The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-19

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tide was at its ebb and almost at it's
lowest point, and this fact furnishes
the only hope that exists that she may
be hauled off when the tide is at its>
highest The Olga is. however, believ-
ed to be leaking.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1O.-The
stranded steamer Olga, which lay fort
nearly eighteen hours on the ocean
beach within a short distance of the
Cliff House, was towed safely from her
dangerous position yesterday morning
by seven tugs, and IS now lying off
the sugar refinery wharf, where shei
will discharge her cargo. Captain Ru-
dolph Descovich laid tine whole blame
of his misfortune to the absence of the
lightship for which ne was looking,
and which was marked on the chart,A
and he said yesterday that he used alb
the precautions in his power.
THE r. P. RITHET. j
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-After
lying outside all night in the fog, the
bark r. P. Rithet came into the har-
Dor yesterday bringing a cargo of 3d.
392 bags of sugar ard the followingsl
passengers from Honolulu: S. S. Pas
chal, wife and maid; e. Hartman and
wife; Miss j. H. WoTes, w. T. Bray,l
j. Feore, p. Patterson and D. Tuckersl
The captain of the Rithet reported that
he sailed from Honolulu on October
11th and for the first fifteen days out
had light, battling winds. On Novem-fI
Der I'd, in latitude SO degrees 30 minutes'l
north, longitude 159 degrees 25 minutesI
west, Barbara Paschal, aged months
and IA days, died from natural causes
and was buried at sea the same day. y
ST. PAUL'S BAD ACCIDENT. p
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The steamerI
ST. Paul of the American line, Cap
tain Roberts in command, arrived in
frN1n
with her starboard propeller gone and
her engine room badly damaged. State-1
ments of different officials vary as to,
the cause of the accident, but the
damage sutained by the steamship will
probably amount to several hundred
thousand dollars. 4
SHERIDAN IN DRY DOCK.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Final
touches are being put on the transport
Sheridan, scheduled to sail on Novem-s
] Der 10Th for Manila The vessel was
was taken yesterday to Hunters Point
drydock, and after a cleaning will go
to Folsom street wharf to take on sup
plies. She is expected to excel most
| OF the other transports in appearance
when ready for service.
THE DUNREGGANs REPAIRS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.-Captain
port, will leave today for Seattle to in
vestgate the condition of the bark
Dunreggan, which was recently ashore
near Kahului, and to oversee the work
of making repairs to the vessel in the
interests of the owners and UNDER
writer's.
MISCELLANEOUS
LONDON, Nov. s.-The Japanese battle
ship Mikasa, said to be the most formid-
1,Ia
launched today at the Vickers- Maxim
works at Barrow
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1O-The new
steamer American, sister vessel of The
Californian and Hawaiian of the Ameri-
can-Hawaiian Steamship Company, was
Launched on the Eastern coast November
9TH. She has registered tonnage of $3.50,
and will, as soon as fitted up, ply in tn.
trade to New York, San Francisco and
Honolulu.
The schooner OLIVE ]. Olson was
launched at Gray's Harbor last Thurs
day. She is of Cos tons, has a capacity
for 100000 feet of lumber, and will be
commanded by Captain Olson, late of the
barkentine Ruth. The vessel has already
been chartered to carry lumber to Aus
tralia-
Invitations have been issued to the
launching of the four-masted schooner
Forester, at Hay & Wright's shipyard,
Alameda point, this AFTERNOON at 1 O'Clock.
The Forester is said by seafaring men to
be vessel of fine lines, and a notable ad-
diticn to the home-built fleet.
Fire broke out at 1910 o'clock yesterday
morning in the room of the Japanese cau-
in boy on the bark Olympic, lying at How
ard street wharf 8, and alarm was
turned in from box SO, at Folsom and
East streets. Before the engines could
larrive, however, a portable chemical "a
CINE from the transport wharf, operated
Inv 10 Dntf
spector, had extinguished the flames.
| Within the next day or two the United
States Survey steamer Pathfinder will be
taken to Oakland creek for the winter.
iOrders have been received assigning the
Pathfinder to the work of surveying and
charting the Aleutian Islands next sea-
son. with particular reference to the ter
ritory adjacent to Unalaska, Unimak pass
and other Travelled courses in the archi-
pelago.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Nov. s.-Rumors
We're current today concerning a combi-
nation of transatlantic steamship COM
panies and millions of dollars. 1t was
said that the Atlantic Transport Com
pany, which operated lines of steamships
between New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and London, will be a part of The
combination. Bernard N Baker, presi-
dent of the company, when seen today,
said: Il have nothing to give out
SHIPPING NOTES.
The following is the Zealandia's report:
Left San Francisco at 215 p. m. with
sixty cabin and sixty-nine steerage pas
sengers. Experienced variable nds
from light to strong breeze, with heavy
sea and rain. Arrived November H.
Time, seven days, twelve hours. No, en-
Der II, passed schooner John A. emp
bell, steering southwest. Novembl 10,
passed steamer supposed to be S. S. 4.ari-
posa. November 16, passed Q. { o..
steamer steering We.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-A large
number of people who bought tickets for
Australian ports and Honolulu and ex-
pected to sail on the Oceanic company s
new steamer on the 21st will be badly
disappointed. The Sierra will not sail on
that date and the Mariposa will go out in
her stead. The Sierra is partly expected
on the 10th. If she gets here she will have
made the trip from Philadelphia in thirty
five days, or ten days faster time than
the record. Should she make this record