The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-22

warships, and left San Francisco for
June IL, where her cargo for Russian
Australia, with Captain, Rennie on the
4 is undoubtedly due to the fact that
!. Japanese warships was watching for
The Australia seems to have been uti
coast as transport for Russian troop
by the watehful Japs. The Australi
the Alameda, and was popular boat
Breaking the San Francisco Honolulu
steamer record is what the p. M. s. S.
SIBERIA accomplished on the run which
began shortly after p. m. last week
Wednesday and ended here about 8
o'clock yesterday morning. The Siberia
beat the record of her sister ship, the
Korea, by about three hours, making
the trip in four days, nineteen hours
and II minutes. That Is the official
time given by Captain Smith of the
Siberia. This lowers the record two
hours and fifty-four minutes.
"And II will be long time before
the Siberia's record is again equaled,"
said one of the Siberias officers yes
terday.
The record breaking trip was due to
the presence on board of Z. H. Harri-
man, head of the great Hartman
System" and r. p. Schwerin, General
Manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co. Manager Schwerin wanted to see
what the vessel could do. and is salts
fed that she has 1t in her to do big
things The Slberia's time from San
Francisco to the lighthouse was four
DAYS, ten hours and twenty-one min
utes. One days run registered A55
knots.
Captain Smith is we'll pleased with
the steamships performance, but the
credit is due to the men down in the
engine and stoke rooms where Chief
Engineer Hamilton presides. He stated
that the machinery stood the strain per-
fectly.
The Siberia carries a big crowd Of
passengers. Among the local passen-
gers were James b. Castle, who went
to San Francisco to close the First
National Bank deal; George w. Macfar-
lane Of the same bank, who had the
pleasure of conducting the Hartman
party about town: p. L. Horne, princi-
pal of the Kamehameha schools; w. C.
McGonagle of Benson, Smith & Co.,
who returns from n vacation tip; Jos.
Schwartz, the manufacturers agent;
Mrs. A. L. Soule. wife of Captain
Soule, and two children; Mrs. +. r.
Day, wife of DIR. Day.
Among the through passengers We're
Prof. p b. Brown of Boston Univer-
sity. bound for Yokohama; Fl. p.
Roach. prominent business man of the
Coast. with his family; and Mrs. b. c.
Howard and Miss Gladys Howard, wife
and daughter of the Pacific Mail agent
in Japan. Twenty five government en-
ployes bound for the Philippines are
also aboard. Captain r. N. Rolf. u.
S. A., is an army quartermaster bound
for Nagasah.
The steamer carries 10000 tons OF
through freight for the Orient. indi-
eating that the boycott has not vet
hurt the Pacific Mails business so far.
There were four tons of freight for
Honolulu. and 20S bags Of mail.
There was wailing and gnashing OF
teeth in the business section of town
yesterday. for very little mail was
brought In some unaccountable man
rer, there was fiuke at the San Fran
cisco postoffice in getting the mail
aboard. The vessel did not leave the
Coast dock until after o'clock and
then went out to the stream. where she
waited until the p. NJ. tug came out
with the information that there was no
mail. Business houses generally were
kicking hard all day about the non
receipt of badly-wanted mall.
The stewards department took on
great quantity Of green stuff for the
steerage passengers, while a couple of
wagon loads of pineapples We're sent
aboard for the first cabin. Steward
johnson is also using Mrs. Kearn's Ha-
waiian mango chutney. TITS fine for
cold meats" he said.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The American bark James Nesmith
may leave today In ballast for Port
Townsend for orders.
The Mongolia arrived at San Fran
oiroo a day behind time, owing to ex-
tremely rough seas and a strong head
wind.
The Canadian Australian S. S. 40
rangi may arrive this evening from the
Colonies, en- route to Victoria and Van
eeuver.
Headlines in the Chronicle concerning
the leak on the schooner Marston, set
forth that the vessel was almost Sunk
by Marine Monster" The monster"
was collection of sandworms.
1t is claimed by Captain Flynn of the
ship Spartan which went on a reef off
5 Spreckelsville, Maui, last Saturday
morning, that the steamer Maui failed
to answer his signals of distress. He
states that the Maui was passing on
her way to Kahulul, before the vessel
struck. The captain of the Maui is said
to have signaled Flynn that he would
stand by on his return from Kahulul.
Another one of the old clipper line
which piled between this coast and New
York before the days of steamers has
been destroyed. Today advices were
received from London that the Amer
lean ship Roanoke was burned to the
waters edge, She was bound for Dela-