New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
WAS 1T a RACE TO PORT ?
THE ST. PAUL AND LUCANlA bhhAh
THEIR SINGLE DAY RECORDS.
port, VESSELS CARRY PROMINENT PASSENGERS
on. p BELMONT AND EX-sECRETARY FAIR
C,HIT.p or THE SILVER QUESTION.

Paul ana the lsOchi u NHl'i "''''
Yesterday afternoon declare that there was me
~, ., s,eei between the two vessels for the last
seven or eight hundred miles before reaching port
in which both ships done noble" Bur the ofic'al9
Of each line DEFY this. naturally enough he INA.
AZ II may those aboard botn vessels -ve'e worker
up TO concert pitch md they thought there was a
race and not few placed large 'amo'eon' on
the result
According TO the officers on the 81. Paul, the
rucania hove IN sight on Thursday morning about
davbreak far astern. and going Il "lckty spit
or course no extra coal was put upon the great
fires OF the ST Paul. and ice cakes were nseh az
fuel by tho Iucania- It was no race; IL never i
when two big liners get together-oh' no! we
don't race" says everybody; IT'S against orders.
and we obey orders" BE that as It may there
was great anxiety manifested at each pier as TO
which vessel should draw her gangpank aboard
first Tho I.ucania sighted from Ere island
at $40 D. NJ. and the ST Paul twenty-one minutes
later The former left Quarantine az SO. ana the
St Paul at $40 There was about the same re!s-
tive difference in the time the vessels reached their
,,ers OF course. the Lucanla has 1000 horse
mower and the s.; PAM 10000 less but Il took a
long time according tho passengers OF both YES
sells. for the Cunarder 10 overtake the American
vessel. and there was a lot OF coal consumed In
the effort
WHAT THE LOG TELLS.
Whether there was a race or not may be guesSeh
by the figures The Lucania made 5S2 Knots or the
last DAYS run beating her record and all other rec
ords and the St Paul made $40. also beating her
record FOR days run.
Drk Jansen a steerage passenger. twenty
eight years Old and a iollander. was re-
ported missing the St Paul lie was last
seen on Monday but the ships officers be
leved that he would turn up all right when the
passengers had been sorted and landed
The United States Ambassador 10 France. J y
az. lie
accompanied by his daughter Miss Celesiine Eus'is'
and his son. !. d Eustis jr The genial diplomat
told a Tribune reporter that he could not talk on
affairs OF state. lie would say nothing regarding
the Walla. matter. but looked Immensely piedsea
when told that the news OF his having saved N"
life OF "A Frenchwoman who had been sentenced 10
death in cuba had reached tbs country. The Am
hassador ia on IA sixty Gays' vacation. and after a
brief rest will 20 on 20 Washington and then TO the
South lie and his daughter and son went to tho
Holland House
Among the other passengers on the = PAU
were W Benuett-Lloyd, Miss Amy bennt-
LLOYD Howard Gushing r T. Gushing. Miss
Cushing. Mrs f. r. Fielding. the Rev. Walter A
A. Gardner Or and Mrs. William Gardner. General
and Mrs r. G. Hawkins 9. Winfield Pratt j.
Kingshurg Trask Captain william TumbridE"' Mrs
George Peabody Wctmorc and Mir. and Mrs james
/. Wren.
AT THE CTNARDERS PIER.
There was an unusually big crowd on the Cunari
pier when the big liner Lucsna was haaly male
fas, AT 7.90 O'Clock Among the passengers "'r"
number Of prominent people including Nr and
Mrs O. II. T. Belmont. Richard Wa's'n GfdeF.
Editor OF "rhe Century,. exsccretary o. the Treas
my Charles : Fa'rcnil. Mr. Fa!rrhlI Mr. and
Mrs. Potter Palmer the Rev. Dr. j. 4 Beet AMI the
Rev Or. A =. PiersOn
William Field. the purser. said that vim me *
ceniiou of br. aNuc the record frr a s.lg.e DAYS
T-r-l bad "A fiUi
uneyentfui one lie didnt mention any i~'e Wit"
Mr and Mrs Potter Palmer We're accompanied by
Miss vivian Sar,oris. a ai"ce o. COMMISSIONS
Grant Mrs Palmer spoke free OF h"r ir,P d"c.,,
tnvitstion OF the Tnitcd Sia'cs Minister NJ.
Palmer s-,lI thai she presented - tl~ 'znrna,
whom she described cultivated All beautiful
woman Her influence ana ths. o. hey royal hu--
band. she Thought would do much to"Ari e.et'i..nt
Mr. and Mrs Palmer dld no. see he caisstr3ph"
thac followed the coronation AMI WI "a" Russian
peasants regaId H. 4 bad Omta for tle 20 ~. Ms.
Palmer spoke cnthusias; .raiy ~ tfe h'r'1fy ~
the corona Ton pageant Both ne and beg husband
came through Paris and saw ho preIirliiont al
ready maxine FOR The cNpo s.ion ~ 49, wn'n Mr.
palmer thinks VIII eclipse the Wot.ts Fair.
HOW SILVER TALK Is REGARDED ABROAD.
Ex-Secrc.arv Of the Treasury Charles : Fair
child returned from an eight weeks holiday trip
through Greece and Italy. He said tlai the silver
craze wax attracting litle attention ln Europe. as
Il was thought that the rn.tel states would un-
ooubiedly alopt the gold STANDARD. Nj Fairch.d
would not comment Oh The nomination OF NJ kinl"y
or the action Of the Democratic state crntenton
at Saratoga. but gave il AZ his opinion. IN Vcw Cd,
the facts now in his possession. intt ir.o si4F'r
would have d majority at the Democrats Nailo"".
Mrs -. II = Beimon, came sshor. with Harold
Vanderbilt before Mr. Belmont she "l+ mo- hf
her son. ~ X. Vanderbilt tr. Mr. belmont I'll
lowed soon after and said that hc and his VIZ"
had had Il delightful Trip and had lcf, The Duke
and Duchess Of Marlborough vel Mr. hemoni
saw no reason why ih.a season a. N""port should
differ materially from Is predecessors III certain
people don't entertain" ne SAID "oth"r- VII
eagelnen1 Of NJ Grace Wilson 10 CorIe ius Wander
bat jr saying that he knew NOTHING Of ~ except IN"
more communicative. saying that HE all intelligent
business Dernocrats he favored e'ld oAs,. ~.
DIES re a Chine-e wall around the COUNTRY and
consequent. cessation Of commerce. Mr.. Belnrn
expressed II a. his opinion that u the Dcmocraic
party adopted "A silver platform tnry womb ID" lr-
mont mont, we q, at once 10 the #adorr inr~nng 10 80
Newport this morning
THIS CITy'S TENEMENTHOrSE DISGRACE.
Richard Watson Glider Editor OF The Century"
returned from a trip made for the purpose OF study
ing tho tenement -holsess OF the European cities As
d result Of his Investigations Mr. Cider has con
Guided that the tenement houses OF \cw-fork are
the worst in the world being higher more numerous.
more thicky populated and c'oser together Than
those OF other cities Second IA the roll of shame
part there are tenement house districts In Euro
pean cities. the houses being scattered ana bun, Of
better terias. "a consequence OF whlch lres ana
dca ms are prOportionately fewer.
Mr. Gildef had something 10 say about politics II
,yas his opinion that the financial question was the
principal issue. II the Democrats adopted silver
niatform he though; they would dig their own
crave Mr. elders travels took him 10 Egypt. and
as far az the first cataract OF the Nile where he
saw the Khelive's army.
Among The other passengers the Rev Or. ].
Agar Beet Professor OF Systematic Philosophy at
Wesleyan University, OF Richmond. near London.
Dr Beet comes a lecturing tour and as the agent
OF the Anglo-Armenian Association.
STABBED BEFORE A POLICE INSPECTOR
Acting Inspector OKeefe was witness OF
serious stabbing affair within few feet Of Police
HEADQUARTERS yesterday afternoon. Vito Rocco
was sitting at hs fruit stand In Mulberry-s st,
when two other Italians. who acted II they
were intoxicated. walked to the stand one Of
them struck Rocco IN the face without provoca-