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

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called for explanations, which were
made
Both Army and Navy ard State De-
fpartment officials are evidently anx-
ious to condone the offense, unless it
be shown to be fragrant.
State Department officials, however
say that if facts develop against the
Psyche she will be reprimanded and
) regrets expressed to this Government.
The insinuation is. however, that tne
Psyche will be able 20 so explain that
there will be no trouble.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 26.--Oniy by
a narrow margin did the ship Star of
France escape serious injury by q col
lision with the schooner r. c. Slade
off the seawall in the darkness Wed, ,
Inesday night. The Star of France hal
just come into the harbor after a pas
sage of sixty-seven days from New
lcastle, New South Wales when the Z.
&C. Slade drifted across her bows car
rying away the ships bobstays and
back-ropes. the jibstay and the mar
tingale. The tug Sea Queen, fortu-
nately, hauled the schooner away in
time to prevent greater damage. The
Slade was bound from Gray's Harbor
for Wallaroo, and put into the har5or
on account of the shifting Of her deck
load of lumber. Another collision took
place in the bay yesterday, when the
ship Two Brothers, in docking at
BeaIe street wharf, collided with the
French ship Vile de Mulhouse, carry
ing away her martingale and doing
other Slight damage, but receiving no
Injuries herself.
| Ever since the bark j. c. Phuger
Twas brought back from Santa Barbara
disabled, last July, the cargo of -four
which she had taken for Queenstown
has been lying at Port Costa, an op-
portunity being awaited to forward it
by some other vessel, the Phuger hav-
ing in the meantime been sold and di-
verified to other business. Now the
owners have made arrangements TO
ship the flour in the British ship In
lveramsay. soon to sail for Europe.
The schooner Five Brothers was re-
ported at the Merchants Exchange
yesterday as ashore at Double Point,
near the spot where the brig Claus
Spreckels was wrecked some years ago.
The fishing tug Henrietta was unable
TO pull the schooner from her peri Gus
position and no later tidings of the
vessel We're received. Double Point is
about fifteen miles north of Duxbary
reef, not far from Point Reyes.
The brig w. c. Irwin reports having
on October 21st passed an upright spar
or mast. which had apparently been
in the water for a long time The To-
cation of the spar was latitude 81 de-
grees AZ minutes north, longitude 12s
degrees SO minutes west.
= The freight transport Port Stephens
sailed last evening Tor Manila. carry
ling 400 horses, several hundred tons ct
supplies, and a force of seventy-seve-
= teamsters, who will look after the ami
: mails en- route.
! The steamer Matteawan, with 500
n rd l..
+, steamer Victoria. with 3,0S5 tons frou
: oyster Harbor, arrived yesterday.
i Word was received yesterday tina
Captain Hannah of the British shiI
Elginshire died on the voyage of tn
= vessel from Tacoma to London.
> LONDON, Oct. 24-Special dispatch.
. es from Madrid give the details of tn,
= loss Of the French steamer Fadherb
Gate ChigwelD and twenty-four lives
!. She collided yesterday with the NJ
: tidja, another French steamer which
Twas badly. injured nut which succea q
o ed in reaching Atlanta with eigh
members Of the Faidherbe's crew, al
that were saved.
= The Faidherbe sailed from St. Lori
. lDusenegal on the west coast of Africa
\ September 18th. for Marseilles, ard wa
/ last reported having passed Glbralta
= iSeptembef 3Oth. She was 2f0 feet long
81 feet wide and l. feet deep. She wa
built in 1888 at Sunderland. England
ard was owned by Pascal BUM & CO
q of Bordeaux
/ SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 23.-Advice
n received yesterday state that til,
a freight transport Californian has ar
= rived at Taku from Manila. She vii
= sail soon for this port. when it is ex
@ | pected that she will be released an,
q load freight for New York for the Am
t erican- Hawaiian Steamship Company
@ The steamer American, q sister ship
l1Y. ,t
: Cramps shipyard. and will load fo
this pert and Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-Never Il
the history of reinsurance in Sal
1 Francisco has there been such a p,ung,
II as on the Wachusett. AS the rate ha:
T Icrept up after each steamer from tn,
: Islands came in without any news o
e the missing ship the orders have thick
l. ened upon Broker Nj. A. Newell VIII,
: attends to all that business in Sar
: Francisco, and even yesterday, whei
: the wise men of the sea were shakn,
II their heads the orders at the high rat,
Q still came pouring in.
: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The an
g lnual report of Admiral O'Neil contain.
] an interesting summary of the impcr
L tapt developments of the year in tn,
2 matter of naval ordnance and armo
Il and powder.
k The estimates for the next year
1t which aggregate s7.457.S55. include :
/ lsingle item of $4,000 600 under the hea,
p lof increase Of the navy. armament an,
larmor The admiral makes no recon
q mendations on the armor question
"A There are also the items of $500, 900 70
% "a new magazine at Boston; $500, 600 70
~ smokeless powder, and $923.529 for tn
= Washington navy yard and provin
grounds and new battery for tn
:, Baltimore. For reserve guns for tn
- auxiliary cruisers. to be kept in readi
mess for instant service. there Is a
,s item of S250.000.
in
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