The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
The GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
SOCIETY FEARS WE WILL LOSE
THAT GREAT YACHT RACE.
Hills Wonder Of n BOy-The War Of
the HaVemeyers Upon the BrIces.

Hills Wonder of a Boy-The War Of
the HaVemeyers Upon the BrIces.
(Copyright)
New York. Aug. l0-Again do the inti-
nations made on behalf Of Senator Hin.
that he is not seeking the presidency. be-
come current These assertions are in
variably traced 70 a source friendly TO the
senator himself. The great democrat Is
said to be intensely annoyed by the atti-
tude he has been put in before the coun-
try-that Of a disappointed seeker Of the
highest honor within the gift OF the Amer
lean people. He has been heard to speak
openly and bitterly OF those whose chief
charge against him is that he wants to
be President. He declared privately TO
variously prominent politicians. that he
would be very much astonished il his
name were even put IN nomination before
the next national convention. Another
noteworthy fact about Senator Hill is
his conviction. freely expressed, that Mr..
Cleveland does not want a third term and
would not accept 1t if he were offered it.
Indeed, the kindly expressions Of the SEN
ator toward the President have rather as
tonished political leaders in New York.
Hill Is now leading a very quiet life.
He is seen on the beaches of the sum
mer resorts now and then, but most of
the time he remains quietly at home,
devoting himself to his law practice.
one of the dangers of deserving ones
office for any length of time was well
illustrated in his case recently when his
colored boy tackled to his door the sign;
Il amt RUNNING back this Z. NJ"
Senator Hilrs name was written below
this in full and when the senator himself
returned and found il an hour or two
later, he resolved to do his own writing
as much as possible
Much quiet alarm ha existed in yacht
ing circles over stories to the eeffct that
the British propose to spring a surprise
upon the country In the matter of the
yacht race and have more than the usual
grounds for confidence in the outcome of
the contest. Their boat has good points
as all admit. but comparatively few of her
qualities have been revealed. The Prince
of Wales is said to have assured Mr.. Goe-
let that there can be no possible doubt
of a British triumph this year II would
be very humilating to Mr.. Iselin to have
the cup go back TO England for he has
been most confident of all the syndicate.
The betting at the fashionable clubs has
favored the British. The Union Club mem
bership is positively alarmed. for its
bright particular stars have posted over
a hundred thousand dollars that America
will win.
At the same time 1t must be admitted
that the doubters can allege nothing very
definite in support Of their lack of faith.
There is only idle rumor to endorse their
gloom. Curously enough. however, a
violent reaction has set in against the
cheerful confidence In our boat which pre-
vailed for the past few weeks.
The women of the fashionable set led
by Mrs. Iselin, have been very different
from their husbands and brothers I'm this
respect Mrs. Iselin herself, is perfectly
sure that America viii retain that ia
nous cup. This ultra fashionable lady is
such devotee of the sea that she dis
dams the use of an umbrella. 1t rained
during one of the inspections Of the yacht
the other week and she compelled heI
maid to take the umbrella while she and
her husband went about In the rain.
| Were 1t not for the enthusiasm of the
women, the fashionable men would be
rather cautious in betting on our boat.
The Havemeyers, those millionaires
whose manipulations of sugar place them
among the princes Of the earth, are said
to be jealous of the Brices, whose rapid
rise socially has been noted by them with
increased discomfort from day to day.
Mr.. Brice and the male Havemeyers get
along very well. they having been in nu-
merous deals together, but the feminlnity
of these families does not harmonize. The
result has been series of rival enter
tainments and both houses have been
very gorgeous in this merry war. When
ever the Brices have a great singer or a
professional contortionist to amuse the
guests for hire, the Havemeyers follow II
| up with something more costly or splen-
l,uNt kn oil a
these lines all summer. The Havemeyers
had small circus hired for one soree,
with toy pachyderns and elephants ga
lore. The Brices instantly took up the
gauntlet and had a miniature comic opera
performance the following week.
There are numerous other leading fam
lilies engaged in similar warfare and the
season has been made very lively in con-
sequence. The rank and file of society
enjoy these combatants immensely, as
they afford entertainment and variety
and make life worth living.
II now turns out that the reports Of an
other issue of gold bonds by the admin
istration had their origin in an incident
in Wall street. which Is very fiattering ia
our national credit About three weeks
ago the bourse fnanciers Of Paris wrote Il
leading bankers mere to say that some
$2O0. 900 900 of gold funds were to be with
drawn by them from the Bank OF
France. Having no investment for this
enormous sum the Frenchmen were anx.
ious to place 1t in the United States treas
ury to sustain the gold reserve for any
period at a low rate Of interest. Sec
rotary Carlisle was duly made aware OF
this, but after a lengthy investigation OF
the treasury books, the offer was de.
clined One man worked over the calcu.
Iations necessary to arrive at this result
for thirty-six hours steadily and showed
no bad effects Of the long ordeal The
| event in itself was a very hattering evi.
dence of foreign faith In our credit, and
very few governments would have beer
in a position to refuse It, Were we to is.
sue more bonds tomorrow there can be
no doubt that they would be very rapidly
| taken up at a low rate Of interest abroad
| assuming that our own financiers did not
take them on their own account.
Diving has become so fashionable a
craze among the New Workers of social
influence now sojourning at the different
hot weather resorts. that serious danger
has ensued 10 more than one nationally
prominent society character. Young
car Brice, son Of the Ohio senator, had
a bet with Vanderbilt boy that he could
get nearer the Atlantic cable than any.
one that happened to be in the party The