The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-04

Railroad Steamship line, Oregon Rail-
road and Navigation Company, Pacific
Steam Navigation Company, Compania
Sud-Americana de Vapores, Kosmos
line American Hawaiian line Pacific
Improvement Company, Progreso
Steamship Company, Oregon Coal and
Navigation Company, Southern Pacific
Company, Robert Dollar and Charles
Nelson.
r. p. Sehwerin presided at the meet
ing and F. F. Connor was chosen Sec
rotary.
The meeting adopted as a name for
! the organization The Steamship
Mana gers Association of San Francis
CO." 1t is expected that all of the
other companies and owners of ocean
going steam vessels will identify them
selves with the association.
| Narrowly Escaped Waterspout.
| VICTORIA, B. c., April 27.-The seal
ing schooner Enterprise arrived last
night with her flag half masted, she
being the first of the fleet to return.
! She had only 1873 skins, and reports that
the season has been a bad one the
! weather being too bad to allow of many
coverings
| While in brakes Bay, two of her
hunters, Leonard Burr Of Buffalo, and
Frank Irvine of Victoria were drown
| ed, and William Holmberg died when
off@Flattery
| On the goth instant the schooner mar
rowly escaped destruction by a water
spout, which was the first seen, three
miles to the leeward, and broke quite
close to the vessel. Three schooners
were spoken, all with low catches.
| A Change in Plans.
| In consequence of advices received
| from General Macarthur in the Philip
pines, stating that no more men or
animals were needed in the islands,
| the transport officials will not send the
big steamer Samoa to Manila with
horses, as was intended The Samoa
will therefore carry only freight, and
lis expected to carry 5000 or 10000 tons.
The date of her departure from San
Francisco has not been fixed
The transport Sheridan, now out
twelve days from Manila on the way
(, to San Francisco, is scheduled to sail
from the coast on June 1st. The Law
ton, to sail before that time, will call
at both Honolulu and Guam.
| Solace Sails for Manila.
The Hawaiian band and . large
crowd of people were on the navy
wharf when the Solace sailed for Ma
Inila, via Guam, yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock.
| While the Solace was in port several
men deserted from the vessel. Only a
few of the fourteen who preferred to
stay in Hawaii rather than continue
on the Solace were captured.
The Claudine Arrives.
Wilders steamer Claudine Captain
Parker, arrived from Maui and Hawaii
ports at 4 O'Clock yesterday morning
with 5000 sacks of sugar. 1872 sacks OF
Icorn, lightweight sacks of taro. TWEEN
ity-three sacks of rice, ninety-eight
hogs and ninety-eight packages OF
lsundries.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the Claud-
inc will sail for Lahaina, Kahului
Kaenae Nahiku, Hama, Hamoa, Kipa-
hulu with mail and passengers only
lPaahau and Kukaiau.
The following people arrived on the
steamer: J. NJ. Dowsett, wife and
three children, Rev o. P. Emerson
Ivan, A. H. Wagner, NJ. D. Monsar
raft, G. ]. Morse, A. F. r. Jackson, A
Newhouse, T. Boisselies, E. Estopp, A
WE'LL, G. Barker and wife and two
, children and servant, Mrs. Pa Mrs. L
Self, Rev. D. Kaai, w. Kaai, Mrs. K
Kaaua and child, Rev. L. K. Kakani
wife and three children, Mrs. Jardim
Miss Jardim, Mrs. F. Fernandez, C
Bolte, E. J. Cation, F. e. Richardson
John Richardson and thirty-two decl
passengers.
New York Limps Home.
/ QUEENSTOWN, April 26.-The Gun
2 ard liner Campania, Captain Walker
/ from New York April 10, which arrive
e here today, reported having passed tn
E American liner New York, Capital
/ Roberts, from Southampton, April 20tt
4 at noon, Wednesday, in latitude So de