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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-26

son of the owner of the summer resort
on Anderson island. Mr.. Ponciu noti-
fled the county authorities that ~Ka-
naka Jack" had been without means
and that ii would be necessary for the
county to bury him. The commission
ers will see that lie gets a respectable
funeral.
Kanaka Jack" was "a native of the
Sandwich Islands. He and his Indian
wife maintained a woodward and water
tank for steamers at Johnson point
for many years. OF late years steam
ers have taken to the use OF coal and
prosperity had not smiled on the old
man.
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DAMAGE TO The
ST, JAMES HOTEL

yesterday on the Alameda. He went
to San Jose for the purpose Of inspect
ing the ST. james Hotel. a portion of
the Campbell Estate which was re-
ported ruined by the earthquake of
April 10
Mr. Carter states that the main
building was considerably damaged
and the plaster was down in most of
the rooms. The Annex appeared to be
the worst damaged. AS to rebuilding or
repairing, that is a matter which rests
entirely upon the report of the COM
missioners. Mr. Carter expects an
early report on the building
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NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT.
CHAS. All Foo.

lulu having made an assignment of all
his property to the undersigned for the
benefit of all his creditors notice is
hereby given that all claims against
said Chas All Foo must be presented
to the undersigned. duly sworn ta,
within 80 days and all persons indebt-
ed to said Chas. All Foo are requested
to make immediate settlement with the
undersigned. at the office of Theo- IL
Davies & Co., Ltd, Honolulu
WALTER c. SHIELDS.
MESssaFa q 2 Assignee
Honolulu, May %, 1906. 7i25
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MORGAN WRITES
TO THE GOVERNOR

Acting Governor Atkinson received
the following from James F. Morgan
in the Alameda's mail:
Il have not much to report since
my letter of the 18th inst.
Mr.. Doyle returns to Honolulu by
the Alameda today and will call on
you.
Il will remain here until the 31st
inst, and if I do not hear from you
will arrange for Alexander & Baldwin
or some other firm to take charge of
Hawaiian relief matters.
The coming week will be spent by
me in calling on all people from Ha-
wall in the city of Oakland and see
ing that they are cared for so that
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..KANAKA JACK" DEAD.

OLYMPIA. May .9--"Kanaka Jack
for twenty-five years a picturesque fig
ure of the upper Sound. died this morn
ing at an early hour at MS home at
johnson point For many years old
-Kanaka Jack had cut wood for
steamers and became widely known TO
travellers on the upper Sound
Word of his death was brought 10
the city today by young Mr.. Poncin,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-26

may leave my successor a very small
list.
i have spent two days i'm consulta-
ton with Government officials and
others relative TO the disposition of
the balance of the fund in my posses
sion tapart from what l viii leave
here for assistance OF people from Ha-
waiD, and shall be able To write you
fully in regard to this and other mat
ters by the mali leaving here on the
25th.
Il remain, very respectfully yours.
JAS. F. MORGAN"
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BECOMES A HOTEL.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Man
ehpria has practically been a hotel
since her arrival here. over 100 of
her passengers had no place to go, SO
they have kept their rooms in the
vessel and taken their meals there be-
tween their trips up town" to 'see
the city They have been on the ves-
sci as the guests of the Pacific Mail
Company. Nearly all of them will de-
part today for their different objective
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WATERFRONT DAMAGE.

Lott D. Norton, chief engineer of the
Board of Harbor Commissioners, has
prepared for the information of the lat
ter and Governor George c. Pardee
statement of the damages of water
front property under the boards juris-
diction and an estimate of the cost of
repairing the damaged property. His
total estimate of cost is S64O, 62o.40
The damage to the ferry depot and
tower is placed a $1S4,00G and is in
Guided in the first-named amount
Call
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GUAM-JAPAN CABLE.

Grange arrived today from London
having on board the Guam okohama
cable. 1t is expected that the end will
be taken ashore on the 29th inst. and
the laying begun to the BONN Islands.
1t is estimated that the cable will be
in operation in twenty days from the
date of sailing of the UrmstOn Grange.
NJ Dodd of the Commercial Pacific
Cable Company. who has been here for
about two months, will take passage
on the Urmston Grange to the BONN
Islands, where he viii be in charge of
installing the new station.
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NOTICE.

A special meeting of the Hawaiian
Rifle Association will be held at the
Bungalow, Capitol Grounds, on Satur-
day evening, May 26, 1906, at the hour Of
8 o'clock p. m, business OF importance,
by order Of the President.
T. S. DODGE, President.
p. r. BURNETTE. Secretary.
HAWAIIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION
May q, 1906.
7421-Nay %. "a 26
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All. SCHEDULE.

The steamer Texan of the American-
Hawaiian line viii leave New York
for San Francisco. Puget Sound and
Honolulu on May 80. The Nevadan
leaves San Francisco for Honolulu via
Puget Sound on June /. leaving Ia
coma on June s. The steamer Ameri-
can should arrived here from the
Sound on Monday and the Nebraskan
probably on Thursday.
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DEUTSCHER
GOTTESDIENST.

Els wird hierdurch bekannt gemacht,
dass Herr PASTOR HANS ISEN-
BERG. am Sonntag den q ten Mai
Vormittags II Uhr in der deutschen
Kirche den Gottesdienst abhalten wir3-
A Fake,
1925 Schriftwart.
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NOTICE.

All persons having claims against the
undersigned Will please present them
at No. Z122 n. King street as soon as
possible.
]. H. THOMPSON.
Honolulu, May %, 1906. T4z3
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BY AUTHORITY
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the COM
mission of David x. Baker as Notary
Public for the Third Judicial Circuit
of the Territory of Hawaii has been
this day revoked.
e. &c. PETERS,
attorney General
Honolulu, May %, 1906. 742s
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THE OCEANIC LINERS.

The Sonoma. to sail on Thursday,
May 31st, for Honolulu. Page Page,
Auckland and sydney. is to carry a
large list of cabin passengers. The
liner has been placed in fine condition
for the voyage. Her sister ship, the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-26

Ventura, is now in port and the other
one of the trio, the Sierra, is to arrive
from Sydney on Monday.-Chronicle
Nav Is
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ISLAND PUMICE STONE MET.

floating pumfce stone were passed by
the bark st. Katherine, which arrived
at this port last Friday from the Ha-
waiian Islands. They We're seen on
April 20, about 400 miles from the is
land of Oahu. Captain Saunders of the
ST Katherine is under the impression
that the punice stone was from a sub
terranean volcano which was in action
at the time of the earthquake here. 1t
was undoubtedly OF recent occurrence,
as the pumtce stone was massed to-
gether. On many of the large pieces
deep sea crabs were seen clinging.
Captain Saunders brought several sam
pies of the pumice stone and will pre-
sent them to the Academy of Sciences.
-Eyxamiuer Nav IS
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DAMAGE TO All. BOATS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-A survey
by the underwriters shows the dam
age to vessels at the Union Iron Works
by the earthquake to have been con-
siderable. The two 50O-foot long
freighters Mexican and the Columbian,
in course of construction for the Amer
ican-Hawaiian Steamship Company,
were forced forward in their cradles
and damaged to the extent of about
600 each. The Hartman steamship
Columbia, on the drydock, was thrown
on one side, wrecking the dock and
damaging the vessel to the extent of
100000 The Columbia and dock later
sank. and have not been recovered. A
pair Of heavy sheariess fell on the City
of Puebla. inficting damage of about
S15,CCO The Puebla viii be in commits
sSiH0 il, about a month.
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TAcoMA-HoNoLULU RUN.

The Matson Navigation Company
will operate the steamers Enterprise
and Hilonian between San Francisco,
Puget Sound, HiIo and Honolulu. NJ
J. Lindsay, representing the company,
is making arrangements for wharf
space for thes steamers.
The Hilonian is 81 new steamer which
recently arrived at San Francisco from
the Atlantic coast, and carries 1000
tons. The Enterprise has been on 1.-The
run between San Francisco and Homo
lulu carrying freight and passengers.
The vessel has a tonnage of 5000, and
is 31S feet long, with a beam of 81
feet and a depth of hold of So feet.
Both vessels are said to be among the
finest steamers on the Pacific Coast.
The Matson Navigation Company has
been operating the Enterprise and
fleet of sailing vessels out of San Fran
cisco for number of years. Recently
the HiIonian was purchased. and ar
rived about the time of the earth
quake. In order to secure cargo for
the vessels. it has been decided to make
Seattle and Tacoma ports of call, as
Well as San Francisco The Enterprise
is expected ON the Sound in about ten
days. The two steamers are oil-burn-
ers-Tacoma Ledger Nav II.
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FLAW IN SIBERIA.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Pacific
Mail Steamship Company has begun
in the United States Circuit Court a
suit for $S2,5O0 damages against the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company. alleging the shipbuild-
ing company did not construct the big
transpacific liner Siberia according to
specifications The Siberia was turned
out in November, 1902, at cost of
over $i.750. 600 In the summer OF 1904
it was discovered, according to the
complaint, that she had a defective
stern post, with badly fiawed steel
castings.
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cuRTIs COMPLETES REPAIRS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.-The
bark George Curtis has completed re-
pairs and is now ready to start for
Honolulu The Curtis sailed from here
April Il for Honolulu with a general
cargo on board That night she was
in collision with the four-masted
schooner Mindoro off the Farallones.
which resulted in the death of the sec
ond mate and the Gripping of the yes
sci. She put back to this port in dis
treSS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-26
CHANGES OF ENGINEERS.

Peter Owens. who for the past three
md a half years was chief engineer of
the Oceanic Steamship Companys Ala
media, has been appointed to oversee
the machinery department of the COM
pany's steamship Sonoma. He sue
ceeds Archie Little, the veteran chief
engineer of the company, who has re-
signed. During the past eight years
there has been. a new regime in the
Oceanic company. and it's entire efforts
so far have been confined to getting rid
o. - ~" employees
Chief Engineer Richardson of the
steamship MaTiposa will take Owens
place on the Alameda and Richard
Gundell. the first assistant of the Mar
iposa, will go out as chief engineer on
the steamships next voyage. Another
change was the removal of Chief Stew
ard Funk of the Mariposa. G.. Faster
of the steamship Ventura was trans
ferred to that Observation-Disclosures,
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ALAMEDA WAS POPULAR

There was sign of returning pros
perity when the Alameda steamed int,
the harbor yesterday morning from
San Francisco. Her decks We're crowd
ed with passengers The list filed al
the rooms. Even the steerage was
about full. The vessel also brought
103 sacks of mail, representing two
days collection, and 1921 tons OF
freight. The Alameda will return to
San Francisco on Wednesday. May 80,
at 10 a. m
Among the returning passengers
We're John Waterhouse of Alexander &
Baldwin, who made a flying business
trip to San Francisco; w G.. Irwin
who viii occupy his Waikiki home for
d few weeks; Bert Peterson. who made
quick business trip to the Coast:
. Chas McGonagle OF Benson, Smith &
Co, who went East on q pleasure trip;
Miss NJ =. Burbank formerly librarian
of the Honolulu Public Library; c. j,
Hutchins. the insurance man; Mrs. H.
l.. Kerr, wife of the architect, and two
children; DR.. A. Mouritz, formerly of
Molokai and latterly of Kauai; n. w.
Furman, a photOgra pher burned out in
San Francisco, who will enter the en-
ploy of Rice & Perkins; DR.. J. w.
Stone, father of Mrs. Taylor, wife of
DR.. William Taylor; Col Thomas Fitch,
the attorney: Mrs. j. b. AgassiX, wife
of the contractor accompanied by Miss
Agassiz: J Walter Doyle. assistant TO
J. f. Morgan in the Hawaiian relief
work al San Francisco; Mrs. A. H.
Renton and three children of Kohala,
who left for Hawaii at noon on the
Mauna Loa.
The following vessels were sighted
during the trip: On May 10, at 4:3O
p. m. in Lat 1925 N. Long 1885 w,
pa ssed a barkentine standing east; on
May 81, at sos a. m. in Lat. 1888 N,
Long 134.33 w, passed a four masted
schooner standing west.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-26
MARBLEHEAD MYSTERY.

On Monday, May I, wild rumor was
telegraphed out from San Francisco
that the cruiser Marblehead had been
suddenly ordered from San Francisco
to Honolulu, under sealed orders"
from the Navy Department. The Navy
Department does not know what was
the origin of the story, although Acting
Secretary of the Navy Newberry tele-
graphed to San Francisco to find out,
if possible, who had started the yarn.
AS a matter of fact the Marblehead
went from San Francisco to the Mare
Island Navy Yard. TO go into drydock.
After that the vessel, together with the
cruisers Chicago and Boston, will go
to Puget Sound to fire salute at some
festivities there and will then go on
up to Sitka. Alaska, for a cruise
Army and Navy Journal.
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the Jersey shore and it blew eddying riffs in the
fog SO that Stanley able to see little distance
ahead. Presently he could make out the lights
the end of his dock. He was about to make
allowance for the tide and swing in toward his slip,
when deep voiced whistle sounded close by, on
the starboard side. Out of the fog there slowly
surged black, towering PROV and two side lights,
bearing straight down upon the Hoboken. Stanley
yanked the whistle cord to ask the other vessel to
try to pass astern OF him. But the huge bulk OF the
menacing steamer so close that it was too late
for her to turn or to check her Roadway. The Ho-
boken athwart the tide and drifting toward
instead of away from the deadly peril
Stanley looked astern and that it too
late for him to try to back her. He glanced ahead
and knew that he could not swing her in time to
clear the end of the pier and fetch into his slip If
he stayed where he was the oncoming prov must
crash into the Hoboken squarely amidships. In
priceless second two the pilot had to focus the
Judgment and experience of his long hard years
the river. He grasped the elements of the problem
he must solve, and worked it out with kind of
swift instinct without conscious elaboration Even
Nettie sitting amidships on the starboard side,
just where this other vessel would strike and crash
half way through the ferry boat
Throwing his wheel hard over, he fixed his eyes
tine end of the pier, and headed the Hoboken
straight for it. 1t was his only chance to escape
far worse disaster AS his vessel lunged head on
for the plings, he yelled:
I've got to do it! It's going to be the devil of
a smash, Mike!'
The wheelsnan rushed on deck and shouted back:
She's going to clear astern! By Heaven! she's
going to do it,!
He had more than spoken when the ferry
rammed the pier, although in the final moment the
strength of two thousand horses was struggling to
hold her back. There terrific shock, and the
splintering crash of plings and guard rail and deck
timbers the great hull pounded into the dock
and made kindling of its stout structure: Following
this uproar there came a tumut of frightened
shouts and screams from the decks below. Afraid
to think of what might have happened among his
passengers the pilot had his hands full in trying
to handle the damaged vessel which rebounded from
the pier head from the force of her headon collision,
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clustered around him and calling for help Stanley
began to feel uneasy, then uncertain, and then
little afraid of his ability to handle his boat in such
a night as this. He could not help thinking of
Nettie in the cabin below. The responsibility for
her safety oppressed him with disturbing weight.
In the background were the hundreds of other pas
sengers who crowded the decks. For years he had
watched them pour board like shot spilled out
of Now they had suddenly become many
individuals whose welfare vitality concerned him.
He swore that he would not let himself become
ratified but after he had steered his course for
minutes by the clock, and his ears had caught no
sound of signal bell, he began to wonder whether
he going to make good. His wheelsman looked
at him shrewdly and tried to make light of the situa
ton:
It's game of blind mans buff, Captain; amt
it? | remember when old Captain Barker had two
collisions and plumb into pier all in trip,
with fog like this; and he was the oldest pilot on
the river. This amt navigation. It's nothing but
a giddy gamble.
Sid sooner take liner across the Atlantic any
time muttered Stanley. All her skipper has to
do is point her straight and keep her going Say
The two men leaned from the wheel house win
dow and listened to measured, muf1ed toling,
faint and far away.
Not by long shot!" answered the wheelsman.
That's the German Line dock. The tide must be
runnin mighty strong. We're way down stream
The pilot nodded and began to work up river
again. Down below, the hungry commuters were
making peevish comment about the weather and
the stupidity of ferry boat crews They knew
nothing of the racking anxiety of the two men in
the wheel house who were staring into the fOg mop
ing that they might grope passage without collision.
A whistle roared close at hand that Stanley
jumped and the wheelsman in alarm. The
engines of the Hoboken sooner reversed
than another whistle sounded just astern. Stanley
furiously signaled to go ahead, to back her, and
then to stop her. He that the engineer
must think him crazy and he pulled the Cow bell,
which ordered the engine room to disregard all pre-
vous signals and begin again with slate
to speak. Using the COW bell in this fashion
a confession that he in tange with his signals,
lrNp1o tha of
and oiler chuckling the panicky nerves of the
green pilot
Il queered Nette and her job with my foolishness,
and now I'm queering my own job" he said to him
self L guess it's all over between She won't
want anything to do with slob like me-"
Nevertheless with intuition that comes of
long service the river, and that supplements the
senses of sight and hearing, Stanley, was feeling
his way up the river and slowly nearing his dock.
He could identify the signals from the docks as he
passed them, until at length he that he
could hear the tolling of his ferry bell. He
heaved huge sigh of relief and spoke his
shoulder:
Were twenty minutes late but we haven't
bumped anything and we've kept in the river hey,
Nike"
A breath of wind from the creeping along
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and was swinging around in the grip of the tide.
Carefully nursing her back toward the slip Shan
ley laid her splintered bow against the bridge.
While the deck hands trying to make her fast,
the pilot gazed down at the havoc he had wrought.
He could see no bodies in the tangle of wreckage,
and hoped that those forward had been given time
to flee back to the cabins for refuge. His knees
webbing he made all fast in the wheel house and
scrambled below. Bruised and bleeding men and
women of them hysterical, were limping ashore
or being helped along by their friends. The pilot
pressed through the clamorous crowd, seeking
Nettie whom he found seated where he had left
her. She pale but unhurt, and she sobbed
he picked her up in his arms
Are you all safe, Peter? Is anybody killed?
Was it your FAULT"
He halted only long enough to say: 1T was
sudden choice between being cut in two by big
steamer and ramming the dock, and l took the
dock. If you're safe and sound, you just wait for
me in the station until help get this mess straight
ened out.
He was overheard by Colonel Livingston Ball,
who, considerably rumpled and bruised, trying
to make his way ashore Il don't like your man.
ners, young man, said he: but your judgment is
all right in a pinch And I'm going to tell your
company so, blamed if DON'T"
No serious casualties had been discovered and
with thankful heart Stanley sought the super
intendent, who had taken charge Of the task of
getting the passengers ashore
well, you played the mischief with the old tub
your first trip growled the old man; but there
was less anger in his voice than Stanley expect
ing to hear. Its pretty bunch of damage suits
you've piled up for the company"
"Thered have been ferry boat cut wide open
and big list of dead ones if l hadn't butted the
dock, sir, said Peter Stanley, 1T was the frying
pan the fire. l suppose lose my job
Not till after the investigation anyhow, Cap
tain Stanley. was getting uneasy about you, and
chased down to the end of the dock to look for you
l the fix you were in, and there was only one
thing to do and you did it. l guess you've made
good, That kind of rapid-fire judgment shows the
born ferry boat man. You're laid off with pay,
while the Hoboken makes repairs. AS
get these people all ashore, you fix up your
port
Stanley made bee line for a door near which
Netie waiting. She braced herself for bad news.
but she saw from afar that his face joyful
Its coming out all right" he shouted when he
still yards away. eff hadn't known you
sitting amidships, sweetheart, right where that
blamed packet going to strike, my mind wouldn't
have worked half SO quick Ny berth is safe and
while I'm laid off till the Hoboken is in commission
again it's fine time to buy that ring and get busy.
What's the matter with wedding day after to-
morrow"
"Oh, Peter' she cried with bushing confusion
which made him speeches. with delight, Il can't
get ready-and- and" Then she read his down.
cast face, and repented: Il said I'd be ready
whenever you were Peter. And that you've
made good suppose it's up to me to make good,
too. And I'm going to-.