YACHTING. THE SEASON OF 1903. The chief interest in yachting during the season of 1903 centred in the international races for the America's Cup and the Many races were arranged for these three Cup defenders by the clubs in the waters from Cape Cod to Sandy Hook, and in was out of only two of them. The result was so overwhelmingly in favor of the newest boat that the Cup race committee chose Of the Cup races themselves little need be said. On measurement, it was found that the American boat had to allow her Sept. 16, 1885. Puritan J. Malcolm Forbes... 140. 20 miles to leeward off Sandy) 5:03:14 6:22:24 5:03:14 Genesta Sir R. Sutton, Bart..... *80. Hook Lightship and return. S 0:38 5:05:20 | 5:04:52 Sept. 9, 1886.. Sept. 11, 1886. Oct. 7, 1893. Mayflower Mayflower E. D. Morgan et al.. 96.78 II. Lord Dunraven... 93.11 96.78 II. Lord Dunraven. 93.11 W. K. Vanderbilt et al.. 100.36 101.49 15 miles to windw'd off Scot- 4:05:47 4:05:47 S Vigilant W. K. Vanderbilt et al.. 15 m. to windw'd from Sandy H'k L'ship & return-30 m. S 1:57 Did not finish. Disqualified for fouling Defender. Withdrew on crossing the line. Carried away topmast and withdrew. The Seawanhaka Challenge Cup for small yachts, was sailed for once more on Lake St. Louis, off Montreal, during the last week Summary of the game laws of Eastern, Southern and Northwestern States, giving the open seasons in which game may be date, but not the last. CONNECTICUT-Deer cannot be shot until June 1, 1911; pheasant (Chinese, Mongolian) not until 1905. Quail, grouse, woodcock, squirrel, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; rabbit, Oct. 1-Jan. 1; Wilson's snipe (English snipe), plover, rail, gallinule, mudhen, bay snipe, shore birds, web-footed wild fowl, Sept. 1-April 1 (certain local restrictions are in force) DELAWARE-Quail, partridge, pheasant, rabbit, Nov. 15-Jan. 1; reedbird, ortolan or rail, Feb. 1-Sept. 1; duck, goose, brant, swan (except summer wood duck), Oct. 1-April 15; dove protected at all times. or MAINE-Deer, Oct. 1-Dec. 15 (certain county exceptions); bull moose (cow or calf protected at all times), Oct. 15 Dec. 1; caribou protected until Oct. 15, 1905; quail, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; ruffed grouse, partridge, woodcock, Sept. 15-Dec. 1; plover, snipe, sandpipers, Aug. 1-May 1; duck, Sept. 1-Dec. 1 (except in April); pheasant protected until March 22, 1911. MARYLAND-Deer are protected in the following counties: Allegany, Aug. 1-Jan. 1, Washington, Nov. 1-Jan. 15; Garrett to Sept. 30, 1906. The State laws on the following game are given only; there are various county laws: Squirrel, Sept. 1-Dec. 1, rabbit, quail, partridge, grouse, pheas ant, wild turkey, Nov. 1-Dec. 25; dove, Aug. 15-Dec. 25; wild pigeon, Aug. 1-Dec. 24; woodcock, Aug. 1-Nov. 1; plover, snipe, Aug. 15-May 1; sora, water rail or ortolan, reedbird, Sept. 1-Nov. 1; duck, goose, brant, swan and other water fowl, Nov. 1April 10. MASSACHUSETTS Squirrel, hare, rabbit (except on Cape Ann and in town of Essex), Oct. 1-March 1; quail, ruffed grouse or partridge, woodcock (except on Cape Ann), Oct. 1-Dec. 1; pinnated grouse protected at all times; wild pigeon (except on Cape Ann), Oct. 1-May 1; pheasants (English, golden, Mongolian), protected until 1905; plover, snipe, sandpiper, rail or any "shore, marsh or beach" birds, July 15-May 1; wood and black duck, teal, Sept. 1-March 1; other ducks, Sept. 1May 20. all MICHIGAN-Deer (fawn in spotted coat protected at all times), Nov. 8-Dec. 1; squirrel, Oct. 15-Dec. 1; quail, partridge, prairie chicken, grouse, pheasant, spruce hen (except in Upper Peninsula), Oct. 20-Dec. 1; dove protected at times; pheasant (English, Mongolian), wild turkey, wild pigeon, protected until 1910; woodcock, snipe (except jacksnipe), plover, Oct. 20-Dec. 1; jacksnipe, bluebill, canvasback, widgeon, pintail, whistler, spoonbill, butterball, sawbill duck, goose (except in Upper Peninsula), Oct. 1-Dec. 1; duck, brant or other water fowl (except in Upper Peninsula and those mentioned above), Oct. 1-Dec. 1; partridge, Oct. 1-Dec. 1 (on Upper Peninsula). MINNESOTA-Deer, Nov. 10-30; moose and caribou with antlers (others protected), Νον. 16-21; quail, partridge, ruffed grouse, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; shorttailed shot. The open seasons include the first grouse, prairie chicken, dove, snipe, Sept. 1-Nov. 1; pheasants (English, Chinese, Mongolian), protected until Sept. 1, 1904; woodcock, upland plover, July 4-Oct. 31; duck, goose, brant or any aquatic fowl, Sept. 1-Jan. 1. NEW-HAMPSHIRE-Deer protected in most of the State; elk, moose, caribou, protected. at all times; squirrel, raccoon Sept. 15-Jan. 1; hare, rabbit, Oct. 1-April 1; quail, partridge. ruffed grouse, woodcock, Wilson snipe, Sept. 15-Dec. 15; duck, plover, snipe, rail, sandpiper, Aug. 1Feb. 1. NEW JERSEY-Squirrel, hare, rabbit, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse, pheasant, Nov. 10-Jan. 1; dove, upland plover, Aug. 1-Oct. 1; woodcock. July 1-Aug. 1; Oct. 1Jaa. 1; gray snipe (English and Wilson snipe), March 1-May 1, Aug. 25-Jan. 1; reed, Aug. 25-Jan. 1; rail, marsh hen, Sept. 1-Jan. 1; goose, duck, brant or other web-footed wild fowl, Sept. 1May 1. NEW-YORK-(Special laws for Long Island)-Deer (except in counties of Delaware, Greene, Putnam and Ulster, Oswego, Rensselaer, and all that portion of Oneida, Lewis and Jefferson counties lying west of the Utica and Black River Railroad from Utica to Ogdensburg, where protected until 1907, and except fawns, protected at all times; Sullivan and Orange counties, Nov. 1-16), Sept. 1-Nov. 16; elk, moose, caribou, antelope, protected at all times; squirrels (black or gray, except in Greene County), Oct. 1Dec. 16; Rensselaer County, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; Orange County, Oct. 16-Dec. 16; Richmond, protected at all times), Sept. 16-Dec 16; hare, rabbit, only in counties of Albany, Columbia, Jefferson, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Steuben and Wyoming, Sept 16-Dec. 16; Rockland County, Nov. 1-Dec. 31; in Richmond County, Nov. 1-Dec. 16; in Dutchess, Herkimer, Oneida and Sullivan counties, Sept. 16-Feb. 15; in Greene, Schenectady and Ulster counties, Oct. 1-Dec. 16; in Fulton County, Nov. 1Feb. 1; quail (except in counties of Schoharie, where protected till 1906, and Richmond, where protected till 1908, Rensselaer County, Oct. 1-Dec. 1, and Orange County Oct. 16-Dec. 16), Nov. 1-Dec. 1; grouse (except in Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties, Oct. 16Dec. 1, in Orange County, Oct. 16-Dec. 16; in Rensselaer County, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; in Westchester County, where protected until 1905), Sept. 16-Dec. 1: pheasant (ring-necked Mongolian and English), protected until 1905; woodcock (except in Orange County, Oct. 16-Dec. 16, and Rensselaer County, Oct. 1-Dec. 1). Sept. 16-Dec. 1; plover, surf bird, Wilson's or English snipe, bay snipe, curlew, rail, water chicken, mudhen, gallinule, bittern, grebe or shore bird, Sept. 1 -May 1, web-footed wild fowl (except in Jefferson County, Sept. 1-Jan. 1), Sept. 15Jan. 1. LONG ISLAND-Deer shooting permitted only on first two Wednesdays and Fridays (after first Tuesday) of November. Squirrel, hare, rabbit, Nov. 1-Dec. 31; grouse, Nov. 1-Dec. 31; woodcock, Aug. 1-Dec. 31; quail (except no restrictions on Robbins Island, and Oct. 15Jan. 31 on Gardiners Island), Nov. 1Dec. 31; plover, all snipe, July 1-Jan. 1; meadow hen, mudhen, gallinule, grebe, Aug. 16-Dec. 31; web-footed wild fowl, Oct. 1-Jan. 1. 1 NORTH CAROLINA-Deer, Oct. 1-Jan. (county exceptions); quail, partridge, wild turkey (county exceptions), Nov. 1March 15; wild fowl (several county laws), Nov. 1-March 15; dove, Nov. 1-March 15 (county exceptions). PENNSYLVANIA-Deer, elk, Nov. 1Dec. 1; quail, partridge, grouse, prairie chicken. pheasant, wild turkey, squirrel, Oct. 15-Dec. 16; hare, rabbits, Nov. 1Dec. 16; woodcock, July 1-Aug. 1, Oct. 15Dec. 16; upland or grass plover, July 15 Jan. 1; rail, reedbird, Sept. 1-Dec. 1; webfooted wild fowl, Sept. 1-May 1. RHODE ISLAND-Deer protected until Feb. 1, 1905; pheasants, except ruffed grouse, until Oct. 1, 1905; squirrel, rabbit, hare, Oct. 15-Jan. 1; quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock, Oct. 15-Dec. 16; dove, protected at all times; duck, goose, brant, Aug. 15-April 1. SOUTH CAROLINA-Deer (except in counties where shooting begins a earlier), Sept. 1-Feb. 1; quail, some month partridge, pheasant, wild turkey, woodcock, Nov. 1-April 1; dove, Aug. 1-Mar. 1. VERMONT-Deer, with horns, Oct. 22Nov. 1; deer without horns, moose, caribou, protected at all times; quail, ruffed grouse, partridge, plover (except upland), woodcock, snipe, duck, goose, Sept. 1-Jan. 1; rabbit, hare, Sept. 1-May 1; pheasant, English partridge, Oct. 1-Nov. 20; introduced pheasants by owners on inclosed lands, Oct. 10-Dec. 1; upland plover, Aug. 15-Dec. 1. VIRGINIA (numerous county laws on all game)-Deer, Aug. 15-Jan. 1; quail, partridge, Νον. 1-Jan. 1; pheasant, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, west of Blue Ridge (except Rockbridge County), Sept. 15-Feb. 1, in Rockbridge County and all counties east of Blue Ridge (except Fluvanna, Oct. 15-Feb. 15; Prince Edward, Oct. 15-March 1), Oct. 15-Jan. 15; English, Mongolian pheasant protected at all times in most counties; woodcock (except Alexandria and Fairfax counties, July 4Jan. 1), Nov. 1-April 1; marsh hen, Jan. 1-June 20; willet, July 15-Jan. 1; water fowl (except summer duck), Sept. 1-May 1. WEST VIRGINIA-Deer (except spotted fawn, protected at all times); ruffed grouse, pheasant, prairie chicken, Oct, 15Dec. 15; quail or Virginia partridge, Nov. 1-Dec. 20; wild turkey, Sept 15-Jan. 1; woodcock, July 15-Nov. 2; snipe, March 1July 1; duck, goose, brant, Oct. 1-April 1. POSTAL SCANDALS. Early in January, 1903, reports of corruption and malfeasance in the Federal Postoffice Department were brought to the attention of President Roosevelt, and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow was assigned to make an investigation of all branches of the postal service, This investigation brought to light facts implicating many department officials and furnishing a basis for their removal from office or indictment in the federal courts. In a summary of Mr. Bristow's findings, made public by President Roosevelt on November 28, the following list is given of persons in the federal service removed or indicted and of outsiders indicted as accomplices with them in corruption. OFFICIALS. JAMES N. TYNER, Assistant Attorney General for Postoffice Department; appointed special agent Postoffice Department, March 7, 1861; with intervals of a few years has been in the service ever since, and was Postmaster General under President Grant for several months; he was removed April 22, 1903; he has since been indicted three times. A. W. MACHEN, general superintendent free delivery system; appointed clerk in postoffice at Toledo, Ohio, March 1, 1887; continuously in service ever since save for three years; removed May 27, 1903; has since been indicted fourteen times. DANIEL V. MILLER, assistant attorney, Postoffice Department; appointed July 1, 1902; removed May 25, 1903; indicted once; after one mistrial was retried and acquitted. LOUIS KEMPNER, Superintendent registry system; appointed clerk in New-York Postoffice August, 1886; removed October 21, 1903. CHARLES HEDGES, superintendent city free delivery service; appointed assistant superintendent free delivery service July 1, 1898; removed July 22, 1903. JAMES W. ERWIN, assistant superintendent free delivery service; appointed postoffice inspector June 27, 1887: removed September 16, 1903; indicted |