The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-14

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SIBERIA BROUGHT a CROWD.
| Crowded with passengers the p. N.
| :. 5. Siberia arrived in port early yes
| terday morning from san Francisco.
| and proceeded TO the Orient at 5.I5
p. m. The passenger list for Honolulu
was quite large. Albert Along return
| ed with his bride. formerly Miss Bessie
Whiting Of Davenport, Ia. Delegate
kaIanianaole returned from Washing
/ ton, having left there Immediately after
! Congress closed its session. James B.
Castle and L. A. Thurston returned
from business trips TO the Coast. H.
Z. Cooper. returned earlier than ex-
pected, owing to the severe Illness Of
his wife Z. :. Hosmer. Superintendent
OF Forestry. returned from a vacation
trip to the mainland accompanied by
his mother. W G. Lyon. son of a. J.
Lyon. accompanied by his wife and
child. arrived from san Francisco
Charles Judd is home from college.
Leon L. Roos and bride of San Fran
cisco are here for q brief visit. Mr..
Ist1t- IL 4 tI-tillttI OF the " tll-hIl ~ II
Roos family Of san Francisco. Mrs.
r Z. Langton. mother of W. NJ. Lang
ton Of the Paradise of the Pacific. ac-
companied by Miss Langton. viii visit
here awhile. Mrs 3. F. Dillingham;
aIsu returned.
The Siberia has about 1000 tons of
through freight.
4 number OF passengers sailed from
Honolulu. Among them was NJ Kishi.
late manager OF the Yokohama Specie
Bank Of Honolulu. wife and child. Mr..
Kfshi has been ordered hbme TO Yoko-
hama. He was here about three years.
For four years he had charge of the
London branch. on Friday evening he
was the guest of honor at a banquet
given at Machitsuki by representative
japanese of all trades and professions
about 100 guests being present.
Secretary Furuseth Secretary of the
Sailors Union of the Pacific al San
Francisco. recently addressed a long
letter to Collector of Customs StrattOn
Directing to the Siberia being handled
by a Chinese crew. He said the crew
was incompetent because the men did
not speak the English language and
the officers could not speak the Ian
guage Of the crew Under the circum-
SLdIittS IL tOlitSjlLEl lEleil tilt Nt>SFl |
was not properly manned and request |
ed the Collector TO refuse TO clear the |
steamship. He refers TO the loss of the /
Rio Janeiro. saying the vessel sailed |
from Honolulu for San Francisco and |
he AYERS that the loss of life was large |
~ due TO the inability of the officers |
and crew TO understand each other.
Immediately afterWard United States /
Bolles and BuIger at the re-
quest of the Acting Collector proceeded !
10 the Siberia. then in dock, without !
giving any previous intimatiOn of their
visit. and at once sounded an alarm Of /
fire. The Chinese crew. that was en-
gagged at the time in handling cargo. at
once took the posts assigned to them |
in the fire drill and IN less than two !
minutes had Uwenty-seVen streams of I
water playing over the side of the yes
sci. The crew was then ordered TO
man the boats, Captain Feeder stand
ing on the bridge and giving the orders
by means OF whistle signals. The boat
drill was executed neatly. The inspec-
tors said they had never before wit
messed boat drills given better than by
the Chinese.
When General Manager Schwerin
reached the vessel. he remarked that
union crew aboard and compete with
the Chinese in boat drill The inspect
tors finally announced the Chinese COM
petent TO handle the ship.
SHERIDAN OFF TO MANILA.
The transport Sheridan sailed
promptly. or even a little before
promptly. at o'clock last evening for
Manila BY leaving the dock couple
II minutes ahead OF time a belated
passenger had to hire a small boat and
De roved out TO the troopship and then
made his way to the deck by hauling
himself up hand over hand by a rope.
Another passenger was DR.. Yost.
Sfedical Department. l. s. A. who was
n charge of the military hospital here
or the past two years. He had quite
'ecovered from his recent illness oc-
,asioned by his taking poison. by mis-
axe. The doctor has been quite popu-
ar in social circles and a large num-
Yer Of friends went aboard the trans
BORT to see him off. Among them were
he British Consul. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mr.. Anderson. DR.. Murray.
Mrs. Peabody and Miss Claire Pea
,ody. wife and daughter of the sailing |
master of the transport Sheridan. who
.rrived on the troopshin. will remain
n Honolulu until the return of the YES
81 from Manila. They are stopping
L the Hawaiian Hotel Il
The sheridan carries a bank roll
-alued at 81 .0o0 600. all in paper money.