New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05

THE FLEET AMERICAN LINER GIVES HER
BIG RIVAL A LIVELY TUSSLE-PEOPLE
ON BOARD THE SHIPS.

The big Cunarder Campania and her fleet rival
the American liner ST. Paul. came racing into port
late Friday night. as has become the hap' Oh
the ocean greyhounds OF these two lines whenever
they sight each other In their westward voyage
As Is usual the Cunarder beat the American boat
to Quarantine inasmuch she has ten thousand
more horse power than the smaller vessel But her
victory small one. showing what remarkable
speed the American liner can make.
1t was while the ST. Paul's passengers were at
breakfast Friday morning. and the vessel was
east OF Point Montauk. that word was passed
around that the Campana had been sighted about
thirteen miles astern. II was then about o'clock
Breakfast cut short. and every one FASTENED
TO the deck TO watch tho Cunarder az she raced
astern In her effort TO catch the ST. Paul 1t was
evident BY the speed that the two vessels made
thereafter that they were going at their top rate
The Campania logged of little over twenty-five
knots an hour. and the st. Paul little under. In
Just about six hours the Campania had come UP
abreast OF the ST. Paul nj point about one hun
dred and seventy-eight miles east OF the Sandy
Hook Iightshp. She slowly forged ahead but
all through that afternoon the ST. Paul held her
within hailing distance. Not TIL night fell was sh"
lost sight OF by the American boat. The Campana
reached the ligh,ship at ~ O'Clock In the evening.
and Just twenty-four minutes later the 81. Paul
arrived there and came 20 anchor for the night
The Campana kept and came 10 anchor al
Quarantine. The distance OF l7s miles from the
point wherc the Campania passed the 81. Paul IN
the lightship was covered ny the former vessel In
hours and 81 minutes and by the latter In
hours and IL minutes. average speed for the
Campania OF % - miles and for the ST. Paul Of
l62 miles.
Both vessels sailed from England November -
and the time OF passage Of the Campana from
Liverpool 10 the Lixhship was days II hours
and rs minutes: OF the ST. Paul days. IL hours
and - minutes
Among tho passengers on the ST Paul were two
parties bound for the KIondke gold fields one. com
posed OF Enelishmen was headed by Niscount
Avonmore. representing an English syndicat.
known Helpman & co. II was composed OF
several former naval and military officers. who
will go to the Yukon by way OF Montreal and the
Northwest Territory. The other party was com
posed Of two American r " Green ana . r.
In the gold and diamond fields In Africa They
will fit for their Klondike expedition In Ia
Cuban DR. joss Antonio Launza. who was re-
leased from the Spanish penal colony OF Ceuta
little over month ago. re was up TO Ju'y
Havana. and Judge Of the Court or AppctI> IN
that city. He met AT the pier by number
/ of Cubans -
Among other PASSENGERS on the 81 Paul ,' were
Colvin Edgertcn. Augustus jay Charles Freder
lex JOY Charles VI. MILAN Thaddeus lialstead
Myers Countess Pappenheim. w G. Reick. cap
tain J. 0. V. Schmidt. Theodore +. Totland ano
Alfred Watkins ,, ..
James Goats the head Of the British and Ameri-
can thread combination: W: S. Fielding cana
dian Minister Of Finance; James burke hoch s
Sibour w. Rathbon" Bacon, Jeremiah curtin,
William Boodgood J. seligman, r. NJ. Jaffray and
Captain n. b. Church g. p., . ,,, u,os
horn 20 Mrs. Ada Nordovisi. second cabin pas
senger who named her child Paula