The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-04

| ing from Seattle, having been fourteen
days On the trip. She was kept back
by stormy weather during the first
few days of her voyage, and had a
hard time of it working her way in
iheavy seas and against headwinds 1t
| is highly probable that the Thomson
will run regularly between this port
and the Coast, and that she will also
do something in the passenger line.
She brought fifteen passengers with
her on this trip. She has, in fact, es-
tablished rate af $50 for first-class
passenger passage.
| The Elihu Thomson left Seattle on
November Is. Shortly after her de-
parture she ran into a severe storm
and gave the passengers all they
wanted in the way of an exciting time
| Although the beer famine was re-
lieved the latter part of last week by
the arrival of the st. Katherine and
other vessels from the Coast, the Elihu
Thomson has come in time to bring
enough beer to prevent the recurrence
of the famine for some time at least.
| She brought of beer, in barrels and
bottles, $500 barrels. ~
| About fifty tons of frozen meat was
also brought in the hold of the Thorn
son. The establishment of a cold stor-
age service between this port and Seat
tie has materialized with the arrival
of the steamer
The ThOmson's cold storage capacity
| is about $50 tons She is owned by
the Pacific Cold Storage Company, of
Tacoma.
Captain Whitney commands the Eli
hu Thomson, and says that the steam
er is all right in good weather and
bad weather alike, the statements of
seasick passengers to the contrary
notwithstanding.
| On Friday or Saturday the Thomson
will leave for Seattle. carrying pas
sengers, but no mail, as the Coptic
sails for the Coast on Saturday.
TROUBLE ON THE PLANTER
barkentine Planter, which arrived
from San Francisco last week, gather
ed up their bundles and refused to
work on the discharge Of the vessels
cargo. Genial and ever-considerate
Captain Mcneil let the men go their
separate ways, and hired native crew
| to work the cargo. 1t seems that a
couple of sea lawyers aboard the
Planter had done their best through
out the voyage from the Coast to make
the sailors dissatisfied with everything
and everybody, and that they were re-
sponsible for the wholesale desertion
Of the crew in this port.
A CANNIBALt CREW.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Tales
of cannibalism and the massacre of
blacks on the savage islands of New
Britain, New Ireland. the Solomons and
the Admiralty group have been
brought to civilization by the little
schooner Mascotte, which locked late
yesterday afternoon at Howard wharf
8. Eighteen former cannibals, some
brown, some black as night, stood at
the rail of the schooner as she passed
up the bay and gazed in establishment
toward the shore. For the first time
in their lives they looked upon fleets
of big ships and massive buildings that
seemed to cover all the land The
whistling of tug boats and the churn-
ing of sidewheelers came before their
vision like the opening of another
world. The utter Indifference that has
characterized them since they were
taken in hands a few months ago by
Captain Mecca of the Mascotte disap-
peared as the strange sights and
sounds fell upon them, and in the gut
tural tongue of the man-eater they
spoke one to the other and pointed
at the wonderful objects.
Long after the Mascotte's lines were
fast the blacks remained at the rail
They were bashful when men showed
an inclination to give them close in
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preached the side of the schooner &
dozen of the ex-cannibals evinced
lively interest in him, reckoning to hin
to come. aboard. The little fellow die
not show reciprocal spirit and walked
away. Tobian, the 10-year-od son o.
the chief of Matupi was disappointed
and jumped back to the deck from
position he had reached on the railing
in his desire to get acquainted with tn,
white boy. Amazing as the Waterfront
appeared to these men from the canni
bal islands. they have yet to mix in TIT
great crowds on the streets up town
Cable and electric cars and a locomo
tive they have not yet seen.
Captain Mecco. who is a slender
young German, went out to the island
of the Bismarck archipelago two year.
ago to engage in trading and has haC
/ thrilling experiences. But he Is coins
back. The cannibals of the Admiralt,
islands have said that they will eat hi
body for the punishment he has infict
ed upon them, but Captain MeccC
laughs. Down in the cabin of the Mas
cote. which has been pierced with riff,
balls, is a veritable arsenal There ar.
Remington rifles Of the largest caliber
racks full Of Mausers and a supply O
revolvers. Every gun and every revol
yer has probably killed a cannibal
Some of the six white men on the Mas
cote have brought back spears, will
which Captain Mecca was attacked
and grotesque masks which were
picked up In the villages of the man
eaters when the blacks fed before tn,
handful Of the Mascotte's men who wer,
determined to land upon one of the is
lands. In strange contrast with tn,
rifles and the relics of cannibalisti,
warfare. the Mascottes cabin has por
there's and portraits of civilization
celebrities and a fringed table cover o
handsome pattern.
captain Mecca chatted of his Soutl