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

Andrew Kaanaana, one of the boat
oys, whose rowboat Ready does a big
ally business in the harbor, was the
nan who extinguished the fire started
n a house in Iwilei on Monday night
W Pueo, the man who murdered his
wife, Naomi, and then proceeded to do
himself to death.
Kaanaana was walking by the house,
where Naomi and Pueo lived at one
line, about IL o'clock Monday night,
md was startled by several persons
out of the building, which is
.wo-story affair, and shouting Fire!
ire!" at the tops of their voices Some
we're pulling trunks out of the building
from which smoke was beginning to
a sewing machine. There was
no water handy except what was con-
tanned in couple of tubs and a pail.
Two men, more excited than useful,
grabbed the tubs and threw the water
around in every direction except to-
wards the slight blaze in the center
of the main room of the house.
Kaanaana was a fireman under the
monarchy and had not forgotten his
training as such. He ran into the
house, seized the only remaining recep-
tacle containing water. the pail above
mentioned, and threw the water on the
flames. Not succeeding in extinguish-
ing the fire in this manner, Kaanaana
grabbed rug and smothered the blaze
He discovered that kerosene had beer
feeding the flames and learned after
wards from the neighbors that PueC
had started the fire with the eviden;
intention of destroying the house, and
had been discovered and chased away
People We're sleeping upstairs at the
time, and the affair might have beer
serious had it not been for the timely
appearance of Kaanaana on the scene
and his energetic action in sitting the
flames
Kaanaana then returned to the boat
landing and he and his. comrades talk.
ed over the strange action of the mar
Pueo. 1t was about the time of Kaa-
naana's return to the boat landing thai
Pueo slew Naomi.
BUSY DAY IN HARBOR.
All was hustle and hustle on tn.
y
day, for many steamers We're depart
ing. About noon the kinau sailed fo,
Hilo and way ports with a large mum
Der of passengers and a big load o.
freight. The Claudine got away fo
Maui and Hawaii ports at o'clock il
the afternoon. The w. G.. Hall Ter
for Kauai, the James Makee went, ais,
for the Garden Island. and the Austria
liza departed, not much behind time
for Esranniccn with n hic iol
and passenger list. Among othei
things the Australia carried the 20-tol
boiler and engine which We're recent,
removed from the Iwalani Thi
machinery goes to the Coast to b,
placed in new boat for the Inter
Island Steam Navigation Company
Gasoline schooner Surprise and thu
schooner Alice Kimball, sailed for La
haina and Kaunakakai, respectively.
British ship Kilmory arrived from
Liverpool, England, with a big carg
of general merchandise Captain Min
is her master. The little schooner Nc
Wahine arrived from Hawaii with
load of sugar.
Ship Marion Chilcott was threatening
to get away for the Sound in ballast
all day.
OMNIUM GATHERUM.
! There can be no doubt that in tn
| future the Pacific Ocean will be tn
scene of the worlds greatest commerce
and San Francisco will control one c
the largest fleets of sailing vessels un
der American management. Since TIL
! last issue of the Annual the trade c
this port with the Orient, Australasia
South America, East Indies, and is
lands in the South Pacific has great
Expanded. 1t is destined to continue
expansion and justifies the predictio
| that the progress of development c
the Pacific Coast trade during the mex
five years will be greater than eve
before. Since the Kosmos~ line com
menced to run between Hamburg an
this port there have been some notabl
shipments of California products an
manufactures for ports in Ecuador
Peru and Chill and Central America
with which San Francisco merchant
hitherto had little or no trade. Ne,
markets for California products al
continually opening. During the yea
Japan has imported from here som
extremely large shipments of some
thing unusual, what are called "wir
shorts" Since the Americans occupie
Manila the shipments from this DO,
have been enormous. 1t is reported thu
great quantities of American goods a,
being shipped from Manila by ever
lcoasting vessel; curiosity tempted tn
natives and now they are steady Gu.
toners. The greatest expansion
trade has been that between here an
the Hawaiian Islands, or what is no
called the Territory of Hawaii. FL
months past not a vessel, sail or steam
mas left here for the Islands but we
Offered more freight than she possibl
could carry. New sugar plantation
nave been opened and vessels hay
Icleared for pqDts that were never hear
of before. The following is the Walt
OF the cargoes shipped from here
the Islands from July /. 1899, to July
l9O0, as manifested at the custoi
house:
Hohoiuiu ...-............ -. SO, 8
nlio .-.-.-................ 49,. 1882
hahuluI ....,....... .... 7231