The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-15
NEWS OF THE WATERFRONT
Seven Vessels In
From the
Coast.

~ URING Saturday and Sunday
seven vessels arrived at this
port from the Coast. OF this
number four came in on Saturday, the
others arriving yesterday.
Three of Saturdays arrivals were
steamships, two passenger boats and
a United States transport.
The Mariposa, the Mfowera and the
Fitzpatrick lay off the harbor when
daylight came. The Mariposa came
from San Francisco with passengers
and freight for this port. She sailed
from Frisco on the 9th instant, about
8 o'clock in the afternoon. making the
run in days, IA hours and Is min
utes She returns to the Coast on
Wednesday.
The Miowera came from Vancouver
and Victoria. She had many passen-
gers most of whom were for austria
liza She sailed from Vancouver on the
5th instant at 10:40 a. m. and Victoria
at 9:35 p. m. on the same day. She
passed the Aorangi on the 18th.
Promptly at noon on the 5th instant
the Fitzpatrick sailed from the wharf at
San Francisco for Manila, via this
port On board are officers and 31S
men, constituting the field staff, head
quarters and band Of the Eleventh In
fantry; l officer and 81 men, compris-
ing Troop G of the Fifteenth Cavalry;
officers and I'll men of the First In
fantry, 2 officers and $50 men OF the
Tenth Infantry, army surgeons,
men of the Hospital Corps, 1 army
aor t rnQlo civilians % fpn12la
civilians, IA children, and $40 tons of
freight Among the passengers are:
Mrs. Zauner. wife Of Surgeon r. H.
Zauner. and three children; Mrs. Pot
ter, wife of Chaplain ]. A. Potter;
Mrs Whitney. wife of Major Whitney
of Victor Emden, clerk; Mrs. Peed,
wife of Captain II. A Peed; Mrs.
Jones, wife of Lieutenant e. Nj. Jones;
Mrs. Clifford. wife OF &. u. Clifford,
clerk; Mrs. Franklin, wife. of Captain
T. Franklin, child and sister; Mrs,
Melwick. wife of Captain E. A. Mel
Bernhard, wife of Chaplain Charles
Bernhardt of the Tenth Infantry; Mrs.
Long, wife of Sergeant Long of Com
pany A of the Tenth Infantry; Mrs.
Jackson. wife of Captain 7. Z. Jack
son, assistant surgeon; Mrs Goldman,
wife of Captain ]. II. Goldman of the
Thirty second Infantry, and two child
rem; Mrs. Otis. wife of Lieutenant F.
F. Otis, and three children; Miss Es-
telle Hine and Miss Edith Richmond,
contract nurses.
During the voyage from the Coast
smallpox broke out among the soldiers
aboard. The transport now lies out
side of the harbor in quarantine, and
will not be permitted to enter The
smallpox patients have been removed
to the quarantine station, and the YES
sci will be fumigated before proceed
ing to Manila.
The American barkentine Klikitat
also arrived on Saturday. She is from
the Sound with lumber. Captain cut
ter is her commander.
The three vessels which arrived yes
terday were the American ship S. d.
Carleton, Captain Amesbury, eighteen
days from Tacoma with coal: the Am
erican schooner Jessie Minor, Captain
Whitney, seventeen days from Eureka,
and the American bark Diamond Head,
sixteen days from San Francisco.
May Compete With America.
An English shipbuilding company is
reported to have purchased Petty's ISL
and, one-half mile from Cramps ship
yard, with the object of establishing
one of the largest shipbuilding plants
in the world. The island embraces
about 300 acres, and has long been re-
garded as an ideal spot for a ship
building plant Charles B. Stricken, of
New York, who is said to represent
Vickers, Son e. Maxim, was the pur-
chaser.
Turkish Transport Wrecked
The Turkish transport Asian has
been wrecked near Yembo. Twenty
soldiers were drowned