The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-12

place.
Shortly before midnight the police
heard that there was a man chained to
q rail on some ship in port. Sergeant.
Ellis ran into Captain Knuth, heard
his tory, and suggested that he had
better let him go. The captain finally
guessed he would, but said he would
kick the sailor down the gang-plank.
TESTIMONIAL TO M'CAIG.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 4.-Chief En-
gineer David McCaig of the steamer
Moana was today presented with a i
handsome ruby ring by the Marine En-
gineers' Association of this city. e. !
Tucker of the United Engineering |
Works, made the presentation speech ii
the chiefs Stateroom on board the
steamer. The Moana Is to be withdrawn
from the service between here and Aus i
tralia and the marine engineers took
the occasion to give expression of their |
esteem for Mr.. McCaig. The latter first |
came here fifteen years ago in the
steamer Mararoa, and was later in the
Monowai. The Monowai was the first
steamer to leave New Zealand with
troops for Cape Town and Chief Engi-
neer McCaig was presented with
gold medal by the Premier of the colo
MES.
TONNAGE MOVEMENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-The tom
mage movement for the quarter ending
September 30th, was greater than that
for any similar period in the history of
the port. 1t was as follows. as COM
piled by the Merchants Exchange:
Arrivals-From domestic ports, steam
290,541. sail 1929. total 459.73O; from
foreign ports, steam 256,631. sail 80,264.
total 1886 1886. Total arrivals, 1865. De-
partures-To domestic ports, steam
269. 1861, sail 1929 total 3s9,1s2; to for
eign ports. steam 245.0O5, sail 77.073. to-
tai 322.07S. Total departures. 721,270:
total tonnage movement for the quar-
ter, 1.517.945.
MOANA'S LAST TRIP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-The
steamer Moana will sail at 8 o'clock to-
night for Sydney, via Honolulu, Apia
and Auckland. She will take a full
cargo of freight and about eighty pas
sengers, nearly all of whom are book
ed for Australia. The Moana is to be
returned to her English owners after
this trip, her place being taken by one
Of the new steamers recently launched
at Philadelphia for the Oceanic Steam
ship Company.
SHRINERS' EXCURSION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.-The star.
| crescent and scimitar, emblem of the
Mystic Shriners, are emblazoned In red
paint upon the bows of the steamer
Zealandia, which is to leave the first
Of next week for Hawaii with several
hundred Shriners on an excursion. A
| reception Is to be held on board. the
Zealandia to invited guests Saturday
night.
| FOG WHISTLE OUT OF ORDER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.-Omcial
notice has been given that the steam
chime whistle on San Francisco light
vessel No. 20. of the entrance Of the
harbor is disabled, and during thick or
foggy weather a bell will be struck by
hand. Repairs will be completed in two
| or three days, when a notice will be
given.
WYEFIELD'S SLOW PASSAGE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4-After a
slow passage of thirty-one days from
Nagasaki, the transport Wyefield ar
rived yesterday morning, and locked at
Folsom street wharf. Captain Cartmer
reports that on account of a headwind
most of the way across and the vessels
foul bottom, the Wyefield at times
could make hardly more than five knots
an hour.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The Moana brought two days mai
Coast
!, Steamers Kinau, Upolu and Lehua
are due tomorrow morning.
The steamer Mauna Loa is expected
this morning from Kona and Kad ports
Hawaii, and also Lahaina.
The brig Gaiilee, with cargo of gen.
; eral merchandise, cleared from Sar
} Francisco October for Tahiti.
; The schooner Helene cleared October
, from San Francisco for Honolulu
with cargo of merchandise.
The bark w. H. Dimond left for Sar
Francisco yesterday with a cargo O
n ha nd
III. F. McMullin, first assistant engi
neer of the steamer Rio de Janeiro, ha
J been appointed chief engineer of thu
steamer Colon
The American ship Great Admira
sailed yesterday for the Sound in bal
last. She was towed out of the harbo
by the Fearless.
! The new barkentine John Palmer
lately launched at Eureka, sailed DC
tober from that place for Port Had
lock, to load lumber for Australia.
The body of Thomas Sunny. the engi
e neer of kfhei, who died at Makawar
Maui, last week, was taken aboard til
p Peking yesterday for shipment to Sa
i Francisco.
. The water front put on a busy loo
all day yesterday. The departin
, steamers We're many, and caused tn
q wharves to put on a general holida
appearance.
: cisco yesterday forenoon loaded wit
: sugar. The schooner Carrier Dove. /
8 ballast. sailed for the Sound The Eu
: terpe also sailed for Kaanapali in to,
e of the EIeu.
i The Queen has positively been SEIZED
e uled to take the place of the Australi
: on the next regular trip from Sa
e Francisco to this port. The Moana wi
not be seen again In this port, as g
the end of her present run she will /
n turned over to the English company b
h the Spreckels company.
4 The City of Picking left for the Goa.
" at $50 p. m. yesterday. A large numbe
4. OF passengers joined the vessel frol
N this port. most of whom were Honolr
= lans. Among them were Mr.. J.
If Hackfeld and wife, Mrs Horace
l. Craft, DR.. Hoffman of Oahu plantation
y and DIR. r. w. Anderson, who goes
!, join his wife in Oakland
;, The ship George Sheffield sale
a from San Francisco October 3 Fl
10 Port Arthur with cargo of &
&c barrels of beef and 10000 bal,
"a of hay for the Russian Government
= The sailing of the ship is contingen