The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-05

arrived off port shortly after o'clock
Yesterday morning and came into the
harbor at daybreak, had not been de-
ilayed by rough weather as had been
thought the case. The officers declare
that the trip had been very pleasant
one so far as the weather was concern
ed. but refused to give any information
as to why the liner should have arrived
here from the Colonies nearly three
days behind time.
| The Ventura brings fifteen passen-
gers for Honolulu and has through
list of seventy-one for the Coast. Here
she was Joined by large number OF
| messengers. among them being the Del
| egate to Congress.
Among the through passengers were
lie. N. Baeyertz and his daughter. Mr..
! Baeyertz is the editor of the Triad,
| leading New Zealand publication, and
he purposes making an extended trip
through the United states and Europe.
The Ventura locked first at the Ocea-
mic dock, where she took on consider
able amount of freight and coal, after
wards shifting to the Hackfeld wharf
| to make room for the S. S. Sonoma.
| The shifting of the liner was the cause
| of a considerable amount of confusion
| last night, when the passengers began
| to return to their vessel. In many
cases these passengers rushed down to
what they supposed were their state
rooms, only to find them occupied by
some one else Others, Honolulu pas
sengers for the Coast, carried their
| hand luggage up the gangway of the
Colonial bound steamship and began to
hunt up their staterooms.
1t took some time to convince some
of the passengers that the Sonoma was
not the Ventura and there were many
| hard things said by the strangers and
others when they were turned out to
| hunt up their right liner at the Hack
| field wharf
The Ventura was due 70 sail last
night at o'clock but was held until
after 10 to allow of the taking on OF
water.
SONoMA MET NO BAD WEATHER.
| The O. S. S. Sonoma, from San Fran
cisco, arrived yesterday morning and
locked at II o'clock at the Oceanic
dock. Captain Trask reports a voyage
without any unusual incidents, the de-
! lay in the arrival of the liner being
due to a necessary wait Sfor mails at
San Francisco. AS was the ease with
the S. S. Nippon Maru the voyage was
made in good weather, the storm which
had ravaged these shores not having
extended to any distance north
| The Sonoma had a large passenger
| list, many Of the passengers being for
Honolulu. Among the through passen-
gers is DIR. Solf, the Governor Of Ger
man Samoa, who is returning to Apia
from a visit to the Fatherland.
Jack Johnson, also a celebrity in his
way. the colored heavyweight cham
pion OF the world and not afraid to
/ say 80, Is a passenger for Australia.
where he hopes to hang a few more
scalps TO his belt.
The liner took on a considerable
amount Of coal here and will depart
for the Colonies this morning at s
o'clock
TRANSPORT LOGAN ERINGS COAL.
The u. 3. A. T. Logan. two days
overdue, arrived yesterday morning
! from Manila, having had an unevent-
ful voyage. She brings two passen-
| gers for Honolulu, the two daughters
OF Colonel Girard, who Is himself on
board bound for the Coast. Colonel
| Girard is the ranking officer aboard the
| transport.
| The Logan has full complement of
passengers, seventy in the cabin.
| Among the steerage passengers are
| thirty casuals, forty-three enlisted men
| L. 5. navy and marines, twelve sick
| and eighteen discharged soldiers, four
| teen civilians and twenty-eight gem
eral prisoners, one Of whom is insane.
The transport will be held in port
| until Monday night discharging her
cargo OF 700 tons of coal for this port.
CHIUSA NARU DELAYED BY FOG
The Japanese S. S Chiusa Maru.
which was due to arrive here on
Thursday, came into port yesterday af-
| ternoon, coming around Diamond
| Head. The reason for her arrival
| from that direction is that the vessel
| ran into a thick fog on Thursday,
| through which it had been Impossible
| to pick up the land. The vessel felt
her way along carefully and when the
| fog lifted found herself in the Molokai
| channel.
The Chiusa brings fair amount OF
| freight and SCI Japanese laborers in
| the steerage Throughout the voyage
| dirty weather was encountered, bat
there were no accidents nor any sick,
ness among crew or passengers.
The sailing date for the Chiusa has
not yet been fixed, as 1t is uncertain
| when the libel trial. arising out OF the
| stranding OF the vessel on the reef of
| the channel on her last visit, will b.
| settled
The officers aboard the Chfusa Maru
| deride all talk OF possible war be-
| tween America and Japan, declaring
| that the japanese have too great
| liking for President Roosevelt and the
| United States as a whole to go to war
| over the doings of the Californfans, es-
/ peCially view of ToreSi6ant'a Tnpz-