The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-28
NEWS OF THE WATERFRONT
.oNIGHT/at 10 o'clock the Oceanic
steamship Zealandia. Captain Dow
dell. will sail for San Francisco.

Temporary schedule may be concerned
with. The present schedule was insti-
ltuted on account of the Mariposa tax
ling the place of the Sonoma for voy-
age to the Colonies. The Mariposa is
lscheduled to sail from the coast on the
SOth instant for Sydney via Honolulu
Page Page and Auckland.
Early yesterday afternoon the Occi-
dental and Oriental steamship Coptic
Captain Kinder, arrived in port from
ISan Francisco, bringing mail and news
of the 18th, 10th and 21st instant, In
elusive. She locked at the Navy wharf
shortly after O'clock. The following
Hay -over passengers for Honolulu ar
rived on the Coptic S. II. Comstock
Consul o. Gumprecht. A. W. Rettig,
Mrs. A. w. Rettig, F. NJ Steele, Mrs.
F. NJ Steele and Miss Bessie Steele.
| The through passengers are as fol-
Ilows: For Yokohama-T. D. Boardman.
| W. o. Bramhall. F. C. Childs, Mrs. F.
&c. Childs, Colonel E. A. Buck, Mrs. A.
E. Buck and two servants, Mrs. j. c..
Edwards, infant and servant, H. Lach-
Ian, F. A. Rapp. For Kobe. w.
Eckman. j. w. Hartman, Mrs. ]. H.
| Kuhule and infant, A Nivens, ]. A.
Ohmert, For Nagasaki-S. H. Com
stock. For Shanghai. w. Mustard,
Mrs. l.. w. Mustard, G. D. Pitzipios,
Mrs. G. D. Pitzipios and son. For
Hong Kong A. Blackmer, w. Dow
Consul 0. Gumprecht, Miss Vera Hill
bert, Miss Josie Hook, A. C. Rowland
w. D. O'Brien, DR.. c. F. McComb, A.
w. Rettig, Mrs. A. w. Rettig, Mr.. See
ley, Commander A. B. Speyers, F. M.
Steele, Mrs. F. NJ. Steele, Miss Bessie
Steele.
The Coptic sails for the Orient at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Island Vessels Sail
Four vessels were cleared from San
Francisco on the 18th instant for the
Hawaiian Islands, two of them sailing.
Captain Parker, late of the bark Alden
Besse, is in command of the barkentine
j. c. Pfiuger. which sailed for Homo
lufu. The brig iGalilee sailed for Ma
hukona, the schooner Mary Dodge
cleared for that port, and the bark
kaiulani cleared for Honolulu.
Lawton to Sail Soon.
The transport Lawton, soon to sail
for the Philippines to remain perma-
nently in the irlter-island service, was
taken from the drydock in San Fran
cisco to Folsom Street wharf the other
day, to be made ready for the trip A
new rudder will be placed on the Law
ton while she is at the wharf
Fifteen days from Honolulu, the
barkentine Planter arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th instant with a
cargo of sugar.
Will Cali at Honolulu.
Captain Voss, of Victoria, and Nor
man Luxton, newspaper man, have
left Vancouver on a trip that is GER
| tain to provide many thrilling expe-
| riences They will cross the Pacific in
| an open boat. If they arrive in Sgd
| ney, Australia, on Christmas day it
will be more than a fulfillment Of the
present expectations.
Voss is an old sea captain. He
claims that the thirty-eight-foot In
dian canoe of cedar will, with careful
navigation, be as safe as On ordinary
| schooner of 300 tons. The canoe is the
! best model that could be purchased
| from the coast Indians. It is nearly
five feet wide at the top. For nearly
| it's whole length the little vessel is
decked in, SO that 1t will be practically
impossible for her to ship any amount
of water. There is a little cabin amid
ships, and altogether the hold of the
boat is so tightly inclOSed with skins
as to be almost water-tight. The boat
has three masts, schooner rugged, and
a double set of sails is carried The
outfit is fully as complete, compare
lively, as that of the largest sailing
ships The main part of the provisions
are slowed away in fore and aft bulk
heads, as are guns and photogra phing
apparatus.
Luxton is crack shot, and they ex-
pect to do a good deal Of hunting
among the South Sea Islands to replen-
ish their larder.
The two carry a sheet-iron stove. and
complete cooking outfit, with coal
as ballast. They will stop at Honolulu
and New Guinea and other islands
Captain Voss is we'll acquainted with
the South Seas, and his experience will
be valuable. They will stay at Sydney
and Melbourne for several weeks, and
will then set sail for Delagoa Bay, in
South Africa, where they will pass
some Ntime. Then they go to England.
exhibit their strange war canoe and
the trophies they will naturally gain
in two years of travel and return
home.
The Return of Volunteers.