The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-03

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came INTO port early yesterday morn
ng, docking at the Pacific Mail wharf
Two days after leaving San Francisco
the Pekirg encountered very rough
weather. There were eighty passen-
GERS for this port.
Actors and missionaries, says q San
Francisco paper of October 25, will
ningle on the steamer City of Picking,
which sails on Friday for China and
japan by way of Honolulu. The Pc
king viii take one of the biggest crowds
of passengers she has ever carried,
over 100 having been already booked.
TIE largest crowd is for Honolulu,
among them being vaudeville troupe
Of eleven people, who are going to as
tonish the natives in Hawaii. Charles
+. Wilder, who for many years was
Consul. General from Hawaii at this
port, will also be among the passengers.
DR.. Meloney and wife are also bound
| for Honolulu, where the doctor Is to
engage in the practice of medicine. He
/ recently resigned as surgeon on the
Coptic.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Schweitzer (nee Voor-
sanger) are going to the islands on
their honeymoon.
| The City of Peking is crowded with
1 freight, in which there is a large ship
ment of flour.
| STEAMER QUEEN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-When
| he steamer Queen returns from Homo
lulu, early the coming month, she will
be placed on the San Diego route with
| the Santa Rosa by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, and will alternate
1 with that vessel in the new schedule
to be inaugurated by the company. 1t
| is intended to cut out an entire day in
the time between this port and San
Diego. the Queen and the Santa Rosa
| calling only at Santa Barbara and Port
| Los Angeles en- route, arriving at San
Diego in the evening of the second day
| out, the steamers leaving here at a.
I'm instead of IL o'clock, as at present.
The Corona and another steamer that
has not yet been selected will run on
he same route. stopping at all the way
| stations, including Port Hartford. which
| 8 to be cut out of the itinerary Of the
principal steamers, though on account
| If its Importance as freight port it
must receive some attention from the
steamship company. The Santa Rosa
and the Queen are the two best steam
RS of the company. and are about
squal in speed. being capable of max
lng fourteen knots an hour.
SEATTLE. Oct. 23.-Frark water
house arrived from San Francisco to-
lay, having perfected plans for placine
feet of four steamers on the run be
tween Seattle and the Hawaiian Isl
1nds. the vessels to return from Homo
lulu b. way Of san Francisco. carrying
ugar ard general merchandise. Al
rour vessels are row in the Nome trade
Trey are the Charles Nelson, SAINT;
Ara, John S. KinbaIl. all owned il Sal
Francisco, and the steamship Ccnten
nal.
The schedule provides fer Q fifteen
lay service. TIE first sailing 10 occu
December list. The vessels are to b
provided with refrigerator coInpart
merits Of FROM leo to 200 tons each
The line, it is announced, IS to be main
: taired permanently.
, Mr.. Waterhouse to-day chartered t
, the Government for Philippine trans
pert purposes the 7O00-ton British
steamship Royalist. which is now e1
route to San Francisco from Java wit
, cargo Of sugar. The R5yalist viii
all on her first voyage to the Philip
pires early In December.
SHOWS GREAT SPEED.
STAMFORD. Conn. oct. 9Th
mysterious submarine torpsdO-b1a
which has been ulder construction o
Ware Island for two years, took
: trial trip yesterday and showed Won
| ierful speed. The inventor j. H. Car
! er. ard u crew of two were in tn
= boat. She was sent ahead at full spec
. and stopped very suddenly. Every ties
but the diving test was made. aud tn
raft stood all with apparent success
/, rhe boat made twenty knots. Flee
. t-icity furnished the. motive power.
CAPTAIN EMERY IS DEAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26-After a
Illness of nearly three weeks, Captai
: II. T. Emery, secretary and manage
!. | IF the Merchants Exchange. died thi
morning. y cold. contracted thrc
: weeks ago, developed into pneumonia
+ I'D complications followed which r.
/, suited in death about 3:30 O'Clock thi
, morning. Captain Emery was connect
: ID with the Merchants Exchange f.
: nearly thirty years. and enjoyed tn
I ! confidence and esteem of the merc1n
. | tile and marine communities TO tn
|, fullest degree. lie was sixty years c
age, and was SO Well preserved tina
few realized that ne was within fiv
Or six years of that mark. His funera
will take place on Sunday at g o'c'oc
from the Masonic Temple on Pos
street. He was a Mason, Knight TEN
plar and Mystic Shriner.
EXPLOIT OF THE PSYCHE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-The Stat
Department, Treasury Department an
War Department officials are awaiJin
The official account of the exploit
he British cruiser Psyche which er
. tered New York barber. failed to 81
ute, ignored quarantine laws and pile
avs and took away a British sui
ieut.
Pending official reports the ofIicia
VIII not discuss the matter, except
IN apologize tone. They say that II
press reports are conflicting, as SON
reports .allege that the Psyche had a
ictal permission to pass the auarantir
station. The failure TO salute is a,
other matter
The national salute is = matter wifi