The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-13

| IlON, u. Ill he weather
is clear; wind, light; northeast.
The Kinau will be in from Maui and
Hawaii ports this morning.
The Roderick Dhu arrived in San
Francisco March 4th, Is days from
Hilo.
In the brig VIM. G.. Irwin are car
materials for the building of eight 30
ton fiat cars.
The Kauai and Waialeale came in
from Kauai ports with sugar yester-
day morning.
The ship Samantha hauled out in
the stream yesterday, there to finish
taking on sugar.
The schooner Moi Wahine sailed for
Hamakua after a load of sugar early
yesterday afternoon.
Spoken: In lat. deg. south, Ion. 81
deg. west, German bark Paul Isenberg,
from Liverpool to Honolulu. All well.
While it was pouring rain on King
street last night, Diamond Head Char
lie telephoned weather clear at his
station.
Although on the boards to leave for
the Colonies at p. m. the Alameda
did not get away until after o'clock
yesterday.
The barkentine S. G.. Wilder will
haul over to the railroad wharf Mon
day to discharge so tons of machinery
for Eva plantation.
The bark Wrestler will begin taking
on ballast at the railroad wharf Mon
day She discharged her $50 tons OF
coal at that place in five days.
The bark Andrew Welch will haul
over to the railroad wharf Monday to
discharge her cargo of bricks and take
on 10000 bags of No. Eva sugar.
A japanese on the Mauna Loa was
injured about the back while assisting
in the work of hosting a boat aboard
yesterday morning. He was taken to
the hospital.
The bark Martha Davis, Captain
Soule, sailed from San Francisco for
this port on the 18th, and the bark An
ME Johnson, Captain Williams, for
Hilo. on the same day.
The large Hawaiian flag, of which
so much has been said, will be hoisted
on the new fiag-pole ON the premises
of Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Beckley,
Punchbowl slope, at noon today.
Chief Engineer A. ID. Little of the
Alameda still has his famous cat with
him. 1t is, perhaps, not generally
known that Mr.. Little has been on the
Alameda since she was first launched.
The new Wilder steamer Helene
came in yesterday morning, complet-
ing her first voyage between island
ports and bringing the large cargo of
Is. 1856 bags of sugar. Some of this was
put on the ship Samantha.
The barkentine S. n. Castle will not
get away for San Francisco until Tues
day. She needs about 1000 more bags
of sugar, which Captain Hubbard eX-
poets TO get on Monday. She already
has over 10000 bags of sugar and 1900
OF rice The Castle is at the lower end
of the Pacific Mail wharf.
The Alaska Packers Association OF
San Francisco has absorbed the Alaska
Improvement Co, which owend can
neries at Karluk and other places in
Alaska. They also owend the ship
Centennial, bark Harvester GIG tons)
and schooner Premier. as we'll as
steamers Kodiak and Alaska, all of
Wnlch VIII hereafter De managed Dy
the Packers Association.
The o. S. S. Alameda, Van Oteren-
dorp commander, arrived in port yes
terday morning. Following is the re-
port kindly furnished by Purser SUIT
ton: Sailed from San Francisco March
9Th. p. m, and arrived at Honolulu
March 18th, a. m. Had fine weather
and smooth sea. Time, days and Is
hours. March 9th, lat 20.40 W., long
144.1S w. Died-Thomas McCanna,
steerage passenger, aged ~ years
buried at sea. Cause of death, old age
and debility.
When the Alameda reaches Sydney
on this trip she will have completed
her 50th trip TO that place. Previous
to running TO the Colonies she made
% trips to Honolulu, so that her ar
rival yesterday was the completion of
her 18th trip here. During all that
time the Alameda has been running
steadily without one lay up. and only
twice has she been late in arrival
causes other than waiting for
the mails in San Francisco. Once was
at this port and another time at Sgd
ney.