The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-04
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Tug McCauIey on "A Fishing Excur-
sion-sfeamer Harry G. Day on for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Issued to
Custom Houses Along the Coast
List of Vessels in Port.
A London dispatch reports that Samuel
Plimson, the originator of the "Plimsoll
mark" on British vessels to prevent their
being overloaded. is dying. Mr.. PlimsoI
is known as the Sailors friend" He
was born in Bristol in 1924 and entered
the British Parliament for the express
purpose of protecting the sailors.
Capt w H. Fisher of the steamship
Kansas City, arriving yesterday, reports
! June at o'clock p. m, north Of Cape
| Lookout. passed the brig H. b. Hussey,
Capt. War;, from Philadelphia, bound for
! Jacksonville also the schooners Charles II.
! Valentine, Capt. Thompson bound for Sa-
vannah via Port Royal
| The tug McCauley went TO the black
| fish banks yesterday with a party of
! friends of Mr.. W. F. McCauey. A pleas
| ant day was spent and large lot of splen-
| did fish We're caught.
The tug Paulsen came off of Willink's
marine railway yesterday, after having
her bottom scraped and painted.
The steamer Harry C. Day left yesterday
! for Jacksonville. Fla in command of
Capt. T. w. Lund who was sent by the
Clyde line TO take her to the St. Johns
river. A fun crew, including engineers
and firemen, also came to go on the boat.
A circular has been received at the Sa-
which is based on the reports Of United
States consuls in Mexican ports. Ii re-
cites that Spanish sympathzers in Mexico
are working up a feeling there against the
United States and warns shipmasters and
citizens of the United States to go there
prepared to meet any disrespect that may
be asserted by the Spanish element or
their sympathizers.
The following notice has been posted al
the New York custom house: TIL further
notice, masters. owners or agents of YES
sells destined for ports in the West In
dies, Bermuda, Mexico, Central and South
America and the Leeward Islands and
Windward Islands will be required to sub
nit a full, just and true account of al
coal, provisions and munitions of war on
board before the clearance will be grant
ed
Instructions have been sent to some of
the Atlantic coast custom houses from
Assistant Secretary Howell to have cap
tains of vessels landing at this port to
maintain strict watch upon all persons
allowed on board or shipped as members
of the crew. These precautions are con-
sidered advisable because of the fear that
Spanish warfare might be carried on so
as to include the secret use of dynamite
on merchantmen by spies.
of no a,y-
tent of the oil export business in bulk,
says the Manufacturers Record. The
principal trade of this kind is carried on
from, Philadelphia, but Baltimore is now
securing a large share. Recently in the
harbor of Philadelphia alone there We're
Is steamers, IA sailing ships and IS banks
loading crude and refined petroleum for
delivery at foreign ports, principally Eu-
ropean The amount of oil that will be
carried in these vessels is over 96,20QO00
gallons. OF the vessels referred to, nine
ships with an aggregate capacity of $780,
600 gallons, and nine barks with an
aggregate capacity of 1270,-
600 gallons, will go to Japan, which has
become within the past six months an ex-
tensive buyer of both crude and refined
oils The shipments are made from this
country to Great Britain and the conti-
nent, as well as Asiatic ports, one cargo
recently being sent TO the Island of Java.
For sail tonnage there continues a quiet
market, due chiefly to the inability of
shippers to obtain neutral vessels upon
terms that they regard as reasonable, says
the New York Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin. Tonnage of the
character desired is indeed very scarce
and owners therefore are Indifferent to
bids that are not fully up to their ideas.
Coastwise freights are quiet, with rates
easy for both lumber and coal. Steamers
are in very limited demand. and the ten
dency of the market in nearly all trades
is toward an easier basis.
The naval auxiliary board wants another
hospital ship. Few vessels have been
| found suitable for the purpose. The Plant
Steamship Company has suggested that
their new vessel, La Grande Duchesse
now at Newport News, be taken for
hospital ship. The vessel will be ready
for sea by the middle of the month.
Louis Luckenbach of the big towboat
firm, has the honor of being responsible
for the introduction of coal barges in the
coastwise trade. The scheme showed the
foresight and business sagacity of the
man. 1t meant a terrible blow to the
schooner. The latest statistics show that
there are 1,5H schooners doing business
along the Atlantic coast, against SCI barg-
es.
Baltmore's appeal for a modification of
the harbor regulations prohibiting the en-
trance of vessels after dark has been
granted by the Secretary of War New
rules viii be drawn up, with the protec-
ton of the port and city guaranteed.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at ASH and sets at 7:O5.
High water at Tybee to-day at 715 a.
m. and 7:42 p. m. High water at Savan-
nah one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for June.