The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-08
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freight and g. passengers for Honolu-
IN. the through list is a good sized one
trip TO the Coast and among other well
known residents of Hawaii who were
aboard the steamer We're: DR.. C. B.
Wood. Mrs J. A. NJ. Johnson and child,
W. Marston Campbell, B. r. Banning,
DR.. and Mrs. P. F. Frear, ST. C.
Sayres.
Mrs. z. T. Carl of Los Angeles, with
child and nurse, arrived on a visit.
Going to the Colonies is Charles SOM
mers mining capitalist and man
prominent in the affairs of Australia.
The Ventura departs for Sydney via
Page Page, at noon.
o. S. S. IRIS TO GUAM.
Captain Lyon, commandant of the
local naval station, has received or
ders from the Navy Department to
ship an extra wireless mast from Ho-
nolulu to Guam by the o. S. s. Iris.
The Iris left Mare Island for here on
August 80 with a water-b barge in tow,
which is likely to be stationed here.
Aboard the Iris are stores for the
Marine guard at Midway. They will
be transported thither by the u. S. S.
Iroquois which may leave for Midway
early next week.
ALDEN BESSIE SOLD.
The bark Alden Besse which has for
years been engaged in the local sugar
trade, has been sold to a Japanese
firm for a sum said to be close to
$4,000. The bark will leave the Sound
shortly with cargo of fish for Japan.
The Alden Besse is considered by local
waterfronters to have been sold re-
cheaply.
A NEW LINER.
It is reported that the Togo Kisen
Kaisha's new $4,000 tons liner now be-
ing built in Nagasaki, will be the best
equipped steamship on the Pacific.
Wireless paraphernalia will be in
stalled aboard and all the most modern
conveniences for the amusement and
comfort of passengers will be provided
The America Maru leaves Yokohama
for San Francisco on the 18th inst.
KOREA WON'T CALL.
Yesterday morning H. HackfeId &
Co. received a cable from San Fran
cisco to the effect that the S. S. Korea
will cut out Honolulu on her next
homeward trip. Secretary of War Taft
and party will be passengers aboard
the big liner.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The s. s. Ventura took on 1000 tons
of coal here.
The S. s. Nevadan departed for Ka-
hului yesterday afternoon.
The steamer Niihau leaves for Koloa
and EIeele this afternoon at o'clock.
The American bark George Curtis
reached San Francisco on Wednesday.
The bark Olympic sailed from San
Francisco for Honolulu on the Both
ult.
Captain John de Winter, well known
here. passed away recently in New
York.
The tug Fearless returned from tow
ing the American bark Sea King to
last night.
The transport Buford was to have
sailed for Manila on the 5th inst. with
troops and all the cabin passengers
that can be carried.
Purser Bucknam of the s. S. Ven
tura has been granted indefinite leave
Of absence. ]. E. Short, formerly pur-
ser of the s. s. Mariposa, succeeds him
1t is said that Mitsui Co, well
known japanese firm, will establish a
freight line between Yokohama and
Puget Sound in opposition to the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha.
While a fiat car was being laden on
the steamer Stanley Dollar at Seattle,
the lifting gear broke loose, tearing
down the main hatch and killing a
man in the pilot house
The>S. S. Ventura was the first of
the Australian liners to carry large
quantity Of coast products to the
South Seas this year. The shipment
included canned salmon from Alaska
and canned fruit from Californian or
chards
The brig Ga1ilee. leaving San Diego
ten days ago on a scientific expedition
TO Honolulu for a magnetic survey Of
the Pacific. was the scene of a lively
fight while at the dock in San Diego.
The mate. William Canty, was set up
on by six members of his disgruntled
crew and he whipped them all. Later
they returned with a revolver. and
Canty produced a rife and shot one of
the men, c. J. Winters. in the leg, aft
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