New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-04

ADDITIONAL "REMINISCENCES.


| VERSAILLES, Wednesday. Dec. 3. 1878.
Admiral Jaures las proposed to the Assem-
bly, tho establishment Of international tribunal fol
the purpose OF Investigating collisions between vessels
| on the high seas
TnE DOOMED PAssENGERs
Ihere was little of interest to be CLEANED
yeshrday' at tho ONCE OF the General TranssthDtis
Mali steamship Company relative to the loss Of tho
VINE du havre The officials were indignant at the dis
pach printed In The morning papers stating that there
va" al absence OF discipline after the collision occurred.
ana that confused orders given by the second OIL
cor on tho bridge Of the Vile du Hayre to the men nc
tne wheel The officials that the lookout could
no' nave known whether not confused orders were
gNen because he too far removed from the bridge
| 10 near what was said on it, and in addition, the
ORDERS are transmitted TO the hemsman by
| means OF telegraph which communicates
win o'a on which tho desired changes in the drec-
ZION OF the steamer Indicated They add that tho
dscipiine on all tho the line is very rigid and
they cannot believe that II relaxed even on
casion 80 fu Of terror the sinking OF tho steamer
lheY express themselves satisfied that the investigation
| ordered VIII confirm their view Of the matter.
several persons called at the Office OF tho Company
during the day. or the Hammond family little IL
KNOWN Thomas Hammond, the father, ia brother OF
John Hammond. President OF the Crown Point IN. "
iron company, in which Thomas also was interested.
The family consisted OF himself. wife. and three chill
dren-Frank ago 49, Clarence, 10. and Alice. age g.
ln letter to the agent OF the line,
written from Crown Point he also engaged return
Tickets IL is understood that he proposed to remain
abroad for several mouths
An elderly lady inquired for Mile. Eugene Casilis.
The latter was II years Old, and her way from
TINS city to visit friends France She and Miss
Annie Nolan occupied staterooms Nos. 81 and g. Miss
Nolan was about 80 years Old, and was apparently
travelling alone.
III. @. veIi kro rvar Chica wbOse
wfe was saved out whose four children, Annie. Bessie,
Maggie, and an Infant. with the nurse lost sailed
fo ths port yesterday in the steamship Abyssina OF
the Cunard line. He will rejon his wife In Paris.
Miss Breeden one OF the saved, is ssternlaw OF the
Rev. Mr. Howe OF Cbrists Church. Hoboken.
r. Marconnet and Miss Elise Marconnet were from
Texas, where they have lived for several years They
were on the way to France to visit relatives.
Elise was lost.
Mrs Lopez was aiwoman OF % 30 years, OF fine APP
pearancc, and from her dress apparently widow.
Mrs. Stuckley was the wife OF Henry stuokey. en-
poyed in the olceio the Tchuantepec Railroad Com
pany, at No. 20 Broadway. She her way to visit
friends in Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Xavier Beney were from this city. They
had with them child Of five or six years Of age. for
whose passage they did not wish 70 pay, aud whose
name does not appear tho list 1t is believed Dover
theless. that the child was taken on board
Marie Born was servant sent out BY f. wetmore of
time.
Henry vaot and Sebastian Mosca were friends from
Rochester, N. Y. They were on their way to visit
friends, aud were to nave remained abroad few
months.
Jonathan sturgs OF No 40 East Thirty -sixthst..
ceved the following dispatch by cable yesterday In rea
ton to his relatives and friends who sailed from New
York on the Inflated steamship:
Mira. Buckley states that she standing on deck
with Mr Hamilton Murray. his sister. Mrs C. A. Plat.
Judge and Mrs. Peckham when the ship went down.
J. s. MORGAN & Co.
Mr. Murray and his sister ago and 49, respectively,
were the and daughter Of the late Hamilton Muir
ray OF Oswego ~ " and nephew and neice OF Mr. stur
gs In company with Mrs. Plat, who has been life
long friend Of the Murray family they purposed spend
ing the Winter the Continent. They leave ono
brother who Is at Princeton College Mrs. Platt was
the neico of OF Mrs. Henry Colt OF Cinoupace.
A friend of Mr. A B. McCreery one of the saved pas
sengers Of the Vile du Havre desires to mako correc-
ton concerning the antecedents OF that gentleman He
says that Mr. McCreery bonn In the North Of Ire
land and received the education Of gentleman that
he was any menis position in the Lick House.
San Francisco elsewhere and never at that hotel
except As guest and had connection with It except
to lend the builder si25OO) TO aid ia its construction IL
may added that freeandeasy Aronsuts OF 80 did
not consider any position "meuial' In the days when
Judges and scholars earned honest living by employ
ments not now ranked as highly desirable
Francis q. Howard OF Toronto Canada, took passage
In the Vile du Havre only few hours before she
started. He In haste from Canada to catch that
vessel having been advised by friend IN this city OF
tho time OF her departure Mfr. Howard was connected
with o prominent firm In Poole, England, which he
visited every year. This time Mr.. Howard was on
his way Paris to meet and marry Miss Adelaide
Gordon. Miss Gordon had remained nearly five years
at the Convent OF the 5acre Cmur at Hocheaga,
near Montreal, whittier she sent for tho purpose Of
learning the English language. AT that school she
formed the acquaintance OF Misses Agnes and Bella
Howard, Francis Towards sisters. Misa Gordon was
often at Mr. Towards house during vacations. Mr.
Howard was remarkable az the gymnasium OF his club
Toronto for great physical strength He spent three
years at the University OF Louyan, Belgium. Not be-
lug disposed to enter the church as priest he left
Louvain for Rome to join the Papa army He fought
at Montana and MonterotOndo After the victory Of
Montana he went to England and remained there for
year business with his uncle. He one OF the few
men who volunteered to bury tho dead at Albano Italy
during the terrible cholera plague which visited that
town during HIS in Rome. lie wore one OF the rare
gold medals awarded who survived that poril-
GUS ordeal lie was the only guardian OF his sisters and
widowed mother, whose domestic happiness will re-
main blasted for many year.