The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-07
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According to adyices received from
President Roosevelt has
acceded to the request of naval officers
and the new training ship for the Naval
Academy at Annapolis will bear the
name of Severn instead of that origin
ally intended. the Chesapeake. 1t has
been officially decided that that name
has been disgraced in the service ana
no American war vessel VIII
bear 1t. The frigate Chesapeake was
one of the first vessels In our navy and
figured in an incident that was one OF
the events that precipitated the War
of 1912. The Chesapeake was stopped
frigate Leopard and several seamen
we're taken of her. the English captain
claiming that they were British sub
jects. The Chesapeake struck her
coiors and made little resistance. Again.
later in the war, when commanded by
the immortal Lawrence, she fought the
British frigate Shannon. Lawrence
was MORALLY wounded and died during
the battle. gasping with his last
Breath, Don't give up the ship!" In
spite of the dying injunction of her
commander the Chesapeake was soon
after surrendered and was towed into
Halifax by the Shannon. Later she
was in the British navy and finally
was broken up. A mill in England is
constructed of her timbers. one slab
from the deck where her commander
fell being inscribed with his last words
The gallant Lawrence has had a fine
destroyer named in his honor. but the
name of his twice-surrendered flagship
has been effaced from the official men,
DRY of the American navy.
DOLLAR STILL HERE.
The steamship Stanley Dollar is still
in the stream and there seems to be
slight prospect of her getting away
Collector Stackable still refuses to
grant the vessel clearance on the
ground that she has not compiled with
the regulations. These regulations re-
quire that passenger vessels be inspect
ed by an Inspector of hulls and boilers
From this 1t appears that the state
ment that Washington had ordered the
collector to issue a license was incor-
rect. Bonds have been put up by Cap
tain Bruce for the four libel suits SO
far filed. hut there are many more suits
pending. These seem to have been held
back pending developments in the IL
cense case. There is possibility that
the steamship company may begin
mandamus proceedings against the coll
lector to force him to issue a license.
Mr.. Stanley Dollar is of the opinion
that the ship has fulfilled the require
ments and that he is entitled to an in
spectlon and certificate. TITS up to the
government" he says, while Collector
stackable answers, TITS up to you."
CHANGE ON THE DoRIc.
David Blair, second officer of the Oc-
cidental and Oriental liner Doric and
relative of one of England s noted Adj
mirals, left the ship at San Francisco,
be assigned to some White Star liner
on the Atlantic. Blair he's wide ac-
duaintance here and in other Pacific
ports, and is very well liked, He is
TO be succeeded on the Doric by Harry
r. Howe, formerly of the Gaelic and
more recently of the big liner Arabic,
plying between Liverpool and Boston.
"Lord" Howe he is called by his init
mates, and, like all other White Star
officers sent out here, he combines sea-
manship with other qualities calculated
to make him a popular officer.
NEW DREDGER AT WORK.
The new dredger Governor. built by
Lord & Belser for the dredging of the
new Alakea street slips, began work
yesterday afternoon. There was a large
crowd at the site of the slips to rec
the gigantic machine, the largest west
of the Mississippi, at work. Several OF
the piles of the old Pacific Mail pier
were removed yesterday afternoon.
some of the chains being snapped, so
wen were the piltS set anu ~ po"N'
full was the pull of the big crane. The
enormous scoops take up wagonfuls of
earth at a single operation. Today
the dredge will probably be in full oper-
elton and train service on the Alakea,
Kakaako & Eastern Railroad viii begin.
BuFoRD WAS DAMAGED.
The Manila Times says 1t will cost
the government $4,000 to repair the
damage sustained by the transport
Buford by her grounding about three
weeks ago on an uncharted reef on
the Mindanao coast This is the esti-
mate received by Colonel Glenn yester-
day from Hongkong. where the vessel
is now in dry dock. The report stated
that So of the Buford's plates were in
Jured and that SO of her frames were
fractured. No estimate was given as
to the length OF time which viii be