The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-29
American Re- ister for Barkentine Hawaii Gaelic Comes
and Goes--Searching for Condor--Ship
Roanokes Close CALL

/ the big four-masted bark ready for sea,
and the insurance companies will Rave
to foot bill for repairs for about $4,000.
| The Roanoke has attracted much at
tentfon since arrival here.
| Gaelic En- Route.
| After a fine trip, the Gaelic arrived
from San Francisco early yesterday
i morning with mail and five days later
/ news. There We're no passengers for
Honolulu and only a few going through.
Among the passengers en- route for the
Orient, We're Colonel c. Kitchener,
brother of the famous British general;
H. l.. Van Wrinkle. who is going to Ma
Mia to establish business agencies; ]. I.
Mexican and S. K. Werlich, representa-
tives of the Standard Oil Company; l.. J.
Clayburgh a seaman, and five mission
aries with their families, going to Japan
and China.
Chief Steward w. G. Thompson on this
trip began his seventy-eighth round trip
on the steamer. He has been on the well
known liner ever since she came out
from the Atlantic, always in the commits
sary department, and for the last seven
years has been chief steward. In point
of service on the line he is exceeded only
by Chief Engineer Allen and Steerage
Steward Rose, both of the Doric, and has
a world wide acquaintance and popular
ity.
The Gaelic sailed at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Just as she was getting I'M
der way two passengers appeared on the
Pacific Mail wharf. A boat was handy
on thax o,rft n tho
succeeding in boarding her in the nick
of time.
Tracing Condor.
VICTORIA, B. c., January 2O.-On Sat
urday orders were cabled from the Brit
ish Admiralty in London to the officer
comma ding the naval station at Esqul-
malt to dispatch the cruiser Phaeton ;rn-
mediately to search between here and
Honolulu for the missing s!oop of war
Condor. At the same Tina the Egeria,
which is undergoing repairs, was ordered
to be held in readiness to sail at mo-
ment's notice on the some quest Ac-
cordingly the Phaeton sailed at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon, and work on the
Egeria has been suspended, and she is
gines have recently been overhauled, and
she made trial run this morning in the
Straits of Juan de Fuca.
The Phaeton will lie about the entrance
of the straits tonight near Cape Flattery,
so as to intercept the Moana, which Is
due from Honolulu tomorrow, so as to
obtain any possible news of the missing
ship which the Australian liner may
have picked up en- route. The Moana
will have news from Honolulu up to jan
uary 15th-forty-two days after the Con-
dor sailed from here-and if the warship
had not arrived before that date there is
little doubt but that she has foundered.
A Rough Trip.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 21.-Tem-
pestuous weather was encountered by
the bark Kaiulani, which has reached
port, IS days from Honolulu. with seven
passengers and cargo of freight con-
sisting principally Of 27,4T bags of sugar
and $40 bags Of coffee. The passengers
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Brinley, Mrs. Som
ers, Mr. Van Eeuvan, Mr.. Van Arms
maIdt, Mr. Opitz and Mr.. Shore. Cap
tain Dabel reported that on January 9th
and 10th, in latitude 80 degrees "A minutes
north, longitude 147 degrees so minutes
west, strong gale blew from the south |
west, with high sea and terrific squalls, !
and that the wind suddenly shifted to !
the northwest, with squalls. For a time !
the kaiulani was in company with the /
barkentine W II. Dimond
Hope for the Condor.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 17.-There is ;
still no news of the missing Condor and ]
while there is much alarm concerning !
her safety the naval officials are still |
hopeful that the next advices from Ho- |
nolulu by the liner Moana will either