The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
Upton DISCOURAGED
WILL NOT TRY AGAIN UN-
LESS ENGLAND PRODUCES
A HERRESHOFF.
american Brains and Develop.
ment," He Says, shave Us
Beaten-Railroad Depo,
Men Clubbed by
Robbers.

Robbers.
New York, Aug. 28.-Sir Thom-
as Upton, ABOARD the Erin, declar.
ed today in an interview that he
would never challenge again for the
Americas cup until man had been
found in England who could equal
Nat Herreshof in yacht-buildlng.
The baronet admitted his disap-
pointme Mt at his failure, and frank
| ly said tnat he had no hope of win-
ming even in q single race. He said:
American brains and development
have us beaten. If the day ever
comes when ENGLAND produces a
Herreshof then I will challenge for
the cup again. It will not be until
then. 1t is unpleasant to be com.
PEELED to admit, but the brains in
boat building are on this side of the
| water.
"Herreshoff is wizard. His
work is wonderful. None could
have admired Reliance more than |
have. She is the best boat by all
odds, and has won on strict merit.
am most disappointed man. My
hopes were high when / left home,
for surely believed we would car
ry back the cup. Yesterdays fuke
only prolonged the agony for me.
do not want to win on any slips,
and I regretted Reliance's failure to
get over the line as much as any
one else could" I"
Sir Thomas was asked whyit was
that Shamrock III was not given
more sail area. He replied that be
trusted everything regarding con-
struction and design to the best oi
Englana' g talent. He compliments
Led Captain Barr, and said that he
had no fault to find with the way
in which Shamrock had been han
died.
Il hope," he said, ''that we will
get good 25-knot breeze and a
heavy sea tomorrow. Then We will
have had all the chances on the
calendar to try out Shamrock g
qualities. The Baronet praised
the hospitality and generosity OF
Amerie4rs, and expressed the be-
lief that many of them wanted to
see him take the cup.
''They would push Shamrock
over the line ahead if they could, ]
believe"
| M'Farl4nd, Kan, Aug. 28.-At
one o'clock this morning six mask
ed men, each heavily armed, ap,
peared at the Rock Island depot
here and started to enter the Office
door. Conductor Monnehap, of
freight train No. 4S, which had Just
pulled in, and Night Baggageman
Charles Toler saw them and hurri-
edly attempted to block the door,
but the robbers forced an entrance
and, after taking their money and
watches, beat the railroad men into
insensibility. They then rifed the
depot of its contents and going hur-
riedly to the eating house, held up
and took all the valua bles from half
a dozen men on the platform em-
ployed at the roundhouse and
part of the train crew. Passen-
gers at the lunch counter scurried
up stairs and blocked the entrance
effectively.
The bandits then looted the eat
ing-house cash register and silver
ware, doing their work in cool
and collected fashion after the man.
ner of veterans.
Then apparently as a joke they
marched and carried six of the
Rock Island employees, including
the night hostler and baggageman,
and locked them in refrigerator
car and disappeared in an easterly
direction.
During the 80 minutes of their
presence not shot was fred and
only Monahan and Toler were in
jured.
Two hours after the robbers dis
appeared Sheriff Frey had organ
lied . posse, released the prisoners
from the refrigerator car and gall
loped in pursuit. The bandits were
headed towards Topeka.
The bandits secured eight watch
es and probably $3.50. They left
Mcfarland on foot. At one o'clock
this afternoon the report came from
Pachaco that Sheriff Frey and Chief
Custy, of the Rock Island detective
force, aided by four county deputies,