The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-16

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With the. crimson flag bearing the /
white cross. the emblem of the navy OF /
the american Board of Commissioners |
of Foreign Missions, the missionary |
yesterday morning from the Caroline
and Gilbert Islands. bringing news of
the great hurricane that destroyed some
of the mission stations in those islands
last April Captain Garland says that
the storm broke on April 10 and lasted
that day and most of the night fol-
lowing. Practically all the eastern
Carolines were devastated by the
storm. Every building in the extensive
| mission establishments of the Ameri-
can Board save one was levelled to the
ground. All the native houses and
| huts in the islands visited by the
storm were wrecked and the cocoanut
crop and other food supplies are total
| losses
| Nineteen natives throughout the is
lands were killed in the storm. Pc
nape the seat of the German govern
ment of the group, suffered terribly.
| The government schooner Ponape and
/ the schooner Diana were driven ashore.
/ The Morning Star was nearly wrecked
three times once being on the shore,
| but she had steam up and Captain
| Garland managed to keep her afioat
The Morning Star is the latest of
long line of missionary packets of that
name and has an interesting history.
| She was tender to the American cup
| defender Reliance two years ago when
that yacht raced the Shamrock III. Her
next service was as a fruit boat in the
| West Indian trade. Last year she was
| bought by the Board and sent to the
| Carolines and Gilbert Islands by way
of the Suez Canal. While here she will
repair and take on supplies for the
mission stations. Captain Garland is
an old Honolulan, having been assist
ant to Harbormaster Fuller before an
nexation. Rev. I. M. Channon and
family came as passengers. They will
| spend their vacation in Oberlin, Ohio.
TO DIVIDE THE SERVICE
| 1t is probable that the recent dis
patch stating that the American-Ha-
waiian Steamship Company had receiv-
ed the Tehauntepec national transport
| contract means that the company'S
service between Hawaii and New York
| will go via that route. The Tehaun-
tepec railroad is the property of the
Mexican government and by it's use the
company could divide it's steamship
service, having boats running to the
terminals of the line on both the At
| lantic and Pacific sides. This would
Isave the long voyage around the Horn
and though it would mean two trans
fers of cargo would be a great saving
in time and expense. The company
could handle more sugar, and it is
probable that, this fact would tend to
; drive out a few more of the vessels
of the sailing sugar fleet, already sore
ly depleted by the competition of the
big steam freighters.
| SHIPPING NOTES.
The steamer Ke Au Hou arrived from
Kauai ports at a. m. yesterday with
1852 bags of sugar.
| The steamer Likelike arrived from
Maui and Molokai ports with number
of passengers yesterday morning
The British bark Landskrona which
brought coal here from Newcastle SAIL
ed for Port Townsend yesterday at IL
a. m. She goes up in ballast.
c. L. Wight went on the Manchuria
for a three months vacation in the
Orient While there he may try to
sell some of the Inter-Island company's
superf1uous wooden steamers.
Frederick Josephson, chief master
alarms of the U. S. S. Iroquois has
been promoted to the grade of mate
This makes him a warrant officer and
the appointment is for life. A fine
record for twenty-five years in the
navy earned him the promotion.
Inspector of Hulls and Boilers Bir-
mingham inspected the steamship STAN
ley Dollar yesterday morning and gave
her license to carry passengers. 1t
is probable that this license cost the
owners more than any other license