The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-10

In a drizzling rain the Rio Janeiro
entered the harbor yesterday and tied
up to the Pacific Mail wharf about $50
D. m. Although sighted early in the
ress around Koko Head and opposite
Waikiki. The heavy rain almost hid
the vessel from the view of the crowd
upon the Pacific Mail wharf until she
was about opposite the channel. The
tug Eleu went out to meet the Rio and
the tug came as far as the channel.
The Fearless pushed the vessel into
position at the wharf. Ten days mail
was brought to Honolulu and 200 tons
of freight. The passenger list was an
exceedingly large one and many ka-
maainas returned from mainland trips.
But one first-class passenger was book
ed for the Rio to continue on the voy-
age from Honolulu. She is scheduled
to sail at 10 o'clock this morning.
YESTERDAY A BUSY ONE.
Yesterday was one of the busiest
DAYS the waterfront has seen. With
nearly a dozen small steamer craft en-
tering and leaving the harbor, two
| sailing vessels off for the Coast and
the Rio Janeiro coming in with a big
passenger list, there was plenty of ex-
citement for the Customs House men
and the exporters. The waterfront was
alive from one end to the other. The
transport Hancock is coalina rapidly
from both sides and will be ready to
depart Thursday. The weekly steam
ers for Hawaii and Maui got away and
several smaller ones carried away quite
| a number of passengers. The rain dur
ling the afternoon turned the streets in
the vicinity of the wharves into quag-
mires and much freight was wetted in
consequence.
must USE STAMPED ENVELOPES.
Residents who have been in the habit
of rushing down to the Island steamers
lust before they sail to deposit sundry
letters with the purser in lieu of plac-
ing them in the post Office, are meet
ing with ill success. Unless the letters
are enclosed in the regulation envelope
the pursers invariably decline to re-
ceive them. Letters on which have
been attached stamps which are pur-
chased apart from the envelopes, are
rejected each time as the steamers car
rying such mail are subject to fine
of $500. Prior to the departure of the
Kinau yesterday several persons
brought letters in envelopes on which
stamps had been affixed. The steamer
people decline to receive them. The
reason is asked why this precaution is
taken. 1t is this: Many people receiv-
ing such letters steam the stamps of
the envelopes and make use of them q
second time. The person receiving this
letter could remove the stamps in the
same manner and so on until they
showed evidences of mutilation. Or
the steamers the pursers not being mai
clerks do not cancel the stamps anC
thus their value is not destroyed.
IOPPRESSIVE HEAT ON NAVAL
WHARF
Along the new Naval wharf at the
end of Richards street complaints were
many yesterday on account of the new
asphaltum pavement which is being
laid on the wooden surface. The hea
which was high up in the SOS all day
seemed to find special receptacle il
the asphaltum and reflected bacI
, enough heat to run a bakers oven
Persons standing on the pavement Of
nearby found the heat unbearable. Or
the decks of the Hancock the heat wa:
so oppressive as to drive every on,
aboard to the electric fans and the colo
storage rooms in the hold. The hea
along the dock was several degrees
higher than on any of the uptown
CT nh.1t
pavement tends to reflect more hea
than the macadamized pavements
those preferring the latter pavemen
can find a red hot argument on TIN
Naval wharf.
PASSENGERS FOR PEKING.
Following is the list of passenger
booked for the city of Picking for Sal
Franchises: A. McNally, Mrs. L. w
Wright, Mrs. II. Wilder Craft, Mr. w
Palache, W. T. Wilson and wife, Pau
Belser DIR. Anderson, Miss Mabe
Sumter. Miss NJ. Post, Mrs. c. w. VA
Petten, Mrs. NJ. G.. Hoffman,, A. w
Ahlborn, Mrs. Geo. r. Carter, Mrs
sunny and son, d. H. Murphy, w. w
Goodale, Capt. w. II. Gould, H. L
Hudson. Steerage-A. F. Franco, NJ
L. Johnson, l.. Cooke Frank Warden
b. j. Schwally, Mr.. Kicsendahl and
children. NJ. Fisher, c. Clarke A II
J McChesney, Emmett Burdock, H. A
Zelderks, II. j. Platts, w Arnold. wifi
and 4 children.
l BOSTON SHIP BURNED AT SEA.
NEW YORK, October 1.-The boar
OF underwriters received a cablegrar
from Montevideo today saying that tn
ship P. N. Blanchard of Boston, Cap
tain Courtney, from Baltimore, Apr
9Th, for San Francisco, had been burn
ed at sea and was a total loss. He
crew were safe at the Falkland Islands
n MoANA SAILS THURSDAY.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 1.-Th
oceanic steamer Moana, which wa
scheduled to sail tomorrow night at
o'clock for Sydney, via Honolulu. Ami
. and Auckland, with the English mail,
VIII not sail until the same hour Thurs
day night, owing to a delay in the ar
Z rival Of the mails. They were broueh
!. across the Atlantic by the Cunarde
Campania, which reached New Yor
Hast SUNDAY morpipo 49,.