The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-08

fast time from San Francisco for n
boat which does not pretend to be any
thing of 4 flyer, and yet that was the
time in which the Alameda came down
from the Coast
The good ship arrived yesterday
morning with 'sixty-six passengers for
Honolulu in her cabin, to say nothing
of sixty-rhree cabin passengers bound
for the Colonies. She had a very large
cargo, too, and putting everything to-
gether she quite surpassed herself in
more ways thar one on this her latest
trip.
The Alameda was delayed in getting
away by A heavy fog near the Golden
Gate She left San Francisco at mid
night of October 31st and poked her
nose almost Immediately into a heavy
fog. She stuck in the fog bank until
after daylight of November list, leav-
ing the light-ship at o'clock and
dropping the pilot at 9 o'clock. The
| following is a list of the passengers.
for this port, which arrived on the
Alameda:
| A. H. Along, Miss T. Bouquet, Geo
j. Campbell, d. H. Case, wife and two
children; II. Conlin, Mrs. D. Dorwood
and son, j. 1. Downing and wife, Mrs.
w. j. Dyer and child, Mrs. w. j..
England, w. w. Goodale, F. d. Grea-
ny. w. j. Greig, Miss p. Hickman, f.
l.. Hoogs, Mrs. w. l.. Hopper, Miss
Hopper. II. Hudson and wife, NJ. Hy-
man, w. F. Johnston, II. g. Kellogg,
wife and four children, Thos. Keogh.
j. S. Kennedy, F. S. Knight and wife,
T. r. Lucas, Mrs. w. Monsarratt and
child, Miss NJ. r. Morss, b. Neff, VIM.
Niessen, Mrs. z. j. O'Donnell and in
FAINT, Miss Thelma Parker, Mrs. Peter
son and Child, Mrs. NJ. F. Poinsett.
Mrs. G. F. Reynolds, Miss Reynolds,
Mrs. A. Rifenberg, DIR. w. G.. Rogers,
r. Ryder, A. Schierholtz and wife
G. Spohler, r. c.. Stackable. l.. Tur-
ner, Jean Vatican, Z. j Walker and
wife, Miss A. Walton, Miss NJ. A.
Wernli.
c. Horgan, late first assistant ensi-
neer on the steamer Alameda, has bec-
promoted to chief engineer, succeeding
A. d. Little, who has been appointed
chief on the Oceanic Companys new
steamer Sonoma. j. Flynn has beer
promoted from second assistant to frs
assistant on the Alameda, and C. Tier
ney, late Of the steamer State of Cali
fornia. has been appointed second as
sistant engineer.
LITTLE SCHOONER'S VOYAGE.
George William Metcalfe, a youns
Englishman, who came from Guam "a
second mate of the brig John D
Spreckels, says the San Francisc,
Chronicle, distinguished himself b.
sailing in little ten-ton kedge o
schooner from Sydney to Guam, &C
companied by companion. Tn
schooner was named the Frolic an
carried fifteen tons of freight for Po
Lit. Ill
been left behind by a larger vessel
The Frolic was like a cork on the wa
ter, and on several occasions wa
blown far out of her course by gales
while heavy seas threatened man
times to swamp her. The 1000 mil
voyage to Ponipa was finally complet
ed, however, and the arrival of tn
tiny vessel so surprised the native
. that the German Governor of the isl
and personally went on board to in
: spect the log, not believing that sh
had made the trip from Sydney alon'
, Young CAPTAIN Metcalfe afterward
, sailed in the Frolic to Rota, Sipan an
! Guam, Metcalfe leaving her at N
J last named place and taking the bert
? of second mate in the Spreckels. III
= reports that an English store lately es
], tablished at Ponipa by an Englishma
: named Armstrong is fast getting tn
. native trade away from the German
! and Spanish.
!, AUSTRALIA SAILS FOR TAHITI
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 31-Tomor
J. row afternoon at o'clock the ocean,
= Company's steamer Australia will sa
|, on her first trip for Tahiti, under cor
, tract with the French Governmer
! that provides for a round trip ever
E thirty-three days. Quite number ,
]. passengers have been booked for tn
! voyage. James Barry, who for year
= has been second steward of the Aus
: tralia, goes out as chief steward hay
ing been appointed to succeed JOSEF
J. Seeley, who, at his own request, ha
p been transferred to the steamer Zea
I, landia in order to remain on the regu
, lar run to Honolulu.
J NO NEWS OF WACHUSETT.
J SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2s.-No new
= concerning the American ship Wachu
3 sett was brought by the steamer Ga1
lie, arriving yesterday from Honolulu,
y and In consequence the hope of the shi
Il ever arriving at her destination is eve
8, less than before. The Wachusett is no
: 16S days from Newcastle, n. S. W., fC
+ kahului, and 80 per cent reinsuran nc
4 is offered upon her. w. E. MICHEL
!. her principal owner has not, howeve
p entirely despaired of the ships arrivi
r at the Islands. Unless fire has Owe
3, taken her, he thinks she may yet
heard from.
4 BERGENHUS DUE.
b SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29.-Ear
: this week the steamer Bergenhus
the California and Oriental line will a
rive from China, Japan and Honolulu
via San Diego. Besides the freight 81
Is bringing for the latter port, to
- forwarded east over the Santa Fe roa
the Bergenhus is reported to have
large quantity of freight for this cit
BARK ALEX M'NEIL SAFE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3O.-A cabl
gram was received yesterday by Jam
Brown, owner of the bark Alex M
Nell, stating that she had arrived
n her destination, Fremantle, West Au
tralia. The bark sailed from Pug
Sount $50 days ago with a cargo
lumber. AMI was long ago posted
overdue. 60 per cent of reinsurance h
ing quoted upon her. The cabIegra
10 the owner stated that the decklo
or lumber carried by the Mcneil h
70 peen thrown overheard and that I
rudder had been lost, which indica,
that the bark had been in severe sire
on account of bad weather. No z,
!, ther details of her unusually long va