The sun., 1901-05-01
NEW YORK TOLIE YEAR
NEW ENGINES TO MAKE HER FASTER
-PHILADELPHIA ~ HER PLACE.


The disabled American liner New York,
which arrived at her pier at the foot Of Fulton
street. North River. yesterday morning from
Southampton and Cherbourg, brought in a
budget Of ocean and other happenings The
latest voyage of the first big twin screw that
ever crossed the Atlantic was propltlous until
72o A. NJ. on Monday. April %, about seve
knots west OF Cherbourg. when most Of the
cabin passengers were asleep. Then there
was a grinding noise. a vibration OF the ship
and a sudden lessening Of speed The port
tail shaft had broken about forty feet inside
the stern tube, and the massive three bladed
propeller dropped to the bottom OF the sea.
taking the after part of the tail shaft with IL,
A life boat was lowered. manned by work.
ers from the engineer department, who
after a careful above water inspection Of the
port quarter of the New York. decided that
her hull was unhar med
She jogged along without other mishap
at the rate Of about l3 knots until she got
into this port.
Chief Engineer Carnegie and Clement A.
Griscom. Jr.. OF the American Line carefully
inspected the ship inside and out yesterday
afternoon and found that her hull was un-
injured She simply dropped her propeller
andforty feet of tail shaft into Atlantic depths.
6hs probably will not be in service again
until next spring. She will be reiltted with
more powerful engines by the Cramps ana
will resume her trips as u knot liner early
next We r. The Philadelphia, formerly the
City OF Paris. will take her place on the South
ampton route probably IN June, The Phila-
delphia has been reconstructed at Belfast
and IL is thought will be "A rival OF the ST
Paul and st. Louis
There were only eighty first cabin ,passen-
gers on the New York. and they had plenty
OF time to get acquainted On the ten-day
voyage, {. /. lber. u veterinary surgeon
and Miss C. \. Newton, both of Washington,
ID. g., who. it Is said, had never seen each
other before they met aboard ship. struck
up friendship Just after the liner sailed
from CherhourR. Nj. Jber had his steamer
chair shifted close aboard that Of the young
woman Naturally, 1t did not take long for
the voyagcrs 10 scent tran nsatlantlc romance
and encourage II.
Sandy Hook MIR Cber gave a dinner 10 some
Of the passengers. including 4. " Hall, Mrs
Friewald, b Il. Hill and G. la Rue Munson
IL was understood that the dinner celebrated
the betrothal of Mr. Der and Miss Newton
When the two young people landed yester.
day they appeared 70 b" much surprised
inland MIR Uber said that the story Of the
betrOthal dinner was really merely a Joke
Miss Newton declared that she intended to
marry an Englishman, and that the report
OF her engagement aboard snip 10 stranger
was purely a joke.
Brig. Gen. Luther r.. Hare Of Texas. who
had command of the Texas Volunteers who
rescued Capt. Devereaux Shields and Lieut..
Gilmore from the Filipnos, was a passenger
by the New York He Is on sick leave and
s. going to his home at sherman, Tex, TO
see hs dying daughter He had expected
20 meet his wife in Europe but she could not
wait Cor him. hoping 20 see her daughter
alive, and took p ssdge aboard the kliser
Wilhelm der Crosse which got here from
Bremen on Wednesday. Gen. Hare went
South Immediately. He said the rebellion
in The Philippines was practically over; all
that was necessary now was to wipe out the
bandit class, which could be accomplished
bv military police. The climate OF the Philip
pines was hard on the Americans who did not
work in the leisurely way of the native Fill
pinO and the Sp nlrd When the American
got very sick he could be cured only By trans
portatiOn TO temperate zone.
Count Stanislao ColacicChi. bearer Of tho
tclrlct biretta for Cardinal Martnelli, tho
ApoStOlic Delegate To the United States,
lauded from the New, York and was greeted
boz delegation made UP Of the Rev. Dr.
r'deric Rocker, the Rev ", J White ~
+ oklvn. Major John d Keeley, Patrick
! reilly and Col John A. McAnerney
I mt Colacicchi Is tall and alin and has
bIge eyes and light hair. He looks more
Ike an American that the typical Italian
lie went directly to Washington to see Car
dinal Martinelll