The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23
JAPS ABOARD
A SCHOOL SHIP
Little Brown Men Will
Make Their Headquar-
ters Here.
The Hiyei Puts in Here en- Her
Tour OF the World as a
Training Ship.
Captain Bennett of the Pac fic c asst
Steamship Company Has Lost
His Mustache.

The Japanese training-ship Hiyei ar
rived from Puget Sound ports last night.
She had fair weather passage to S&n
Francisco and, strange to say, not one of
the apprentices was seasick. The officers
OF the vessel are as follows: Captain Uye-
mura, Commander Ota, Lieutenants I'M
uchi, Nisaiyama. Fusushima, Tanaka,
Okada, Okube, Chiel Engineer Kodo, Chief
Doctor Oashi, Chief Paymaster Oashi,
sub-Lieutenants Takashi, Ouchide, Tan
iguchi, Sakanato, Nenaki, Assistant Sur
geon Wada, Assistant Payma Nskats,
Assistant Engineers Oaums, Oakzaki;
also Is cadets and 326 men all told.
The armament is as follows: Seventeen
centimeters Krupp, 10 centimeters 6
Krupp, Nordenfeldt machine guns.
The Hiyei is one of the Japanese fleet
that took part in the war bet ween Japan
and China and she did more than her
share in the conflict that won the Mi
kado decisive victory on the Yalu River.
The trainlng-ship will remain for some
time in the bay and when she leaves the
Golden Gate it will be with the best wishes
OF the majority of the population of San
Francisco. Coulter's picture OF the Hiyei
shows her just as she appeared in the
stream yesterday.
eating officer of the United State steamer
Corwin 10 the Branch photographic Office
in this City, will show the drift of the
dereIict schooner General Siglin: "a log
slate was found on board the General
ST lin With latitude 80 80 north, longitude
l41 OF west, by d. R., no date. On May
the American schooner Willard Aims
worth sighted the Siglin in latitude SO 10
north, longitude 135 56 west. On Nav 20
the United States steamer Perry boarded
the Siglin in latitude 50 AZ north, longi-
tude 133 Is west On May 30. at 2:4o P NJ,
The Corwin sighted the Siglin in latitude
80 OF north, Longitude 133 50 west, but on
account of the strong breeze and rough sea
was unable to board or lake her in tow
until A. NJ. OF the 31st, when she had
driited to Latitude So 10 north, longitude
133 90 west. Her wheel was lashed to port
and the starbosrd rigging cut, showing
that she had evidently been on the star
board tack, been thrown on her beam
ends, and after clearing herself of the
rigging had lighted, full of water"
Captain Bennett, superin tendent of the
Pacific Coast Steamship ComDany's
wharyes, is in trouble. Yesterday he
shaved his mustache. and now even mis-
best friend does not know him. Bennett
was the best known man on the water
front until he chose 10 disguise himself.
Now his best friends-Harry Goodall and
Al Pryor-pass him on the street aud
wonder who the stranger is that mods to
them. One thing is certain, and that is
that the absence of his mustache goes to
show That Captain Bennett has hand
some set of natural teeth.
The Select knights went away. on their
annual outing yesterday. A big crowd
was down to see them off on the Pomona
for Eureka, and the band of the Knights
Templar serenaded them during the long
wait that occurred before the steamer
salad u-aq ial
Captain Doran Vouched for flne- wea ther
trip, there was not a sad heart aboard
when the Pomona pulled out from the
wharf.
The captain of the collier Wellington
has been given all the credit of the re pairs
to the steamer Wellington during her
recent breakdown. The following re-
marks by an expert shows where the chief
engineer came in.
Low-pressure connecting rod broke on
bottom end, carrying away the low-pres-
sure cylinder cover and after portion of
main condenser. After crank shaft brok-
en-, iow-pressure valve cracked.
The repairs effected by Chief Engineer
Richardson by disconnectlng the after
engine and working the forward engine,
high pressure, exhausting through The
skyNght by means OF the fireroom venti-
ia ors ought TO be noted.
The steam schooner Chilcat returned
gCSlCAudJ Oll dINOQiiL VI Il Di6uhOOhn III
her machinery. 1t will take some time to
tx up the engine-room and then the
vessel will proceed on her way up the
coast.
The stern wheel steamer Sunol is 10 be
repaired. The Piper Goodall Com
rany see the necessity for a second
steamer on the Vallejo line and have
determined 10 fit up the Sunol as an
adjunct TO the Grace Barton. When the
latter was remodeied she was 10 be an
adjunct 10 the Sunol, but when the latter
was run down and sunk the Barton proved
10 be very handy substitute. Now the
enterprising owners of the Sunoi have
declded that there is no knowing what a
day may bring forth and have decided to
have the Suno ready in case of an
emergency.
The British ship Belle of Bath, from
New York for Hongkong with a cargo of
oil, caught fire and was run ashore on the
Barbados. The crew was saved, but the
vessel and cargo were a total loss.
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