstrated that, no matter how skillfully constructed a yacht may lie, her sailing and ability I to go to windward may he killed by im perfectly* setting sails. The Columbia won the race by a mar gin of three minutes fifty-three seconds (unofficial time.) There is no doubt she would have won by a larger margin ; f •her sat.s had fitted as well as the De fender’s^ Rut to-day's race was an unsatisfac tory one. Shifting, baffling winds and n had, lumpy sea with dirty rain squalls I .made the conditions anything but ideal for yacht racing. I In windward work the Columbia with sails drawing hudly, demonstrated her superiority, and in a long reach with sheets eased, she outfooted the Vander bilt boat. Sudden shifting of the wind prevented a trial at running with spinnakers. In light weather, close lull- 1 ed, therefore, it can l>e said that she is undoubtedly the Defender's superior, but 1 what she cam do in a piping breeze re mains to be seen. 1 Through a blunder or by design Cap tain Barr, of the Columbia, gave the Defender a start equal to her time al lowance, about two minutes. The beat to windward made a beautiful race. 'Hie interest was intense. The Columbia seemed more tender than the Defender —more tender lmt perhaps more stately j as she lay down to work. Miniature 1 cataracts poured from her glistening decks when the water spurted twenty feet high from her bows, but as she lifted beautifully she looked like a huge 1 gull rising from the water. Then the talent began to get nervous. Gradually bait surely, the Defender was drawing ahead. It did not take the yachtsmen long to discover the cause. The Defend er’s sails fit to perfectimi. while those of tihe Columbia were loose and cracked in the ten-knot breeze. Half am hour later the wind- sank to | about five knots and immediately the sails of the Columbia began to draw, I and she began to gain upon her adver- [ sary. The Columbia continued to gain on every tack, and a few minutes before the, first mark was reached, she crossed the j Defender’s bow on the starboard tack. Then the nautical sharps breathed easier, j She rounded the stake exactly one min-1 i ute ahead of tin* Defender. On the long reach for the second mark. | with the wind abeam, the Columbia : gained 58 seconds. It was now only a question of how much the Columbia would heat tin* Defender, and .many of the steamers ami tugs headed back for the finish. Gracefully* and noiselessly the Columbia swept over the invisible finish Hue, and when she crossed she was given a royal salute. As the Defender crossed the line she also was greeted l with a demonstration quite as enthusiastic and prolonged. Herbert l>’cds. on India If erf Mr. Iselin. said after the race that the friends of j the Col uni. wa were very well satisfied, and Imped to do better when their sails were made more trim. The race to-day was an informal trial for a cup offered by the New York Yacht Club. WHEELER ORDERED TO MANILA The General Highly Pleased— Preparing to Cross the Continent Saturday. Washington. July Brigadier Gene ral Joseph Wheeler was today ordered to report to General Otis at Manila, for service in the Philippine Islands. General Wheeler is much pleased with his assignment to the Philippine Islands. “I believe now that the rebellion is on and that it should Is* stamped out,” he said tonight. “The sooner it is done, the better it will lie for the Filipinos, as well as for the United States. Every loyal American should support the Ad ministration in its effort to terminate the strife and to set up good government in the Philippines. I am glad to he able to lend my aid to the Government at this time, when it is in need of support. I shall place myself at the disposal ->f General Otis, and endeavor to do my duty as a soldier.” General Wheeler is making prepara tions to leave, for San Francisco Sat urday. Three Eastern players and one West ern will contest at Lake Forest today in the semi-finals for the amateur golf chain pionsh ip. OASTORIA lt» Kind You Ban Always Bougbl RELIEF FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS Damage to Crops Greatly Overestimated —Government Rations. Galveston, Texas. July 9.—James Col lison, Superintendent of Machinery for the Santa Fe Railroad, amoved in Gal veston 011 the last through train the road lias been able to run. The Brazos river at Rosenberg is running wild, Mr. Collision says, but with regard to the ultimate damage he is very optimistic. He thinks the damages are greatly overestimated and that the loss of crops in the bottoms will be counter-balanced by the increased yields on the uplands. He left at noon on a special train for the flooded district, carrying provisions for the destitute. At Sunnysidc, twelve miles from Brookshire, the Brazos river is ordina rily two hundred yards wide. About parallel with this and two and a half miles away is Elm Creek, which is sel dom over thirty feet wide and in mid summer often dry. The two streams, separated by low bottom lands, are now united, making a river between five and six miles wide and from sixty to seventy feet deep. Along the currents nineteen people were reseued yesterday in a skiff sent from Houston. The lieoplo were demolishing their sheds and out houses and making boxes that they used for boats. Cattle were found resting their heads in the boughs of trees making a pitiable struggle for existence. At one point two houses were svn coming down the stream. In one of them was a mail and two women ami on tin* other a woman and five children were clinging for life and calling for help. One of those was a fine two-story affair, and the other was a smaller dwelling. They passed on with the foaming current and may have struck an obstruction' and been smashed to pieces or found their way into the Gulf. Twenty-five rowboats fully manned and provisioned, left here today for the section overflowed to assist in saving life and property. Governor Sayers has been asked by Representative '.V. H. Ellis to call a s|*vial session of the Legislature to re lieve the 1 distress. The Santa Fe main line trains have Iwhmi abandoned lve tween Galveston and the Brazos river. The Southern Pacific and Missouri. Kansas and Texas bridges across the Brazos river are reported l to have been swept away this morning. Reports from a s|ieeial correspondent of the News indicate that, while the property loss in the recent Hood* has Imhu enormous, the loss of life has been greatly exaggerated. Every year the Brazos and Colorado Valleys suffer from inundations. Up to the present flood the greatest destine-' tion from the annual inundations was in 1885. This year the high water-mark of 1885 has been surpassed in Washing ton, Austin, Fort Bend, Waller and Bra zos counties in Southern Texas. The Brazos is failing rapidly In the central part of the State, the scene of last week’s flood. The flood reached the Southern part of the State Sunday night ami Monday. The planters* had received ample warn ing, but many negroes remained in the Brazos Valley, believing the water would not reach higher than in 1885. From 1,500 to 2.000 colored people were caught in the valley, in Austin, Waller, and Fort Bead counties, and were forged to take to the trees a»4 house tops. The War Department has authorized Governor Sayers to distribute ten thou sand army rations among the flood suf ferers, the rations to iie furnished the Governor from Sail Antonio. These rations will ho distributed at Rich mond, Thonqvson, Wallis, Rosenlicrg, Ihi tike, Areola, Fulshear, Chenango, Co lumbia, Velasco, Navasoto, Calvert. H carat*, Bryan and Brenham. In addi tion to the War Department rations, Houston and Galveston have sent sev eral carloads of groceries into the flooded district. As to crops, cotton is not lost. If is entirely washed out in some places, but on the whole more good than, harm lias been done to crops by the floods. Cot ton will Ik* replanted in most eases. Corn has soured! in most localities*, but tin* crop is not an entire loss. There is plenty of time to raise cotton before January, 1900. The next trouble will Ik* at Velasco, the mouth of the Brazos, which point tin* flood#* reached today. The town may iw cut off from couinuinitioii with the world for a day or so, but no loss of life is anticipated. TWO FEVER CASES IN HAVANA. Gomez Accused of IMoting to Overthrow the Government of Bair Domingo. Hav aim, July 9. —Two eases of yellow fever have been reported today. One of the patients is an old Spanish woman who has been ini Cuba for two years, and with her the disease is in a mold form. The other ease is that of an American, whose symptoms are still doubtful, though it is believed by Sur geon Major Davis and other officers to be yellow fever. Both eases were dis covered in a bad part of the city which is but little frequented by America ns. ‘Surgeon Major Davis does not believe there is match danger that the disease will spread. El Recoaieentrado publishes a sensa tional story accusing General Gomez of plotting to overthrow the government of San Domingo. It says: ‘"Having abandoned the hope of be coming the head of the Cuban ‘Repub lic, and unwilling to emulate the example of other patriots who. in similar eondi tions, have thrust aside personal inter ests and retired into private life. Gomez is conferring with discontented Domi nicans, among whom are General Bau tistiea, who is now in Havana, with a view of organizing an exisnlition com posed of former American and Cuban soldiers, to attack San Domingo, kill President Deurenux ami jiroelaim Gomez dictator. We are informed that Gomez, though an old man, is proceed to South Africa to organize tin* residents, as well as the police and local forces at various points on the frontier. The Bar Association of Georgia open ed its annual session at Waim Springs yesterday. In point of attendance the convention is a record breaker. At yes terday’s session Judge Hamilton Mc- Whorter. presided. Acting Commissioner Williams of the Internal Revenue Bureau, ha* decided that natural or artificial gas companies are subject to the gross receipt tax under the war revenue act, and that in the cast' of artificial gas the return* made by the company should ineliul • sale s of tar, ammonia, coke, etc, ROBBED THE GRAVE. 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