The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-18

The Oceanic steamship Mariposa,
Captain Houdlette, arrived yesterday
rom the Colonies, docking alongside
% Oceanic wharf shortly after 9 o'clock
n the morning having been sighted at
;:45. She sailed from Sydnsy August /,
1t :55 p. M; from Auckland August 6,
1T 1:55 p. M; from Auckland August 6,
at 4:05 p. m. The time from Sydney
was 16 days. Is hours and 5 minutes.
Her report is as follows: Experienced
fine weather with light, variable winds
from Sydney to Auckland. Leaving
Auckland, ran into strong easterly
wind with very heavy cross confused
swell. Ship slowed down liz hours,
wind hauling north to west and in
to moderate gale which last
ed twenty-four hours. Wind then haul
ed to south and west, moderating.
Thence to port, light, variable winds
and fine weather with long, heavy
southerly swell.
The voyage of the Mariposa was one
of the toughest experienced by that
vessel in her history. One man was
seriously injured during the heavy
weather by being dashed against the
side of the steamer. The heavy seas
which flooded the boat caused the death
of several of the live stock in transit.
Big waves broke over the Mariposa,
flooding the lower compartments.
One of the firemen sustained a severe
injury to his head by being. dashed
against a pipe. He was rendered un
conscious by the force of the blow and
was put on the sick list still being un-
able to attend to his duties when the
vessel reached this port.
Several head of choice stock for
breeding purposes were included in the
cargo for Honolulu There were sheep
aboard also, several dying as the result
of being banged about during the Sc
we're weather. Two splendid bulls lost
their lives in the same manner. While
the storm was at it's height none OF
the passengers were allowed on deck.
There was only one cabin passenger
for Honolulu, Herr Won Gramatzki..
There were several people in the steer
age for this city.
Eight American blue-jackets passed
through on the Mariposa for San Fran
cisco. They came from Page Page
Tutuila, Samoan Islands, having beer
taken from the various government
boats last year and sent out with the
| transport Abarenda, now at Page Page
! All of the tars save one will go to Mare
Islands, thence to Philadelphia, where
they will receive their discharges, theil
time having expired. One has been or
dered home on sick leave. The Abaren
da went from Norfolk, Va, and arrived
at Apia year ago on the 10th instant
The work of this transport is the con
structing of the steel coal shed In Page
Page harbor for the United State!
Navy. The work on this shed has beer
delayed considerably on account O
trouble with the foundation which wa.
found to be unfit. For this reason tn,
contractor was obliged to go to Wash
ington in order to arrange for thu
changing of the plans. A long pier will
be built and the harbor dredged. en-
abling big navy vessels to go alongside
THE TRANSPORT SHERMAN.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 9Th,
Transport Sherman was released from
quarantine yesterday and pulled int
the stream off the transport wharf
The cabin passengers came ashore lat
in the afternoon.
The Sherman broke the record from
Manila, making the trip in twenty tw
and half days. She had on boar,
fifty-three cabin passengers, 1873 invali
soldiers, fifty-one discharged soldiers
four discharged marines, ten civilians
and twelve prisoners. One of the pris
oners is Private Bolt, deserter VIII
was captured in the Filipino camp. H
will serve forty years at Alcatraz. Ser
geant Richardson will spend five year
in prison for embezzling $500 whic
was intrusted to him by his comrades
General f. 3. Williston, formerl
Provost Marshal-General of Manila, re
turns on leave of absence. He wi
return to the Philippines as Colonel c
the Sixth Artillery, having been sue
ceeded by General Bell at Manila
Among the passengers are Miss Bah
Bean, who claims to be a newspape
woman, and four Filipino boys, VIII
come to this country to be educated
The woman went to the islands dis
guised as Q man, in the capacity Of
waiter. She returns broken in health
The Filipinos are Lorenzo Onrubia {
Cavite; Santiago Aritga of Bulical
Juan Tecson and Vincente Quiogue
Manila. The first three are winners
scholarships offered by the Interns
tional Club Of Manila for term at An
Arbor University. The last named Is
protege of Father McKinnon, who ha
sent him to Santa Clara College. The
talk English fluently. Among the al
rivals was Father Seminars, secretar
to Archbishop Chapelle, who comes G
a private mission.
There We're three deaths on the 70,
age. one of which was Major Thoms
, E. Evans, surgeon of the Forty-nin;
Infantry.
HAYTTS WAR FLOTILLA.
The black republic of Hayti possess
a war f1otilla of six small vessles. -whi,
may be ranked as third-class cruise,
The Crete-a-Pierot was built in En-
land in 1895. She is 210 feet long and
feet broad and has a displacement
F.. $40 tons and a speed of 15k knots. H
armament consists of one e6.3 inch ]
Bange gun, one Al inch ditto, four
inch ditto and six light guns. She
the best vessel of the fleet. A dispat
boat, the Capois-la- Mort, was launch
at Havre in 1893 The Touissai
L'Ouverture dates from 1886 and I
Dessalines Q.20o tons) from 1888. 9th