The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
BOUT o'clock last evening a re


"a mort spread through the town
that the Oceanic steamship ven
,,ra was sighted off Waimanalo by
.be time the steamer was expected 10
,,ol,a her nose around Diamond Head
shere were crowds of people assem-
h,ed on the wharves along the water
front to see the boat come IN.
Much wonder was expressed thal
tba Ventura should have come down
from the Coast in such splendid tiine'
Everybody knew she was not suppos-
, cd 10 have sailed from san Francesca
until the evening of the l'th instant
and when they figured out that she
must have made the voyage IN h'e
DAVIS or less q great deal OF surprise
was shown. ,.,,,
After the steamer had got within
range of the vision of the lookout al
Diamond Head however, ana IL pe-
came known generally that 1t was not
the Ventura after ALL but long lo"'
black-hulled steamer with only one
smokestack," as the lookout descrloeu
her. peoples expectancy changed 70
curiosity as to what the vessel couiu
be
When the pilot and the doctor re.
turned from the steamer, after she hau
q5ropped her anchor outside of the mar
~ and renorted her to be the Cen
tannial from Seattle, the crowds uiS-
persed to their homes and voted them-
selves disappointed,
When an Advertiser reporter poaru-
cd the Centennial outside of the mar
nor last night he was met by captain
anderson who expressed his regret at
having been taken for the Ventura. lie
yas sorry to have disappointed the
people of Honolulu.
The Centennial sailed from Seattle on
the 10Th instant and experienced d
n,easant passage to port. She brings
J 30 tons of general merchandise con-
slrned to Alexander and Baldwin ana
win come into the harbor this morn
tnE and dock.
There are several passengers on the
Centennial for Honolulu, about ten IN
number. Among them are f, w. Jones
II. p. Newton, Harry HaGlen and y
Oldstein.
CAPTAIN Anderson, ever anxious to
obliee and do a good turn, requested
the ships steward to write out a list
OF the passengers on the vessel for the
Advertiser reporter. The steward went
90 his cabin to consult his papers and,
Just aS the reporter was getting over
the rail to return to the launch hur-
RED to the side and presented him
with what he thought was a list of the
passengers. II was dark on deck, too
dark to read and so the paper remain
ed a passenger list until referred to,
when It was found to be an account of
beer delivered to Captain Anderson by
the steward during the voyage down
from the Coast, as follows: April Is.
two quarts; April IA, two quarts; April
16, two quarts: April is, two quarts
April co. two quarts and April %, two
quarts. The steward had evidently
handed the reporter the wrong paper.
Chief Engineer Jones of the Centen-
NAL win bring gladness to the hearts
of the engineers of the inter-Tsland
steamship fleets, for he will receive on
the Ventura the charter for the estab-
lishment in Honolulu Of a lodge of the
Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa-
ton.
II viii be remembered that when the
Centennial was in this port last, Jones
got the local engineers together, and
the matter OF organizing was thor
oughly discussed and planned, Jones
being asked to arrange matters with
the National Association on the Main
land