The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-27
the Transport Aztec.

/ thirty-two days from Manila and
twenty -four days from Nagasaki, with
iCompany H of the Forty-second Volun-
teer Infantry. consisting of sixty-two
men: five stowaways and six deported
men. eight discharged soldiers, num-
Der Of civilian employees and number
|of cabin passengers
Baets Her Own Record.
The HamburgAmerican line steamer
| Deutschland arrived at Plymouth, Eng.
| on June 18th at S:15 a. m, having beat
en- her own record. She covered sos.
miles in five days, eleven hours and
fifty-one minutes, at an everage speed OF
1888 against 1886, her best previous
record Her daily runs were 449 $40
542, 542 $40 and 460 knots, none of which
equal previous best days runs. Her
best previous days. run, made in Aug
ust, 1900 was $50 knots. Captain AL
bers, her commander, said that he had
never stated that his vessel would
cover the distance inside of five days.
No special effort to attain high speed
was made.
Schooner helene Coming.
The schooner Helene sailed from San
Francisco on the 18th instant with a
general cargo for this port.
Philadelphla for Page Page.
The cruiser Philadelphia sailed for
Page Page from San Francisco on the
21st instant, to be absent about two
months. A number of men to be sta
toned at Page Page and stores for the
American station there are being taken
by the cruiser,
Title e. Starbuck Coming.
The ship Title E. Starbuck sailed
from San francisco for Honolulu on
! June 18th with a general cargo.
Gong to Hilo.
| The ship Falls of Clyde cleared from
San Francisco on June 18th for Hilo
with a large general cargo.
Transport Capslzes. ae
! The United States transport ingalls,
tipped over in the dry dock in Erie
basin, Brooklyn, on June 14th, where
: she was awaiting repairs. One life was
lost and twenty-five or more men were
seriously injured. The top hamper of
the transport was pretty thoroughly
smashed up, and it will take several
months to put her in serviceable shape
again The accident was caused by the
careless adjustment of the bilge blocks
under the ship, AND by recklessness in
attempting to adjust the snoring tim
bers along the sides.
Capt. 81. g. Williams Dead.
Captain H. G. Williams died in Oak
land, Cal, on June 18th. For three
/ weeks past he had been suffering from
carbuncle and just about the time
when the attending physicians were
expecting his recovery other complica-
lions set in and death resulted. He
! was about 40 years of age, and for
twenty-five years was employed by the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. He
had also served term as pilot COM
missioner. He leaves a large estate,
consisting for the most part of houses
and. lots in San Francisco. Williams
was married twice. but each venture
1 into the matrimonial field resulted in
/ undesirable notoriety and divorce
Lost Anchor and Chain.
:. The schooner Rosamond, Captain
Ward reached San Francisco ON June
18th, twenty days from Honolulu. on
the 18th she passed the barkentine Ad-
denda, bound from the Columbia river
to Callao. and the captain wished to
be reported. The Rosamond sailed into
the harbor in a good breeze. and in at
tempting to anchor off Alcatraz island
lost the mud hook and sixty fathoms.of
chain. In the same vicinity the ship
/ fyo,- hi. I'D q
and the barkenttne Newsboy all lost
their anchors recently.
Henry Willard for Honolulu
The ship Henry Willard has cleared
from San Francisco for Honolulu. via
Seattle, with a general cargo.
Passing of Capt. Van Pelt.
Capt B. J.. Van Pelt, we'll known
among the oldtime seafaring men. is
dead at Marysville. California. Cap
tain Van Pelt was born in New York
seventy-eight years ago, and In 1898.
with his brother, built the brig Am
erican Eagle, in which they took Il
cargo of lumber to San Francisco.
later using portion of it to build the
first weatherboard house at Napa. The
brothers also constructed the first
steamer to ply between San Francisco
and Sacramento. Captain Van Pelt
was afterward master of the State tug
Governor Irwin for twelve years, and
for several years had lived retired
life at Marysville. He leaves three
sons, Arthur, Eugene and William,
and one daughter. He was the uncle
of Capt d. Van Pelt of the ferryboat
Ukiah.
Ship Posted as Missing.
After being out 275 days on the voy-
age from Baltimore for San Francisco.
the American wooden ship John Nc
Donald has been officially posted at
Lloyds as missing, and will therefore
be taken from the overdue and insura-
bic list. The Mcdonald was command
ed by Captain Seymour Watts,
Maine man. formerly in the bark Pac-
tolus, and his chief officer in the Nc
Donald was Ed Murphy, formerly cap
tain of the ship Shenandoah, of which
his father is now master. The Me-
lnf To- l. !