The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-24

mologist Kotinsky of the Board of
Agriculture, as he and Chief Entomol-
ogist Alexander Craw sorted over
some boxes of fruit on the Oceanic
dock received per the steamship Ala
media yesterday. Mr.. Kotinsky went
on TO say that the shippers on the
coast We're now sending the best fruits,
because all bad fruit, or poor fruit is
ordered back to them from here. and
the loss falls on the shippers. For that
reason Honolulu is receiving a fairly
good quality of fruit. There arrived
on the Alameda a very large consfgn-
ment of fruits, nearly all of which
was in excellent condition.
GOVERNOR GETTING READY.
The work of installing the engine
and gear in the Lord & Belser dredge
Governor is progressing rapidly. The
boiler and much of the interior gear
has been placed and the deck gear is
about TO be installed. a small army of
workmen are engaged on the dredge
and the work viii De rushed so that
the contractors may get to work at
one VI tie 4dI ScSJ XII OtlI CciilIctClS
the government has given out in recent
years. The railway track along the
Naval Station street is about complet-
ed and the two locomotives are receiv-
ing the finishing touches
THOMAS TO BE IMPROVED.
The transport Thomas, latest arrival
from the Philippines, is to be turned
over on June goth to the Risdon Iron
Works for repairs and alterations that
will cost about $4,000. These Will in
clude Encouragement of the cabin
quarters. The troop ship is to be again
ready for service in September
Chronicle, June Is.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The ship Charmer is discharging coal
at the Levers & Cooke wharf.
The next mail to San Francisco viii
depart Wednesday by the S. S. Ala
media
The next mail from San Francisco
will arrive June 80 by the S. s. Ne
braskan.
Cable news from Sydney is to the eff
feet that the American Board of Mis-
SiOIS itt4oII dI huSdlc HAS DcSII OS-
stroyed by a cyclone. The missionary
schooner Morning Star is expected here
from the South Seas shortly.
The barkentine Archer, Captain Lam
caster. 20 days from Honolulu, arrived
yesterday with a cargo of 24,61O bags of
sugar. The ship Falls of Clyde Cap
tain Matson, 20 days from Hilo. also
arrived with a cargo of sugar.-Chron-
icle. June 10.
WASHINGTON, June 10. John
Clyde sullivan. a pay inspector of the
navy. has been dismissed from the
service by the court-martial which
tried and convicted him on several
charges of misconduct. The court
recommended clemency on account of
his supposed mental condition.
Commander Lucien Young, Z. S. N.
entertained Captain Combes and Off
GERS of the British cable steamer Re
storer aboard the United States gun
boat Bennington yesterday. Other
guests completed a party of ten. 1t
was a merry gathering and continued
until the middle of the afternoon.
The American ship Fullerton. with
1880 barrels of fuel oil for the Unien
Oil Company, arrived yesterday from
Port Hartford. Cal. making the trip
in Is days. The Fullerton has just
completed her fifth trip to the islands
with oil this year. two Of which have
been TO Kahului, Maui The Union Oil
Company has a new landing at Port
Hartford where 1000 barrels of oil are
being put out daily.
Pay Inspector Sullivan has recently
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Navy Yard at Philadelphia. This is
the second time the officer has been
dismissed The first instance, several
years ago. resulted from a charge of
embezzlement The sentence was exc
cuted. but the. pay inspector was later
reinstated by an act of Congress. He
was for a long time stationed at Mare
Island Yard. Senator Perkins was
chiefly instrumental in having him re-
instated by act of Congress.
The letter * figures prominently on
the liner China. There are Chief Off
Ger +. P Kit, Second officer J. c.
Kitchen and Third officer E. kits, all
good men of the sea, not to mention
some other KS among the crew. And
over them all is ''Ninety-fathom"
FrieIe. the veteran commander, who
hates shoal water. and that veteran
purser of the line. o. K. Freeman, who
has grown gray in the service of the
Pacific Mail. and has done great deal
to make the Oriental service popular
and efficient
WASHINGTON, June 13.-Consul
General Guenther. at Frankfort. Ger
many. reports that the German papers
contain telegram from Menado.
which states that the cable steamer
stephan of the North German Cable
Works of Nordenham has successfully
and quickly completed the laying Of
q cable between Menado-Yap and
Guam for the German Holland Tele-
graph Company of Cologne. The
length Of this cable is nearly 1000
miles. its weight about 1000 tons. and
the greatest depth attained $500 feet.
By this cable the Dutch-India colonies
and the German Carolines are placed
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