The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-20

The United States cruiser Albany
which recently ran on reef in Philip
pine waters, was considerably dam
aged and the repairs, which will be
made at Hongkong are estimated to
; cost $4,000
According to the Matin of Paris
Spain will shortly place an order in
France for eight cruisers of 1000 tons
four arnored cruisers of 5000 tons and
one hundred torpedo boats. All these
vessels are to be delivered within ten
years. The fund to pay for this fleet
is TO be raised by d loan redeemable
in twenty-five years.
I, Seventy three accidents due 10 wa
ter-tube boilers have occurred in the
French navy since 1890, of which forty
eight We're due TO rupture of tubes,
particularized as follows: Seventeen
in bottom row; six to second and third
row; six to the top row and eighteen
to intermediate rows. Thirteen We're
caused by low water level. six were due
70 bad circulation. six were worn-out
tubes and six tubes We're of defective
manufacture.
? Seven vessels Of the Gazelle type of
third class cruisers are now afloat in
the German navy. They are named
Gazelle, Nymphe Chetis Niobe. Ari-
adne, Amazone and Medusa. the last
having been recently launched at Bre-
men. The Gazelle is $3.50 tons and with
5000 horse power attained a speed of
1875 knots. The others are 1890 tons
5000 horse power and 21.5 knots, but a
! recent trial Of the Nymphe surprised
the designers in that she developed
5000 horse power and a speed of 22.3
knots.
Three new line-of- battle ships will be
added to the German navy during the
coming spring. They are the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, Kaiser Barbarossa
and Kaiser Carl der Crosse. The ships
are identical, of 1850 tons. 1900 horse
power and IS knots speed The last
two named are the first battIeships TO
be built under the provisions of the new
navy bill and five more are in course
of construction and will be ready for
launching in about fifteen months
new classification of United States
naval vessels is being considered in
Congress. 1t is proposed to include as
first rate all vessels over 5000 tons
second rate. from 1000 TO 5000 tons
third rate 1000 to 1000 tons. as we'll as
fourth rate will include vessels under
1000 tons. The present rating is yes
sells over 5000 tons as first rate; 8 900
to 5000 tons as second rate third rate
1000 to 5000. and fourth rate. those un-
der LOCO tons. An arbitrary distinction.
however, is made as to converted
cruisers. the Buffalo of 6,SSS tons being
second rate, while the Yankee and
Prairie af e
lively are third rate
The alleged mutiny on board the
British battleship Barffeur on the China
station was greatly exaggerated. Five
gun sights were thrown overheard and
only six men were implicated. One man
turned Queens evidence and two were
discharged, leaving three to be tried
The cause of the trouble was the re-
striction of shore liberty and the crew
have gained their point in that they
have been granted shore leave one
unpleasant phase OF the scandal is
that gunnery lieutenant has beer
held TO be tried by martial or
the charge of melting TO nutiny which
indicates tyrannical oppression on the
part of at least one commissioned of
ificer
Two French submarine boats under
went a trial on January 9 last at Cher
oourg and both boats We're found to be
in thorough working order NJ Lanes
sau, the Minister of Marine, made {
submarine excursion in the Narval ana
General Andre, Minister of War, wenf
in the Morse. The two boats act some
what differently when submerged, tn
Narvai rolling and plunging. while tn,
Morse is steady. The submarine steer
ing of the latter is effected by an APP
paratus called the etperiscope, consist
! ing Of a tube rising twenty feet above
the hull. with mirrors rejecting tn