The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-06

and offered the disabled ship provisions,
which were declined. From the time of
the dismasting of the Rickmers until
Bolinas Point was sighted, the ship
averaged about sixty miles day, the
best days run being 1856 miles.
The Willy RickmerS was built in Ger
many in 1895, and is four masted steel
bark, with a length of 279 feet,
breadth of ALL feet and a depth of 24.5
feet.
Captain Merry Comes Next Month
Captain Merry. who has been in
| charge of the naval work at Guam
for many weeks. has probably, by this
time, arrived in san Francisco
] Arthur L. Merry, commandments
clerk at the naval station, his nephew,
received a letter from the Captain by
| the last mail, dated March 10, at Guam,
TO the effect that the Captain would
sail on the Brutus for Manila in day
| or two Captain Pond also received
] a letter from Captain Merry, dated as
labove.
A letter, dated April 9Th, from Ma
Mia has been received in this city by
a friend of Captain Merry, from the
lCaptain, to. the effect that he had had
/, a pleasant voyage from Guam to that
| port, and that he expected to sail for
| San Francisco on the next transport
leaving the Philippines. 1t is probable
| that Captain Merry is now In San
Francisco and it is expected that he
will arrive here the latter part of next
month.
Upon the arrival of Captain Merry
here Captain Pond viii take the tug
Iroquois out on her projected cruise
Iamong the islands of the Pacific. Some
time this week the tug goes on the
Of
general overhaulng. 1t is some time
since she has received any attention
land it is anticipated that u wealth of
barnacles is awaiting harvest on her
bottom.
Inter-IsIand Steamers Arrive.
At the usual early hour yesterday
morning several steamers arrived from
the other Islands.
The w c. Hall came from Nawili-
fwili with 5000 bags of sugar, 60 bags
of rice, $50 sheep, q bags of taro, and
IS packages of sundries.
She brought the following .passen-
gers: c. Bellina, H. p. Baldwin, S.
Wilcox, Mr.. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Bush, H. Kapu, Miss G. Farmer,
Mrs. McKeague, w. Fernandez, G. E.
Morgan, Mrs. Sayama, Chin Chock, A.
Hoet, Zoller, Grove, Jaeger, Kigby,
Huggan, Mrs. Boyd, children and ser
want; Mr.. Lindsay and wife, ana sixty
Height deck passengers. 50 o.
| The James Makee arrived from Ka-
paa with load of sugar, but no pas
sengers.
The Re Au Hou arrived from Ho-
nokaa, Maui, with 3,456 bags OF sugar,
and five deck passengers On the ISL
and of Kauai 6S,239 bags of sugar await
shipment.
Arrived on Saturday.
Wilder's steamer Kinau, coming and
going like clockwork, with Captain
| Freeman in command and Purser
Beckley taking the tickets, arrived
from the city of Hilo on Saturday,
, frought 80 head of cattle, cows, 2
calves, II cords of wood, lao pigs, So
bags of taro, so bags of corn, 81 bags
of coffee. and 240 packages of sundries.
The following passengers arrived on
the popular vessel: John Wand, c.
mer o. Woods, Theodore Wolff, a.
Fernandes, Mrs. B. c. Finley, Mrs. D.
! e. Neuman, r. Haroxhunt Jr, Mrs.
Kluegel, Miss Kluegel, d. Lawrence,
Miss A., r. Coats, A. A. Brymer, H.
! l.. Achiils, N E. Lemon, Mrs. Kaiwi
G. Nakamura. M Campbell and son,
John Kahuena, Mrs. H. Fernapdes, A.
B. Loebenstein, Mrs. w Lidgate Miss
j. Blizzard. A. p Ryan, L. A de Ia
Nux, Miss A. Richard, Mrs. w. H.
Richard and three children, L, Achln,
Y. Alum, George Bell, S. Parker Jr.,
r. III. Long, Mrs. j. o. Spencer and
child, j. F. Woods and wife. H F.
Walker, Norman Kay, J. F. Fenwick,
Rev. c. A. Austin, Rev S. Kond J. J.
Hogan. c. Akona, Con Look, A. Schier-
hots, Rev. H. c. Brum and wife, J.
c. Cook, w. H. Cornwell, D. K. Ka-
haulelio, w Grapp, George Haggart
and wife, l.. Handler and wife, James
E. Weir and wife, J. B. Harrison. c. A.
de Cew T. E. Hobbs, w. Booth, M
| Silva, w. Berlowitz, and eighty-seyen
deck passengers.
| The steamer Iwalani arrived from
kukuihaele with Mrs. H. Wicks and
three deck passengers. The Waialeale
arrived from Anahola with Mrs. S. c.
| Bertelmann and Miss B. BerteImann
the only passengers.
Comm odore Beckley's Birthday.
| Commodore George c. BeckIey. the
lgenial and popular purser of WiIder-s
steamer Kinau, the flagship OF the
fleet, has attained the age of fifty-two
years. While the vessel was in HiIo
her officers Toasted the Commodore
aboard in right royal style. Many OF
the best known people of the Big Isl
and were present at the festivities
| Last night, at Beckley's delightful
residence, Aqua Marina, under the
brow of Diamond Head, magnificent
luau was given in celebration of the
Commodore's fifty-second anniversary.
The Commodore entertained a host of
his friends in a manner which they
will never forget. Speeches were made,
and Mr.. Beckley responded in his usual
eloquent manner.
Nearly Missed the Coptlc.
/. Three through passengers to the
Coast by the Coptic came very nearly
being left behind when that vessel de-
: parted hence for San Francisco on
Saturday morning They had been
| ashore taking in Honolulus sights
and had evidently paid but little atten-
ton to the warning whistles of fine
liner when she was getting ready to
: go. ~
After the gangway had been taken
ashore and the lines had been cast off
and the ship was getting away from
the wharf the tardy passengers walk.
ed serenely onto the wharf Tbei,
serenity did not long endure. however
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