The sun., 1901-08-11
Two LINERS RACE INTO PORT.
THE ST. LOUIS BEATS TIE UNI
BRIA ny A NOSE.

winner Had rnrss - Her Boilers Out q
CemmIssisu, - the eangic-Sorew Cu.
nsrties was Able - GIVE the Yankee
Hard Tussle -Oome q The1P Passenger
Ths American hnsr 81. Louis, from
Southampton and Oherbourg. with three
boilers out Of commission, hustled into
the range Of the Fire Island marine OBJ
servers telescope at noon yesterday. max
ing nineteen knots II an inch despite her
deficient steaming power. half an hour
later the Cunarder Umbna, from Liver
pool and Queenstown. beching smoke.
hove In sight. The observer naturally
surmised that there was an ocean race
going on.
Under nominal conditions, that u, when
the st. Louis's engines are In shipshape.
she Is better than the Umona, one OF the
finest OF the old single screws, by about
Q knot an hour. But In the contest that
began in mid-ocean at s A. NJ. on Wednes-
day last and practically ended at Fire
Island, IL was hard TO say, at times, which
was tho better ship. The officers OF the
American liner were the 1rst to $50 the
Cunarder. The passengers were asleep.
A lifting mist revealed her ten knots
on the starboArd quarter. Except
at short intervals, notably Oh the
Banks, whore the fog was heaviest.
the passsngers and crews Of the racing
liners were within sight all the way from
mid-ocean to the Hook. When the 81.
Louis docked at the foot OF Fulton street
the Cunarder was OF Liberty Island.
Dr.. r. Lloyd Parker; surgeon Of the st.
singic-screw ship heat u.s. That Was also
the opinion Of the chief engineer and Capt
+. M. Passow. All the furnaces doing
business chewed up about all the coal the
stokers could shovel In. The sporting folk
In the smoking room welcomed the diver,
sion, az the voyage up to that point NAG
on the distance ast@rn the Cunarder would
be at the end Of certain hours.
Most Of them were hat pools. and Seth
H, Collins wuu five OF them In succession,
pocketing about 81 ,0o0
Fog shut the pursuing boat from view
OF Nantucket and the st. Louis slowed
down. When the air cleared the Umbria
was seen to have gained a few miles, and
was almost dead astern OF the American
ship. The St. Louis bumped herself and
widened the gap a little, maybe less than
q mile. Thereafter, even TO the Narrows.
the ships were within easy sighting dis
tance OF each Other
Gen. Russell A. Alger, former Secretary
of War, and eX-Judge Jere NJ. Wilson were
passengers on the st. Louis. Gen. Alger
said he had been recuperating, chiefly at
Carlsbad, since he left New York on May Is.
He said he was In splendid health. and he
looked 1t.
Judge Wilson was met on the pier by
Capt James Parker OF Perth Amboy, who
recently has been searching the Navy
Department records for material for the
defence OF Admiral Schley before the
special board Of inquiry to meet on Sept.
r. 1t 10 said that Judge Wilson has been
retained to defend Admiral Schley. The
Judge said that he would be unable TO say
positively until Monday whether or not
he would be the Admirals counsel. but he
thought II not unlikely that he would be.
Capt. Parker Of Perth Amboy said he re.
garded the notices that he had received
In the newspapers merely az evidence OF
the dulness OF news In Washington.
Prof B. d. Woodward, Assistant Com
missioner-G General Of the United States
TO the Paris Exposition Of 1900, who has
wound up American affairs at the Exposi-
ton, returned by the St Louis Before he
left Paris he was received by President
Loubet, and all the Exposition's foreign
representatives, who had not gone homo,
gave him a dinner. The French papers
published articles lauding the professor
and his work and calling America the
country Of the future
Cecilia LOTUS came by the Umbria. She
will be Z. Fl. Sothern's leading lady next
season.