The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-25

,Ii ful voyage OF seven days
.NIlli from San Francisco. The
big white. vessel since she
was last used 10 transport troops has
been entirely rebuilt. the government
spending over q quarter OF million
dollars on her She comes this time
more as g passenger steamer than 3
vessel Of the army. as there are on hsr
the largest number OF officers wives
and families ever before carried by
transport. She has ali told over one
hundred women and children aboard.
The Sheridan Is under the command
Of Captain @. II. Pierce. Quartermaster
Captain Sawtelie being in charge Of
the causuals and passengers and
freight aboard. For this port several
tons of supplies for the quartermas-
fer's department and the fumigating
outfit for the quarantine authorities
were brought, and she discharged
lot OF freight here 70 be taken up by
the next transport for Guam. The
Sheridan will take about seven hun
dred tons OF coal here and then sail
for Manila direct She win get away
about Tuesday morning or late Mon
day night.
The island steamers from Kauai and
Hawaii began arriving early in the
morning and the Kinau about one
O'Clock was the last to arrive. All the
vessels report fine trips, the weather
being very calm both on Kauai and
Hawaii The Kauai from Niihau
brought 250 sheep and the Hall also
brought cattle and pigs. The Kinau
had a deck load of cattle and other
small freight besides lot of pigs.
The Aorangi. from Vancouver and
Victoria. after a rather stormy voyage,
arrived a little before three o'clock
yesterday afternoon. She was looked
for all the morning. but although sight
ed al noon was detained outside a long
time IN the examination by the doctor
OF lot OF emigrants brought for trans
shipment in the Maui to the Hawaiian
Commercial and Sugar Company's
plantation on Maui.
The emigrants were the third lot
that have been negotiated for to work
on the plantations here. and they were
the first TO he landed here. The other
two parties were headed of at San
Francisco by countrymen and refused
TO come TO Hawaii This lot that II
rived in the Aorangi yesterday were
not taken to San Francisco. out
through the United States and Canada
10 Vancouver and put aboard the
steamer there.
IL was imagined tnat they would he
tough lot but they were not. Among
the crowd of seventy-three. all but six /
of whom are for the Spreckelsville |
plantation, there are two American /
negroes, three Cubans. a couple of |
Spaniards and an Italian. The others /
are all Portuguese who have been IN |
the United States for some years, and !
they all can speak English. Each of
them had trunk and money ranging
from $50 TO several hundred dollars. |
From the Aorangi they were put on |
board the Maui. which had been held |
awaiting the arrival of the Canadian I
liner. Their baggage was examined BY /
the customs officials on the smaller |
steamer and shortly before four
O'Clock the Maui with the laborers l
left for their destination.
Among the party were several wo- /
men and children. The purser of the
Aorangi says that they were all well /
behaved on the trip over and that
there was not a word of complaint
from either of them during the voy.
age.