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X THE WEATHER TO-DAY. t ♦ For North Carolina: X | CLOUDY. | »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ VOL LI. NO. 14. Leads all North Carolina Dailies in News and Circulation TO DIE IN TEE ELECTRIC CHAIR The President’s Assassin Will Pay the Pen alty of His Crime During the Week Be ginning October the 28th. AUBURN PRISON THE PLACE OF DOOM Trembling, Aghast, Whispers Confession, “THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE BUT ME’’ The Court Packed,Clamoring Throngs Without. Back Through the Tun nel of Sobs to the. Cell of the Condemned. (By the Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 26.—Leon F. Czol gosz, the assassin of President McKinley was this afternoon sentenced to be elec trocuted in Auburn State prison during the week beginning October 28, 1901. Before sentence was passed, the as sassin evinced a desire to speak, but he could not get hife voice above a whisper and his words were repeated to the court by his counsel. “There was no one else but me.” the prisoner said'in a whisper. "No one else told me to do it and no one paid me to do it. I was not told anything about the crime and I never thought anything about that uutil a couple of days before I committed the crime.” Czolgosz terfl down. He was quite calm, but it was evident that his mind was flooded with thoughts of his own dis tress. His eyes were dilated, making them appear very bright. His cheeks were a trifle pale and his outstretched hand trembifd. The guards put the handcuffs cn bis wrists. He looaed fit one of the officers. There was an expression of the j rofoundcst fear and helplessness in his eyes. He glanced about at the people who crowded together in efforts to get a look at him. The prisoner’s eyelids rose and fell tremulously and then he fixed his gaze upon the floor in front in him. At this point Judge Titus came over to the prisoner and bade him good-bye. Czolgosz replied very faintly, letting his eyes rest upon the man who has been his counsel. “flood bye,” he said weakly. Czolgosz was then hurried down stairs and through the “tunnel of sobs” to the jail where he will remain until removed to Auburn to pay the penalty for his crime. Although the time announced for the convening of court was two o’clock every s -at and eVerv foot of standing room, were occupied before 1:30 and scores wore ciiirnoring outside for admission. The doors were locked and no more were ad mitted to the room. JUIXIE AND PRISONER ARRIVE. The prisoner was brought into the room at live minutes to two. Five minutes later Justice White took his place upon the bcnef.i. As soon as Justice White assumed the bench, Crier Hess said: “Pursuant to a recess, this trial term of the Supreme Court is now open for the transaction of business.” District Attorney Penny said: “If your honor please, I move sentence in the case of the People vs. Leon Czolgosz. Stand up, Czolgosz.” THE PRISONERS RECORD. Clerk Fisher swore the prisoner and his record was taken by the District At torney as follows: Age 28 years, nativity Detroit, resi dence Broadway, Nowak, Buffalo. Oc cupation, laborer. Married or single single. Degree of education —common school and parochial. Religious instruc tion —Catholic. Parents, father living, mother dead. Temperate or intemperate —temperate. Former conviction of crime —none. The clerk of the court then asked: “Have you any legal cause to show why the sentence of the court should not now be pronounced against you?” “I cannot hear that,” replied the pris oner. Clerk Fisher repeated his question and Czolgosz replied: “I’d rather have this gentleman here speak,” looking towards District Attorney Penny. “I can hear him better.” At this point Justice White told those in the court room that they must be nuiet cr they would be excluded from the room. Mr. Penny then said to the prisoner: “Czolgosz, the court wants to know if you have any reason to give why sent ence should not be pronounced against 4 you. Have you anything to say to the Judge? Say yes, or no.” THE PRISONER’S RIGHT TO SPEAK. The prisoner did not reply and Justice White, addressing the prisoner said: “In that behalf, what you lmvc a right to say relates explicitly to the subject in hand here at this time and which the law provides, why sentence should not he now pronounced aga'inst you and is de fined by the statute. “The first is that you may claim that you are insane. “The next is that you have a good cause to offer either an arrest of the judgment about to be pronounced against , you or for a! new trial. Those are the grounds specified by the statute in which you have a right to speak at this time The News and Observer. and you are at perfect liberty to do so if you wish.” HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY. “The prisoner replied: “I have nothing to say about that.” The court said: “Are you ready?” Mr. Penney replied: “Yes.” “Have you anything to say? asked Justice White. “Yes,” replied the prisoner. “I think he should be permitted to make a statement in exculpation of his act if the court please,” said Judge Titus. The court replied: “That will depend upon what his state ment is.” Justice White then said: “Have you (speaking to Judge Titus) anything to say in behalf of the prisoner at this time?” HE CLEARS HIS PEOPLE. “I have nothing to say within the definition of what your honor has read,” replied the attorney, “but it seems to me in ordi r that the innocent should not suffer by this defendant’s crime, the court sbould permit him to exculpate at least his father, brother and sister.” From the court: "Certainly, if that is the object of any statement he wishes to make, proceed.” „ The prisoner said: “There was no one else but me. No one else told me to do it, and no one paid me to do it.” Judge Titus repeated it as follows: “Owing to the prisoner's feeble voice, I will repeat his words. He says no one had anything to do with the commission of his crime but himself; that his father and mother and no one else had anything to do with it and knew nothing about it." The prisoner continued: “I was not told anything about that crime and I never thought anything about murder until a couple of days be torc I committed the crime.” Judge Titus again repeated as follows: “He never told anyone about the crime and never intended to commit it until a couple of days before its commission.'' The Judge Pronounces Sentence. Then Justice White passed sentence as follows: “In taking the life of our beloved President you committed a crime which shocked and outraged the moral sense of the civilized world. You have con fessed that guilt and after learning all that at this time can be learned from the facts and circumstances of the case, twelve good jurors have pronounced you guilty and have found you guilty of murder in the first degree. “You have said, according to the testi mony of creditable witnesses and your self that no other person aided or abetted you in the commission of this terrible act. God grant it may be so. The penalty for the crime for which you stand convicted is fixed by this statute, and it now becomes my duty to pronounce this judgment against you. “The sentence of the court is that in the week beginning October 28th, 190 J, at the place, in the manner and means prescribed by law, you suffer the punish ment of death. ‘ Remove the prisoner.” THE COURT ADJOURNS. The crowd slowly filed out of the room and court adjourned at 2 2>. The death warrant signed by Justice White is addressed to the agent, and warden of Auburn State prison, and di rects him to execute the sentence of the court within the walls of* the prison on some day during the week beginning Oc tober 23th next, by causing “to pass through the body of the said Loon F. Czolgosz a Current of electricity of suffi cient intensity to cause death, tnd that the application of the said current of electricity be continued until he, the said Leon F. Czolgosz, be dead.” PRESENTATION OF SUFFRAGE PLANS Two Submitted to the Virginia Convention To Offer a Third Today. By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Sept. 26.—Two suffrage plans were presented by the Suffrage Committee to the Constitutional Con vention today—one by the majority and one by Delegate Wysor of Pulaski. Sena tor Daniel said that the minority had prepared a report and gave notice that he would present the same to the con vention tomorrow. The Republicans sub mitted no reporl, though it is under stood that they will offer the present suf frage plan. The two plans presented were read in full, laid on the table and ordered printed. The majority plan pro vides in part as follows: “Section 1. Every male citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, who shall have been a resident of this State for at least two years, of the coun ty cr city in which he shall offer to vote at le&r-t one year, and of the precinct in which he shall offer to vote at least thirty days, next preceding the election at which he shall offer to vote, who shall have been registered as may be prescribed by law, and who shall have paid in person to the State at least six months prior to the election at which he shall offer RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 27, 1901. to vote a poll tax of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for the preceding year ex cept as hereinafter provided otherwise, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly and all officers elected by the people; provided, “He be a person who has served in time of war in the army or navy of the United States, or of the Confederate States, or of any State of the United States; or “i-Ie be a person who, or whose life, shall have paid to the State taxes for the year preceding that in which he of fers to vote, amounting to as much as $1 on property owned by, and assessed against him or his wite; or "He be a person not embraced in the foregoing alternatives, who when he of fers to register, shall be able to give a reasonable explanation of the general na ture of the duties of the various officers for whom he may, at any time, under laws then existing, be entitled to vote, and who if physically able, shall have In dicated his substantial attachment to, or identification with this State, by hav ing been regularly employed or engag ed in a lawful trade, profession, busi ness, calling, work or service, for at least one-fourth of the time during the year next preceding that in which he shall offer to vote. “And, provided further, that the pro visions hereinbefore contained as to the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting shall not apply to any election held prior to the first day of January'. 1,103, and that no person who has served in time of war in the army or navy of the United States, or of the Confederate States or of any State of the United States, shall at any time, be required to pay a poll tajC as a prerequisite to vot ing. “And, provided, further, that any per son, otherwise qualified to vote accord ing to the foregoing provisions, who shall register after the first day of January’, 1904, shall have made application to the registrar in his own handwriting, in the presence of one of the registrars, accord ing to such form and to be verified on oath or affirmation in such manner as may be prescribed by law, and shall pre pare and deposit his ballot without aid from another on such printed form as the low shall prescribe, unless he shall be blind, or otherwise physically dis abled, etc., etc.” Mr. Wysor’s plan renders negroes in eligible to office in the State. • The convention, in committee of the whole, concluded its discussion of the report of the legislative committee in favor of quadrennial sessions of the Leg islature. The question of sessions and elections was divided, the first vote being on quad rennial elections. The vote on elections’ division was 21 ayes, 44 noes, the sub stitute providing for bi-ennial elections being lost. The next vole was on the proposition to hold quadrennial sessions of the leg islature. The report of the committee was adopted—ayes, 33. noes 38—the amendment to provide for bi-ennial ses sions being rejected. Section 3. Requiring the election of all members of the Senate at the same time as members of the House, was adopted, dropping all holdover Senators. Section 5, prohibiting any county, city or State officer from serving in the Gen eral Assembly, was adopted. No amendment was made to any sec tion reported by the committee and at 12:45 the committee of the whole rose and reported the progress. Mr. Glass, of Lynchburg, offered a reso lution directing the committee on elective franchise and qualifications fer office, to report a provision empowering women to quality and discharge the duties of nota ry public. At 1:50 the convention adjourned. On the Diamond. National League. (By the Associated Press.) At Cincinnati— R H E Cincinnati .. ..2 20 0 2 1 0 Ox—7 14 0 Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—2 5 7 i At Chicago— R H E i Chicago 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o—l 7 31 New York .. ..0 11 00 11 1 o—s 9 1 I At St. Louis— R H E St.. Louis 0 0030010 o—4 3 1 Philadelphia ...0 0010005 o—6 15 3 A t Pilsburg— R H E ; Pittsburg 000004 0 0 x—4 8 3 Brooklyn 0 1 110000 o—3f0 —3f 8 2 American League. At Washington— R H E Washington 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 o—3 8 0 Detroit 4 010000 o—s 8 3 I At Baltimore — R H E Baltimore .. ..0 0400211 2—lo 17 3 I Cleveland 0 0014130 o—9 17 l ' At Philadelphia— R IT E Milwaukee .. ..0 2 1 2 0 4.0 1 o—lo 14 0 Philadelphia ...1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—3 10 4 At Boston— 'RHE Boston 00020 0 00 1-3 5 3 Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 I—2 3 2 RAN INTO THE FREIGHT Five Persons Injured in an Accident on the Southern Near Columbia (By the Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26.—A passenger train on the Southern Railway ran in to the rear of a freight train three miles from Columbia last night. Five persons were injured and three ears were burned. The freight train, it is said, was running on a passenger train's time. Electric Light Plant for Hamlet. (Special to News and Observer.) Hamlet, N. C., Sept. 20.—Mr. G. O. Saunders, who makes his winter home in Southern Pines, has gone North lo buy th.* machinery for the new electric plant he will put in operation in this place. He expects to have the plant in opera tion by December or earlier, and will probably put in a water works plant next year. The hare may be cowardly, yet he us ually dies game. BRIEF SESSION 8f THE NAVAL COURT The Testimony of Captain Wise Continued. LIEUT. WOOD TESTIFIES He Delivered Dispatches to Schley From Sampson. SCHLEY EAGER TO KNOW SAMPSON’S AIM Wise Says That He Did Not Communica'.e Direc ly to Schlev the Results of His Reconnasisance of (he Hat b >r at Santiago. (Uv the Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 26. —The Schley court of inquiry was in session for only an hour and three-quarters today, ad journing at 12:45 in o.der to permit its members and others engaged there to attend the funeral of Judge Wilson, late of counsel for Admiral Schley. Captain | Wise concluded his testimony, Admiral ! Cotton made a brief statement on re- j call and Lieutenant Spencer S. Wood, i who commanded the dispatch boat Du pont during the Spanish war began his testimony. Machinist Gray, who was in charge of the starboard engines of the j Texas on the day of the battle off San tiago testified that on the day of the battle the starboard engines were stop ped and the machinery reversed. Captain Wise was questioned at con siderable length as to what he had done before the arrival of the Hying squadron off Santiago towards locating Cervera’s fleet in the harbor. He said that while he had satisfied himself of the presence of the Spaniards, he had been content to communicate his knowledge to Admiral Schley through Captain Sigsbee, not con sidering it necessary to make direct communication with the commander-in chief. Lieutenant Wood gave the particulars of his delivery of dispatches from Ad, miral Sampson to Admiral Schley on the 22nd of May, while the Admiral lay off Cienfuegos. He said that Schley seemed very nervous and especially anxious to know what Sampson’s intentions were. He had not concluded his testimony when the court adjourned for the day. CAPTAIN WISE TESTIFIES. Captain Wise, who commanded the scout ship Yale during the Spanish War, continued his narration of the retro grade movement of the flying squadron ‘ toward Key West on May 27. On the next day he was dispatched to Newport News reporting to Admiral Sampson on the way. He had told Admiral Sampson, he said, that the flying squadron was about 30 miles west of Santiago. In re sponse to a question from the Admiral he had said he did not know what it was doing there. Mr. Hanna read the following extract from Admiral Schley’s report of February 18th to the Committee on Naval Affairs, beginning: "After having been informed by the scouts commanded by such officers as Sigsbee, Jewell and Wise, that al though they had all been off Santiago do Cuba for a week they had seen noth i ing of it (the Spanish fleet) and knew 1 nothing of its movements or its where ; abouts,” etc. j He then asked Captain Wise if he had I made such a communication to the Ad miral. “I did not,’’ was the response. “did you give Admiral Schley any in ! formation respecting the Spanish squad -1 ron?” DID NOT SEE SCHLEY. “Only through Captain Sigsbee. I did not go on board the Brooklyn at all. I gave Captain Sigsbee all the informa . tion I had.” Captain Wise was cross-examined on | this point by Mr. Rayner. He asked: ’♦From the morning of the 22nd until the arrival of the flying squadron on the evening of the 26th, you were trying to get in touch \jith the enemy and watch ing the harbor?” “Yes.” “You saw nothing in there?” “I could not sec any harbor at all.” **“You sent no one on shore to try to establish communication?” “Not at all.” SAW NOTHING IN THE HARBOR. “Isn't the natural condition of the har bor such that it is impossible to see considerably up the harbor?” “You can only see a short distance up the harbor.” “And there was nothing in sight what ever, was there?” “Nothing at all." | The. witness had said that Captain Sigs bee had taken the dispatch beginning "get in touch with the enemy.” The court through Admiral Dewey asked: “Was it yorr duty or that of Captain Sigsbee to convey the information in the dispatch relerred to to Commodore Schley?'' “I think it was Captain Sigsbee's, as he went immediately on duty and I was intercepted by orders from the Commo dore to take the Merrimac in tow.” Mr. Hanna: “Did you receive any in » quiry, or did the commanding officer of i the flying squadron ask you for any in formation at any time?” “Nothing.' I Mr. Rayner continued his questions, devoting himself especially to the s|gnal- J ing between the Yale and the flagship. The witness said, he was sure that on May 26th when he hailed the Texas, he had passed within hailing distance of the Brooklyn, being one and a half miles dis tant. THOUGHT IT STRONGLY FORTIFIED. Mr. Rayner read from a report made on May 30th by Admiral Sampson in which he stated that Captain Wise had told him that he believed Santiago har bor to be strongly fortified. “Is that true? Mr. Rayner asked. “It is, was the response. Captain Wise said in reply to questions by Captain Parker he would at any time when off Santiago have been able to signal any information he might have had in regard to the situation. He had seen the masts of a vessel, and thought it to be a small military’ vessel. He had j gone near enough to observe i the land batteries. Captain Wise was questioned by the court. “Diu the batteries at or near Santiago fire upon the Yale while she was re connoitering?” “Not at all.” “Who was the senior officer off San tiago prior to the arrival of the flying squadron ?” “I was senior officer until Captain Cotton came on the 23rd. He was there until the 24th and I wms senior officer on the 25th and the squadron came there on the 26th.” “Did you not direct Captain Sigsbee to give to Commodore Schley the informa tion that you had received from the Navy Department with regard to the where abouts of the Spanish squadron?” “I did not." ADMIRAL COTTON RECALLED. At this point Captain Wise was excus ed and Admiral Cotton was recalled to make verbal corrections in the testi monyr previously given by him. Admiral Cotton wms questioned con cerning some points of the Santiago cam paign. He said that on the morning of May 31st, after arriving from Kingston he had gone aboard the Brooklyn with dis patches for Admiral Schley. Asked by ! Captain Lcmly to relate his conversation I with Admiral Schley on the occasion of that visit he said: “fie informed me that it had been as certained that some, at least, of the ships of Admiral Cervera’s squadron were with in the harbor of Santiago; that they had been seen and were in sight and as a matter of fart one of them was then in sight at the entrance lo the harbor. In language as nearly as I can remember, ho said: ‘ ‘After dinner I am going to hoist my flag on board the Massachusetts and take her and the lowa and go in and have a pot shot at those follows. TEXAS’ MACHINIST TESTIFIES. William C. Gray, who was chief ma chinist on the Texas, during the battß off Santiago on July 3rd testified that on that date he had been on duty at the throttle of the starboard engine of the battleship, lie said that when he went to the engine room the vessel was going ahead. “The next signal,” he said, "was to stop a minute afterward, to reverse. The engine* were then reversed.” The witness said that the reversal was very brief, the revolutions not exceeding 100 and the time being short. He had, 1 he said, heard afterward that the rever sal was because they were passing the Brooklyn. LIEUT. WOOD ON THE STAND. Lieutenant Spencer S. Wood, who com manded the dispatch boat Dupont during the Spanish War was the next witness. Lieutenant Wood related the particu lars of his mission as a dispatch car rier from Admiral Sampson, lying at Key West to Admiral Schley, who was off Cienfuegos. He had left Key West on May 20th carrying dispatches of which the lowa carried duplicates, and had reached Cienfuegos several hours in advance of the lowa. / “On my arrival,” the witness said, “I went aboard and personally delivered the dispatches which I carried from Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley in his cabin, at 9 o'clock. He asked me Ad miral Sampson’s idea about where the Spanish squadron was. I told him I did not know; he asked me of Admiral Sampson's intentions. I told him 1 did not know them. He told me he thought the Spanish squadron was there. He had hoard firing and was almost convinced that they were there. The conversation was on the lino to endeavor to find out from me what Admiral Sampson's plans were. I could give him no information.” “How long were you on board the flag , shin?” “Until just before luncheon.” “Have you anything further to state with respect to this interview which will bear upon the subject of this inquiry?” THOUGHT SCHLEY NERVOUS. "The commodore hesitated some about giving mo coal. He did not think he could spare coal at first. I said it was absolutely necessary, that we were al | most out of coal, having made the run from Key West. He said, ‘Very well, go below and 1 will think it over.’ I went below to the ward room, and was after ward called up and informed that they would give me coal. I had never before met the Admiral. He impressed me as being very nervous. He would get up and walk around, come back and sit down, and a number of questions he asked me about Admiral Sampson’s intentions I was unable to answer.” “If I understand you clearly, you had no knowledge of the contents of the dis patches which you delivered?” “Admiral Sampson did not toll me what was in them. lie simply told me these were duplicates of the dispatches he was sending by the lowa. These duplicates, he said, he gave to me because he thought I the Dupont could make better speed." “Did the Admiral read the dispatches in your presence?’’ “Oh, yes.” “Did he advise you of their contents then?” "He did not tell me positively what they were. I gathered while I was aboard the flagship what they contained, but whether it was while 1 was iu the COLUMBIA LED lit DIE MILE But the Yachts Having Failed to Finish With in the Time Limit the Race Was Declared Off. THE SHAMROCK IN THE LEAH BUT ONCE cabin or later in the ward room, I do not know. 1 never saw' their contents and Admiral Sampson never told me what they were.’’ Asked by Mr. Rayner if Admiral Samp son or any one else had informed him before he left Key West for Cienfuegos that a code of signals had been agreed upon between the American forces and the Cuban insurgents, Lieutenant Wood replied in the negative. He had not, he said, received such information officially, but he added that it was current talk at Key West that the Marblehead on a previous trip had established communi cation with the Cubans. If, however, a code had been arranged, he did not know of the fact. Before Lieutenant Wood had concluded his testimony the court adjourned. FAILS TO LOWER HIS RECORD. Cresceus, King of Trotters, Dots His Best But in Vain. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 26.—Cresceus, king of trotters, today failed to lower his record of 2:02 1-4 made at Colum bus on August 2nd, in a trial on the Belmont Driving Club course at Nar berth, a suburb of this city. The great son of Robert McGregor stepped the mile in 2:04% without a skip and there by reduced the track record of 2:08 3-4 made by Alix on November 7th, 1894. Everything was conducive to fine time. The track was lightning fast and there Jtvas not enough breeze to inter fere with the progress of the great trot ter. It was 4:20 when the horse made his appearance for the effort at record breaking. After scoring once Ketcham gave the starter the nod and the great ti otter was off, paced by a runner at tached to a sulky. When the first quarter was reached in 30 1-4, everybody thought the record would surely bo broken. The second quarter, on the straight back stretch, was made in 30 3-4, but the third was a fraction over a second slower. Turning into the home stretch Ketcham urged the trotting machine to his utmost, but the best he could do was 31% seconds for the quarter. As the hprse flashed under the wire a great shout went up from the crowd, which immediately swarmed around the horse and owner. I Mr. Ketcham had no excuse to offer for the failure to break the record, saying track and weather were favorable. Summary: Time 2:02 1-4; Cresceus 2:04%. Time by quarters, 30 1-4; 1:01; 1:33; 2:04%. Medical Director of the Exposition (By the Associated Press.) Charleston, S. C., Sept. 26.—Dr. Mann ing Simmons, one of the most distin guished physicians and surgeons in the South, was elected Medical Director of the South < 'arolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. Theatrical News. “Miss Leah Lessi ip her own vers’ou of East Lynne” is manager Rivers’ at traction for the Academy of Music next Tuesday night. If the Richmond papers are ro be be lieved. the show is i.ot one that th“ News and Observer can recommend. It is poorly staged and badly acted. The News says of it: “The revival of ‘East Lynne’ that Leah Lessi has set upon the stage is moie of a urlosque than a thoughtful attempt lo give the famous old drama an adequate presentation. “Miss Lessi’s claim to authorship is no less absurd than her claim tu serious attention as i n actress. The version of ‘East Lynne,’ in which she appears, and to which she lays strenuous claim, is line for line and scene the same as that which the Giffen Company gave last sum mer, with some eliminations, but no im portant change. Miss Lessi ir a Hun garian by birth. She is said to be in affluent circumstances, and to that fact alone is due ner present prominence upon the stage. “She will do more to disillusion senti mental women with a penchant for weep ing at pathetic incidents of Mrs. Wood's story, than anything that has yet been done in that direction. She is absolute ly devoid of emotional power; she ap pears to be a woman of no inherent talent, of little adaptability, of small in telligence, and no training. Her simula tion of jealousy is childish in its sim plicity, in the emotional passes she is vapid in the extreme, and in the death scene of her child, and later, when she comes to her own death bed she dis plays a wearing sense of her utter in adequacy, and the shallowness of her temperament. “It takes much pretty scei\ery and bet ter acting to make this grandiloquent old play seem more than tiresome, and in the selection of her company Miss Lessi has seen to it that Her star shall not be eclipsed.” An old bachelor says if marriages are really made in heaven Providence must have a grudge against a lot of people l here on earth. ! THE WEATHER TO-DAY. | ► For Raleigh: ♦ t FAIR. I ►♦444~444444*4-444444444 PRICE FIVE CENTS Breeze-Driven While Colum bia Lay Becalmed. THE RESULT OF THE DAY’S OWIST In Light Airs Shamrock is no Hatch For Columbia What She Would do Under Other Conditions Remains to be Seen. By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 26.'—The Columbia and the Shamrock today failed to reach the finish within the time limit and the race was declared off. The Columbia was then about two miles from the finish line and leading the Shamrock by a milo. The Columbia was first to reach the scene of the start, being towed from her moorings out to Sandy Hook Lightship. The breeze at ten oclock was blowing ten miles an hour from East northeast and it then looked as though it might inciease. The Columbia took quite kindly to the swell that rolled in from the sea, making very little disturbance in the water. She made several tacks around the lightship before her rival appeared on the scene. The Shamrock passed out by the point of the hook in tow. It was noticed that she plashed the water about considerably and pitched heavily in the long ground swell. Her canvas set admirably. Never was a finer suit of sails seen on a cup challenger. The ocean tug Navigator which carried S. N. Kane, Chester Griswold and New berry D. Lawton, the regatta committee, anchored to the southward of the light ship, making the extremity of the line and soon a string of signals was dis played signifying that the course would be east by north fifteen miles to wind ward and return. THE PREPARATORY GUN. The preparatory gun was fired at 10:56 and from that moment the yachts wen amt nable to tre racing rules of the New York Yacht Club. The wind at. this time was 8 knots. The weather was cool and the atmosphere clear. Ton minutes later the warning gun was fired and it was then that the two raccr3 came into close! proximity and began to jockey for the weather berth at the start. Baby jib topsails were hoisted in slops on both crafts. Captain Sycamore held the tiller of the Shamrock with William Jameson beside him. Barr was at the wheel of the Columbia. He placed the Cup Defender to windward of the “Challenger and kept her there in spite of hi sopponents’ efforts to got clear. Co lumbia. on the port tack, crossed the bow of the Shamrock and then tacked and stood for the line. A FALSE START. Both skippers were in such a hurry that they grossed before the starting gun was fired. They were recalled by three short blasts from the whistle of the com mittee boat. Both then wore round and immediately after the gun had sounded Columbia on the starboard tack crossed Hie line ahead. The Columbia was to windward oft he Shamrock. The official time being: Columbia, 11:10 4-5. Shamrock, 11:11:01. The Challenger went on the port lack just after crossing and then the Defender followed her example. In order to get free from the back wind of her antagonist which was retarding her considerably, the Shamrock was kept broad off the wind and she speedly wnrke i clear of her rival, going through the water very fast. The Columbia held her lull’ and it was noticed that when the two v.« re close hauled the American yacht pointed higher than the Shamrock. At this time the wind freshened a little. At 11 ti e Columbia went on the oort tack and crossed the bows of the Shamrock a pood three hundred yards in the lead, ibis was quite encouraging to the admirers of the American yacht, who had begun to fear for their favorite when they saw how fast the Shamrock footed when kept off the wind with a clean full. WHEN THE SHAMROCK LED. At 12:33 the Columbia was almost be calmed, her mainsail slatting as she rolled in the lumpy sea. At 12:17 the Columbia again fell into the flattest of fiat calms, while the Shamrock was en joying the advantage of a gentle air which had a good deal of propulsive pow er. Thus for the first and only time in the race the Shamrock was the leading boat. At one o’clock both yachts were again on the port»tack with the Columbia a good eighth of a mile to leeward. About this time the breeze picked up a little merrier and under its influence the ( o lumbiu crawled upon her rival and after a few more tacks was once more ahead of the Scotch built boat. It was a great piece of sea jockeying on the part of Barr to make up this lee way. and it (Continued on Second Rage )