New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-23
CROWDS WELCOME THE SHIP.
CAPTAIN MURRELL ENTHUSIASTICALLY
RECEIVED IN PHILADELPHIA.
FLORAL PRESENTS AND WORDS or PRAISE FOR
THE MlsSoUm's BRAVE cAPTAIN-THE

FLORAL PRESENTS AND WORDS OF PRAISE fOh
TIE M1ssoUm's BRAVE cAPTAIN-THE
PASSENGERS NICELY CARED FOR.
Philadelphia April 22.-Therc was never jollier
tar aboard a ship than Captain Hamilton MurrcH' Oh
The Missouri appeared TO be to-day. He wal the
lion Of the day, indeed and through all the eNclc-
ment and bother Incident TO great responsibility
a, he has had upon his shoulders for the past sixteen
day, ne was the same aTablc, brShealted mfraer
who had kind word for everybody. and whose
mOdcstv never once foiSOOlt him. To huudrclS Who
showcred their concentrations upon him, he had
bri-lt SIN Ic and. on, well, anybody would have
done the same, I'm only sorry / couldn't 90 more
From early morning crowds began To gather at tho
piers along thu Delaware River 'front.' and when tho
Missouri reached the first Of these docks she was
raluled in every possible way, always answering with
bcr heavy and s0uuruus whistle. When Greenwich
Point where the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
its cOashpping piers, was reached, every lO'ohou'o
I'm the yards sent up lOngcOntlnucd salulo' winch
was taken up by the tugs and river craft IN the
stream and It was thoroughly appreciated by the be-
lated passengers, who, apparently too amazed OF 100
ynl 10 answer in any other way, hauled out their
handkerchief, and waved them long and cnergetcaly
When the boat finally touched at her pier the work
Of dlenmLaghug an easy task, and dIrecLy rom
the ship the passengers wcrn conducted % well
laden table, fully two hundred feet IN length al
which they had their fiji Of the good things provided
D treat tHH hd" H'' '''h''' WI ""' -
doubIy welcome after their thoroughly ldnd treatment
on the British vessel. just before arriving at the
plcr florists agent boarded the ship and searching
out Captain NurIclI presented him, on behalf OF sew
Graz po''','''a sup nm, -, hcfng romnoscd
sol' Ho'"' ny ''a' ~ - o,,orrrcens and trimmed
VI p''h :, ros . ,c,rIotc s,rnrtse 10 the
w" "| ~, 49, ,o,,.-,d himself and accented IT
I'm a few modest woIds
81 thank YOU said he. TO those who had gathered
,i . S 49, ,,;-, and cr,,,,, M my vessel
aiou'',' ''cr ,,, aroc,atn ma, this Is mot
t,a,,ad tar mo Lut for the brave men who
surround me. II has Deeh saiu 'H"' 'H0i' ar ~
trim that the British sailor stu lives speak for
NV officers and men when say that worry glad
indeed that we we're able to do This much for these
moor people but any else under the circumstances
would have done the same. thank you for myself,
for my officers an" my crew. IoI 'l' N''' way ~
t.r,y ia t-rc that have brought ali hen, safe and
wit" ~ Of sa anas @'g U.s. T o ss ~es1
,.,, n,r, NJ rcar.b
,,, o., CD, rosy lcc,ed weather beaten
A queer "'"' "P "' '' '''' Wv
captain finished BIS l'ni' speech and he retired to
IFS quarters i"' ''- "
Of Sigvafd Martin. a girl five months DID, who has
o suffering with pneumonia Of rather a mild form
'''" ''''' - 49,, ,,r,il, SO r.,h
which is not i"'S 10 '''''Oo
Tho '''| VINO was ''." "" .'''r' .,,,,
Missouri LH"i'' Dy Manu. "'' W, P', VI ,1' s"p'
r'' "hN au""7 ''' p'~,'"s''' "'' '"'
err" a' "'"'
In tie large shed OF the Red star Limo al me i1ph
OF Wa>Iiugtou-St. an lnm"u-" table loaded down
with cata,- hal been spread ami fast dS the pas
sarecr- left Il they were provided with arcommo1a-
ton, until tonight, when az about II o'clock special
train on IN, Pennsylvania Railroad conveyed nearly
800 Of them towah mir destinations in the West and
Northwest. Tie remaining 50, or Whereabouts, who
destined for points in the East also left tonight
over the same line. \ majority OF those Doum west
are going TO Minnesota. Dakota and other points
~ IHt sc''lTil VIM" , w." ~ d, nda v a.t22 -,
the Thi6gvalla line and viii be fcprovl oncd al Chi
cago. Gilbert JeSpcr-cn. the ships surgeon Of the
DanmaK VIII z" 10 Nc"-lOrh lo-moro"
a't "a Scott T r 'U,, p'I tao. ., tbo D,rrorI,
there was nothing 10 be learned as there wcrr no
witnesses 10 hi, tragic fate and the only stories head
1 I MN Melc SIMPLY ma''uI" G 'ol!Cr ,i r"sr
count NJ te accGCnt IN his vessel hut his theory
does not obtain 10 any extent. Tho
most plausible ana most generally ,,t ncheV Yea
hai hsd hroEel ana was Win every r"volutoh tca[
E IatEsr mDic III r nanaE o1"o ON l The MAJ
ch'ncg: Perhaps IN an u4guardrd moment. or
moineh' OF CNcI'.cn,, or n'tgu i ~, w, . NV
caGSed Inc aCrent ",rn Co>r nl ms Ht Ent'gr
II was ne GApi'so4 Oh scam pIe or ,he ls2u re-
vc,Yng hlnh"h mar "IIInh wa hNpo''iOio Ior H.
VIII pr'hapy "rN,' pr hl9"n, ..
TIE STORY OF 1IIE SHIPS DOCTOR.
p,uadcIDbia Anru 90 lsncclap-Dr Jcspcrsen. NJ
the Danmark was extremely enthusiastic In his
praise Of Captain Mulrcl, whom he declared to be
me Ih'SI sp''lW'i' oil 'I''Sh >',"r "e ''c' S""'
TIC doctor story OF me pann"Fh "Inchy voynFc
he said, con March 20, and although the weather
was had we got along nicely muI INC breaking OF the
vessels shaft the IrOEeu ends of which tOr her all
to pieces inside and let the water into her hold In
Hood The passengers behaved very well, indeed