The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-07

~ man-of-war and the beauty and
IA dignity of the harbor is enhanced
by the presence of a naval fight
ing machine, whether she flies the
Stars and Stripes or the flag of some
friendly power.
With the morning yesterday came the
Austrian training ship Donau. She
entered the harbor and cast her mud
hooks in the stream in Naval Row.
She comes after a long voyage from
San Jose, Guatemala, and is on her
way to Nagasaki to join Austria's
Asiatic squadron. She was thirty-four
days making the trip from Guatemala,
being delayed by rough weather
The Donau is fine full-rigged ship,
supplied with steam power. Her en-
gines are only used, however, upon en-
teFing a port or for very short dis
tances. She is a vessel of $500 tons
and was built about eight years ago.
She sailed from Austria in May of
last year and has been cruising in
South American waters. She will re-
turn home some time this year, it is
thought, by way of the Suez canal.
There are $40 men aboard the train
ing ship, the majority being trained
for the navy; twentyfour are young
naval officers. Her battery consists
of ten 4-inch guns and four rapid-fire
Hotchkiss guns. She is constructed of
wood and iron and is named for the
famous Austrian warship which took
part in the battle of LISA in the war
between Italy and Austria in 1866.
The original Donau went out of COM
mission several years ago and the
training ship bears her name in honor
of the famous vessel.
The new Donau is commanded by
Captain Anton Paus. Her other Off
GERS are: Lieutenants, Johann Hesse,
Alexander Hansa, Ottaker Schubert,
Franz Martinak, Richard Flario; en-
signs, Virgil Sander, Nicholas Stanko-
vic, Karl Stockert, Egan Fipperer, En-
erick Schonta, Norbert Migotti; sur
geons, DR.. Krock Jacob, DR.. Anton
Lisowiecki; engineer, Konrad Blaha;
Anton Muller; cadets,
Messrs. Berber, Schallaschek, Bena,
Heinz, Kloss, Straub, Will
lisch, Willcink, Muller, Lister, Hid,
Leist, Ogaston, Seocovick, Hoffman,,
Gylek, Gobanz, Woss, Yoris, Honsell,
Kastner and Potosink.
Baron b. Won Rakovsky, a member
of the diplomatic service, is aboard
and a number of the officers are bar
onets Baron B. Won Rakovsky is on
a special mission to visit the different
consulates of his Government. He
called upon F. A. Schaefer, the Aus
trian Consul at this port, yesterday.
Shortly after the arrival of the
training ship in the waters of this har-
Dor the Stars and Stripes were hoisted
aboard and a national salute of twenty
one guns was fired. The guns at the
naval station responded. People who
were standing on the Oceanic wharf
when the guns on the Navy wharf
spoke out remarked that they felt the
shock of the explosion. This is good
of how well the piles of the
respective wharves are driven into the
coral.
Many of the older residents of Ho-
nolulu will recall the visit here of the
old Donau about the year 1871. At that
time the original Donau put in here
ia distress, having encountered some
very severe weather. An admiral and
his staff were aboard her at the time.
There was also a diplomatic corps on
the vessel, which continued on its jour
ney to the Orient, while the Donau ana
her officers and crew remained in this
port for some time while repairs were
being made to the vessel One of the
Donau's officers, the son of a leading
Austrian minister, committed suicide
in the British club during the vessefs
stay In port. Debt was said to be the
cause of the young mans act An
other of the officers met death by
drowning. He fell from wharf during
a heavy rain storm. The Donau is ex-
pected to remain here about couple
of weeks.
Rough Voyage of the Allen.