Arizona republican., 1907-06-09

sa and La Perousc. which left oregon
 in December for voyage around the Horn and across the Atlantic to Eng ! land, where they arrived early in May. | The tale is told by the second mate I of British tramo which has just
 reached her berth in a South Brook | lyn dock. The three windjammcr rs were all up in the Astoria river in oregon. loading for the Mersey. when the captains began q discussion of the
 relative merits of their respective craft, which resulted in arrangements for race and immediately reused the ' sporting blood Of North Pacific ports
 and led to the wagering of consider 1 able money. Or December 2 the | three vessels were lowed ou' of the { ! storia river and cast off from their tugs at the same moment. A few hours later they had lost sight of one ] another. The Inverness shire made the run to Cape Horn in fifty-six days. | aT,d there spoke the British ship Rob
 ,-rt Duncan. which left Astoria four trtn days earlier. On March 15 she signalled and passed the French ship | Emperor Menelik. On April 9 the Men
 
 days the two vessels sailed bow to bow. Then the Scotch ship drew ahead and was heard of no more un- til she reached the Mersey on May 2. having made the voyage of approxi- nateIy l5.OOO miles in 126 days. Two days later La Ferrous dropped anchor
 beside her and on May 15 the Stronsa
 made her appearance. thus rounding
 out long distance sailing race that
 would have been remarkable even in
 the days of the famous Yankee clipper
 ships.
 The broadening influence of the Car negie foundation upon the country's institutions for higher education. Is apparent in the action proposed to be ts ken at the meeting of the associated alumni of Brown University to be held
 on June IS. when an effort will be made to put through petition to the general assembly of Rhode Island for permission to amend the charter of the universit. so as to make the in stitution non-sectarian. The present charter. a product of the days when the form of a mans religion was con sidered as important as it's substance. provides that majority of the board of fellows shall be members of the Baptist denomination. While Browns record in turning out three such re- markable executives as the present governors of New York. Rhode Island and New Jersey Is held to be suffi- cient proof of verile and efficient man agement. those in favor of the propos ed change claim that the danomina- tional clause in the charter is deter ring desirable students from attending the university. and that in several in stances the same reason has prevented the college from participating in gen. erous bequests. When the Carnegie foundation was established with the primary object of providing for college professors and teachers who have de, voted their lives to the cause of edu- cation, its provisions were so framed sas to encourage the letting down of sectarian bars in education The Brown alumni of New York. who themselves include every demonmina- ton under the sun are anxious to see their alma mater take the lead in giv- ing expression to the undoubted ten dency of the times away from restrict i've features in educational work
 
 While the interstate commerce com- mission at Washington is barking up the railroad combination tree in which 1t has located Mir. F.. H. Hartman. the chief anxiety of that eminent financier seems to be the selection of a per- maneqt nlace of residence Ar tho time of s>appearance before the coie- mission at the hearing in Ney York, ne was credited with the statement that if 1t came to. choice between Jail and the poorhouse, he woild p-ater the former. A few days ago Senator 1illman suggested an even less desir- able place than either. But permitted a somewhat wider range of choice, ard evidently little particular as 70 his in any event. MT. Har,i- man, first selected one of the moss ex- pensive corners available on Fi!th ! aN enue as the site for a city mansion. and now has paid sS0.O0O for a hun died acre estate overlooking the Hud- l son river on which to erect a modest l country home. The property is near tC the estate which William Rocl.e- ieler recently purchased as the site f r s5OO.00O villa to be erected this | for his son Percy. Not far | aw2y is Pocantico Hills. the $1.0e0 G1O | residence place of John D. RockefeiIcr when h. is not lodging proce.,, serv- CTS. and little farther up the river a | Wall street broker is spending s250, ,0aO Dn q medieval palace to contain T5