The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-06

The Nilhau sails for Elocle today.
The transports Tacoma and Gran,
sail for Manila today.
The Richards street drcdvcr was
hard nj work hauling out coral.
The yacht Norma IL being overhaul
ed for the Molokai-Iionolulu trade.
The United States hospital ship Re-
lief sailed last evening for the Philip
pines via Guam.
The United States transport Centen-
NAL. with horses for Manila from San
Francisco. anchored In the stream late
yesterday afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.--The
German ship Theodor, i79 days out
from London to San Francisco. has
been reinsured at 10 per cent.
The America Maru and Gaelic sailed
from Yokohama September q for San
Francisco. The Gaelic will stop at
Honolulu. but the America Maru will
go direct. coming via Honolulu on
her return trip.
The schooner Robert Levers won the
race to Port Townsend with the Alice
Cooke. The Robert Levers was alrea-
dy at Port Blakeley when the Alice
Cooke arrived on September "a at Por,
Townsend.
The steamer Australia, for San
Francisco yesterday, carried S.769 bags
Of sugar. 1000 hides, 200 bags Of rice
| 1900 punches Of bananas. and the usu-
al lot OF empty kegs There was an
average passenger list.
The bark Edward May was cleared
September q from San Francisco. for
Honolulu with the following assorted
merchandise as its cargo: 1886 rail.
road ties, $1,000 II lumber, 26O bales
hay, 50 bbls cement, 379 pcs pipe, Is
cs hardware.
The steamer Iwalani has now been
laid up owing to trouble in securing
dock room in the harbOr for the quick
despatch OF Island freight. More OF the
Island steamers will be laid up unless
better facilities are given for discharg.
ing cargo promptly.
Admiral Dewey desires the privilege
OF allowing the Chinese members Of
his crew to land and participate In thu
! shore festivities attending the arriva
| of the Admiral, but under the Chimes,
Exclusion Act he Is prohibited from
doing SO. notwithstanding that numer
GUS decisions have been rendered II
the courts that a Chinese seaman doe
NJ. come under the provisions OF tn
| act.
The Coptic will sail today for tn,
Orient with one of the largest passen
ger lists, and cargoes she ever tool
out of this port. Among the passen
gers are party Of missionaries eI
route from San Francisco for Chin;
and many Chinese, who go home I,
see the celebration of the twenty -fiftl
year of QuOng Sui. The limit of tn
freight capacity of the Coptic has a
last been reached. The COptic dOcke,
at Pacific Mail wharf at 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, reporting her usua
good weather and 6-day run from Sal
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. Eth
bark Roderick Dhu, Captain johnson
will sail for HilO Sunday with tn
largest cargo she has ever taken on 4
her worthy life of 20 years. She ha
been fitted up with cold-stOrage ROOF
and Is the only sailing vessel on tn
Coast with such convenience. In
she will take to the Islanders sixt
tons of oysters. beer, fish. meat an
fruit. Her cargo in part consists q
300 tons OF railroad iron and So hea
of live stock. Captain Dowdell of tn
transport Zealandia has gone to 81
Helena for his health. He will re
turn to take his steamer out on Octo
her 8.
| SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26.-1her
will be clearing out of transports to
day. The Rio de Janeiro and Sikh will
cave for Portland to take on regi
ment OF soldiers and the Centennia
will get away for Honolulu during tn
evening with cargo of horses. As 4
the other transports, the Sheridan
and Glenogle will sail next Friday TO
Manila, the Charles Nelson Is at tn
Government wharf getting ready, tn,
Valencia, which arrived Sunday, 4
locked at Folsom street wharf No. 2
the Leelanaw, which went ashore neal
Halfmoon Bay, Is to so on the Califor
MIA drydOck at the foot of Spear stree
and the Hancock will not be ready fol
two weeks. The drydocks are 81
rushed with work that she cannot ge
on Hunters Point for week to come
The big British tramp Westminster Il
due here from Sydney, N. s. W., any
day now and as soon as she gets II
she will be turned into cattle trans
port. II the boilermakers' strike Is moi
over by the time she gets here there
may be some trouble in getting hel
ready for her long voyage to Manila
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. ga leal
In the iron side OF the new American
ship Arthur Sewall. through tn,
dropping OF rivet Is causing thu
owners some concern. though the shiT
has never been In any danger from 1t
Yesterday morning diver was sen,
down to find II and stop Il up. Ac'
cording to the mate Of the Sewall, who
was reluctant to admit that Q diver
Ind been employed for that purpose
the hole is not big enough to admit q
quart OF water during a voyage. The
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