The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-27

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The steamship Australia arrived
from San Francisco yesterday morning.
O'Clock. She was sighted at 9:05- The
few hours delay was caused by a slight
accident to her machinery which occur
red on Monday. and necessitated slow
ing down for several hours.
The following is Purser McCombes
report of the passage down:
Left San Francisco September 10, at
2:26 p. M, with ninety-four cabin and
seventy three. steerage passengers, and
249 packages of mail. Experienced
strong wind from northwest to north
east, with rough sea and heavy swell;
weather cloudy and overcast with rain
showers. September oath to port, wind
and sea moderate; fine weather. Time,
six days and twenty hours. September
ODD. at 3 a. M. Joseph Benin, steerage
passenger, died, from alcoholism, and
was buried at sea on September 23d, at
a. M, in latitude % degrees>4 minutes
north. longitude 13S degrees 43 minutes
vest
The Miowera arrived yesterday from
the Colonies al an early hour. At 4:30
a. m. she was sighted, and al daylight
she was locked. Her report is as fol-
lows:
Left sydney at ITO p. m. on the 10th
instant, and arrived at Brisbane Roads
at 1922 a. m, on the 18th. She sailed
again at 3:1S a. m. on the 18th, passing
Bligh Island Blanks Group at 5:51 p.
m. on the 18th, and Tucopia Island at
8 a. m. on the 18th. Experienced light
to fresh trades and fine weather all the
way"
WILL PAY THEIR FINES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-The Off
GERS of the United States hospital ship
brought over from China, after all, but
they will make their payments in the
shape of fines, rather than duties.
Chauncey NJ. st. John, Chief Deputy
Surveyor of the port and j. D. Power
the special agent of the Treasury De-
partment. followed the ship to Mare Is
| land on Monday and returned from that
station yesterday. In the meantime
| they had secured from the officers who
had brought in the goods an agreement
to pay either the fine or the duty or
the contraband articles.
Besides the goods there are twenty
Chinese aboard the boat without certlfi
Gates, and Deputy st. John left {
strong guard of customs officers aboar<
to watch them. He extended to Captain
Winslow every courtesy. and Captain
| Winslow on the other hand offered hin
every facility. and ST. John eXpreSse
himself as willing to allow the ship ev
cry latitude. Captain WinS1ow promiS
ed to turn over to the appraisers al
goods declared to be in violation of TIL
customs laws, and will, on the part o
his subordinates. pay fines for them to
figure equal to the customs charges
The goods consist of 135 packages o
silks, chinaware and other goods.
THIRTEEN LIVES LOST.
| ST JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 1S.-Report
of marine disasters during last week
gale continue to pour in from remot
localities. Today's advices show seven
teen more vessels washed ashore an
thirteen lives lost. Considerable dam
board
Hope for the safety of four other yes
sells. with crews aggregating twenty
\ five, is almost abandoned.
HALIFAX, n. s.. Sept 1S.@The Lii
of the North, which left Halifax las
summer with supplies for the Pear
Arctic expedition, is lost The loss
reported from Cape Breton, but moth
ing additional, save that the crew wa
saved, has reached here.
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. ETH
German steamer Eva loads flour at Ia
coma for Vladivostok and Hongkong
the Falcon, railroad ties for Salina
cruz; the Galilee. merchandise to Ia
hiti direct; the General Banning mer
chandise to Alfalfa; the John a CamI
bell, lumber at Port Blakeley for Homo
lulu; the Low Wood, lumber at Ne'
Whatcom to a direct nitrate port, COS
the Martha Davis merchandise to Hilc
1.-THE Queen. lumber from this port an
Port Gamble to Lahaina; the Vim,
railroad ties from Fort Bragg to Ca
lao or Mollendo, Cos. prior to arrival
the Ventura, wheat from Tacoma t
Europe, 40s. prior TO arrival.
The Latest wheat charter is the Aca
mas, usual European options at 42s 6,
the highest rate for long time
VESSELS in COLLISION.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18th
schooners Guide and Premier arrive
from Coast ports Monday night. TT
wind fell light as they We're sailing u
the bay, and off Folsom street the
came together. Both schooners drifte
down on the naval reserve steamer Ma
rion, but no damage was done to he1
but the little ship Portsmouth, that wa
used in the parade and was riding b,
side the old sloop of war, was dismas
ed. Later the tug Ida w cleared II
vessels and took the Premier to Missile
, Bay. The Guide, left to herself, drifte
down on the cable. and all yesterda
communicated with Oakland by tell
. phone was stopped. Damage to all. IL
vessels except the Portsmouth VIZ
\ light
OLD MARINER GONE ALOFT.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 19.-One
the oldest and best known mariners {
the Pacific Coast, Captain William
Lapidge, passed away yesterday in tn
D city at the ripe old age of rs years. tt
deceased had retired from active Ii
for over twenty-five years, his last d.
sition being that of commander of II
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
= The deceased was a native of En-;
4 land and sailed out of Liverpool as
midshipman on the North Star of h.
Majesty's service. After six years
the navy he entered the merchant Sc
vice as master of the bark Jenny Br-
ant and subsequently commanded otl
. er vessels, leaving them to enter fl