New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-26

-rn,Y I.lso MILES FROM THIS PORT.
,ynsr AT A sTANDsTILI,-A THEORY
THAT HER ESoINEs ARE DIS
Ap1ED - THE LIST OF
HER PASSENGERS.
-., e-.. news Of the overdue steamer La
...,onaere was brought into this port yes'er-
49, a>,ornoon by the Dutch tank steamer
n-.,,orhaven. from Antwerp. which reported
49,, ., saturday AT $50 ?. m. she had sighted
.,so,,antic steamer IN latitude 4o and
longitude Al , r.. am
rrha oartain O, the Bremerhaven was con-
Az. that the steamer sighted was a Frehch
49, and as a result OF this report. the agent
:, ,ba French line expressed his commence Iasl
,r. that La Champagne was safe, and would
se,v he IN port in few days. She is now SIX
s... ovsrdue but with the report of the Dutch
-, and the experience Of the French
s.'or,o- La Gascogne several years ago, the
-, -, the line. Mr.. Bocande. felt greatly en-
~7,,-agea LAST night over the prospects OF the
sa,e arrival OF La Champagne.
..o-s,ne 10 the report OF Captain MINES OF
,,e Rrernerhaven the liner sighted by him was
,,ocAeding slowly to the northeast and racing
.ra-oandous sea that was from that direction
THE vessel he reports. was almost at stand
,,m He was positive in his belief that she be-
,orped 10 the French Line She had two masts
.rd Two tunnels. and in other ways answered
the description OF La Champagne. The vessel
showed the regulation side lights anc masthead
uohts She displayed signals of distress
r.bicb would indicate that she was disabled or
J.. ,oad ~ assistance. and as the Bremerhaven
- within one mile Of her any such signals
,,a have been noticed AMI answered
contain MINES expressed his opinion that
,,s vessel had her sea-anchors out, although
., vas too dark FOR him 10 be positive OF this
tac, He reports the weather as being stormy
@, the time he met the steamer. The vino was
,iov.,rg from the northeast, and continued 70
blovv throughout the following day sunday
o,d mart OF Monday. with heavy seas from the
rortheast Captain MINES did not know OF the
tact that La Champagne was overdue until ne
had made his report Of meeting the steamer
A. soon as the agent. Mr.. Bocande. heard OF
,ho cantain's report. ne set for him TO come 10
Tho French Line office. in Bowling Green. He
Us much relieved after his interview with
,,-, srd stated that he was now positive the
,oo,,e- vas safe He said that according 10
,ho rAnort made by Captain MINES the ship
Was only 1150 miles away from this port on
Saturday last and that now he expected her
,n al any time. He was OF the opinion from
the fact that no signals for assistance had oeen
shown that some breakdown Of her machinery
bad occurred which. while delaying her was
not serious enough for her 10 ask for assist
ance.
possibly" ne said. "one OF her cylinders mas
b-oken. making necessary a slow speed ne
.1,,a,raa that the engines of La Champagne.
which has single screw. were triple-eXpansion'
win three cylinders working on the same shaft
81 tha, u two cylinders gave out there would
s.Dj pe one to drive the vessel along. He was
confident that the steamer would be in port In a
couple OF days at the latest
CAPTAIN NINNEss STORY.
When seen last night by q Tribune reporter
can,a,n MINES. OF the Bremerhaven, said:
when we left Antwerp, on February II. there
were no indications Of stormy weather, and up
10 February 10 when we reached longitude 80
west, we had nothing more than fresh breeze
Second Officer Baetman was on the bridge al
$50 O'Clock Saturday night when the lookout
reported a steamer our starboard then
went on the bridge and saw her green starboard
lights saw that she was headed eastward
nv course was west-northwest When were
about three miles from the steamer ~o saw her
red port lights She had apparently changed
her course watched her for some time. and
saw that she had no signals Of distress displayed
and that while she was not under full steam
she was slowly making headway.
Il Judged from her appearance that she was a
French liner. l frequently meet vessels Of that
line. and am quite familiar with their appear
ence and do not believe that was MISTAKEN IN
this ship"
Mr Bocande said later: Il am perfectly salts
fed from Captain Ninnes's report that he saw
La Champagne. and that the vessel Is safe and
will be in port in a few days. That she was
making headway is proof that her propeller and
propeller-shaft We're all right"
There were many inquiries az the Offices or the
company yesterday by persons having friends
on board the steamer, and the agent did his
best 10 relieve their anxiety. Mr.. Bocande was
80 confident OF the safe arrival or the steamer
that he waited until yesterday 10 cable for her
passenger list. He was sure she would be sight
cd yesterday morning. and when sne was not
the list was sent for While he believes that
the steamer may enter port to-day, he is conn-
dent that IL she does not get In before sunday
she Will surely be towed INTO port Dy La BIZ
tagne which is due on that day. This. how
ever hardly seems probable 70 seanen who are
watching for her arrival. as they say that Wheh
she was sighted by the Rremcrhaven she was
fully ninety miles out Of the regular course
taken by liners.
Here is the list OF first and second cabin pas
sengers as received by the agents yesterday al
ternoon The cabled list did not distinguish be-
tween first and second cabin passengers, but
grouped them together:
BERcHEM. Miss Andran. KEI'IfN; Maurice,
bLkcIEM. M and Mrs. Hil',T}Ii''h f. N St 1 c,ua
ssFEN2 sRxE%nn osi:sp' Mi:: tFiSAs' EAE Ms dr.ss
BEZSK BBEElEKM4N Se,'r.. M', Li.ETEHBERGEf Ernst
Bf-rZrp F,tf, NJ RIHY. Miss
BEcEMAN. Mrs and Miss M,,-r.t S,,ss VIZ
BRKER. Mss MiLi>lh Mss J. W.
~ i'rrr-r - D. : WFrrIASSOTX I'd.
r~i,-t,r.F r. Is1,et,, NGREITT.FN "
f,yrrSspS w,es Tlnua NEr-S C'IIWANDER. Mrr
CHRISTENSEN. o. V. Marie, -, ,,e,. H.
~HAPBEY =. NlIIA y I,nfoh A'eos'' oe
-HTGNET Cheuord oiSTl.1. IL
Dj-NDAs Mr. and Mrs. OtMSIElt
0pr-r- ~ PHENN EIILE. ThoineA
DILLON. g. IA ANLt....
unOsSO PANlffs- Fis.
rf.vsr NJ ans Mrs PrRVu.HtC. Hr.
ENGER- ERI>JNG. MIS- RANZl9. - =,
yf7I,r..- S-s y RIGHETTI. Mr..
EOTHKOPF. Samuel. KlckA NJ