The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-08

ed at the Pacific Mail wharf. She sail
ed from Hongkong on August 16 and
from Yokohama on the 2Sth She leaves
for San Francisco at o'clock this
morning. Passengers for Honolulu
were two Chinese in the cabin, twenty |
Asiatic steerage and eight people in !
the European steerage. Those in tran
sit for San Francisco are as follows: |
Mr. w. G.. Anderson, Mr.. N. Bentz, Mrs. |
N. Bentz. Mr.. b. S. Buchanan, Mr.. v.
L. Boeck, Mr.. L. Bleck, Comte Clary |
and valet, Miss NJ J. Dickerson, Mr..
c. Forstman, Mrs. c. Forstman, DR.. S.
j. K. Greville, Mrs. c. A. Greville, Miss
E. Hunt, Prof. David Starr Jordan, Mr..
T. Mort, Mr.. J. F. Peat, Mrs. j. F. Peat
and children, Mr.. ]. c. Siegfried, Mr..
.Jno. o. Snyder, Mr.. A. Swickard, Mr..
w. p. Thomas, DR.. ]. D. Trawick, Mr..
Thomas Woon, Mr.. F. A. Rozario. Mr..
r. Hotta and servant.
Besides the above there are in transit
seventeen European steerage and TWEEN
ty-one Japanese and lightweight Chi
nese in the Asiatic steerage. OF the
cabin passengers the following are mis-
sionaries returning home from their Ia
bors in the Orient. Miss E. Hunt, Mr..
and Mrs. J. f. Peat and four children
| and DR.. J. d. Trawick.
George T. Keys is the purser of the
| Nippon Maru. 1t seems to be the rule
to pick out the jolliest, best-natured
and handsomest men for pursers on the
great steamships. Purser Keys is GER
l
Long may he live and prosper.
CALIFORNIAN AT GUAM.
| The great steamship Californian,
| bound for Manila with 9,433 measured
tons of government stores for the Phil
| ippines from San Francisco, has put in
| at Guam with two blades of her pro-
| peller gone. AS soon as the damage is
repaired she will proceed on her jour-
ney.
| The Californian was launched from
the Union Iron Works and is intended
for the trade between New York, San
| Francisco and Hawaii. Her length is
435 feet over all, beam so feet, depth
80 feet, gross tonnage 1857, and carry
ing capacity $3.50 tons. She cost about
half million dollars. She sailed from
San Francisco at p. m. on the 18th
of July, and her trial trip was made on
the morning of the same day when she
developed a speed of IL knots.
| The officers of the Californian are:
Captain Geo. D. Morrison, commander;
first officer, F. H. Turner; second Off
GER, j. F. Blain; third officer, VIM.
Holmes; chief engineer, w. Chisholm;
first assistant, Robert Donaldson,
second assistant, George Lasswell,
third assistant, NJ. Mackenzie. Army
men-E. M. HUE, quartermaster's
clerk; A. J. Smith, commissary clerk.
Captain Morrison came from New
York to take charge of the Californian
at San Francisco.
With the exception of the AIgoa, the
Californian is the largest freighter that
ever came here; by measurement she
can carry 10000 TONS
The Californian arrived here from
San Francisco on July 26 and left for
Manila via Guam two or three days lat
er. She belongs to the American a-
waiian Steamship Company and was
chartered by the United States Govern
ment as a transport on July 10th. She
had not been reported as arriving in
Manila and some anxiety was being
felt for her.
HOUSE FLAG RAISED.
An interesting ceremony took place
on the gasoline schooner Eclipse at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon when the
house flag of the Hawaiian Navigation
Company, the owner of the Eclipse and
the Enterprise was raised. The COM
pany was organized about two years
ago for trading among the Islands and
1 met wit
schooners are busy all the year. One
is on the Kauai route and the other on
the Kona route. The popularity of the
schooners is attested by the big bust
ness built up by them since their start.
Small parcels are cared for and de-
livered in good shape and every atten-
ton paid to passengers or freight con-
signed to the ports touched at The
first president was w. r. Castle, and
the present officers are: Allan Herbert.
president; F. ]. Lowrey, auditor; Mr..
Campbell, treasurer; Mr. McChesney,
secretary; Captain Macauley, manager
and director. Captain Thompson COM
mands the Eclipse and Harry Walton
is chief engineer.
The ceremony yesterday was very in
teresting. Miss Annie Macauley.
daughter of Captain Macauley. raised
the flag and made an appropriate ad-
dress as follows:
The dark blue ground of this flag
represents the dark blue ocean, The
two tabu sticks forming the letter n
are familiar to all Hawaiians. Within
those tabu sticks are enclosed the let
ters II. N. Co., meaning of same being
the Hawaiian Navigation Co. The let
ters In this flag are in yellow, yellow
being favorite color of Hawaiians.
May God bless this beautiful flag.
and may peace and prosperity follow It.
wherever it may float to the breeze. /"
The flag was designed and made nv
Captain Macauleys daughters.
! FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS.
Chas. E. Moody, Cam. sh.) 1915 tons
tat Tacoma)-coal thence to Honolulu.
Prior to arrival.
Diamond Head, Gam. bk.) 952 tons lat
Tacoma)-coal thence to Honolulu.
Fort George, Gam. sh.) 1919 tons-coai
from Puget Sound to Honolulu. by
Welch G. Co.
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