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

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RIO DE JANEIRO TO SAIL.
! SAN FRANCISCO October 1.--At /
o'clock this afternoon the Pacific Mail
steamer Rio de Janeiro will sail for Ho-
nolulu, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shang-
hal and Hongkong with full cargo OF
! freight and the usual number of pas
sengers. Chief Officer Johnson, who
has been on a vacation, will go out in
/ the steamer, and Chief Officer Sand
berg, who has been taking his place,
will return to the City of Para. Freight
Clerk Herdman has been transferred
! from the Rio to the Barracuda. The
engines of the latter vessel are being
oyerhauled. She will be ready to sail
for Panama by Friday. She is to take
the place of the steamer City of Pana-
ma on the run from Panama to AGA
pulco, the latter vessel coming here to
be oyerhauled.
OCEAN MYSTERY SOLVED.
/ SAN FRANCISCO, October Fri
iHonoipu and reported passing a broken
lmast in an upright position on Septem-
Der % in latitude SO degrees 81 minutes
north, longitude 123 degrees west. The
captains opinion was that the wreck
was either the mast of a small vessel
or the topmast of a Square-rigger, with
yards and hamper below water.
| On September % the schooner Daisy
Rowe left here for GrayS Harbor. She
was caught in the heavy gale that
NEARLY wrecked the Flintshire and was
driven south. On Monday, September
"a, her mainmast went by the board,
and she has been ever since beating her
way back to San Francisco. The Mail
Company steamer San Bias spoke her
twenty-five miles southeast by south of
Point Sur and preferred assistance, but
none was required. The mast seen by
doubtedly the one blown out of the
Daisy Rowe.
GOLD ON THE HANCOCK.
SAN FRANCISCO. October 2.-Seven
companies of colored troops belonging
to the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth
regiments, in addition to 100 marines
and other passengers, were taken by
the transport Hancock sailing yester-
day for Manila, via Honolulu and
Guam. In addition to the troops and
cabin passengers, the transport carried
81, 253000 in gold coin for the troops in
. the Philippines. 1t was expected early
in the day that the Hancock would gel
away promptly AT noon, schedule time
but the loading of the baggage and
, troopship until 2:30 o'clock. Her de-
, parture was accompanied by the usua
animated scenes, all the neighborine
wharves being crowded with spectators
. The transport dock was filled with
friends and relatives of the troops, ant
of the other passengers. Major Gen
; eral Shafter inspected the Hancock be-
fore she sailed.
COPTIC'S EXPERIENCE.
GAN I'D NCTCCn no+ob. r..
5 Kinyoun, federal quarantine officer
: came in for a deal of indignant criti
, cism at the hands of the passenger.
, who landed from the steamer Coptit
, yesterday. For some time past passen
, gers on incoming steamers have ac
cused the quarantine authorities O.
needless brutality and outrageous in
delicacy in the performance of their du
ties, and 1T has been openly charged b,
many that Kinyoun's methods wer,
= having the effect designedly or unin
= ltentionally as the case may be, of driv
= iEg business away from the port of SAL
: Francisco.
,, The experience of the Coptics pas
sengers was not dissimilar from that o
other passengers from foreign port
] who have landed from incoming steam
< ers during the past several weeks, an,
a number of them protested vigorousl,
. yesterday against what they declare.
4
precedented and unheard of before in
5 icivilized country
PACIFIC MAIL CHANGES.
i SAN FRANCISCO, October 2.-Som
t sweeping changes are contemplated a
S the Mail dock. With the advent of tn
\ new steamers now building at Newpor
, News the Occidental and Oriental vessel
. and those of the Togo Ksen Kaisha will
| move to Long wharf. Oakland From tina
, time on Oakland viii be the port of entr,
t and clearance Of these companies steam
O | ers
With the advent of its ocean flyers tn
Mail Company intends giving battle t
the Kosmos line. 1t will run three of it
: Panama steamers as far south as Valpa
raise and Will, if the service warrants
= continue on to London, Havre and Ant
I. werp. a regular steamer is to be put O,
:. between here and Manila and still an
Il other Will connect for Port Arthur an
i Vladivostok. The main fight which tn
. Mail Company has on it's hands, however
u is with the Kosmos line, and every effor
j. VIII be made to crush out that opposi
!. ton.
:. MAIL STEAMER DELAYED.
4 SAN FRANCISCO, October Eth
[. Oceanic Mail Company's Moana will no
|, get away on her trip to Australasia
. ports before Thursday night. The Cam
:. pania, which brought the mails fror
L England, was delayed by fog and did no
L 4 reach New York. until the Goth ult.
e consequence the mail will not get her
until Thursday afternoon and the Moan
has to wait for it,
NOTES.
o. S. S. Moana is due today from tn
n Colonies.
e Miss Alice Miller will continue her voy
y age to Japan on the Rio today
II s. S. Alameda, from the Colonies,
scheduled to sail on Friday for the Coas
The Stars waterfront reporter, Georg
r Henshall went to Hilo on the Kinau yes
). terday on a vacation trip.
z. NJ. S. S. City of Picking was due t
arrive last night from the Orient. Heay
e head winds are probably the cause of he
c delay.
Collector of Customs Stackable flew tn
Revenue flag over the Custom house yes
q terday together with the national ensigr
5, He also has ready for service Revenu
y boat and storm flags.
: The Rio de Janeiro at 1 o'clock p. n
II October passed the American bar
~ Quickstep. bound from Hilo for Puge
= Sound, in latitude q degrees 30 minute
N north. longitude 157 OF north