The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-27

| Today the steamer Doric is due to
arrive from Hongkong, Shanghai. Ma
gasaki, Kobe and Yokohama. She will
doubtless bring many missionaries and
others who are fleeing from the Orient
and it's present troubles.
| Steamer Gaelic from San Francisco
| is expected tonight although she will
probably not enter the harbor until to-
| morrow morning.
Island steamers MokolIi, j. A. Cum
minis and Lehua, sail for their regular
ports today.
The United States Hospital Ship Sol
ace is expected here about the first Of
| the month.
Transport Siam will depart for Guam
| and Manila at noon tomorrow.
One hundred and fifty-four boys have
been transferred from the Yerba Buena
Island Training School to the United
States steamer Adams at San Francis
co to make their regular cruise. The
Adams will come to Honolulu.
The wreck of the little hoodoo schoon-
er Norma was sold at auction on Sat
urday for 500 to Harry Evans. The
purchase money when handed over was
attached by Chinese firm which
claims to have had freight damaged on
a recent trip of the schooner.
Ship Iroquois, Captain Thompson,
and bark Mohican, Captain Kelley. sail
ed yesterday for the Coast.
Transport Aztec sailed from San
Francisco for Taku on the 18th instant.
She carries fodder and horses.
1aFf nc
Coast on the 10th for Nagasak with
troops and freight, for orders.
The Sherman was booked to sail on
the Goth with freight and troops for Ma
gasaki, thence to China.
Yesterday was the day set for the de-
parture from San Francisco of the Bel
gian King for the Orient. She will car
ry siege guns and horses for China.
Austrian steamer Frederick sails
from the Coast on the Both instant with
scene of action.
SUGAR ON HAWAII.
The Kinau reports the following SUI
, gar on Hawaii up to August "a: Wal
akea, 1900; H. P. s. NJ, nil; Wainaku,
4 5000; Onomea, nil; Pepeekeo, nil; Ho-
nomu, nil; Hakalau, $4,000; Laupahoe-
hoe, 500; Ookala. 1880; Kukaiau, 300;
Paauhau, 4,500; Honokaa, 1000; Kukui-
haele, 1000; Punaluu, 1000; Honuapo
1,7S6. Total of 52,4s6 bags.
SUED FOR SALVAGE.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 1.-THE
, German bark J. c. Pfiuger was libeled
for 500, 900 in the United States District
Court yesterday by the L. E. White
Lumber Company, managing owner o.
the steamer Greenwood. The bark be
came disabled while on the way to thiI
port from Port Los Angeles and wa.
! lowed into Santa Barbara by tn,
Greenwood. That was on July 18th
and a demand for salvage was mad'
on the captain Of the bark, but withou
result.
The owners of the Greenwood stat
in their complaint that their vesse
was compelled to go a number Of miles
out of her course to assist the Pfluger
and that the latter was then hyinl
signals of distress. The value of tn
bark and cargo is estimated at $125, 00O
land the owners of the Greenwood con
slider $4,000 fair amount for avertin
damage to either vessel or cargo. Will
liams, Dimond & Co. are agents for tn
owners of the Pfuger. Campbell 1
Nelson brought the suit for the libel
ants.
is DETAINED.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18th
| fine new ship Edward Sewall, on he
maiden voyage, has reached port, an
is in the stream off Meiggs wharf. Sh
. will be given a berth where her cos
cargo can be discharged as soon as on
is available, but yesterday, owing t
the crowded condition of the wharve:
. Chief Wharfinger Henderson found
impossible to accommodate the Sewal
She brings $500 tons of coal from Bait
more, but left Baltimore with 1000 mor
on January 18th. A few weeks out /
the Atlantic the cargo became heate
and it was necessary to put in at Nor
tevideo on March oath, where about 1Ot
tons of the coal was discharged an
sold. The Sewall sailed from Monte
> video on May 10th, making passage
ninety -four days to this port and q
from Baltimore. The ship was nine
teen days from so deg. to so deg, an
n crossed the equator in the Pacific o
~ July 18th in longitude 120 deg. ives
No seriously bad weather was exper
enced at any time during the voyag
The Sewall was built at Bath, Me-, is {
1000 tons register and is commanded b
Captain Joseph E. SewalI, formerl
master of the Susquehanna, which ws
! recently in port.
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
SEATTLE, (Wash.), August 13.-Hal
=. ry NJ. Randell, third officer of til
steamer Valencia, shot himself tn
U morning on board the vessel and die
almost instantly. Randell was a sobe
quiet man, aged "a, and no cause fs
the suicide is known
He had been with the Valencia IL
seventeen months, and was well like
by his shipmates. Since the arrival {
the steamer here last Tuesday, Raj