The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-30

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Steamship China, Captain Seabury,
from San Francisco, arrived in port
about o'clock yesterday morningsand
moored alongside the Pacific Mail dock
She was looked for the previous even
ing, but took things easy coming down
and saved coal. The China brought
six days later news, great quantity
of mail and big crowd of passengers
for Honolulu. She got away for the
Orient last evening.
FLIES AMERICAN FLAG.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-The iron
bark Diamond Head, one of the best
known of the Hawaiian fleet, will here
after fly the American flag She has
been recently surveyed and found to
have a length of 1920 feet, a beam of
31.25 feet, depth of POPS feet, gross ton
mage 1012.45, and net tonnage of 952 20.
SIGHTED A WRECK.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21-Captain
PiltZ of the schooner Robert Searles re-
ports having sighted the wreck of
schooner on his last trip from Hawaii.
The wreckage was in latitude IS deg
20 min. north, longitude 145 deg, 40 min
west, but its identity could not be ascer-
tanned.
ARMY TRANSPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-The
Army transport Flintshire arrived at
Manila yesterday.
The transport Siam. was shifted from
Folsom street wharf to the Union Iron
Works yesterday to go on the dry dock.
WRECKAGE REPORTED.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-The ship
King David, from Acapulco in ballast.
reports that on June 9Th, in latitute So
deg. IL min north, longitude 1877 deg.
.O2 min. west, she passed a mast stand
ing upright, about five or seven feet out
of water. 1t had apparently been in the
water some time. On June 18th, in Iati-
tude 81 deg. 81 min. north, longitude
123 deg. west, the King David also
passed log about twenty feet long
SAILING OF TRANSPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2O.-The fol-
lowing dates for the sailing of the Unit
ed States Army transports from San
Francisco We're announced yesterday:
Grant, July list; Sumner, July 18th;
Hancock, August LIST; Logan, August
18th; Meade, September LIST; Warren,
September 18th: Thomas, October 1st;
Sheridan, October 18th; Sumner, No
vember LIST.
TRIAL TRIP.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2O.-The
huge steamer California, built at the
Union Iron Works for the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company, was to
have been ready for her trial trip by
Saturday next, but extra work will
make it impossible for the vessel to
have her test before early next week
She is to be ready for loading by July
1st
PASSENGER LEFT BEHIND.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 19.--The
schooner Rosamond sailed Sunday af-
ternoon for Honolulu without one of her
passengers, a Miss Mcdonald, who
reached the wharf when the schooner
was about half a mile down the bay.
The young lady began to weep, and a
vessel assisted her to reach Crowley's
boathouse, where a launch was procur-
ed. The Rosamond was overtaken off
Black point and Miss Mcdonald was
placed aboard. AS she reached the YES
sells deck she swooned but was soon
revived.
SAILED FOR HONOLULU.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S.-The
schooner Rosamond sailed at 2:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Homo
lulu, on her maiden voyage, carrying
the following passengers: f. L. Lowell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf, F. J. Dougherty,
stepson of Surveyor of the Port Spear;
Miss J. NJ. Cutter, Miss K. G.. Lyons,
Miss l.. Y. Morgan, Mrs. r. f. Morgan,
l.. P. Fraser, Miss Mcdonald and the
two sons of j. J. Van Loben Sells, Con-
sui for the Netherlands. a cargo of
over 1000 tons Of general merchandise
was taken by the Rosamond below
deck, and the schooner also carried II
head of horses and mules, 80 head of
sheep, 120 head of hogs and IL dozen
fowls. One nineteen-ton boiler and one
twelve-ton boiler for the McBryde
plantation on the Island of Kauai were
shipped on the Rosamond. The schoon-
er Is the two hundred and seventeenth
vessel built by Captain Matthew Turn
err of Benicia. and is the largest wooden
vessel ever constructed on the shores
of San Francisco bay, having a regis
tered tonnage of 1912. She is owned by
Williams, Dimond & Co. of this city. T.
III. Davis & Co., of Honolulu, Captain
d. III. Ward, master of the Schooner,
and others.
SHIPS CHANGE HANDS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE
steel ship Title E. Starbuck, now on
the way from Honolulu to Philadelphia,
has been purchased by WEIGH G. Co.
and Castle e. Cooke of Honolulu. The
ship will load at Philadelphia for this
port, and upon arrival here will be Civ
en- new master. The ship Challenger
has been purchased by Hind, Rolph &
Co. of this city. She is now on the way
from New York to Honolulu, In com
mand of Captain Piltz, who was master
of the bark William Carson when that
vessel was sunk by the steamer Clau-
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