New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

"'s"'p drought any news OF her. The Ger
manic and Trave arrived on Thursday and
ported hne weather but neither Of them had
sighted tho Frenchman
On Friday the Dutch tank steamer Bremen
maven arrived here from Antwerp. and her cap
'a'n comforted the anxious ones by reporting
that he sighted what appeared TO be a French
Line steamer on February 10 at $50 ?. Cap
tain MINES said that the liner seen by him was
proceeding slowly 20 the northeast and facing
tremendous lie added tina, :he ship re-
sembled IN every way the absent Frenchman
She displayed the regulation side lights AMI
masthead lights but showed signals OF dis
tress nor other Signals indicating that she was
rot under control. At that time the Bremen
haven was one thousand one hundred and fifty
miles from New-York. Captain MINES watched
the ship for three hours during which she was in
sight, and the Bremerhaven passed within mile
and half Of her This news seemed to prove
that II La Champagne was in trouble II was not
Of serious nature. and that she was able 10
take care ~ herself and would probably arrive
IN port within a few days in safety.
PROBABLY NOT LA CHAMPAGNE.
From the report given by the men picked IN
by the Rotterdam. however it would seem that
the ship sighted by the Bremerhaven could NOT
have been La Champagne, inasmuch as ihat
vessel about ninety miles south OF me
course that the French liners usually followed
while the men taken aboard the Rotterdam re-
ported that La Champagne anchored of
the Banks Of Newfoundland, AZ point many
miles 70 the north Of the transatlantic course.
Moreover. La Champagne according 10 her third
officer did continually display signals Of dis
tress The identity Of the vessel sighted by the
Bremerhaven now becomes topic OF much in
terest
For the last three DAYS. in spite Of The assur.
ances OF the ofHcias Of the French Line. those
who had friends or relatives aboard the missing
liner have been in a state 81 great perturbation
and alarm MANY Of them have gone several
times day 20 the Offices Of the COMPANY look
ing for the latest news. and the general pubic
has looked eagerly for the newspapers each
morning and afternoon in the hope that some in
coming steamer would bring news Of the liner.
but no news came Of her until Friday by the
Bremerhaven. and that. It appears. vas false
news Some thought that the steamship. having
sustained some injury 70 her machinery. had
changed her course. and had put nac 10 HaNfe
or into ;he Azores.
GENERAL SPENCER's ANXIETY.
Among those who called frequently at the Of
fees of the company To inquire for relatives
was Brlgadier-General Bird W. Spencer, In
daughter Miss Grace Spencer, was a passenger
on La Champagne returning from Europe
where she has been studying music
Another caller was old lady who was al
most in tears as she inquired for news OF me
helated vessel She said she was relative
OF young girl who was aboard the snip ana
whose mother lay very i'll in this city she
feared that the anxiety would cost the mothers
life if the ship were not heard from soon. Inc
Very Rev Abel Helm Odermatt. a Roman
Catholic priest Of Mt. Angel Oregon. called 70
iro,,,ra for news in the interest u friends OF
Mr. and Mrs Herman Beckmann MI BECK
mann had been in Italy for the neneht OF MS
health He is a well-known woolen manufac-
turer of Cleveland. Ohio
THE CABIN PASSENGER LIST
The corrected list Of the first and second cabin
Messengers q La Champagne, as sent by cable
dispatch TO this country from Havre IS as