The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-20
IS LONG
Many Passengers Book
ed on Australia.
Ticket Agent Harry Whitney Has
NObIy WithstOOd the Siege
Of Anxious QuestiOners.

The temperature of people generally
in Honolulu, especially those who want
to get back 70 the Coast, is perhaps
better known to Ticket Agent Harry
NJ Whitney of the Oceanic Steamship
Company than any other man. He has
been besieged for the past week Or two
by all kinds of persons who take il for
granted, before asking any questions.
that he controls the steamer Australia.
the Hawaiian Board of Health, the
United States Marine Hospital Service.
the United States Consular Service. all
sugar shipments, and about everything
else that is at present OF unusual i'm
portance in these Islands and on the
Continent
If Mr.. Whitney were not a man of
extraordinary patience and good ma
ture he would no doubt have been laid
on the shelf some days ago. 1t is not
every ticket agent who can satisfy a
hot-headed, cold-footed refugee suffer-
ing from the delirium of imaginary
plague. But Mr.. Whitney. though I'M
able to answer more than about 1 per
cent of the questions fired at him at
close range, appears to have a soothing
effect upon all corners. and has earned
the lasting gratitude of scores of peo-
pie by simply remarking that he thinks
their chances for getting to the Coast
are very bright. The remark is inva-
riably accompanied by a confident
smile that drives away all thought of
the plague.
What about the Australia? Am I
booked?" is generally the opening in
terrogatory. Upon being informed
that the name is still on file, the bonn
bardment begins in earnest. Am to
be fumigated?" What about our bag
gage?" ANY increase in rates?" ANY
certainty of going?" Can / have
BERTH" Isn't my money as good as
anybody e1se's?" Twill we be tied up
in San Francisco?" Us she going to
take sugar." and a dozen more ques-
tions are fired at the defenseless Mr..
Whitney by hundred different refu-
gees every day. Some of them return
the same day TO repeat the questions,
and go away satisfied with the same
answers they received a few hours be-
fore. 1t will continue so until the Aus
tTalia's anchor Is up and the vessel is
-
But Ticket Agent Whitney is not the
only man under fire these days. Consul
General Haywood and Quarantine Off
Ger DR.. Carmichael have been besieged
by anxious persons who want to be-
come posted upon every imaginable
subject. The plague situation has Civ
en- them the opportunity they so long
wanted to open the batteries Of abnor-
NAL inquisitiveness.
But the time for the Australia's de-
parture draws near, and a ray of light
appears. These officials look forward
TO a brief period of rest. but there is
the ever-present feeling that the Aus
tralia or some other vessel may return
for another cargo OF interrogatOries.
There is no time, however. to borrow
trouble, for the present is fraught with
enough of it to occupy the attention
of those persons who have anything to
do with the Australia or the quaran-
tine regulations.
The following is a complete list of
the passengers booked on the Aus
tralia: Mr.. and Mrs. Reuant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Duchemin, Mr.. and Mrs. Limaire,
w. A. Lowrie, Tanuma, Sydney Bart
lett, A. Joel, COnstantin Albeth, Mr..
Longton, John Waterhouse, Capt. J.
Hackett, ]. II. Belser. S. F. Keith. II.
Ford, A. G. Russell, c. F. Saylor, B. F.
Mccullough, Mr.. and Mrs. VI. b. Cur
tbs, Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Lawrence, Mr.
and Mrs. w H Barney, Miss Hyde, F.
s. Timhoffe, II. NJ. Jeone, A. T. Mitch
ell, j. NJ Bostus, G.. Marcus, X. Mel
rose, ]. Rolph, Jr. F. A. Bennett, J. f.
Bien, ]. F. Calef. G. Ferguson, b. Lich-
tig, G. w. Land, ]. A. Clough, p.
Sickles, T. B. Morton, p. A. McGinnis,
p. de la Vergne, Mr.. Raas, Miss Juliet
| Frasher (13), Master T. J. Frasher 90,
Capt. Nelson, G.. P. Owens, Mrs. Fergu-
son and child, Miss E. II. Nichols, Mrs.
| a. Fyfe, Mrs. MacMahan, Mrs. Horace
Chase, two children and maid, H. B..
Chase and wife, Miss E. Chamberlain,
Mrs. z. B. Waterhouse, Miss Z. NJ. Wa
| terhouse, Miss Blanche Gall, Miss l..
/ Field, Miss l.. r. Walker, John Hen
derson, Arthur Kellam, w. F. Glover,
| G. w. Griffin, wife and child, Mrs. Geo.
/ Kimble, Mrs. Geo. Best, Mrs. f. Mar
tin, Mrs. Geo. Pidgeon and son, Miss
Hawley. Mrs. NJ. Holden, Mrs. G. A.
Lemon. Mrs. Raas and two children, A.
p. Jackson and wife, Mrs. Singlehurst
and two children. Miss Zaufmann, A.
L. Parmley, C. S. Hazelrigg, Eugene
Rogers, Miss B. Blanchard, p. de la
Vergne, Miss Alice Williams. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G. Walker, ]. o. Gardener, Mr..
Melvin, Mr.. Van Dyne, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Johnson, w. A. Gardner and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Kershow. George
Kemble, George Best, F. Masten. NJ w.
Davis, J. S. Espey. c. r. Edger.on,
Mrs. II. Waterhouse and wife, Mr.. Lem
sire and wife, Emile Ducheman and
wife, Mrs. H. Powell and child, Miss G.
walpert, Mrs. J. a. Butterfield and
child. Marian Rae, Mrs. Melvin, Mrs.
Van Dyne. Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Rifle
Mrs Gardner and child, Mrs. ClOJgh,
Mr.. Postin. W. S. Duling, c. P. Baugh-
man. Mrs. W. H. LOomis, Mrs. Dulng
Mrs. Baughman. Mrs. c. du Ray, G.
| KIemme. ]. G. White. Mrs. Wiley and
two children. W. D. Burnham, G. G.
u Krogness, Mrs. Sullivan, Miss Andrews,
nj +yvn Children