The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-04
HONGKONG MARU FROM THE ORIENT.


I1ONGKONG NIARU FROM THE ORIENT.
The Hongkong evening She
cooked at the Bishop wharf shortly eight o'clock The Mau had
good weather to within three days Honolulu head
winds that held her back The Maru brought GA freight and
2o7 japanese for this She today San Fran
cisco.
There quite number prominent people the Naru w.
H. Avery Agent at San Francisco for the Toyo isen Ka
returning with his wife from visit the Orient 1t D. Beure
returning United States naval officer s. Conrow
OF Philippine province He going the States with his wife for
vacation Henry Genne the United Geodet Survey
and returning Washington Manila Miss Gleason
and Miss Adelaide Lewis Francisco girls who have been
ing the Orient K Hyanla Honolulu merchant
ing hone Tom Mckay the Oriental agent the Overland and
going to San Francisco He well known Honolulu Mci
ams has been representing the Togo Kisen kasha Yokohama
H. Moore an East Indian oil A l. Munger Denver banker
returning from vacation w Onead government employ
San Francisco labor leader who been preaching unonism
Manila He will stop Honolulu for two weeks to study the
situation here Professor Os old Princeton professor who
Parazed while III the Orient and returning home IN OF nurse
he taught Greek in Princeton for twenty-five
Harry Sculn will he remembered the St Louis who
shot on his outward journey He returning with
Geo n Armstrong from trip around the world Stewart is
Ohio lawyer and C. Travis Portland nsed oil H E Wolf
lis commissioner of Chinese returning America for
vacation w NJ Wood Nagaaki will the
trip the Maru.
MAY DELAY PEARL HARBOR WORK
station received of the prob
able designation of Naval Commission visit Hawaii and make recon-
mendations TO the need of improvements at Pearl Habor
That only polite OF saying that appropriation will be
made for the naval station said naval officer yesterday All that
is needed now is the money to do the work
Whenever you hear that the Navy Department
mission you may nothing cheapest
possible spend and jolly the people
There have already been several commissions visit Pearl
arhor and nearly every of prominence
the islands, the Pearl Harbo
naval Also there plans file for all the work which
presumably approved time by the Navy Department.
is difficult understand the need of another commission
The plans file Washington call for expenditure of five
million dollars they approved by naval officers of prom
Evans Admiral Merry other officers
said have made recommendations favorable the building of the
naval station
THE IRWIN ON FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO Aug IoThe brig w. G. Irwin hence August
Roche bor returned this harbor today fire. Captain
Cathey that August 18TH at he discovered smoke
coming through the cabin floor After searching the hold fire
the forward hatch The matches battened down all night
and the following removed discovered that
the lime slack fire. The vessels bottom and sides
burning and Capt Cahey ordered the boats made ready and
provsion and they owed of the burning vessel
evening of the fifty of giant powder
the hold and thrown overheard and the vessels
this city The Irwin picked off the heads by the
towed into the harbor and locked at Me wharf
reached the bay the flames through the decks
ROUGH RIDER NOW A LOCAL SURGEON.
DR. who Honolulu recently assist
ant surgeon Hospital member OF Roose
James although the regular of the Cavalry of which
Lieutenant Colonel acted such during the exciting
pa;en Santiago Later he regularly appointed surgeon
in the and the close of the Cuba he
the Philippines egning only short time He then entered
the Hospital service and assigned duty in Hawaii
| NO NEWS OF IMMIGRATION STATION.
DR. Cofer regarding the
work projected Quarantine Station The probabilities that
of Dr. Cofer did reach Surgeon General
The work will hardly be lnauSuated much before
ninety days
| TRANSPORT THOMAS WILL BRING MAIL.
transport Thomas which sailed September for Manila
via Honolulu bring days mail Captain Mex Williamson
advces of her sailing other than the contained in
the published Associated Press dispatch
THE FRYE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
The William P. Frye which sailed from Norfolk Va
Ekne NJ Phelps also with cargo coal has
already reached San Francisco