The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-07-17
SIBERIA BROUGHT A CROWD.

SIBERIA BROUGHT A CROWD.
s. S. Siberia arrived in port early Fri
day morning from San Francisco.
and proceeded TO the Orient at s:ls
y. IN. The passenger list for Honolulu
was quite large. Albert Along return
ed with his bride, formerly Miss Bessie
Whiting of Davenport, Ia. Delegate
Kalanianaole returned from Washing
1on, having left there Immediately after
Congress closed its session. James b.
Castle and L. A. Thurston returned
from business trips to the Coast. H.
=. Cooper. returned earlier than ex-
pected, owing to the severe Illness of
mis- wife r. S. Hosmer, Superintendent
Of Forestry. returned from a vacation
arip 10 the mainland accompanied by
his mother. w. c. Lyon, son OF A. ].
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 a brief visit Mr..
Roos is a member of the well-known
Roos family OF San Francisco. Mrs.
X. f. Langton, mother of w. NJ. Lang
eompanied by Miss Langton. will visit
here awhile. Mrs. b. +. Dillingham;
also returned.
The Siberia has about 5000 tons of
through freight.
A number of passengers sailed from
Honolulu Among them was NJ. Kishi,
ate manager of the Yokohama Specie
Bank Of Honolulu wife and child. Mr..
Kishi has been ordered home 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 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 at San
Francisco recently addressed long
letter TO Collector of Customs Stratton
sbjecting 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-
stances he contended that the vessel
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
ne AYERS that the loss of life was large
ly due to the inability of the officers
and crew to understand each other.
Immediately afterward United States
Inspectors Bolles and Bulger 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
ire. The Chinese crew, that was en-
gagged at the time in handling cargo. al
once took the posts assigned to them
IN the fire drill and in less than two
minutes had twenty-seven streams OF
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
abe Chinese.
When General Manager Schwerin
reached the vessel, he remarked that
he would like to have Furuseth take a
union crew aboard and compete with
the Chinese in boat drill The inspec-
sors finally announced the Chinese com
petent TO handle the ship.
ALAMEDA IN TROUBLE.
In distress, but evidently not in need
Of assistance, the Oceanic S. S. Ala
media was passed at GAS n. m. Thurs
day by the S. S. Siberia. The Alameda
was at that time $40 miles from Ho-
nolulu, in Lat. 24.S, Long. 1912.
As the Siberia passed by her. 1t was
seen that she was not steaming. She
hoisted a signal, which. translated,
meant: vessel not in command" BY
this 1t Is inferred that the steamer was
mot in control"
IL is understood that the Alameda's
steering gear was unavoidable. She was
headed away from her course, and as
the Siberia passed out of sight. the last
seen of the vessel she was still lylng-to
The two vessels passed close to each
other and everything was discernible
an the decks of the Oceanic boat. 1t
is presumed that the engineers were at
work making repairs and expected to
have them completed presently, or else
assistance would have been asked of
the Pacific Mail boat
At that time the Alameda was out
about twenty-three hours from Homo
lulu. having left here on Wednesday at
10;4O n, m.
NEBRAsKAN HAS SMALL CARGO.
With only about 1900 tons OF cargo
for Honolulu ana 800 for Kahului. the
decentralization steamship Neb-
raskan reached port at II a. m.
sunday from Tacoma and seattle.
The steamer left Seattle on July
g. taking from there large
quantity OF feed. doors windows
ana general nttings. she brought no
livestock this trip, By "Wednesday the
NebraHknn VIII have discharged her
cargo nnd taken on part ~ her sugar
cargo ~ 1000 tons. The remainder viii
BE- taken ON az Kaanapali and Kahulul.
Tho strike had no erect on the load
ING ~ the Nehraskan az the sound.
REFLoATING or MIKAsA.
n 10 reported that over Thirty vessels
f"fiy divers ana fyr hundred rooiirs
are engaged ln the operations for th,
udoaiinH ~ tho MikaHa at sasohn. 20,
hnli IL stated t0 be- submerged tn 40,
dhplh ~ 20 90 90 foot ard b damaged
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