The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-01

| fears that have been entertained for
her safety Were ilI-spent. On June 6
| the ship was leaking badly in the butts
| on the starboard side. The captain
| headed for Papeete, Tahiti, where a
diver examined the vessel and stopped
| the leak This took six days time,
and the ship then proceeded on her
voyage to this port. She arrived here
very foul, and will probably go on the
Marine Railway after discharging her
cargo. She was seventy-sIx days on
the run between Newcastle and Homo
| lulu. When the Cleaner saw the J. b.
| Brown, the latter was travelling under
| shortened sail on account of the leak,
and this accounts for the report made
| by the Cleaner that the vessel was dis
masted.
"7 Bells" for Captain Buford.
| An interesting ceremony took place
yesterday morning on the transport
| Thomas at seven BELLS by ships
| time, and 1880 by the land lubber,s
watch. The occasion was the presenta-
| ton of a handsome silver service to
Capt. M. B. Buford, the popular com
mander of the Thomas, which arrived
yesterday morning from San Francis
co, en- route to Manila, by the officers
and engineers of the vessel. For sew
eral weeks the donors had planned to
surprise Captain Buford with a token
of their honest regard aad high esteem
for their superior officer, and managed
! to keep the event quiet until yester-
day forenoon 1t was deemed better to
present the service at Honolulu, en-
route on the voyage, than at San
Francisco while tied up at the dock
1t was decided that yesterday forenoon
at 1850 was just the time to present
| the token, as the handsome tray is in
scribed with ships bell surmounted
by the figure ~" as it is at seven
bells, when the sun goes over the fore
yard"
! Captain Buford was attired in his
| pajamaS when his stateroom door was
| opened. He was astonished to find the
entire company of officers and engi-
neers standing in front of it. Mutiny,
| demands and all sorts of suggestions
came to the captains mind, but these
We're dispersed when First officer
James Murray stepped forward and
presented to the captain a service con-
sisting of the following pieces. on a
wooden tray with a silver railing
around it. Near the center is a gold
ships bell in relief, surmounted by ~
one dozen cut-glass goblets; one dozen
cut-glass cocktail glasses; ut-glass
| ice holder with tongs, and a MIXING
spoon mounted in silver; two silver
mounted deeanters, sugar bowl, lemon
juice holder, syrup jug, bitters holder,
cut-glass dish for sandwiches. glass
shoppers mounted in silver; everything
appropriately engraved with the cap
| tain's monogram. The service came
from Shreve's.
| Mr.. Murray made neat speech COM
plimenting the captain for the manner
| in which he had made all the men on
| the ship his fast friends. The captain
was greatly surprised, and asked for
time to put on a coat over his pajama
costume before replying. He thanked
the officers for their kindness, and was
almost at a loss to respond in words.
! Those who were responsible for the
presentation were Chief Officer ]. A.
Murray, Second Officer Randall, Third
! Officer Larsen, Fourth Officer Chrispin,
Fifth officer Bane, Sixth Officer Stan
| ford, Chief Engineer A. G. Rose, First
Assistant Dempster. Second Assistants
MAR and Kreher. Third Officers Den
| ton, Stephens and Reagan, and Dr. G.
F. Juenemann.
| Captain Buford is a graduate of An
napolis Naval Academy, and formerly
was a commander In the navy. He re-
signed and went into private business.
When the Spanish war broke out he
was in command of a gunboat, later
succeeding to the command of the
| transport Thomas. He is considered
one of the most popular men in the
| transport service.
Carleton to Bring Coal.
The American ship S. D. Carleton
Captain Amesbury, arrived at Tacoma
July 81. in tow, having arrived there
from Honolulu, via San Francisco
twenty days out from that city to Ia
coma Captain Amesbury reports hav-
ing spoken the ship C. F. Sargent
Captain Melville, en- route from Homo
lulu to Tacoma direct, about 200 miles
southeast of Cape Flattery on July 16.
Nothing has been heard from the Sar-
gent although the Carleton expected
to find her In port.
The S. D. Carleton left Tacoma on
March q with a cargo of Roslyn coal
for the Islands, and was sixteen DAYS
out to Honolulu. After discharging her
coal she reloaded with sugar for San
Francisco, making the voyage in nine
teen days. She left San Francisco on
June 20 with the barometer very low
and encountered a heavy west-north-
west blow outside. She sighted, the
cape with Gains and light winds, and
waited three days for a tug to bring
her in. The Carleton was anchored in
the Tacoma stream to put out ballast
She will reload with coal for the ISL
ands.
A Wonderful Wooden Shoe.
One of the few relics saved from
the bark Empire, which burned to the
waters edge and sank off Mahukona,
is a shoe wonderfully made by one of
the sailors during the voyage from
Sydney to Hawaii. The shoe is now
the property of Frank Woodbridge of
this city, to whom it was pres nted.
The shoe consists of a wooden sole
made with a jackknife, and would fit
the foot OF a man who ordinarily
wears about a number IL or r. The
sole is all in one piece, with heel The
back portion of the shoe proper is
constructed of heavy leather as un-
bending as iron. The maker of the
shoe intended it to be summer shoe,
or canvass affair. The upper Is COM
posed entirely Of the heaviest sail cloth
with eyeholes for lacing. It is a curfos-
ity, and has additional value because
Of its associations with the Inflated
bark IT has never been worn. and