The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-26

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW Yoak.
of hay and feed here for the army
post and took on a supply OF coal.
She will sail this morning at IL o'clock.
The Sherman also brought down the
great hawser to be used in towing the
transport Sheridan up to the Coast. 1t
is specially manufactured Is inch
Manila, 800 feet long. This will be
used to connect the Sheridan with the
transport Buford The tug Slocum,
which is to be the advance guard In
with the Buford by a 2-inch steel
hawser.
Among the Honolulu passengers is
Brigadier General Calvin Dewitt. U.
S. A., who will spend some time here.
The General is retired.
Mrs. C. F. Humphrey Jr., who has
been visiting in Washington with
Quartermaster General Humphrey,
u s. A., has returned to her home
here, and Mrs. H. S. Wygant and chill
dren, wife OF Captain Wygant, of the
Second Infantry. Captain wygant had
resigned from the army, but withdrew
his resignation, the last Army and
Navy Journal announcing the revoca-
ton of the resignation.
Some recruits for the local infantry
force also arrived.
ALAMEDA'E BIG CARGO.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda was
full up with passengers and cargo
when she saield for the Coast Wednes-
day morning. The cargo consisted Of
5000 sacks of raw sugar, bananas,
pines and other island products. On
the passenger list were twenty-eight
in the cabin, and In the steerage the
accommodations of the liner were tax
ed to their utmost. There was a
large crowd at the Oceanic wharf as
the Alameda pulled out.
When in port the Alameda crew
was increased by twelve men, signed
on in various capacities. one Of whom
Is Larry Dee, a well-known Honolulan,
who signed on as a coal-passer.
DEPoRTED MAN sKIPS THE
SHERMAN.
A German stowaway, who had
boarded an army transport some time
ago at Nagasaki and who was being
taken back a prisoner on board the
transport Sherman, gave his guard
the slip early Wednesday morning and
Is now at large in Honolulu. The man
had been in the ships hospital and
had impressed upon his guards and
nurses the fact that he was too weak
to walk, much less run away. For
that reason there was not very strict
guard kept over him, and he slipped
on deck and reached the dock by slid
ing down the rope, disappearing before
the guard could catch him. The au-
thorities here have been notified and
are on the lookout for him.
The transport got away for Manila
yesterday morning at II o'clock.
OLDEST PACIFIC SKIPPER.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11.-Captain
Il. Howard, now 96 years old, and a
resident Of Alameda. is the oldest skip
per on the coast, II not in the world.
For seventy-two years he followed the
sea and for sixty years he was a mas
ter. He Is still hale and hearty and
only a few days ago came to San
Francisco to look up his old friend,
Captain Blair.
Captain Howard was last In COM
mand OF the old barge Richard Ill.,.
now engaged In freighting ore and con-
centrates from Alaska to the Tacoma
smelter. Captain Howard took the
first cargo Of sheep that was shipped
to Australia from England. He stayed
In Australia with his vessel until the
wool was clipped from the sheep and
then sailed back to London with wool
that he had taken from that port many
months before.
He says he feels as lively today as
he did when he was 81.
JAPANESE STEAMER COMING.
The Japanese steamship Chiusa
Maru, from Hiogo. is due to arrive
here on Novemer 8, such being the IN
formation received by the agents, T.
H. Davies & Co., to whom the vessel
has been consigned by cable. The
local agents nave not received definite
information as to the nature OF the
visit of the Chiusa. whether 1t Is to be
followed by other visits or not. 1t Is
known, however,, that she is bringing
big cargo here and a number OF i'm
migrants, the Oriental business being
blockaded i'm the regular channels
through the compulsory withdrawal OF
the Manchuria and the Mongolia from
the run.