The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-06-04

/ : o'clock yesterday morning. Captain
I Scale brought = horse and busy with
him. and viii remain in Honolulu
/ Captain FriiS, who came down On tbs
( Martha Davis. viii take charge Of he,
soon.
I Capt. J Rlethen. an old timer wei
known here in the eSrly days as mastel
I os the Moses Taylor. died recently in
San Francisco AZ the age o. 81.
The American harkentiue w. H
I pimond. Nilsson master. arrived in port
1 early yesterday morning. lSss days
/ from san Francisco with fun cargo
/ Of general merchandise and TOO bales
Of hay, One OF the crew was hurt BY
falling from alotJ during the trip 10
Honolulu.
/ Some eight or more blUstscSsts from
I the Marion were standing close TO the
I boat landing yesterday morning. when
an officer OF the Philadelphia happened
70 pass along. There was no sign of
recognition. and the offeer. after
srrolling away some distance. returned
again. passing by the men as before.
SIN there was no sign OF recognition.
and the officer gave the bluejaekets q
severe calling down"
The O. 5. $ Alameda. Van Oteren-
dovp commander. arrived in port at
about 6,S0 a. N. yesterday aud hauled
alongside the. Oceanic wharf. Follow
ing is the report Of the new. purser. c.
y. Fuleher: Left San Francisco. MAY
TNN- = 81 -, H.
p m. passed s 5 Peru. On June I
SIS p m passed s. $. Coptic. Had
moderate breeze and fine weather
throughout the voyage. Arrived at
Honolulu. June 3. 1897 as above.
The following vessels have arrived in
San Francisco from ports on these isl
andS; May 2Q-Bk. Albert. Is days
from Honolulu: bktn. Archer. % days
from Honolulu; sehr. Jennie Wand. 26
DAYS from Kahului; Schr. Alice Cooke.
% DAYS from Honolulu MAY eI-Br.
Srlnr. Belgie. days. I hours from Ho-
uClulu: Schr. Transit. Is DAYS from
Honolulu. May 22-Schr. John G.
North. II days from Honoipu. May 25
Blk. Alden Besse. p DAYS from Homo
lulu,
On the arrival OF the Australian 5. s.
WarrimOO az Victoria, B. C. recently.
the captain reported the picking up OF
& bottle AZ sea II was Seaworn and
contained s message, written on paper
yellow and diSeolored with age. saying
the ship Mohawk had sprung q leak
and the crew were taking 10 the boats.
The message concluded, Gold help US.
John Franklin" The Mohawk be-
lOuged 10 TrOon. Ayrshire. and was
lost Is years ago. Franklin was the
mate This is the first actual intima-
tiou o. her loss.
The chairman Of the Cuuard Com
pSny. II the annual meeting Of the
shareholders. referred 10 the White
SJGr'S building enterprise. and left no
doubt that il would not 90 unchalleng-
ed Ii Is ruuOred that instead Of
building still larger vessels. the COM
panyS engineers are thinking Of try
ing 3 new marine turbine system on
their next steamer. Trials have re-
Gently taken place with the little
steamer TUrbinis, fitted with the new
motive power, with the result that
she showed mean speed on 2
measured mile. st the mouth OF the
Tyne, Of S2St knots an hour. with
remarkably low coal consumption. /
The experts have reported that. al
though heavy seas were encountered. |
there was 10 racing OF screws and
the machinery worked with perfect
SmCOthnsSs and complete absence Of
The Turbinia Is only loo
feet long and g feet beam. with
maximum displacement of forty-two
tuns--N Y Maritime Register.