The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LEGAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

New Custom Ruling Regarding
Dues in Cuban Ports-Partics Ia
Charleston Buy "a Tug Boat-stcam-
ship bermuda to Go in the West
Indin Trade.
The following circular from the war de-
partment is addressed to officers of Gus
toms throughout the United States:
by direction Of the President paragraph
s, tonnage dues, on page of The Customs
Tariff and Regulations for ports in cuba
in possession of the United States, is
amended to read as follows:
Tonnage Dues.-At all ports or places in
Cuba which may be in possession or under
administrative control of the land or ma
val forces of the United States, there shall
be levied the following tonnage dues, until
further orders:
"(a) On entry Of a vessel from place
or port not in Cuba. 20 cents per ion.
ID On entry of a vessel from another
port or place in Cuba engaged at the time
of entry in the coastwise trade of Cuba, 2
cents per ton.
20. The rate of tax on vessel which
enters or clears in ballast shall be one-half
of the rate enforced by subdivision (a)
or (b).
I'D A vessel which has paid the ton
mage tax enforced on entry from a port or
place not in Cuba shah not be liable to
tonnage tax on entering another port or
place in Cuba during the same voyage
Unless such vessel again enters from a
port or place not in Cuba.
'(e). An express steamship engaged in
carrying the mails In the service of
steamship line which is furnishing under
an agreement or contract with a govern
ment, a regular serni-monthly mail service
from port not in Cuba TO a port on the
south coast OF Cuba or a regular semi
weekly mail service from a port not in
Cuba to a port on the north coast Of Cuba,
! shall be exempt from tonnage tax dpon
| being furnished by the Secretary OF War
with a certificate that it is so employed.
! "0). The tonnage tax on entries of YES
| sci from port or place not in Cuba shall
not exceed in The aggregate 81 per net ton
| in any one year, beginning from the date
| Of he first payment. The tonnage tax on
| entries of a vessel from other ports or
| places in Cuba, engaged az the time OF en-
| try exclusively in the coasting trade of
| Cuba, shall not exceed 40 cents per ret
ton in any one year. beginning from the
date of the first payment"
The customs officials are further advised
that upon the receipt of the above order
by the officer in command of the United
States forces at any port or place In the
Island of Cuba in possession of the United
States II will be proclaimed and enforced.
Capt. William H. Howes, who died of
| yellow fever at Havana recently, while In
command of the bark Maryland, was well
known here as master of the schooner
Leander " Beebe, of Greenport n. Y.
While on a trip from Baltimore TO an
Eastern port with coal, Capt. Howes res
cued Gen. Calixto Garcia and about sew
enty other Cubans, who were on the steam
er j. w. Hawkins. bound for Cuba on
! flibustering expedition. The Hawkins had
| been purchased in Baltimore for the bus
mess and taken to a point in Long Island
sound. She proved unseaworthy. For the
| rescue Capt. Howes was presented with
| pair of binoculars by the Cuban junta and
| Gen. Garcia gave him his picture with on
| autographs history of the rescue written
| upon it, Capt. Howes commanded the
| Bebee for several trips after the rescue.
He belonged to Portland, Me.
Capt l.. H. Stiwell OF New Jersey, man
| aging owner of the schooner Douglass
| Gregory was in Baltimore few days ago
| settling up the business of that vessel
which was lost at sea during the August
| hurricane off the coast. Willis Berry and
| Samuel Busby, two colored seamen, were
| the only persons saved. Their rescue was
affected by Capt Falker of the schooner
Richard +, c. Hartley who landed the two
| men a jacksonville Here their deposition
was taken, and they both went to sea and
| were lost with the vessel they went on.
| There are also some fears now for the
| safety of the schooner Hartley, as she left
| Jacksonville Sept. . for New York, and
has not yet been heard of. There We're sew
eral owners in the Douglas Gregory in
Baltimore.
The sea-going tug Peerless Of Baltimore
has been sold 10 parties in Charleston, s.
c. The vessel viii leave Baltimore imme-
Ola tely for her new home port, where she
will engage in general towing work. She
is one OF the largest and fastest tugs in
Chesapeake waters. The vessel is 81 feet
Z inches long, 10 feet beam, and 10 feet
depth of hold. The compound fore and
aft engines have cylinders measuring Is
and 2S inches. The Peerless was built in
Camden in 1856 by John A. Dialogue &
Son.
The brig Robert Dillon which capsized
In the hurricane Oct. 2 off PORE Royal, and
drifted about the ocean for several days
without any attempt being made to bring
her and cargo of lumber TO port, finally
! went ashore and was wrecked off Doboy
Capt Wikoff who was formerly In COM
| mind of the steamship Horsa, is to be
! master of the steamship Bermuda. The
| latter vessel is now at Philadelphia, and
as soon as she is repaired, Capt. Hart, her
| owner says he viii employ her IN the
| West India trade
The life savers at Capt Lookout, n. c..
report that an unknown dereHct, appar-
| emily a schooner. bottom up, drifted ashore
| Yesterday near that place. The vessel is
! about 1856 feet long, with her bottom yell
| low metalcd. There are no spars or
wreckage about the hull The craft is be-
| lieved to be iumber-laden.
The British steamship Baron Cawdor,
from Sourabaya for the Delaware Break
water aud Savannah has arrived at Suez
with fore crank aud shaft bolts broken
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