The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-03

r. ARLY yesterday morning the Oc-
cidental and Oriental steamship
u Doric arrived from San Francisco
with five days later news and
mail. She sailed for the Orient in the
evening about o'clock.
She had no lay-over passengers for
this port, and a very light passenger
list for the Orient. 1t is said that, ow-
ing to the smallpox having been on the
vessel over forty-five people who had
booked for the Orient at San Francisco
became frightened and cancelled their
passage.
The following is a list of those who
passed through on the Doric: DR.. E.
F. Fenollosa, Mrs. E. f. Fenollosa, Dr.
A. Fuehr, S. Takahashi, Hugh Tevis.
Mrs. Hugh Tevis and servant. For
Kobe DR.. w. Hohmeyer, Mr.. b. w.
Pettee For Shanghai, l.. W. Pierce,
Mrs L. W. Pierce and two children, w.
H. Sears, Mrs. w. H. Sears and two
children, Mrs. F. C. Saw, Miss E.
Won Gunter, A H Zellers. For Hong
kong, Mrs T. Metcalfe, J. r. Nelson,
T. Royden, Mrs. Alice Simpson j. D.
Stevenson, Captain S. B. Thompson.
Will Come to Honolulu.
The Pacific NAH steamer Colon, Cap
tain Mackinnon, arrived at San Fran
cisco on the oath of April, twenty eight
days from Panama, via intermediate
ports of Central America and Mexico.
AS soon as alterations can be made,
the Colon will sail for Port Los An
geles to take on a party OF several hun
bred Porto Rican laborers bound for
Honolulu.
Grant Will Stop Here.
Although much work remains to be
done, says San Francisco paper of
the 18th of April, the transport Grant
is expected to sail at noon today for
Manila, via Honolulu, with number
of recruits and casuals, a few passen-
gers and full cargo of army supplies.
Coal has been pouring into the Grant
on one side and freight in on the other
side the past day or two, all available
hands being needed to prepare the big
transport for the long voyage.
Changes in Transport Service.
Several changes have been made in
the schedule of the army transports on
the Pacific station. Owing to the fact
that the transport Warren will require
extensive repairs, she has been with
drawn from the Philippine service and
orders given to fit her out for the Alas
ka station. The Warren was to have
sailed for Manila in a few days with
recruits and stores. In order to sup
ply her place the transport Grant
originally scheduled to sail from San
| Francisco May LIST, sailed instead on
| the 25th instant with the cargo intend
ed for the Warren.
| Another change involves the trans
| 7 hot sol leo SC, l,r
| withdrawn from the transPacific ser
vice and assigned permanently to the
| inter-island service in the Philippines.
She is now at San Francisco, and will
leave for Manila on May 7th. Neither
| the Grant nor the Lawton, according
to present plans, will take any organ
| lied bodies of troops to the Philippines.
| Secretary Root has announced that all
| of the new regiments are to be sent
| to the Philippines as soon as they get
into proper military condition for the
relief of the regular regiments which
have been in the Philippines FOR two
years or over. 1t is not expected,
however, that this movement, which is
entirely independent Of the movement
/ of volunteers now in progress, will be-
gin for several months. 1t is stated
! at the QuartermaSter Generals office
that ample facilities have been provid-
ed for bringing home before the LIST OF
| July all the voluteer troops in the
Philippines.
The Hawaiian's Injuries.
/ Since the big steamer Hawaiian has
been placed in dry dock at Hunters
Point, San Francisco, it has been found
that serious damage was inflicted when
the vessel ran on a rock in the har-
Dor of Santa Lucia, West Indies, on the
way from New York to San Francisco.
Soon after the Hawaiians arrival,
and while she was lying at Howard
wharf 3, divers We're sent down to ex-
anime the ships bottom and ascertain
the source of the leak that caused
some uneasinegs on the voyage. The
| information was given out by the
steamers officers that the leak was
Slight. After going into dry dock it
was found that the thick plates for
distance of about fourteen feet in
/ length and ten feet in width, had been
| damned in, allowing the sea to enter
the water tanks. Had the injury ex-
tended only a few inches farther aft
| the Hawaiian would have been in a
serious condition, to say the least.
Five new plates and seven new frames
will be necessary to give the hull its
former soundness. The Hawaiian will
be in dry dock for week longer I'M
| dergoing repairs.
Crews for the Sugar Fleet.
| 1t is reported that the boarding
masters will hereafter be chary about
furnishing crews for vessels of the SUI
gar fleet, on account of the DISPOSE
| ton of many of the sailors to leave
the ships at Honolulu and other island
ports, demanding and receiving, under
| the new law, their wages on the trip
down and leaving debts behind them
at San Francisco. Some of the board
| ing men and clothiers are said to have
lost money by this proceeding. Eight
men left the Gerard C. Tobey in Ho-
nolulu, ten quit the Rhoderick Dhu,
five left the Irmgard, four the George
| Curtis, and from three to six left the
Mauna Ala and other sugar vessels.
Large Contract Awarded.
What is said to be the largest con-
tract for sacked coal ever awarded on
| the Pacific Coast has Just been award