The sun., 1897-03-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CAPT HUGEAGANN EXPLAINS TIE
YANARITA's SIGNALS.
n was Cloudy when the Khiser Niihelm
spoke the Tramp ana There was DOabt as 70
the FIRST Flng-Convinced New Of Its Mean
tur-Tet,nn aer,ously nj. Otharn Doinr well.

n was Cloudy when the Kaiser VEiiheiu'
spoke the Tramp and There was Donbt as "a
the First Flng-Convincea NEW or Its Mean
inE-TeIada seriousiy nj, others Doing We'll.
Capt. Diederich Hugemann Of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm, which
spoke the British tramp steamer Yanariva whilo
en- route to this port on Wednesday last, says
that In his mind there Is no doubt as to the In
terpretation OF tho Yanarlva's signals, to tho
erect that she had on board sixteen survivors
Of the French steamer Vile de st. Nazaire. Tho
Kaiser wilhelm arrived at her dock in Hoboken
on Saturday afternoon. She left Gibraltar on
March IL.
"when we sighted tho Yanariva," said Capt.
Hugemann yesterday, " II was about 80 o'clock
in the afternoon Of March H. We were about
half way between the Azores and this port. The
Yanariva was steering east by northeast and
we were heading west. should Judge there was
over mile distance between us. Tho wcath er
was cloudy and stormy and stiff westerly
wind was blowing.
"while We were watching the vessel we OBJ
served four flag signals wave from tho after
mast. The flags signiGed the letters N NJ L
p, which were interpreted TO mean tho ships
name, Yanariva of Glasgow Next there np-
peared succession OF signals in tho foremast.
Owing to the clopdiness Of the weather we
sGg,d sSnd mot see them ,dls,insty The first
to be j L. Now this is the signal that
we think we got wrong. According to the
mean topsaliant % ' SAIL I ' Fiji. OF Course, When when
we had taken all the signals. did not make sense,
The signal flag y is colorcd blue and white,
the same us flag p only the colors are arranged
full length of the flag, and don on the other there Is
square Of white in the middle and blue on the
."Nfter making second calculation we con-
cluded that the signal was i 5 L. and meant
II have, The signals y which q followed TTere w
meaning respectively .16, city" Wy Sazuire.'
and French When we put the signals together
Capt. Hugcnann says he is positive that the
latter conclusion as to the meaning OF the sig
hals Is correct, as otherwise they would not
When the news brought by, the Kaiser Will
Rowling Green IL was Immediately repeated to
the general offices OF the company on the othcr
kilograms asking for further particulars poured
into the French lines offices yesterday from rel
atives In France of the officers and crew of the
Relatives and friends in this city of tho four
missing and unaccounted for passengers called
been picked up and what was their physical con-
dition-werc they still sane or were they mani
acs was what the inquirers wanted to know:
or course, no satisfactory answer could be
given to any OF these inquiries. II may be in
ferred, however. that the Yanariva's survivors
were not in so pitiabie a condition when they
were picked up as were those picked up by the
schooner fiiida. The yanariya sailed from New
port News about sixty hours after the st. Nazaire
was lost. She must have picked them up soon
afterward in order to have reported the fact to
they had been in their boat or boats less than
ninctyonc hours. In thnt event those picked
hnS not been drtpE BY two Or three days
too. none OF the other boats that left the st.
Nazaire was as large as the one from which the
probably had larger proportionatc supply OF
water. Lack of water was the severest priva-
tion OF Capt. Bcrri and his companions, and to
the lack OF II was due the fact that SO many OF
the thirty-seven in the long boat died or went
that gives additional hope s for the Condition Of
those picked up by tho Yanariva Is that they
proe4abiy had passed out OF the gale and into the
cold.
All the survivors of the wreck in this city were
cept young Tejada whose condition is really
serious. He is the only one OF the survivors TO
%s ThSm hns h opae bee
given him frequently He is kept alive with
fruit-grapes and oranges..champagne and a
little milk. He complains OF thirst constantly,
and yesterday morning he told his nurse that
he would like to have q pipe, with water run
He is delirious good part Of the time tim and and
then then ;, he talks Of the wreck. He imaEines
10 his wife and children. He tells them that he
has given them his topcoat and undercoat and
and knownS that they fast fEsS5
he moans because he has no more clothes that he
can put around them. When he is not dclirious.
Tcjada never speaks of the wreck. He not only
lost his wife and children, but his books and al
the Instruments with which he practised his
profession. that of "A civil engineer.
Yesterday Capt. Berri talked to his physician.
DIR. de Plasse for the first time about the wreck.
he said that when he lost his reason, AS he did
ut times in the boat, he imagined that he was at
highly social function, given and attended by
royalty. He thought he was constantly being
introduced To kings ard queens and princes and
dukes. and that he s,lemed TO be an object OF
their especial favor; Tnen. suddenly, his pleas
ure would seem to he interrupted by some OF his
companions, who would cry out
"Captain! Captain! We're steering the wrong
way! Don't you see those villages and the lights
along shore. There's where we ought to steer"
Tho curious thing about his delirium was that
Capt. Berri says he realized, in way. that he
was irrational and he eNcrted all his power, or
seemed to, 10 recall his reason.