The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-20
MONGOLIA HAS
BIGGEST LIST

/ over thousand people We're on
/ board the Pacific Mail liner Mongolia
when she entered Honolulu harbor yes
terday noon. Two hundred and forty
| OF them We're cabin passengers. This
| is the largest number of people ever
taken by a passenger steamer out of
the port of San Francisco and Purser
Rennie was kept humping to keep up
with the business. He still has the
smallest office of any purser on the
line and it is impossible to enter it
when the geni=I purser is seated in
that swell arm chair that occupies all
the available space in the little cubby
hole which is assigned to the most
important Office of the biggest liner on
the Pacific. The attention of the high
officials of the line has been called to
the defect in the vessels construction
but nothing has been done as yet and
Rennie still has to stay out in the pas
sage way for a couple OF hours after
dinner
The passage was made under the
most favora BILE conditions and the big
liner was off port at $3.50 a. m. The
big list Of passengers however, made
and the steamer did not tie up at the
Naval dock until 1910 p. m. Captain
Porter is in command, having been ap-
pointed to the position permanently. a.
Dixon, the new first officer was form
erly with the Northern Pacific steam
ers. Ernest Ludwig, the noted chef.
who will superintend the cuisine of the
Pacific Mail boats makes his first trip
he T. ~ m civ "a
suggestions to the stewards and cooks
of the various liners in turn and help
make the cuisine of the Pacific Mail
famous. 1t is said that the dishes pre-
pared under his direction on this voy-
age We're "out of sight, This is the
first time that this system has been
adopted on the Pacific.
Among the passengers for Honolulu
was the wife and two daughters of
Mr.. George Castle; Mr. A. F. Along,
returning from Harvard where he has
finished his postgraduate law course;
Mrs. E. A. Douthitt, wife of Attorney
Douthitt; Mrs ]. f. Humberg. wife of
j. F. Humberg of II. Hackfeld & Co.;
Miss Kate Kelley, better known as
Governor Kate Mrs Geo. Kimball
and daughter. Helen, mother and sis
Co.. coming out for a visit; DR.. J. >.
Mcdonald. partner of DIR. Cooper; Gus
Schuman, the carriage man.. and Mrs.
H. F. Wichman and two children, re-
turning from a tour abroad.
Among the through passengers was
Major General Corbin and wife. Cen
eral Corbin is on his way to take COM
mand of the forces in the Philippines.
He is accompanied by his aide-de-
camp Capt. J. A. Moss
Lieut. Col. VIM. Johnson, C. B. v. c.,
is an English tourist on tour of the
world
Mrs. Hugh Rodman is well known |
here as the wife of Captain Rodman, |
who was Captain Niblack's predeces- [
sor.
Mr. D. II. Durham is the architect |
of Beautiful San Francisco fame and I
is going out to make plans for the new
Philippine capital
Mrs. A. M. Gade of New Rochelle,
N. Y, is en- route to the Orient with 4
a party of friends, she has been a Win !.
ter visitor in Honolulu.
Bishop Williams of the Episcopal :,
church returns to his field in Japan.
Marshall P. Wilder who is making
tour of the world for a syndicate of
papers was a passenger. He is ac-
by his wife.
Major j. O. Hutchinson and a Ray
nond and Whitcomb party was to have
stopped at the Young Hotel last night
nut the steamer wouldn't wait.
The Mongolia sailed a little before
tx last night after coaling. She
rought little freight here and took
ONE away Her through cargo a
counts to nearly ten thousand tons.