The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-13

A foreign man-of-war, an American
transport. an ocean passenger liner, a
bark and the inter-island standby
from Hilo, made up yesterdays ar
rivals and lively day in the harbor.
The French cruiser Catinat from Ia
hiti, the transport Sherman and the
S s Alameda from San Francisco, and
the bark Olympic from Iquique kept
the waterfront busy.
FRENCHMAN MAKES PORT.
One hundred and one guns were fired
yesterday morning soon after the ar
| rival of the French cruiser Catinat
| from Tahiti. The Frenchman first sa-
| luted with twenty-one guns, the ma
tional salutation. and the Naval Sta
ton returned gun for gun. The cruiser
then fired thirteen guns in honor of
| Admiral Very, commandant here, and
| thirteen guns were returned in honor
| of Commodore Buchard of the Catinat.
| Acting Consul Marques called aboard
| the cruiser and was given seven guns.
| Then Commodore Buchard formally
/ visited Admiral Very and received
| thirteen guns on leaving the Naval
| Station. When Admiral Very returned
{ the official call aboard the Frenchman
he was again given thirteen guns. so
that there We're in all 101 guns fired.
The Catinat came into port and
locked at the Naval wharf at 8
O'Clock she looked well and made a
graceful docking. She was nine days
from Tahiti and before going to Ia
hiti had visited New Caledonia, Page
Page and numerous other points in
the South Pacific. From Honolulu she
goes TO San Francisco, San Diego and
Acapulco, and so back to Tahiti, Where
she is due in January.
The Catinat carries 400 men and
twenty officers. Captain Legendre is
her navigating officer. Other officers
are First Flag Lieutenant Mazare, +
Flag Sub-Iieutenant Thierry d Argen- i
lieu. Paymaster Dugand, Engineer -Cla- +
uuin and Doctor Lesson. She carries /
four guns of 1914 centimeters, ten guns /
of 10 centimeters ten guns of At CEN /
timeters. four guns of 81 centimeters, .
and two torpedo tubes. She has twin i
screws four searchlights, is equipped 7
with cofferdams. has a ramming nose,
a steel deck of SIS centimeters thick
ness and a peculiar sort OF rear plat
form that excited considerable inter
est. a rallied balcony running around
her stern.
Today. between / and o'clock IN the
afternoon. visitors will be allowed to
look over. the ship. Tomorrow morn
ing the Catinat will commence coal
ing. taking on 900 tons. She will re-
main here about twelve days. After
Commodore Buchard will give
a reception aboard.
Commodore Buchard was formerly
in charge of naval work for France
at Diego Saurez Bay. Madagascar, and
before that he was naval attache at
Berlin This is his first duty in the
Pacific. Il
The French cruiser is an oddly-con- :
structed vessel of 1000 tons. She has )
every appearance of being able to give
4 good account Of herself in an en- )
:
SHERMAN IN PORT. c
Seven days and one hour from San : :
Francisco, the L. s. A. transport
sherman, Captain Bruguierre, docked
I Naval wharf No. 8 at 1920 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, with several pas !,
engers for Honolulu. 236 tons of local
reight, large through list of passen- =
ers and a big cargo. Altogether, there =
-ere 1909 persons aboard--in the cabin, "
Is: second cabin "a: steerage. S4S: Il
rev. 1872. OF the steerage passengers, ?
Il are men of the Eighteenth Infan. d
~ -"
Honolulu freight includes 1000 bar
Els of cement for fertilization pur-
oses. and among passengers for this =
Ity was Major John Ruckman Of the =
cast Artillery, who is here on duty Oh
connection with the terrifying OF VI
ahu- III
While thirteen hundred miles at sea To
- sherman communicated by wire ps
IS with North Point, Washington, De
N she also talked with the transport
ogan. which was en- route to san
rancisco from Honolulu, the trans
,rts being 125 miles apart. or
The sherman carries s2.0eo,0o0 in ?
acie in her treasure vaults. This is ia
? use in the Philippines. %
Among the passengers for Manila We