The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-14
ALAMEDA FROM FRISCO.

ker coal and was an hour late in get
ting away, not sailing until o'clock.
ALAMEDA FROM FRISCO.
Late on account of heavy weather,
the Oceanic steamship Alameda, Cap
tain Dowdell, reached port yesterday
afternoon at 1:40 O'Clock from San
Francisco. She was well laden with
Christmas goods ana brought down a
good list of passengers, including q
number of cowboys to take part in
the local Wild West Show, and the
Honolulu girls who have been touring
the Coast. The cowboys got here
barely in time to take pant in the
exhibition at the baseball park.
The Alameda brought down a large
launch dashed on the starboard side
of her forward deck, and it was this
launch which must be held RESPONSE
BILE for the vessels delay. Heavy
weather was encountered for the first
four days out and a large proportion
of the passengers were seasick. Big
waves swept the forward deck, and
Captain Dowdell, always cautious
MASTER, decided to give her the slow
bell, for he saw that with the great
waves striking her forward he was
likely to lose the launch overheard.
This launch is destined for Midway
Island Except for the launch Incl
dent the Alameda would have come
in at o'clock in the morning.
In the steerage the Alameda brought
about a hundred Portuguese, most of
whom are returning to Hawaii, hav-
ing found conditions on the mainland
not as they expected. They are held
in quarantine aboard the vessel until
about noon today, waiting for the
expiration of the seven days from
-Ieaving port, to conform to quaran-
tine regulations.
TRANSPORT THOMAS ARRIVES.
A little later in arriving than ex-
pected, on account of heavy weather,
the United States Army transport
Thomas, Captain Lyman, locked at
Naval wharf No. at 1915 yesterday
afternoon from San Francisco with
several passengers for Honolulu, big
mail, some army stores and supplies
and a big through list of cabin and
steerage passengers for Guam and Ma
MIA. Cut SANS DIT - y N1OCA blAS dALS1-
noon.
There are thirty-three officers be-
longing to distinct commands aboard
the Thomas; twenty-one officers not be-
longing to distinct commands; four Off
GERS of the Navy and Marine Corps;
five civilian employees of the War De-
partment; IS civilian cabin passengers,
connected with or being the families of
~. ho Nor RI
ment; seven cabin, Navy Department;
thirty-one in the second cabin who are
connected with the War Department;
four civilians in the second cabin con-
nected with insular and other depart
ments; two army nurses; 761 enlisted
men belonging to the First and Sixth
Cavalry, 631 of the former and 80 of
the latter; sixteen enlisted men who do
not belong to distinct commands; FIVE
enlisted men of the post non-eommis-
stoned staff and thirty-two enlisted men
of the Navy and Marine Corps. Alto
gether there are nearly one thousand
passengers aboard the Thomas.
Lieutenant Spiller, who was for about
fifteen months the transport quarter
master aboard the Thomas is en- route
to the Philippines to join his old regi-
neHt, the twenty -clAth 1HLdhtI y liz
will be much missed from his post
aboard by host of Honolulu friends.
He is succeeded by Captain L. D. Ca
bell. Captain Lyman. the popular com
mander of the big troopship, rejoices in
the fact that the vessel has a whole day
in port.
The Thomas was in wireless commu-
nication with the Sherman during a
great part of her trim from the Coast.
The Thomas left San Francisco on the
same day that the transport Sherman
sailed from Honolulu, December ), and
they both arrived at their respective
destinations on the same day, yesterday.
The Thomas was caught by the local
naval wireless early yesterday morning
and she reported passing the Alameda.
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