II" . S far 11 01 1 aSs s. WEATHER BUREAU, 19. 24 Q6 tj. Jnly Last Honrs' Rainfall, trace. SUGAR. Degree Test Centrifugals, 4.36c Per Ton, $87.20. Temperature, Max 80; Min. 70. Weather, cloudy. 83 Analysis Beets, lis. 7ud. Per Ton, $89.20. HjsTAttJMSHKD JULY 2, 1854. TERRITORY, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1908. VOL-- XLVHI, NO. 8095 HONOLULUL, HAWAII PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH WARSHIPS WILL MEET ATLANTIC r v FLEET AT FIJI PORT Official of the Yachts Gwendolyn II., Lady Maud and Hawaii Come in Time The following are the complete statements of the time of the several yachts: Within a Few Hours of Each Other LURTJNE. y & Admiral Poore Will Accompany Admiral Local Craft Last. Finish Honolulu .... Juiy i Hours nun. 4dy2 see. Sperry Start San Pedro t. Juiy 4 IZ hours U'J nun. 00 sec. to Auckland Former Commander ' 13 days 21 hours 31 min. 43 V. sec. GWENDOLYN of the Georgia Is Dead. The second transpacific yacht race brought to the Nuuanu street wharf IL yesterday afternoon when the whistle u1y Ob sec. f from San Pedro to Honolulu was finish- Finish Honolulu hours 3s min. sounded for the sighting of the Hawaii. Start San Pedro July 4 12 hours 00 min. 00 sec. 1 ed at 3 o'clock, 23 minutes, and 30 sec- The launch which had just brought the i ! Lady Maud in, started out again with (Associated Press Cablegrams.) onds, yesterday afternoon, when the .the Yacht Committee aboard, augment- Elapsed time J aays zx nours ds mm. Ub sec. '- -f AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 20. Admiral Poore, with two vaxshlp, yacht Hawaii crossed the finish line ed by a number of others who were in- Handicap 17 hours 30 min. 56 sec. terested in the Hawaii. The launch met will meet the American Atlantic fleet at Suva and accompany it here. Thej abreast Diamond Head, 15 days, 3 the yacht soon after she crossed the i Corrected time flays 4 hours 07 min. 09-J- sec. entertainment planned in New Zealand is an elaborate one, Parliament having "hours, 23 minutes and 30 seconds after finish line. A cruel jest had been ....14 agreed on by those on the launch at the LADY MAUD. arranged to adjourn for the ten days that Admiral Sperry and bis men are the starting gun was fired at San Pedro. in port. ' expense or captain warns ana jus Finish Honolulu .' July iy IS hours 07 min. 0 sec. crew. Coming up alongside the yacht, At Sydney the program prepared includes a series of Of course the winner of the race was San Pedro July hours 00 min. 00 sec. receptions, a review with mock anxiety Harris was asked Start ....... 412 of troops, and excursions. I ertain early yesterday morning when he had seen any of the other yachts, if The festivities at Melbourne will have as features horseracing and prix f the time allowance of the other-entrie- s as though they were not all three safe- Elapsed time lo aays 1 hour Or min. 07 sec. ly moored in the harbor. Harris jump- fights, Burns, Squires, and Lang having agreed 'to be there during the stay of Lur-lin- e. Handicap 8 hours 09 min. 56 sec. expired, after the arrival of the ed at once to the conclusion that they ...................... the American ships. The arrival of the Gwendolyn II had not yet been sighted, and that therefore the Hawaii was a winner. Corrected time 14 days 15 hours 48 min. 074 sec. 10 o'clock yesterday 1 ' a little before Both captain and crew found expression HAWAII. morning and of the Lady Maud at 1 joy in merry dancing and MARINES ARMING FOR SERVICE. for their sec. o 'clock, fixed the order of the contest- capers on the deck until they were un- Finish Honolulu ., .. July 19 Id hours 23 min. 30 deceived. Start San Pedro ..... .'. ......... July 4 12 hours 00 min. 00 sec. ants in the race. - Allowing for handi- The committee boarded the yacht and COLON, Panama, July 20. The cruiser. Des Moines arrived here yesterday caps the four yachts take position in was from Guantanamo with one hundred and fifty marines, who have received order by the time the Hawaii in the Elapsed time 15 clays 6 hours 26 min. 50 sec. the order in which they arrived harbor there had been much interchange to hold themselves ready for field service. is believed they are to bet Handicap o hours 61 min. O) sec. It that line, first; Gwendolyn II, second; Lady of interest between yacht crew and sent to Honduras on the Des Moines. Maud, third, and Hawaii, fourth. committee. 14 days 18 46 00 sec. was really a remarkable race, and There was a big crowd at the wharf Corrected time .. hours min. It to see the Hawaii arrive and the great- that in a great many respects. On a est interest was manifested. The yacht GEORGIA'S FORMER CAPTAIN DEAD. voyage of 2232 miles the fouj--yach- ts was no sooner moored than she was starting at the same time-teache-d this crowded with people anxious to learn NEW YOKE, July, 20. Captain McCrea,. the former commander of the port all within a period, of thirty hours, all about the voyage from the men who bat sailed her. There was regret that the B tleship Georgia, died here yesterday of Blight's disease. and three of them .within a period of Hawaii had not won the race, but there Three attleships in six hours. Thte shows a remarkable was no envy of the yachts that had equality among the boats that made it beaten her, nor criticism of those who MAINE AND ALABAMA REPORT. a great race. It is probable that there had sailed her. The crew of the Hawaii all express L liave never been yacht races over so ed themselves as gratified with the trip From ahaina Roadstead ? long a" course where the finish: was so in the highest degree. And every one MANILA, July 20. Wireless communication has been established with th - dose. Such a close finish too, may well of them is, xf possible, a more loyal battleships Maine and Alabama, which will arrive here at noon today. dull the sting of defeat. partisan of the Hawaii than ever. They Three of the battleships of Admiral Emory's squadron, the Ohio, Virginia, all are convinced that she is a great Where it was so close that a slight craft. and Louisiana, arrived yesterday afternoon from Lahaina and anchored outside advantage of wind or weather or gear "It was the event of my life," said the harbor. The Missouri was left behind to complete coalinsr. With the REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN or crew might win the Tace, no naviga- Kay Kietow, a volunteer member of the tor who has given conscientious service crew. "Both the voyage up and the twelve vessels already in Honolulu, this brings the fleet up to fifteen vessels. need feel any reproaches. return were splendid in every way. I The vessels left Lahaina yesterday morning. LEADER CALLS CONFERENCE Captain Harris returns more strong- wouldn't have missed the trip for a On the morning of July 16 the Ohio, Virginia, Louisiana and Missouri left good deal. We were most delightfully the main part of the fleet after passing the Leper Settlement and went to La ly convinced than ever that the Hawaii treated at San Pedro, and our relations COLORADO SPRINGS, July 20. Franx IL Hitchcock, Chairman of the is a great craft in any but light breezes. with our competitors, whom we met haina, where they were to coal from colliers. The officers and men were en of Republican Campaign Committee, has called a conference of the party leaders "We lost the raee right at the start," there, were most pleasant. Captain tertained by the Maui people, who had organized committees to take charge handled Hawaii to get of the Western States to discuss plans for the campaign. lie said, "when we were becalmed and Harris the the looking after the fleet people, ashore. most out of her. She is a splendid When the fleet departs from Honolulu Wednesday evening it will comprise idle near Ste. Clemente, while the other race : vessel. She will win that yet." goes to Lahaina, vessels all got away, 150 miles to the The Gwendolyn is one of the most its full strength of sixteen battleships, unless the Nebraska TAFT NOW A UNION MAN. westward of us. They caught the interesting of the four yachts. She is as originally planned. a great deal smallest of breeze before we did. It was one of the the lot, yawl rigged, and in many respects is July 20. William IL has been elected an the accidents and chances of the game. HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, Taft a wonder. She carries three, and a half TWO FiEW MOTORS HUSTAGE RESCUES honorary member of the Steam Shovelers Union in recognition of the work hev r But from the time we caught a breeze tons of outside ballast and four tons accomplished two days out, we gained steadily. Of inside. She was built by her owners, has at the Panama canal. Hawaii needs tuning up. Captain Lloyd Johnson and his brother, FOO course, the Dean Johnson, and she was in the KWU STATION We were nineteen days going up and storm off Mendocino, in which it was AORon some days in San Pedro harbor without reported she had gone down. For QUEBEC CELEBRATION having the yacht's bottom cleaned. It seventy-nin- e hours she was hove to, but Two big motors for the Kahuku Curtis Hustace rescued a drowning growth there is is surprising how much she rode out the storm, staunch and S.