The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-11-28

The steamers Albany aud phlla.
delphis were in collision on laka
HUron in fog on Nov. Sth and holh
went 10 the bottom. Mere thar
twenty lives and $50, 600 were lost
The cruiser Columbia on her nr,-
liminary trial beat the worlds recori
making nearly twenty.three Knots
per hour. She was built hy the
| Cramps and Is expected to make
twAnty~four knots.
The attorneys Of Hanson and Smart
sentenced to Be hanged next Friday.
for the mupier Of mate st. Clair of
/ the harSentine Hesper have filed 4
bill of exceptions and the execution
has been postponed.
The L. :. Cruiser Olympia bult
at the-C niOn Iron Works, has had her
preliminary "trip beating the record Of
the cruiser New York, thus maxine
- knots. She is one Of the fastest
cruisers in the world aud ranks NEXT
10 the Columbia It is believed she
viii make more than - knots and
win = bonus Of $4,000 for the
builders.
The steamer China, on her last trim
up, broke the record. The actual run
ming time from Hongkong was q
days and - minutes. The distance from
Hongkong to this port over the course
covered, including a stop at Kobe.
which is $40 miles north Of Yoko-
hama, was about 100 miles. This
would make the average DAYS run
about 500 miles splendid showing.
The time from Yokohama to this mort
L..
II minutes y stop OF nearly twenty
four hours IS included in this record.
The distance is 1855 miles. From
Honolulu the time was ) days, IL
hours sud 10 minutes. The distance
is 9lS9 miles. The average speed from
Honolulu wSs nearly $50 miles a day.
This beats the previous record a few
hours. Chief Engineer Ferguson, In !
speaking Of the quick trip, said; 'TThe
time taken Is exact. The trip was one
Of the hest l have seen in many voy-
ages. The engines were never stop
Ped between Ports-n
The German bark Paul Isenberg,
which arrived here on the Sth instant
from Honolulu, made the passage from
Liverpool to that port in lis DAYS, and
it is claimed by some Of our English
shipping exchanges that she broke the
record. This Is not so, however, for
in 1881 the British ship OberOn made
the passage from Liverpool to Homo
lulu in ll0 days, aud few years pre-
vious vessel made the voyage from
London in 100 days. Perhaps some Of
our Honolulu friends could give US
details IS to quick passages or record
breakers
October I'd the abandoned Ameri-
can three-masted schooner Drisco, OF
2+S tons, lumber-laden and water
logged, was sighted by the U.S.S. San
Francisco. Ii having been found im-
possible 10 tow the dereliet, the next
morning three Sf-pound gun cotton
torpedoeS were attached to her keel
and exploded, doing great damage but
leaving her still afiOat. Five more
toTpedOeS were exploded under her
keel, which broke her back and
frames The San Francisco then
the DriseO violently amid
ships The blow broke her in two
parts, released her cargo and she conn.,
menced 10 sink. As il was getting
dark and the derelict sinking, the San
Francisco fired a few shells into her
stern, scattering her fragments, and
her course to Key West.
When last seen the remains of the
tereiict were in lat. IS II north, and
long. - Il west
Ten escaped cOnviets from Siberia
were picked up in the OkhOtsk sea by
the wh2leF Charles w. Morgan last
season, and arrived on her and the
Cape Horn Pigeon. They escaped
rom SSghalien Island in an open
boat. They are now in Jail, and the
United States government officials
lre in = qusndary what to do with
HEM
Arrivals Nov. 5, German bark
Paul Isenberg, Is days from Honolulu;
Nov. ~, brig COnsuelO, 12I days from
Hahului; Nov. l., bark Ceylon, y
lays from Honolulu; Nov. IS, S. 5.
China, days, Il hours and 10 min
lies from Honolulu, and barkentine
; y. Castle, Is days from Honolulu;
Nov Is, schooner John G. North, p
lays from Honolulu: Nov. Is, bark
Harvester, 10 days from HilO.
AUCKLAND, Nov. 9.-Arrived: SIS.
lIaEiP0sa, from Honolulu.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 9.-ATriyed
Bark Detroit, from Honolulu.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-CIeared: Bark
Helen Brewer, for Honolulu.
AUCKLAND, Nov. 4.-Sailed, 5. 5.
Alameda, for Honolulu.
Projected DEPARTURES. Bark Mauna
ia cleared to sail Nov. Il; Nov. q,
l ;. China, for Honolulu, etc; Nov.
}, >. ). Australia, for Honolulu, ETC.;
lee. IS, :. ). Oceanic, for HonOlulu4
te-, bark C. D. Bryant, bark CeylonH
aTkentine 5. G.. Wilder, barkentiDe
/. y. Castle, all for Honolulu, bark
-nnie johnson, for Hilo; schooner
.nHa and brig COnsuelO, for Kahului,
ark Harvester for Hilo.