The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-14

Captain Seabury, came into port yes
terday morning at 7:50 o'clock and
locked at the. Pacific Mail wharf. The
China could easily have arrived here on
Wednesday evening but Captain Sea-
bury now has orders to make the reg
ular seven days run.
Many passengers arrived from the
Coast on the China; nearly all for this
port are Honolulu people. Among the
arrivals are: Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Cas-
tie; Mr.. and Mrs. C. Du Roi, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hind, Mrs. F. w. Macfar-
lane, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Richards,
Mrs T. Sorenson, Miss E. d. Sorenson,
Miss B. Castle, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Holt,
| o. L. Sorenson, Miss A. Sorenson, Miss
H. Sorenson, w. S. Withers, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. D. Vincent, Miss Laura Wight,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wilson, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ena.
Upon the China being sighted, F. w.
Macfarlane went to the pilot house to
take the pilot boat out to meet his wife
who had written him that she would be
a passenger He stepped from the navy
wharf to a Japanese fishing boat in
| tending to get into the pilot boat from
! the launch. While crossing he slipped
and fell, striking heavily on the gun
vale of the launch and bruising his
face rather badly. This, however did
not prevent his Fastening to the steam
er to meet his wife.
When about twenty-four hours out of
San Francisco, Mr.. Wilson, mining
engineer aboard the China, bound for
Korea, became suddenly insane. He at
tempted to jump overheard and also to
cut his throat. He was locked up and
guarded, being a source of danger to
the passengers. Mr.. Wilson is at pres
ent in the asylum for the insane, in
this city, and will be sent back to the
) Mainland as soon as possible.
The China sails for the Orient at II
o'clock this morning.
The Alden Besse arrived at San Fran
cisco on September from Honolulu.
The barkentine Newsboy arrived a
Port Townsend from this port on Sep
TENDER 4.
The steamer Mauna Loa sails for Ha
wall and Maui ports at 10 a. m. today
The Moana is due from the Colonie.
and will sail for San Francisco to-day
BARK PFLUGER SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO, September O.
, Deputy United States Marshal A. L
Parish yesterday sold the German bari
j. c. Pfiuger to satisfy Judgment
against her for salvage and repai
work Though she has been appraised
at three different times by three differ
ent insurance boards of appraisers a
$4,000, she was sold to the John Rosen
fields Sons Company for $15,250. TIL
bidding was very lively and the Goa
men were compelled to pay the higl
figure to get the bark. Though SOM
work has been done on her since sh
was damaged at sea, $4,000 is still t
be expended upon her in converting tn
vessel into barkentine, to be used il
the sugar trade.
SAFE IN PORT AGAIN.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 0.-Il
spite of storm and fire, the brig w.
Irwin is again safe in port, fifty-thre
days from Nome, sixteen days from Sc
attic, and seven days from Roche Har
Dor. A few days before sailing fror
the latter port for San Francisco tn
Irwin had narrow escape from bein
burned in lime. Several hundred bar
rels of the material in her hold begal
to burn, and a large quantity of Goa
under deck also was threatened, blu
the IRE was lHdily eNllnSulSneQ dIle
days of hard work. The Irwin brings
besides lime and coal, a consignment
of gold-bearing sand from Nome.
ON THE OVERDUE LIST.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.-The shi
Wachusett, owned in this city, has bee
placed on the overdue list at the Mel
chants Exchange. The vessel is oil
116 days from Newcastle, N. S. W., fC
Kahului with coal, and 50 per cent re
insurance is quoted upon her. The Wa
chusett is an old vessel, but has here
tofore had a successful career.
ALL LARGE STEAMERS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.-The Bri
ish steamer Samoa, under charter
the Government to carry horses to Oh
ma, was visited by numerous person