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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1899)
K It Is Worth About $75 as Old - Spent to Tlio "America cup," or to speak more accurately, the "Hundred Guinea Cup." Is nt Tiffany', In New York. Millions of dollain have been spent during the autumn In the content for Us posses sion, and this f.ict furnishes a strange nuomaly, for tho cup I not Intrinsic ally valuable. If It could tell Its own story, It would have something like the following to say: "When Sir Thomas Upton, tho tea man, tried to win me away from the United States, it will bo the tenth tlmo an effort of that hind has been mado In forty-eight years. It seems that I am ns desirable to sportsmen as tho golden fleece was to tho Argonauts. Eleven times two nations have been wildly excited over these contests, which havo cost enough to build a do "cent navy for each one of them. "Ami what Is It nil about. I am only 'a little old mlsihnpcn silver mug, of no particular design, and so out of date and commonplaco that n first-class 'Joweler in these days would be asham ed to confeaH me as h!a workmanship. .Tho bottom Is out of me, my carving ,13 Inferior, and If melted down I would 'bo worth Just $75. A Junk dealer .would think hnrd before offering that. "What In the world nm I that you should mako so much fuss ovor me? Really, I feel quite bored over all this attention, for, In confidence, I am of no value at all, and my career has been quiet. I wna made by H. & R. Gerard, on Panton street, London, on a hurry order when the yacht Amorl- THE "AMERICA CUP," SIR THOMAS ca came over In 1851 and beat our English regatta at Cowes. It was not a colobratod firm, and tho workmen only ordinary. Ono of them said ho thought I ought to be fashioned in the ctyje of Henry II, and another thought a Henry HI design more suitable, so 1 am a sort of mixture. I had no Idea that I should become an Internationa) prizo then, nor did tho men who or dered me dream of my coming Import ance. Aa a matter of fact tho firm re received Just $525 for me, and now I could bo duplicated for $150. "I weigh 134 ounces, nm 27 inches tall, measure 3G inches around tho waist and 24 nt tho base. Tho decora tive work on mo Is very simple, but I prldo myself that my lines hare an aristocratic appearance, my Up Ib cer tainly curved gracefully and my neelc beautiful. One thing moro. Many call mo tho Queen's cup, because I was bought by the committee of tho Royal yacht squadron, but this Is wrong, for when tho gentlemen took mo oft the ii ihelf In Gerard's office, I distinctly heard them say, 'This is to bo known -.s tho hundred guinea cup,' and that's tvhat I used to be called on both sides." Nevertheless, thousands of persons from nil over America will como to 'few York shortly, and, standing bo loro tho Tiffany window on Broadway, razo nt this mug long and deferentially for, after nil, it is tho most historic trophy of Its kind lu existence, and ha. 0 m Silver, But Millions Have Been Win It. cost so much money that It gives your ordinary American n thrill to think of It. Such enormous minis havo certainly never been cpout before on a like ob ject. A member of the Now York Yarht club In looking ovor tho Inscriptions on the cup the other day to refresh his reminiscences of tho bygone con tests, figured roughly that the English men had spent In tho neighborhood of $1,000,000 In behalf of this trophy, and tho Americans probably a little more, owing to the expenses Incident to tho trial races. This, of course, Includes only tho money spent In striving for and defending tho cup. When you ng ure on the expense of tho public In wit nessing and betting on the races, an approximate estimate Is Impossible. The challengers find a heavy expeuso In rigging their vessel for nea travel. This Is CEiiontlal owing to tho condi tions Inld down by George L. Schuyler, who re-deeded tho cup to tho N. Y. Y. C, In 1SS2. "Owing to the present and Increas ing size of ocean steamers," said Mr. Schuyler, "It would bo quite foaslblo for an American, English or French club to transport on their decks yachts of large tonnage. This might bo avail ed of In such a way that tho match would not bo a test of sea-going qual ities, ns well as speed, which would essentially detract from tho lntorcat of n national competition. Mr. Schuyler thcrcforo Inserted this clause in tho deed: LIPTON, AND SOME OF THE MEN TROPHY IN THE PAST. Vessels Intending to compete for this cup must proceed under sail on their own bottoms to tho port whore tho contest is to tnke place.". Tho only thing ubout the cup Itself, however, that tells of these millions spent on account of It arc tho inscrip tions, carved in different atyles and type. In looking back fifty years these brief legends Inspire awe in the heart of tho veteran yachtsman. They tell him of ono strugglo after another when tho country was all In a fluttei over tho approach of a challenger, nnd when it seemed sure that Yankee su premacy on the water would be snatch ed away by tho Britisher. On each oc casion the result of the contests has been tho same. Tho nearest that the gamo challengers have ever beon to tho cup is to look at it In Tiffany's ( W.U1UOW, or perchance view it on the banquet tables of the Now York Yacht club house. Tiffany is now concerned as to whore ho will carve those Inscriptions. There Is only ono small panol below tho six large shields about tho body of the cur that is not filled. On theso shield U told the story of tho trophy. And the narrative has taken all the space avail able thoro for tho inscriptions, also on tho panols underneath, wlth.tho excep tion of one, leaving Just enough room to contain tho account of thin year's races should thcro be moro tbin two. firs i That number can bo crowded In and ot 111 lcavo spaeo for anothor con test. More than that will 1111 the cup. Of all tho challengers tho meat per slstent havo been .tames Ashbury and Lord Dunravcn. Sir ThomaB Upton has been quoted as vowing his Inten tion to win this cup If he spends his entire fortune In tho attempt. Each year tho endeavor becomes moro costly. Mr. Ashbury determined to havo n try for tho cup In 18t8, when his vessel, the Cambria, beat tho Sappho around the Kilo of Wight, but ho did not get tho match arranged until two years la ter. It cost him $10,000 to build the Cambria, and of the fourteen American yachts which inced her the Magic won. Sho stood her owners $35,000. Twenty thousand spectators, witnessed the first of thw-e races, and lota of money was lost on the Cambria, which had been loudly heralded. Other races wore run at Newport, and It was sulllclently demonstrated that the English boat was outclassed. Nothing daunted the Englishmen mado an expedition tho next year In quest of tho cup with the Livonia. Ho spent $J0,000 on her. Franklin Osgood put $35,000 In tho Co lumbia, which was selected to meet the challenger, and sho won two races. On tho third she lost her flying Jib-stay and Anally her steering gear broke, compelling the crew to take In her main sail. Even with this rig the Li vonia heat her only by flfteoii minutes and ten seconds. Tho Sappho, built at a cost of $30,000, then took tho Colum bia's placo and proceeded to clinch our hold on tho cup. Mr. Ashbury wanted to tnko It willy nllly, however, and claimed the trophy on tho following basis: Tho second race because the Columbia went on wrong sldo of tho stake boat; the third raco when Ll vonln beat Columbia, and tho sixth WHO HAVE DATTLED FOR THE , and seventh races because no boat was on hand to meet tho Livonia. Ho nc cused the club of unfair treatment and left with unpleasant memories. In 187C tho Canadians tried conclu sions with tho Countess of Dufferln, which cost $35,000, and tho Mndolelnc, a $40,000 yacht, took care of her. Fivo years then elapsed when tho Atlanta camo down through tho Erlo canal and met tho Mischief; got it, too. Tho former coet $15,000 and tho latter cost $30,000. Tho year 1885 was a gala year for racing. The English determined that they would get back tho old mug that for years had been resting in Tiffany's vaults covered with cement and ac quiring ago and dignity. Sir Richard Sutton spent $35,000 on building th.o Genesta, and Lieut. W. Henn about $10,000 less on tho Galatea. The for mer came over first. To meet her James Gordon Rennet and William P, Douglas, flag officers or tho N. Y, Y. C., gave orders to A. Cory Smith to build fho Prlscllla at an expense of $25,000. Vt tho same tlmo Boston yachtsmen ycro aroused to tho task and headed by Gen. Paine, they turned out the crack Puritan. Sho represented $35, 000 nnd walked away from tho Gen esta. Lieut. Henn next year brought ovor his xuttor. and tho .Bostonianw. again took the lead and built the Mayflower for $10,000. Tho Now Yorker spont a like amount on (he Atlantic, nnd tho Prlscllln and Puritan cost $10,000 each as trial hor?cu. Yacht racing by this time In becom ing moro expensive, nnd wo llnd Mz-ssrs. Clark nnd Hell spending $."0, 000 In 1SS7 to win back this old pic of silverware. Hut the ThNtlo Is beat en by tho Volunteer, which coat her owners $55,000, nnd the llrltons worn so much discouraged Hint they let .dx yenr.i elapse before having another try for tho cup. in 1SH.1 came Lord Dun raven's challenger, and four buiU were built on this sldo to guard the mug. llostoii fuinlfheu the .Jubilee and Pllgilin, costing respectively $50. 000 and $10,000, while t Oliver Isellu nnd other Now Yorkers Invested $125, 000 In tho Vigilant and $50,000 on the Colonln. Thu Vlgllant's extra cxpens-1 was duo grvatly to her bronze bottom. Tho Valkyrie stood nunr.ivcn $75,000. The trophy Is kept In n largo vault year In and year out, and only lontov ed on great occasions to tho club house, whero it Is taken with solemn pomp. It Is regarded as so Immense ly pioclons by tho members thnt to speak of It as an "old mug" they con sider rank desecration. No more will thoy allow It to be hnndlod, and so It wns only by chance n few years ugo thnt tho cup wna discovered to be hot tunilctrf. The commodore, as n mighty honor to a Urltlsh guest, ordered tho stewnid to fill It with wine, to drink t the foreigner's health. The steward cracked the bottle, but lo and behold tho wine gushed out tho other end, much to everyone's amazement, and overflowed many an evening dross. No one hail dared before to turn the bot tom up or they would havo neon that tho base, which unscrews, hai a hole thrco Inches In dlnnictcr. Either the English sllvenmltr.d Intended It this way or did not have time to put In n bottom. nOYALTY TRAVELS INCOGNITO Noiliu of (tin Aililncn hr Vllilt'll r'(ii!n of l(iinl .rn Uiiumii. It has heroine the habit of people of distinction In Europe to travel under nssunicd names lu older thnt thoy may nvold coiisplciimMiuss. which nt ttir.i'i becomes annoying. Their custom Is t ndnpt for tho tlmo being such a title as they may select, of a lower rank than thnt which by birth they havo the right to hold. Quoon Victoria takes her Incognito title from her favorite residence. As countess of Balmoral she now visits tho sunny Hhortvi of France each year. 1)0111)1108 the ninny happy recollections connected with her Scottish homo Influenced her decision in lh matter, for ever hftM IS" J b has assumed the style of the ehntulaltio of Ilalmoral when abroad; before that dnto sho traveled ns the countess if Kent, which title tho duchess of Edin burgh slnco 1874 him occasionally 'is Eiimod when In England. Tho prlnco of Wales hss several incognito titles, the earl of Chester being perhnps tho one he uses most frequently. Ho hiw sometimes traveled as duke of Corn wall, Earl Carrlck and Baron Renfrew. Princess Bcntrlco takes the title of Lady Carlsbrookc slnco her appoint ment ns governor of the Islo of Wight on tho death of her husband. Thcro Is Infinite pathos In the Bight of a refined-looking, ind-faced woman who moves quietly about Paris during hor frequent visits, clud in tho black, trail ing robes which show that sho Is a widow and bereaved mother. This is tho Countess de Plorrcfonda, who as sumes tho title as her Incognito, but whom tho world known best as Eu genlo, cx-emprcss of thu French. Queon Natalie of Servla Is never bo well pleased as when rho thrown off hor royal tltlos for a while u'nd assumes cne of tho ninny nppcllntlons of lower rank to which sho Is entitled. The king of tho Uelgluns travels an Count Rlvcusteln, invariably putting up nt his hotel In Paris with far less hustle than that which tho arrival of an or dinary foreign count would entail. Tho king of Sweden travels as Count de Ilnvu. It wan under this title that he stnyod at Cannes last spring. Tho pres ent czar nnd czarina havo never yet traveled Incognito. Training Ung to Anlit Hiitlef I'nrllri. For tho last live- years a society founded under tho auspices of Hcrr Dungurtz, tho nnlmul painter, has been training Scotch shepherd dogs to assist tho relief parties in discovering tho whereabouts of wounded In battle, and a few days ago the general In command of tho ambulance maneuvers in con nection with the Eighth German Army Corps, near Coblentz, allowed four of these sagacious creatures to tako part In tho exercises. Their value was abundantly proved, for they trucked down In a few minutes a scoro of men so concealed that tho bearers could never havo discovered them in day light, much lesB nt night. Herr Bun gartz gavo a lecturo at tho closo of tho proceedings on tho breeding and edu cation of theso dogs of war, and sev eral regiments arc keeping small packs on their own account. Need fit Good Jtoudi. Atlanta Constitution: Far-sighted men in every part of the country aro at length waking up to tho importanco of good roads and are doing everything In their power to convlnco tho country thnt good roads must bo constructed btforo national progress can bo mark ed. Hence, in Justice to the Interests of tho farmers, who aro directly and immediately nffected, it is of tho ut most importanco that good roads should bo mado the burden of thought ful consideration In every state in tho union. There nro 4,200 spcclo3 of plants used for commercial purposes. Of theso 420 aro used for perfume. II MNT PAI1AC American Forcos In Luron Oct Uio Hotter of Insurgont Tronps. THE ENEMY AGAIN Till TO MUTE Wlirnlrr, Wlirulon nnd MwArtlitir In Ulinrc" ' III" Troop lliiRiqeil I'cw I.oii' on (liu AiiH'rliMii Mdu rrrpu thIIuii for Ollivr I'nm.ircl Mutriiii'iiln, MANILA, Sept. 21). Tho movement ngnlust Pornc, about eight miles from Bncolor, In Pampnnga province, which began at daybreak thla morning, Is conducted pursonully by Gcnernl Mac Arthur. General Wheeler, with thu Ninth regiment nnd n battery, wan ad vancing by two roads, while- General Whenton, coniinnndlng the Twelfth and Seventeenth regiments, lu moving to block the Inniirgeuts from retreat ing to tho north. The Thlrty-ulxth regiment iiccompaulco General Mac Arthur. Firing has begun near Angelca. Two Filipino majors cninii lo th) American lines Inht night with mes sages regarding tho American prluon eru, who were to arrive this morning. They ahio requested permission for Gcnernl Alcjuudrluo, one colonel nnd two lieutenant colonels to visit Gen eral Otis. They woro refused entrnncd to tho Amerlcnn lines until noon Frl day on account of today's tight, nnd General Alojnndrlno nlono will be al lowed to visit General Otis. Tho Insurgents recently entrenched and garrisoned tho town of Paoto, on Lngunn do Bay, In tho province of Lagunn. Subsequently Captain Lnr lum, commanding the gunboat Nupl dan, lnnded for a conference with thu citizens. As ho was proceeding up tha mnln street of tho town with n squad he was received wltti n volley from a hidden trench. Tho party tetreatod to their bont under cover of the butldlngj nnd regained their vchscI. Tho Napi daa then bmnbnrdcd the tiench for nu hour, completely destroying It. Genorul MacArthur entered Porno nftcr an hour'u fight lug. Tho Ameri can loss was ullght and the Insurgent loss Is not kiiown. The enemy lied northward. When tho Americana en tered tho town they found it prac tically deserted. Tho attacking party moved on Pornc in two colu.iina. Tho Ninth Infantry, with two guns from Santa Rita, waa commanded by General Wheeler, nnd tho Thlrly-slxth Infniilry, under Colonel Bell, with one gun, accom panied General MacArthur from San Antonio. Both columns struck Mm town nt 9 o'clock nnd opened a brink flro, which wns replied to by thu enemy for half nn hour. Then tho In surgent! lied nnd the Americans marched over their trenches and took possrnelon of Urn place. Just before the fight Smith's command, nt Angelen, made a demonstration by firing nrtll lery up tho railroad track Useum reported ono casualty and Bell reported four of his oommund wounded. Tho artillery did not havo any mon Injured. Today's movement was n strategical success, and resulted In tho possession of Porne. nnd tho clearing of several miles of country thereabout. Thn columns, ono from Santa Rita and tho other from Ban Antonio, united beforo Pornc, according to program, stretch ing around tho place for sorno miles. The insurgents are estimated to havo numborcd 600 men. Ten dead Filipinos wcro found, nnd the captain and commlssnry of tho Mnscnrnos command wore taken prisoners. Tha American loss In flvo killed, but thoro were mnny prostrations from tho heat. Tho Englishmen from tho Insurgent lines report thnt tho Filipinos nt Bam ham hnvo 7,000 now Japanese rifles. FORMAL WELCOMc TO DEWEY. riio (Irrut City Ilrllll.intly Decked In lilt Honor. NEW YORK. Sept. 29. New York rrc.a decked brilliancy In honor of tho gallant nallor who Is waiting nt her gate. Had an ocean of color awopt through the city, Its ebbing tldo could not hnvo stained tho street!! mora brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of rod, white nnd bluo bunting covered tho noble fncadC3 of Brondwny and Fifth avenuo, nnd a million (lags flutter over tho town. Not oven tho churches hnvo escaped the universal decora tions. Tho doors nnd gothlc windows of old Trinity on Lower Broadway nre gracefully draped with tho na tional colors, nnd In Ancient Trinity graveyard the tomb of that gallant sailor, who, dying, Issued tho com mand, "Don't glvo up tho ship," lies shrouded In tho silken folds of the flag for which ho died. A million visitors nre hero to par ticipate in the glorious celebration. Every road Is pouring in n steady stream until tho streets are crowded morning and night, tho surf nee and elevated cars are filled to overflowing, and tho hotel corridors aro Jammed with visitors. The pally appnrclled soldlora of many states, who nro to tako part In tho land parade on Saturday, began trooping In today, and there was no hour when uniformed men were not moving In some quarter of tho city to the sound of flfo nnd drums and horns. mil n Tlionnnncl lVoplr. LONDON, Sept. 29. Tho Echo todny sayo tho Grcok government wan In formed yesterday that tho sovoio shock of earthquake around Smyrna killed 1,000 persons. Injured 800 nnd demolished 2,000 houses and two villages. To Pncicred Turn Itord. PORTLAND, Mo., Sept. 29. Amos U Allen, formerly prlvato secretary to Thomas B. Reed, was nominated for congress by tho republicans of the First Maine district In convention here todny. In his speech of acenptnnco he came out squarely In favor of sup porting tho president In tho prosecu tion of tho wnr In tho Philippines. Tho democrats of tho First Maine congressional district today nominated Luther F. McKlnney of Brldgeton, for tho scat amde vacant by tho resigna tion of Thomas B. Reed. "WELCOulZ IKKtIE" IN nitf. ruotrorlit nnd llltinilnulliini In New York lliirliorn Orrnt I'riitnro. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Tho np pcaranco of New York harbor laBt night could bo compared to n elrclo of Intense light with tho wnr shlpu off Tompklnsvlllo ns tho hub from which thu brllllnucy rudlnted. Tho bay hns never before had na brilliant or picturesque n display of continu ous Illumination nn thnt seen Inst night, nor has thn Intercut manifested by tho shoro dwellers been moro manifest. Beginning nt tho Brooklyn bridge, with Its Hiring of white electric llghtB punctuated nt Inter vnls with red nnd green-colored arc Mgunl lamps, tho liuinoiiHely brilliant motto, "Wulcomo Dewey," was suspended us It wcro In midair. Looking from tho bridge townrd tho Jersey const slmllnr slgna cold bo distinctly lend on tho gate way of the rallrondn thnt nro bringing thoMindu to swell tho pnun of wel come to tho returning wflrrlor. Further down tho bay on tho Brook lyn" side was tho snmo llory "Wut t'omo" mid also on Htnton Island, At tho portal to tho city shono out In letters of tho brightest light the snmo hearty greeting, "Welcome- Homo," flnukcd by linmeiisa lllumlnnted Amerlcnn llngu Hint could bo neon for ml leu. Tho residents nt Qunrantlno gnri for tho benefit of tho imllorH on thi sill pa a dlhplny of ureworko, which wan followed by other patriotic real dnntH nlong tho Brooklyn and Now Jersey consto. After theso displays of flroworka tho Olympla and Now York gave an exhibition with their aenrch llghts, lighting up passing craft and picking out in brilliant relief many of tho pretty wooded spots on tht Stnton Ulnnd hills. DEWEY'S GOING TO MANILA. Senator 1'rodur Itulnta Incident, WMoh I'ri'ddrnl Itnmrnilirrt. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Senator Proctor of Vermont told today tho story of his Intorcst In having Admiral k (then commodore) Dowcy assigned to . tho Asiatic (.quadron. Ho said that when tho question of a commander for the Asiatic station wan undor dis cussion ho went to tho president to recommend Dowcy for thn poBt. "I saw tho president last Tuesday," said tho senator, "In regard to this very mutter. Ho remembered tho con versation wo ..ad qultu distinctly nnd, to my mirpise, in detail. 1 liau spok en of the lighting qualities of Dowcy and MoKlnley replied: "Yes, but nil naval olllcors nro llghtciH.' Then 1 said that was true, but that Dowoy wan lnvcl-hcnded and tunt ho could tako care of his country and his country's Interest, no matter how far uway ho might bo ticnt. Mr. McKluloy remem bered nil this porfcctly. iiila Boemcu to have iioinu effect on tho president, for ha wroto onto a card theso words: "Secretary Long Assign Commodore Dowoy to Asiatic squuuron. "WM. M'KlNLl5Y..tafc "Tho president placed tlilB note muo- hind hlu inkstnnd on his desk. Tliot ho said to me: "Senator, that Is fixed,' I told Dcwoy of this soon nftorward and Dowey said: 'I will celobrato this. 1 tl givo you a dinner.' I told Dewoy that ho did not owo mo nnythlng, but uh ho wus an old friend of mine 4 would cat his dinner nnd I did." C0NQUER.NG BEAR IS DEAD. Grlulrd Hlonx Ilrttro Step l'rom Mots 'ur to lluupy limiting Ground!. OMAHA, Sept. 9. Conquering Boar, the grizzled warrior of tho Ogallnla Sioux, lu dead. Tho old bravo fell a victim to tho onward march of civiliza tion and lest his life becnuso ho wna unaccustomed to tho ways of tho city. Ho wan riding down town from tho Exposition grouda in company with another member of hla trlbo about 3 o'clock. At Nineteenth nnd Cuming street tho other indlan nllghtcd from the car without letting tho old ,mnn know It. As soon na Conquering Bear saw that hla companion had loft tho car ho stepped off and tm tho cur wan ut full speed he wan hurled In a heap on tho Etono pavement and nevor mado a motion of Hfo afterward. The umbulnnca was called from tho exposition und tho body removed. A physlclnn did all In his power to re vive tho Indian, but hlu efforts woro in vln. Theio wero no bad wounds on his porson nnd no Indication that hlH okull hnd been fractured. Tho doctor gave It aa ills opinion that ho came to his death from a shock to hla brain. His heart action was good, but ho seemed unable to breatho. Fifteen minutes nftcr he was brought to tho hospital ho was pronounced dead. hundred! of lives lost. I)IIU or Flood DUattert In India 11 f glnnlns to Co mo In. CALCUTTA, Sept. 29. Lieutenant Governor Sir John Woodburn an nounced to the council yesterday that 400 lives woro lost through tho floods, at Darjeollng, cupltal of tho district of that name, in addition to those drowned on tho plains. Great havoc has been caused nt Kurseong. Tho Margarotchopo estate lost 100 acres and tho Mealund factory waa doatroyed. Some coolloa woro buried in tho ruins of the manager's house, which was partially destroyed. The Avongrove estate lost thirty acres, and 4,000 tea bushes. Tho coolie houses were swept away and many persons wcro killed, but tho exact number Js not known. WOOD AND COMRADES DEAD. Kejort Jtuut'lio Manilla of rate of Cap lured (liuilmil' Crow, MANILA, Sept. 29. It is reported from a porson Just arrived from Tur dac that Naval Cadet Wood, who vu lu chargo of tho gunboat recently captured and destroyed by tho Insur gents In tho Oranl river, on tho north west elde of Manila bay, where she was patrolling, and flvo of tho enlisted men composing tho crew, woro killed lu the fight previous to tho destruction at the vessel. t ;l 1 . i r Tv.v . . nv