The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-14


for some time, she having been placed
on the run to Alaska during the SUM-
mer, although 1t was the intention to
put her back on this run before the
news of the Sheridan accident reache ed
the department.
AMERIL DUPERRE BRINGS IMMI-
GRANTS.
The French steamship Ameril Du-
perre, the pioneer steamer of the
Chargeurs Reunis line. whose vessels
will make monthly calls hereafter, ar
rived yesterday morning and Is now
moored out in the stream. She is fly
| ing the yellow flag, having touched al
Hongkong en- route. a suspected port
although she has a clean bill of health
from Yokohama. There Is no founda-
ton whatever in the report published
yesterday afternoon to the effect that
the vessel had sailed from Japan with
out a clean bill of health because OF the
difficulty of securing such.
The Ameril Duperre brings 262 Japa-
nese immigrants, who will be taken on
at Quarantine island today after
which the vessel will sail for San
Francisco without docking, thus being
relieved of the necessity of undergo
ing fumigation here. She brings no
freight for Honolulu.
Although the Ameril Duperre made
the run from Yokohama in Is days she
is on a Today schedule from here to San
Francisco and on that account will not
carry any mail from here for the
Coast, the date OF her arrival being
the same as that Of the Mongolia. She
will sail probably about o'clock.
KAsATo A WAR PRIZE.
The Japanese steamer Kasato Maru,
which ran afoul OF the local health
regulations by the neglect Of the cap
tain to provide himself with a clean
bill of health for the ship acceptable.
In an American port. was one of the
vessels captured by the victorious jap
anese at the fall of Port Arthur. She
was government vessel. built at
Newcastle-on-Tyne as a hospital ship
for Russia.
During the bombardment of Port
Arthur she was crowded with the
wounded, her accommodations for 1000
men being taxed at times. After the
Japanese gunners had so mounted
their heavy guns as to bring the ship
ping in the harbor within range the
Kasato was spared the bombardment
because of the Red Cross flag flying.
The flag however did not prevent her
being taken as prize and brought to
Japan. the Togo Kisen Kaisha pur-
chasing her from the government.
She is the largest in tonnage OF all
the T. X. X. fleet and Is splendidly
fitted out, being practically a new
boat. She steams eleven knots and
burns fifty tons of coal a day.
Since the war the new owners have
not as yet had chance to thoroughly
overhaul the machinery and some of
the valves are not working as smooth
ly as Chief Engineer Zeever would like.
She had good run here from the ORR
emit, however, and It is expected that
by the time she reaches Callao. En-
gineer Zeever was formerly chief en-
gineer on the Nippon Maru.
WILL install OIL BURNERS.
1t is stated that the two large, new
steamers which are in course OF con-
struction at the Mitsu Bishi dockyard,
Nagasaki. for the Togo Kisen Kaisha,
will be equipped for the use of kero-
3ene as fuel. 1t is further reported that
he company's steamers Nippon Maru,
Maru and America Maru
will be fitted with similar apparatus
{ that course is found to be advisable.
A contract has lately been entered into
With the California Kerosene Oil Co.
Tor the supply of oil for fuel.