The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-30

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The Oceanic :. s Ventura, on her
s2nd voyage TO the Colonies, arrived
yesterday afternoon shortly. before six
! O'Clock. about twelve hours behind her
usual time She brought a large num-
| Der Of passengers for Honolulu, 81 IN
all and a fairly large number of
| through passengers.
Among those for this port were
Capt. Metcaif. the wrecking expert.
| who had been sent for 10 assume
| charge of rescuing the ManehHria- and
| Captain a r P1Isbury, his assistant.
\ number Of wei known Honolulans.
| returning from business and pleasure
trips 10 the mainland, were among the
| disemb3rking passengers f II.
/ Swanzy, T. Give Davies, Of Theo. H
| Davies & Co. r. P. Spaulding of r.
| win & Co. NJ Brasch, manager for
Whitney & Marsh. ". W. Goodale,
| manager Of the Waialua plantation.
W T Lehigh, superintendent OF the
Mutual Telephone Co. DR.. r w An
/ derson. the well known dentist. Miss L
NJ Pope. principal Of the Kau1ehameha
Girls School q. =. Bell, stenographer
IN Judge Robinson,s court. u. G. Ash
| ley. Of the Honolulu plantation, accom-
caAino and his bride, were among
these.
Captain james Rennie. formerly with
the Oceanic Steamship Company and
wei known hare. IS one of the Homo
lulu passengers.
Alfred Purdy Eredenburgh. secretary
of the American Kennel Club. Is on q
visit 70 The members Of the Hawaiian
Kennel Club.
Among the through passengers are
PayH7asters T J. Bright and Coombs,
for Page Page, AMI Major G. w l.
Patterson booked for Auckland.
The principal freight discharged here
by the Ventura Il the wrecking outfit
brought by Captain Metcalf, consisting
Of three large anchors. heavy chain
and nawsers ana other apparatus, Ire
pieces IN all Four diving outfits are
part Of his shipment. Other freight for
here Is go packages of ice house goods.
80 cases Of eggs 20 packages Of gro
ceries. 70 express packages. IS cases OF
batter and 10 OF potatoes
The outgoing freight consists Ct
about 20 ions of merchandise and stores
for the navy station al Tutuila, Samoa.
Seven hundred tons Of coal were a1s0
taken on board
The Ventura had plea SAINT weather
during the trip and there were no IN
cidents ON OF the ordinary 10 record.
TIE Ventura VIII sail this morning
for the Colonies al 4;S0 O'Clock.
SYMPATHY FOR CAPT. SAUNDERS.
The Paeiec Mail Company made ar
rs.ugenents with the Togo Kisen ka5-
sha Company yesterday for the liner
Hongkong Maru. which viii leave here
or Friday, to carry number Of the I'LL
fstes7 ,fanchuria's passengers from /
Honolulu to their destinations IN the
Orient The ETongkong viii be able 10
take about 1o0 cabin passengers, %
steerage and about 500 Asiatics. Those
unable. To ina accommodations On the
FIongkoug vii be taken 10 the Far
East on the Korea, which VIII leave /
here September 4
Much sympathy was expressed yes
terCiay Tor Captain Saunders, NsEo has
assumed thsz blame for the fanch1rs
disaster. For many years CAPTAIN
Saunders safely navigared various /
liners between hare and Panama In
and OFT OF dangerous dngholes OF i
ports in daylight and dark, in fair s
weather and foul, he directed the
movements Of his ship without mishap- /
she was chartered by the Government
as an army transport during the Span
fsf-Arerican war. The Newport was
selected by General Otis as a flagship.
and IN her he visited a number Of th=
Philippine Islands over little trav-
eled and poorly surveyed routes,
through intricate channels. Captain
Saunders nav:gated the vessel IN safety
and brought her home without
scratch on her paint
as far as the Pacific NAH service Is
concerned. Saunders career Is IN
do1abtea1lx at an end. but he has many
friends and when clear OF his present
trouble viii have little difficulty II GET
ting another command
= waIl-known shipping man. IN a 20
sjtiou 10 do as he wills, said yesterday:
saunders is an able navigator and
has my deepest sympathy IN his pres
en- trouble He has takan The blame
s7d v,rot.a bly, was responsible, but that
does not change my opinion o. his abil-3
nv. and when ne gets out OF this ana
wants another ship I vii have no hes
stetfor IN giving him one
The Nanchnria- Il Is geneFaEiy IN
aa-stood. is the personal property 81
= H Hartman. who also OWES the
,Fcnra7ia. Both vessels we're chartered
10 the Pacific Mail Company. II would