The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-22

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Under the wan full moon.
II. NJ. AYRES.
The China got away for the Coast at
$50 o'clock last evening. Captain Ber-
ger and the Government band assisted
in starting her from her moorings and
the music kept the waiting crowd in
good humor The vessel was scheduled
to leave port at $50 o'clock and the
gang-plank was guarded by quarter
masters after that hour preventing
further goodbyes on deck. Leis were
prodigal and those kamaainas leaving
Honolulu for a trip abroad We're so be-
decked as to resemble flower mounds.
A large number of persons came 10
send the returning missionaries from
China God-speed on their journey.
Most of them had been guests of
church going people of this city during
their stay. The passenger list from
Honolulu was a large one.
MAUNA LOA BRINGS SUGAR.
The Mauna Loa came in at o'clock
yesterday morning from Lahaina, Ko-
ma and Kau, with a fair passenger lis.
One hundred and seven deck passen-
gers were landed. Sugar was her prin-
cipal cargo. The following freight was
brought in yesterday: 1882 bags SUI
gar, 1S4 bags coffee, Ga punches bana-
mas, bundles tobacco, 10 bundles hides,
20 kegs butter, IL hogs, 1 horse, los
packages of sundries.
Purser Tufts report for the trip Is
as follows: Left 1,247 bags of sugar at
Punaluu and none at Honuapo. Naa-
lehu had 51a inches of rain and Pahala
about the same. 1t was impossible to
work Thursday night and Friday on
account of the downpour. At Hama
kua there were 5000 bags at H. S. Co.
and 300 at p. S. NJ. They have had
little rain. Weather rough. Passed
the Noeau at Lahaina Her last boat
load of freight was leaving the steamer
when we left at 1908 a. m. The Upolu
was at Kailua when we left that place.
The Surprise was diScharging.
CHINESE FOR HONOLULU.
Fifty-nine Chinese and japanese
were taken off the China yesterday af
ternoon and sent to Quarantine Island
on the old lighter used for that pur-
pose. The Orientals We're compelled to
go over the side of the big vessel and
many amusing sights were witnessed
during the trying period of descending
a rope ladder for twenty feet. The per-
sonal effects were pitt he'd bodily over
the side into the hold of the lighter.
The Chinese were 10th to try the ladder
with their shoes on and a fusilade OF
felt soled slippers toward the boat fol-
lowed after the first man attempted 1t.
a japanese endeavored to make the
descent burdened with an umbrella, a
wicker BASKET and extra pair of shoes
slung over his shoulders and two tow
els, one of which he held in his mouth.
He was joked numerically by the Chi
nese who watched his clumsy move
ments. When he reached the lighter he
khad none of his belongings except the
towel held by his teeth. The women
were lowered in the strong arms of a
quartermaster and carefully deposited
on a mass of bundles A downpour OF
rain completed the general discomfort
of the Orientals and wet their effects
through.
WESTON IN PRISON.
| YOKOHAMA, August 10.-We learn
that Mr.. j. r. Weston, second engineer
Of the steamer Victoria. who was re-
Gently sentenced to seven days deten-
ton by the Yokohama Ku Saibansho on
a charge of having assaulted a Japan
csc on board the ship, has bandoned
his intention to appeal, and is now I'M
dergoing the term of his sentence al
the Kagacho police station.
ADDITION TO THE N Y. X. FLEET
YOKOHAMA, August 1O.-The latest
addition to the N. Y. K. fleet of steam.
ers is the Shinano Maru, Just arrived
| from England. She was built in Glas-
! gov, by Henderson Bros, and is a
splendid specimen of modern ship
building. The Shinano's dimensions
are, length 44S feet, beam SO feet
draught 26 feet. She has twin screws
triple expansion engines and a speed
of 16 knots. Her registered tonnage is
1885. and her gross is 5000. She has
1882 tons cargo capacity. There Is &C.
commodation for thirty-six first-class
passengers, but no second or third
class.
An American transport with rs,
horses arrived at Balkan on the 4th in
slant.
The transport Swallow, which was re
Gently floated, arrived at Ujina on night
OF the 4th instant
a Russian volunteer steamer called
at Nagasah on the 4th instant, carry
ing 1,O63 emigrants from Odessa.
We learn that 1t Is the intention O
the Russian volunteer fleet authorities
to run their steamships Mini Novgorot
and Tambov as regular mail boats be
tween Nagasaki, Port Arthur ant
Vladivostock in the near future.
PAY FULL DUTY.
YOKOHAMA, August 10.-Accordin;
to vernacular paper, it appears tina
the American Trading Company of Yo
kohama, which had imported alcohol II