The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-02
SEA AND SHORE
Steamer Athenian In
From Manila.
Biz Fleet Of Notwithstanding
Vessels Out = Ho1gkong
Maru Sails.

Bunting was displayed on an the
vessels in port yesterday in honor Of
the day and there was a general ces-
saton Of work alongshore Down az
Pacific Mail wharf. owing TO the slow
work on board by the Hongkong Ma
rus crew. that liner dld rot sail for
san Francisco until quite late AZ night.
Her berth was taken by the United
states animal transport Athenian,
from Manila. which will load stock
Immediately and return. The Arhen-
ian encountered some very rough
weather on the way over which occa-
stoned her long passage. The lumber
schooner Ethel Zane and bark B. p.
Cheney sailed for the Coast, where
they will load again for Island ports;
the b. p. Cheney returning with coal
| from Puget Sound. During the month
OF December forty-nine sailing vessels
and twenty-eight steamships from for
cign ports arrived off this harbor. be.
ing one OF the largest months BUSH
/
January will witness another big in
fluX of foreign steam and sailing craft
for the seasons sugar crop, and the
| pilots and harbOr officials, already
overtasked, will have TO work harder
| than ever
| Vessels in the Harbcr
| The following is the position of YES
| sells now in Honolulu harbor: Naval
Row-Bark r.. p. Rithet, schooner II.
ID. BendiXon, bark s. c. Allen. ship
Jabez Howes, ship Santa Clara. bark
Sintram, ship II. f. Glade, ship
Eclipse, bark Beechdale, ship Kin
Itauns, ship Poseidon. barkentine Irm-
gard, barkentine S. G. Wilder, bark
Nohican, barkentine G. c. Perkins.
Along the Senwall-Ship Star of
| France, ship Gulf Stream. brig w. G.
Irwin, schooner Allen A, schooner
4 Robert Levers, schooner Alice Cooke.
schooner Winslow. bark Alden Besse.
bark Martha Davis, ship Centennial.
snip Paul lsenberg, bark Diamond
| Head and bark Andrew Welch. The
schooner VIM. II. Smith and barken-
tine klikitat are anchored of Allen
lstrest.
Nor Tuf's Galways.
ne Mauna Loa lays off in the stream
ana VIII probably get away for Kona
ana kau ports on Friday. On board
the officers and crew are as eontented
as conditions will allow, and the popu-
lar purser, j. Morton Tuft is putting
IN the zine cultivating a luxuriant
growth of whiskers, which before
quarantine is over will be quite a Ia
Boulanser ana make him handsomer
than ever The Mauna Loa will dis
charge her cargo of sugar into tie
bark Alden Besse this morning.
Ship Signalling at Sea.
During the recent naval maneuysrs
a new form of electro magnetic relay
invented and constructed for the Ad-
miralty by Mr.. H. w. Sullivan of Great
Winchester street. was tried on board
the Juno cruiser in connection with
Mr. Marconis experiments, with very
satisfactory results. being found TO be
highly sensitive and remarkably free
from self-induction as compared with
other known types of relay. Mr. Sulli-
van has since introduced Into his in
strument certain improvements which
would seem likely to play an import
ant part in the evolution of wireless
biography both on land and sea-
Among these Is an ingenious device
for determining and indicating the dis
lance between any two ships seeking
to communicate with each other, while
| other refinements have the effect of
increasing the signaling distance and
the speed at which signals can be re-
ceiVed. The instrument, which is also
| suited TO the requirements of ordinary
| Geographic work. is said to be so SEN
sitive that 1t will respond to current
of even less than one-tenth of mil
| liampere, and what is of special i'm
portance on board ship-it Is unaffect-
ed by severe mechanical vibration. 1t
is worth noting that even before wire
less telegraphy became an object of
public interest in this country the Ad-
miralty realized its practical possibli-
ties, and in experiments they initiated
gave special attention to the subject
of the relay, which 1t was recognized
would prove an all-important factor In
successful working,
A Perfect Naval School-Ship.
What is described as being a perfect
naval Scholarship Is at present on
cruise around the world. and was last
at Hongkong. She is the Presidente
| osbi HitHbo, VI luc Al6eullne NepuDllC'
Built At Messrs. Laird & Co.'S yard.
Blrkenhead, in 1897, her hull is of
modern type. but for drill purposes she
Is fitted as an auxiliary, being full
rugged on the three masts, and en-
gined TO 1000 i,h.p. with IA knots
speed Her propeller has feathering
blades, a patent which has given every
satisfaction. The vessels displacement
Is ESQ tons The crew musters $50
all told, and Is composed OF IA COM
mlssioned officers and engineers, 10
midshipmen. 100 apprentice boys,
, large number of non commissioned Of
ticers. 100 first-class ABS, besides
| stokers and several on the civil list.
She was commissioned on June % last
year, and on January - left Buenos
Ayres for 4 cruise around the world.
The armament, with the exception of
four 4,7-inch Armstrong guns, Is irreg-
ular, every approved type of gun be-
ing carried for the eompleter instruc-'
tiOn in gunnery neither is the torpedo