The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-15
SEA AND SHORE.
Three Big Liners Come
and Depart.
Aorangi Takes Neither Passengers
Nor Freight--Deep Sea Ships
Come In Port.

The bark Nuuanu. from New York
anchored off port yesterday afternoon.
The bark Alex Mcneil, with coal from
Newcastle. was close to the harbor at
dusk. and one schooner and two barks
were sighted from Diamond Head just
before dark The AOrangi left port at
4: 80 yesterday for Sydney. She took
neither passengers nor freight from
Honolulu. The steamer Westminster
left at the same time as the AOrangi.
both vessels being in the channel at
the same time.
Adams tc Come.
The United States traininz-ship
Adams ran ashore at Goat Island dur
ing a heavy sOutheaster on the 2d. She
was hauled off and sent to the dry
dock. No injury was received by the
vessel, and she was expected TO sail on
the 18th for Southern California, after
which she will make for Hilo and Ho-
nOlulu.
Merchandise for Hawaii.
The brig Lurline cleared from San
Francisco on December p for Kahului
with an assorted merchandise cargo.
Among the principal shipments were
the following: 8 cs fuse. 81 bales dry
goods, % cs canned goods, bales
leather. 2030 railroad ties, 2,242 lbs
soda. II 900 lbs Goldfish. cs caps. so
pkgs matches, 5000 lbs sugar. 3 pkgs
machinery 20 pkgs groceries and pro-
visions. 100 SKIS bran. % coils rope, So
S99 lbs rolled barley, 2fO lbs coffee, 1913
pkgs hardware. 600 SKIS middlings. 230
cs salmon. $50 kegs nails, bdls wire,
1l INT aV1 nf1G
500 bales hay, 16t pcs lumber, $50 bbls
cement.
The Manauense Incident.
Colonel Petit. commanding the Thir-
ty-first Infantry. and Lieutenant Colo
mel Hayes. who commanded the three
companies of that regiment on board
/ the transport Manauense, which ar
rived at Manila on November 2Sth and
reported terrible experiences at sea
/ the steamer being classed as unsea-
worthy. undermined and short OF
/ provisions, have filed official reports
/ describing the hardships of the sol
diers. The colOnel's report recommends
a claim against the ships owners fol
/ the uniforms of the whole battalion
which were ruined during the passage
Australia in Quarantine.
The Australia, upon her arrival al
San Francisco, was boarded by the
quarantine doctors off the Preside anC
ordered to anchor there. Late in the
afternoon the passengers, some sixty.
eight in number, were transferred L
the tug Fearless and landed at the Pa
cifc street wharf with their light bag
gage. The Australia was then ordered
10 quarantine, where she was thorough
" fumigated. As she had no freigh
except 9.50S bags of sugar. she wen
to the refinery. where she discharged
her cargo before going to her dock
The Australia left Honolulu on De
>cember Goth and was 6 days and i
hours on her voyage. She had fin
weather all the way except during tn
last twenty-fOur hours. when she raj
into the southeaster and experienced
very heavy sea. None of the officers o
crew landed, nor was the mail permit
ted to be sent ashore.
Tartar to Take Troops.
The transport Tartar. which ha
been rechartered by the Government
was to have sailed for Manila abou
the 18th. In addition to about $50
tons of freight she takes 600 recruits t
the Philippines and a number of off
GERS and department people as saloO
passengers. Among the recruits ar
about sixty hospital corps men.
The horse transport Aztec receive
orders to be ready to sail on the Il
and proceed first to Honolulu, wher
she is to exchange her live stock 70
animals that have been rested there
No orders have yet been received con
corning the Centennial.
The Sherman was to sail on the 1t
for Seattle, unless orders to the con
trary were received, to load forage 70
Manila.
The Tartar was shifted early on tn
18th to the transport dock, where sh
began taking cargo at once. The New
port has been turned over to her own
ers and taken 10 the Pacific Mail wharf