The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-18

carrying portions of his very consfd-
cradle luggage" heraIded his approach
with joyful shouts. He was hustled |
aboard the liner just in the nick Of |
time and as he wiped his perspiring |
brow he observed that it was .'deuced- |
" warm in Honolulu for weight-for- |
age race. doncherknow.
sUICIDED FROM DORIC.
On Monday morning japanese
steerage passenger committed suicide
By jumping overheard from the s. >
Doric bound for this port. His name
was Yonozo Takano and he came from
Kobe. was 20 years old. and unmar-
ried. The occurrence was made known
by a. japanese steerage passenger IN
forming one of the officers that Yono-
go had gone over the side an hour pre-
viously. He said that he did not men
! ton the matter before because he was
! scared TO The crew and steerage pas
sengers were mustered and found to
be one man short
THE APALACHEEs COLLISION.
| Purser Thorn of the S. s Doric had
the following to say about the COLI
! sion between the Canadian Pacific
! liner Athenian and the Standard Oil
/ steamer ApaIachee. which occurred
in Yokohama harbor. just before the
/ Doric sailed:
1.-The two ships were leaving the
harbor when they colIided, the Apa-
| lachee striking the Canadian liner just
aft of aInidships and cutting her to
/ the wateriine. as well as crushing one
! of her quarter boats. l can not tell
who was to blame for the accident but
/ the Standard Oil ship had a pilot on
board who should have known where
he was going. Both boats returned to
the harbor for repairs before sailing
and the Athenian was so badly dam
; aged that she required docking and 1t
would probably be from twelve TO If
teen days before she could sail.
we took a number of passengers
from the Athenfan. among them being
DR.. James Hayes, the special agent OF
the United states Treasury Depart
ment in Japan
CARTER Is CHARGED.
!. ouartermaster P. H. Cullen. who has
been transferred from the Iroquois to
the I,awton, has publicly charged Cap
tain Carter, commandment of the Navy
Yard, of Furnishing him on trumped
up charge and combining him for ten
days in double irons. This charge viii
be presented by Quarternaster Cullen
TO the Navy Department.
Cullen alleges that trouble between
himself and his commanding officer
originated when he applied for a trans
fer from the Iroquois, the application
being disapproved by Captain Carter
Shortly after Cullen was called before
the captain and ordered to the brig
being charged with being drunk and
, with being absent from the ship with
out leave. The first charge was denied
by Cullen and an order issued by Cap
tain Niblaek and never rescinded was
urged in excuse of the latter charge
Despite which Cullen was sentenced to
ten days in double irons in the brig.
EXPENSIVE REPAIRS.
From statements made in japanese
1 j
Russian battleship Orel (now the Iva
mil, which is undergoing repairs al
Kure. VIII cost three million yen be
fore she energies from dock in com
pleteIy. restored condition. The cruiser
; varyag (Soya) is being repaired al
Yokosula She is a new ship with q
speed OF % knots. and will form az
navy But the battIeship Poltava
which was launched in 1898, viii never
,, be fit TO take her place in the frs
fighting line. her age being a fata
blemish. She viii become a unit o.
the reserve squadron.-Kobe Herald.
LINERS MAY CHANGE HANDS.
An officer of the o. & o. s. s. Dorie
, stated yesterday that the Trans-Sibe-
: rian railroad has made an offer for the
: s. 5. Coptic and Doric for use between
Vladivostok and Shanghai. The Pa.
: ! cific Mail Company have been consid-
? ering the purchase OF the two liner!
: mentioned for some time and when the
r Doric was In San Francisco. on he1
1 last trip she was examined by expert!
: of the Pacific Mail Company with tn,
l idea Of making an offer for her. Cap
tain Smith of the Doric viii remain il
command for the next round trip an<
/, ! viii not take the Coptic home as Ia!
, been stated he would.
f NEW BOATS FOR HERE.
In December. when the American
, Hawaiian Steamship Co.'S arrangemen
| ! with the National Mexican railroa,