The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-26

ting back to Laysan On the eleventh
day Lisiansky island was reached, and
on August Laysan was again reach
ed. There was but a bag Of rice for
provisions remaining On board at that
time. On August II the start was
again made for Honolulu. A young
fellow, Mage, son of the engineer of
Kahuku plantation is a passenger from
Laysan. Captain Harris is in COM
mand. king Schlemmer remained
behind this trip. The Iroquois did not
sight the Woodbury. on the way back
to Honolulu.
The IroQuois sighted Bird, Necker
and Gardner islands, French Frigate
Shoals, Marco and Dowsett reefs on
the way to Lays but Capt Niblack
saw no shipwrecked persons on any OF
them.
DISMISSED FROM SERVICE.
S. A. Kidston. who was chief officer
of the transport sherman, but recen,iy
detached from that vessel and placed
on the Warren, has been dismissed
from the service. Several complaints
AeeA bCCil illddS " OcNOI, Tic
superintendent of the transport SER
vice, and an investigation resulted in
his removal B. German, who was first
assistant engineer of the Sherman, was
also removed from the service.
The transport Sheridan sailed from
Manila for this port via Nagasaki and
Honolulu on August 18th. The next
troopship to leave here for the Philip
pines will be the Buford on September
5th.-Examiner.
TOGo's SURGEON COMING.
The steamship Doric arriving here
from Yokohama on August 81 will have
a notable passenger aboard in the per-
son of Inspector-General Suzuki of the
Imperial japanese Navy, Admiral Togo's
fleet surgeon. He is en- route to at
tend the Association of Military Sur
geons at Detroit in September Suzuki
was in the sea fight in the Korean
straits and his experiences there will De
. of the greatest interest to the coming
convention.
MARsTON's REPAIRS FINISHED.
The schooner w. H. Marston will
come off the Marine Railway today and
as soon as the Alameda leaves next
Wednesday for San Francisco she will
go to the Oceanic dock and take on
the cargo of sugar which was taken out
of her hold to prevent its being dam
aged by water. The hull of the
schooner has been recaulked and the
bad planking replaced by new.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The Nevadan will leave San Francis
co for Honolulu today.
The schooner BERTHE Minor departed
yesterday in ballast sfor Eureka.
The German warship Condor is ex-
pected from Samoa today or tomorrow.
The Nebraskan sailed for San Fran
cisco via Kahului, yesterday. She will
pick up a cargo of sugar.
The bark Kaiulani cleared from San
Francisco for Honolulu on August IL,
with cargo valued at $51,09s.
The troopship Sheridan sailed from
August IA. The Buford leaves San
Francisco for Honolulu and Manila on
September :.
Chief Engineer Owens of the Ala
media is taking three weeks vacation,
and his placed is filed temporarily by
H W. Dixon, formerly chief engineer
of the Zealandia.
The S. S. Enterprise. towing the
barge Santiago. will leave for San
Francisco via Hilo, on Monday. The
steamer is taking on 1900 tons of re-
fined sugar here.
The Mauna Loa departed for Maui
and Hawaii ports with a big crowd
aboard. Train Dispatcher Doyle OF
the Oahu Railway, went on the steamer
on a vacation trip.
Arthur O'Neill. who was first officer
Of the steamer Siberia, went out on
that steamer today as passenger. He
is going to the Orient to investigate
for the company the methods of hand
ling cargoes.-Examiner.
The business of the American Hawai-
ian Steamship Company has increased
to such an extent that the two Green
witch street piers have been found to
be inadequate. The Harbor Commits
sioners were cognizant of the matter,
and. at a meeting of the Board this
afternoon. plans ard specifications for
the widening of Pier % about twenty
five feet were adopted. The cost OF
this improv ement has been estimated
at $4,000. The secretary was ordered