The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-28
A WORLD BEATER.
TIE GREAT TRIAL TRIP OF TdE
CRUISER COLUMBIA.
Late News Tr-sl abr al on Many
Subjects.

Subjects.
At Boston on the afternoon OF
November 18th, the United States
cruiser Columbia, won for herself
the proud title Of mistress of
the seas" and for the great
American firm that built her =
snug little fortune.
Twenty-Five and three-tenths
knots an hour are the figures that
should 60 down to history, for the
great white racer actually main
tanned this speed for eight nautical
miles less than q small fraction,
though her average over the entire
course of 97.94 miles was only
22S1 knots.
Even the latter, which will I'M
doubtedly be the official figures of
the board when the final correc-
tons are made, is faster than any
other sea-going vessel, either mer-
chant or naval, that has ever been
propelled through water.
The fleet Cunarders the Lucania
and Campania, can boast only of
22.7 knots an hour, and neither of
them have ever shown such a
splendid burst Of speed as was
witnessed off the shores Of Cape
Ann. 1t was magnificent.
The following table shows the
speed attained by the crack cruis-
ers of this and other nations:
Cruiser Knots.
Columbia Omitted States. S
Nueve de Julio (Argentifle) .....-22.7
Blake England ........................22. 0
New York UNITED States) ........ 21.0
Kaiserin Augusta Germany. POI
Reina Regente (Spain) 2O.6
San Francisco Omitted States).. POI
The Olympia made a record of
21.26 knots in her preliminary
trial some days ago.
Frank G. Ives and Jacob Schae-
fer were to meet on November ODD
for an extended match at balk-line
billiards. The match is for "blood, j"
and $4,000 a side has been put up.
This, added to the gate receipts,
will give the winner $4,000.
WI. Quinlan has been appointed
receiver for the Pacific Bank, of
San Francisco, on the application
of the Board of Bank Commission
ers Of California.
Secretary Carlisle has ordered
the release of the ten Russian con-
victs who were picked up at sea
and landed in San Francisco. 1t
is understood in Washington that
the Russian Minister will endeavor
to have them re-arrested and ex-
tradited.
Three naval convicts confined on
Mare Island made their escape
from prison on November IS.
Rev. John L. Nevens, Of the
American Presbyterian church at
Chefoo, China, died at that place
on October 9th.
The Standard Oil Company, for
the first time in its history, has
met formidable rival, and is tot
tering before it. Russia has driven
the great monopoly from Eastern
markets, worth millions and mill
lions of dollars.
It is reported later that negotia
tons are pending, backed by the
Russian Government, to form a
great international trust, and to
end the competition between Ameri-
can and Russian petroleum.
Chris Evans, of the notorious
Sontag and Evans combination,
was put on trial in Fresno on the
Goth.
LONDON, Nov. 20.-A dispatch
says that two-thirds of the town of
Kuchan, in Persia, was destroyed
by an earthquake.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-The gale that
has swept Great Britain and the
coast of France during the past
forty-eight hours continues today
and reports tonight say there are
no signs of its abating. The mid
nlgnI reports MAKE IIl6 tOtdI DuIA-
Der of deaths 1874, and this without
reckoning the crews of vessels which
were seen to founder off the coast,
and the total fatalities, irrespective
of the crews of the missing fishing
fleets, is estimated at quite 200, ac-
cording to the most conservative
estimates.
MONTREAL, Nov. 20.--Three young
men, two Of them law students, the
third son of ex-Premier Mercier,
were arrested early this morning
while attempting to blow up Mel
sons monument in Jacques Cartier
square.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 90
president Harrison was asked
about Commissioner Blount's re-
port. Il have nothing whatever to
say" he said. my work has been
done and [ have nothing whatever
to regret or Deprecated