Shamrock and Reliance Race Off Sandy Hook Win By Narrow Margin
The yacht Reliance beat Shamrock III at Sandy Hook in a windward beat under fifteen knots. The start was delayed to adjust for wind direction with both boats sailing toward a fixed course twelve miles from the lightship. The Reliance finished at 3 12 100 and Shamrock III at 3 24 15 as wind and sea conditions favored the winner.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Reliance
Strait
Shamrock
Yachts Race Opens With Shamrock and Reliance
Shore observers report Shamrock starting at 11 45 20 and Reliance at 11 46 10. Signals set a 15 mile course to windward and return toward Long Branch with a six mile turning point. By 12 02 Reliance closed on Shamrock and by 1 25 Reliance led by over half a mile after ten minutes of steady gain.
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Shamrock
Reliance
Long Branch
Boats at start diverged west of line in race report
At 11:40 a m two boats lay west of the line when the warning gun fired. Both boats then shifted to the west of the line and began moving down wind for fifteen seconds. The Shamrock jibbed and the Reli followed the same maneuvers.
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New York
Victory at Isle of Wight race marks a famed cup win
New York reports fifty two years after the America victory Commodore Stevens finally entered the contest for the Royal Yacht Squadron cup. His Courageous defeated English yachts in the Isle of Wight course earning the legendary line There is no second.
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America
Commodore Stevens
Isle of Wight
Armenian Murdered for Arms Passage into Bulgaria
An Armenian named Carabet Mardorossian was murdered at Kalafat on the Danube, likely by orders of the Macedonian committee. He lived 61 years in Kalafat and acted as a general committee member facilitating arms passage into Bulgaria. Romanian authorities found documentary proof of his links to the committee. It is reported he was killed for failing to carry out orders and the murderers were chosen to punish his offenses with death.
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Bulgaria
Bucharest
Carabet Mardorossian
Kalafat
Danube
Mardorossian
Roumanian
Ambergris Seizure Valued at Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars
Seattle authorities report Deputy Collector Thomas H. Delaney and Inspector Stephen A. Brinker seized 100 pounds of ambergris alleged stolen at Victoria. At wholesale market value of $30 per ounce the seizure totals about $48,000.
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Seattle
Wash
Thomas H. Delaney
Stephen A. Brinker
Victoria
Eight Arrests In Whitecapping Case
A Wynne Arkansas dispatch says eight prominent white men from Pennsett County are in custody for alleged whitecapping. Deputy U.S. marshal escorted them through Memphis toward Helena to face U.S. district court. Negro laborers at a Pennsett saw mill were forced to flee under threats of violence by the band.
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Memphis
Wynne
Ark
United States
Pennsett County
Helena
United States District Court
Mill Owner Instigates Arrests For Planter Disruption
Planters forced the mill to suspend operations leading to arrests at the mill owner’s instigation. Police actions followed complaints of disruption and interference with production.
Elks Special Train Wreck Reported Near Chehalis
News from Seattle says an Elks special from Portland to Olympia derailed between Chehalis and Napavine on the Northern Pacific. Seven cars left the track and reports say many killed and injured. A pirate telegram confirms casualties and injuries.
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Seattle
Wash
Elks
Portland
Olympia
Chehalis
Napaume
Northern Pacific Railway
One Wife Too Many Inspires Headlines
Mrs Wederly reads the paper and jokes that a bigamy story fills the headlines. Her husband deflects the remark, keeping the subject unstated.
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Mrs. Wederly
Toronto
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Long Beach
Shamrock III
Sir Thomas Lipton
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Opera House
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S. S. Ball
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W. Va
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