The San Francisco call., 1897-07-08
AV AITING NEWS
ON The ISLANDS
The Mail Steamer City Of
Peking Held Over at
Honolulu.
Tidings Were Expected by the
Mariposa From San
Francisco.
Word of the Presidents Action Reached
Hawaii via England and
Hongkong.

Annexationists, Chris tian Endeayorers
and "school marms" were the principal
passengers Oh the steamer Australia that
arrived from Hawaii yesterday. In one
section the main topic was 1.-THE Paradise
OF the Pacific, in another What can we
do 10 save the islands?" and in the third
all and sundry were deep in the subject
of the benefits that would accrue to the
islands if only they were part and parcel
of the United States.
The ca bin passengers who came up on
the steamer were:
Dr.. Bryant, wife and child, Miss A, Bruce.
Mrs. Alice Brown, Rev. Charles Browne, B. f.
Beardmore, Miss H. C9an, Master r. Coan,
SENIOR A. de S. Canavarro, Mrs. Z. S. Cu1ba,
Clarence Cunba, bert Cunbd, Miss Rose
Cunba Mr.. Cookson, l.. A. Dckey, L. f.
de la Vergne. Arthur Ewart, W. r. Harrington
aud wife, Miss Ferrelra, Miss Forbes, A b.
Fireman, D. G. FaircLild, Miss Mary Green, J.
W. Geltes pie, Miss A T. Hadley. Brother
Brother Ignatius, Brother James, Miss A E.
Knapp. Miss Leonard. Mrs. Ladd, B. Lathrop,
Miss L. Mc1nerny, G. w. Macfarlane and wife,
Miss Needham, J. II. Nishwit, D. L. Naone, A.
Ouel ette, I. e. Porter, vile and child, Miss |.
NJ Pope, Miss K. Pope, Masters Pogue, Miss
Pires. Lieutenant Qualtrougn, Miss Rasmus-
strong Smith, Mrs. Savidge, Miss Steele, J..
Scott, Mrs. Annls Montague Turner, Professor
U. Thompson, K. r. Woodward Miss May
Weir, Wiiliam Walsh, William Wilder.
While the Australia was lying at the
wharf the steamer City OF Pekiue, from
China and Japan, arrived with 100 tons
of freight aboard for the Hawaiian mer-
chants. Every effort was made TO get the
stuff out but when the Australia sailed
there were still 800 tons of the stuff TO be
got out, and evrn then The vessel was two
hours late. The Australia sailed at P. NJ.
and the City of Peklng was expected to
leave two hours later. AS the Mariposa
with the annexation news was expected
at any moment The people on the Aus
tralia thought the China boat would be
held as long as possible, in order to brin &
the news of the jubilee that was held in
Honolulu over the news of the passage OF
the new law by lhs Senate of the United
States
"AlI of Hawaii is on the tip-toe of ex-
pectation," said B. Lathrop yesterday.
"The whites want annexation and We may
as we'll be candid. the Kanakas don't. Ii
is, however, neck or nothing with the
island republic, and should this move
ment fail why every body will have to fal
back on his own resources. | don't thinE
however, that the action OF the Senaa|
will make much difference In politics dow
there in any event.
The City oi Peking had large cargo III
discharge and the StevedOres were hard al
work on her when We left. The Mariposa
with the news of the annexation question
was expected at every moment and a DEM
onstration WAS ready for The general
public as soon as the news arrived.
The news of the Presidents action was
telegraphed from New York to London
and from there it was forwarded to Hong
kong. Reuters sent it to Yokohama and
there it eau mt the City of Peking and
thus reached Honolulu. There was al
most a public demonstration when the
news was made public, but gradually the
people quieted down and prepared for
later developments. When we left every
body was on the qui vlve for the arrival
of the MariIosa. and annexation was the
one topic conversation in Honolulu"
The chances are that the cargo of the
City of Peking would not be discharged
until long after the Australia sailed, so
the agents do not look for her uD I'll this
afternoon. The Government of Hawaii
will be a little di~appointed to learn that
the Senate has sill 10 pass upon Presl-
dent McKinley's signature. The why's
and wherefores of the entire situation are
sure to be thoroughly thrashed out in the
Hawaiian papers which will come up on
the City OF Peking.
Captain Houdlette is in quandary. He
was at least five hours late III making his
dock, and did not know whether he
should blame the Christian Endeavorers
or the school marms" Finally he COM
promised, and told the reporters that it
was "a strong heal wind" that caused the
delay. Still there were a mum ber OF very
handsome women among the Endeavorers
and school marms.