The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-15

sci at the time, mas since died. sue
cumbing to a sudden attack of pneu-
monia while in San Francisco. Thus
the three most essential witnesses for
though their dispositions are on file for
use in the case.
DENIED BY COMMISSIONER
The story of the iIl-treatment dealt
out to Gustav Cassberg by the water
front police and the Shipping Commits
sioner, given publicity by one of the
evening papers. is denied by the lat
ter. The sailor in question is de-
serter off the Astral who has been
nlaving the leech act on the sailors
paid off here hanging around the
COMMISSIONER office and begging. He
was arrested as vag and brought 10
trial being released by Judge Whit
ney on the promise that he would
! sign on the first available ship and
get out of town. He was boarded at
the Sailors Home and his allotment
! note was made out in due order by
( the Commissioner after he had signed
on for the VIM. P Frye. According TO
the police, Cassberg is one of the class
dumped off here by passing vessels
! which require watching and from
which come the toughs responsible for
much of the lawlessness now IN EVIL
dence in the various crimes throughout
the city.
MONGOLIA LEFT LATE.
| Cabled advices to the agents state
that the Mongolia sailed two days be-
hind her schedule and will not arrive
Wednesday,
inst.
/ SHIPPING NOTES.
The sailing date of the transport
Buford has been set for Monday.
Work on the new sheds at the quar-
antine wharf is we'll under way.
The transport Thomas got away for
Guam and Manila yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Z, The American Hawaiian S. S. Ne
braskan sailed from Huo for the Coast
on Thursday night.
The ship VIM. H. Smith has been
moved from the Irmgard wharf over to
the railway wharf to load sugar.
! The following sugar on Kauai was
reported yesterday morning by PuEser
Hart, of the Niihau: Makaweli, 240S;
Gay & Robertson, 1850; H. NJ, 1915;
/ K. P, 1890; Lihue, 229; Diamond W.,
20CO: and X. S. NJ, $4,000.
/ D. G. Holt, a member of the editorial
party, was guest of the Chess CLUB
on Thursday evening, playing several
interesting games with the local ex-
perts ANY of the members of the
visiting party will be welcomed at the
club rooms, 81 and 50 Alexander Young
building.
The captain of the schooner w. II.
Marston which arrived at Hilo last
week reported that he had encounter
ed an unusual current near the coast
of Hawaii which carried him hfteen
miles out of his course. He describes
the current as strong and moving to
the northwest with a heavy sag to the
southwest near the coast
The steamer Mauna Loa, which ar
rived from Hawaii yesterday morning,
brought a large amount of freight, the
| principal items of which We're: 4o4o
bags of sugar, 1876 bags of coffee, 1872
bags of beans, 1872 bags of taro, 46
punches of bananas, 10 kegs of butter,
10 bundles of hides, q bogs, q calves,
4 horses and IS head of cattle.
The yachts La Paloma and Helene
viii cruise as far as BARRIERS Point
this evening after the events in the
harbor They will lay to off the Sheri-
dan wreck tonight, returning tomorrow
evening The Helene will be in charge
of Mr.. Jenkins and party During the
| day the La Paloma will lie off the
/ Myrtle boat house and Mrs. Macfar-
lane will hold a reception on board.
! The tug Eleu returned from the Man
churia yesterday afternoon, bringing
the Pioneer in tow. Captain Lane re-
ported good progress being made in
the pulling operations, which If sue
cessful would end the work of the Eleu
and Pioneer in the operations at Wal
manaIo The coal, which had been piled
alongside the Manchuria, he reports,
has already been nearly all washed
away and scattered by the waves.