New-York tribune., 1897-08-01
PEOPLE on THE ST. PAUL.
NUMBER OF wEL1.-KNOwN PASSENGERS
on BOARD

Inc American Line steamship ST. Paul. with
large list OF passengers. arrived here yesterday
from Southampton She reached the bar on FRIDAY
evening, but her captain decided not TO come up
the harbor az The Gedney Channel lights were out
The st. Paul did not make fast a trip as was
expected OF h,r. 1t thought that she wouid
come near her record OF days 81 minutes. which
would have brought her In yesterday little aiter
O'Clock in tn, afternoon. The I.ucania. OF the
'unard Line. came IN. making passage Whch
was within hours and sc minutes OF her record.
As the ST. Paul travelling over nearly inc
same route and had the same weather 1t was fully
believed that her passengers would be ashore on
Friday night. were the Lucania's. There was
considerable disappointment among those travelling
by the 81. Paul that they had 10 spend the night
off Sandy Hook.
Among those on board were ex-Mayor Thomas f.
Gilroy. i. II. Ten Eyck. winner of the diamond
sculs at Henley: Joseph Stickney the coal op-
orator; j. Woodward Haven. Colonel Charles y
Dieh, Marcus r. Mayer. Charles Pcrceval, j. X
Coolidge. J. l.. Coolidge, William +. Lawrence
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and their children
Charles II. Cramp. c. A. Geofion, c. III. Converse
A Il. IIummel. +. II. Prince A. IIayman. Richard
Healy, the Rev. NJ Faust. Theodore l.. DE Winnie
Frederick A. Chapman. Andrew Low Green. NJ. l.
Murphy. Burrows Sloan and Mrs. J. Howard Duer
There was n death on the ST. Paul during the
passage. that OF Thomas Gorsuch. a cabin pas
senger. He was professor of languages and
native OF Baltimore. For the last six or seven
years he had lived In England. passing the last
four years Of that time in Whitstabe. IN last
December he had an attack of apoplexy. and when
he recovered decided to return to Baltimore. He
was in excellent spirits when the ship started. but
the day he succumbed TO a stroke Of cere-
bral apopexy and died. lie was accompanied by
his niece, Miss Fanny Black, and the lattcr's
brother was at the pier 10 meet the ship The
body will be forwarded to Baltimore for burial
As in the case Of the Lucanias passengers on
Friday there little confusion the one
hundred-dolar clause in the Tariff law. probably
for the reason that all the passengers knew what
10 expect and were prepared for 1t. The inspect
ors. too. had become more used TO their duties
and did their work smoothly and rapidly.
Deputy Surveyor Bowling is well satisfied with
the working OF the law. He said yesterday after
his had finished with the st. Pauls passen-
gers: our men examined all the baggage in only
little more than the usual time to-day, although
there were 3Ss cabin passengers. The passengers
We're not impatient and apparently were not sur
The amount of the total levy was less than that
Teassd Ws abGS 5oUm s He OF the "eana but
Ex-Mayor Gilroy. was met on the pier by a num-
her of friends. lie said of Commissioner Grant :
resignation that it impo sible 10 be surprised
at anything that happened under the present mu-
wouId %n the Sa eieeten but he
thought it too early to talk much about the cam
paign. and refused to say what he thought about
the coming elections so far as they personally
dGait for n% any oe M
saw Richard Croker In London. and that the
former Tammany leader intended to sail for New.
York early in September. but he knew nothing Of
his plans. Mr. Gilroy and his family went to Far
Rockaway Yesterday afternoon.
Another of the passengers who was greeted by a
large number of friends WAS f.. II. Ten Eyck. the
young oarsman. Among those who met him were
a reception committee from the Wachusett Club
OF Worcester. With Ten Eyck came his father,
and the two also brought the boat in which the
final victory and the trophy itself The
sculs OF silver. six inches long. crossed ana
bound by a gold cord and with wreath OF green
and gold hanging from the centre. In the green
leaves of the wreath sixteen rubes and SIX dla-
five times and they will be returned next year be-
fore the Henley regatta. , ,,,,
Young Ten Eyck expressed himself as hghiy
pleased with the treatment he had received IN
England Adverse criticisms, he added. were con-
fined to two sporting papers me parry We' Il 10
and whence they will start for Worcester TO-
morrow warm welcome IL awaiting the young
oarsman there and 1t will include brass band. a
procession and reception, at when mayor
Sprague will speak and the citizens VIII present "
Testimonial TO their young oarsman. "
councillors for the trophy. is still In London
Mr. Cramp the shpbuilder. who was ahother
messenger on the ST. Paul said he found nue.,
activity in shipbuilding abroad He did ot n0t
that country was having fourteen battie.snips
built in England although that dld not t nects,
sarily mean that she intended to hght A"e'io'
Mr. Whiteaw Reid told all reporters VINO saw ,
him on Saturday that he had nothing 10 say lot ue
public press present and that even IL ne ,n ~
his first duty was report TO the Secretary oi
state and TO the President. lie therefore answer y,
no questions whatever, positively dechhis " 'o
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