The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-26
MARINE

Two washington's birthdays withi
twenty four hours. Is = very novel ex
perience, but this is wha- those q
board the japanese :. ;. NIPPON Maru
had this month. The vessel broke tn
$50 meridian on February -. while e.
route from Yokohama tn Honolulu. ant
naturally. she duplicated the day, s.
according to the reckoning OF the Nip
pom. washington ought 20 he a veal
older than the birth records make him
The Nippon arrived yesterday after
noon from Yokohama ard orienta
ports. after a delightful trip. She
went much further south than usual
going to the Goth degree of north lati'
tude. Captain F1lmer thought that
stormy weather might prevail along
the usual route. so he took the vessel
along a course that promised calmer
weather For two days after leaving
Yokohama, the vessel had high seas
but nothing especially dangerous was
experienced. The remainder of the
trip was pleasant
Tie vessel brought for Honolulu
thirty Filipinos, twenty-six of whom
are TO go to work in the sugar cane
: fields. This is the second installment
of laborers, as the result OF A. F. Judd'A
mission to the Philippines. some
months ago. In this crowd were twen-
ty-six men, two women and Two chill
dren. The officers OF the vessel say the
FiIipiHos smoked cigarettes and slept
during the trip. Possibly the erowi
was resting, in anticipation of entering
upon & career of Iaborious roll after
reaching Honolulu.
In addition to the Filipinos. the YES
sci brought 362 japanese for this port.
and two Chinese Two cabin passeE>
gers also stopped at Honolulu. The
ship had for San Francisco about TWEEN
ty-one japanese. who are en- route to
Mexico. AS freight for Honolulu, the
Nippon brought 437 TONS She also
landed thirty-nine bags of mail
The cabin passengers stopping at Ho-
nolulu, were Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Rouf-
faer. He is a sugar man of Java and
Is stopping here for the purpose Of
studying the sugar industry of the Fla.
waiian Islands.
Lieutenant Commanders III. George
and J. X. Seymour are American naval
officers who have been on duty on the
Asiatic station, and are going home for
a new assignment. Commander Sey.
mour is accompanied by his wife.
The Nippon is scheduled to depart az
10 O'Clock this morning for San Fran
cisco, from the Hackfeid wharf.
LAST OF JAPANESE wARSHIPS.
At o'clock this afternoon the Japan
csc squadron will depart for Hilo, en-
route to the Colonies. The vessels viii
remain il. Hilo some days, durins
which time the officers and cadets win
visit Kilauea. From Hilo the squad
ron will go to Fill.
Yesterday afternoon the warships
held a reception There were wrest'
ling matches, fencing, single stick and
other sports admired by the japanese
race. The reception was attended by
a large crowd OF local Japanese Theirs
was a dinner served to number of
guests aboard the Matsushima- There
were also theatrical performances on
the vessels
SAILING VESSELS ARRIVED.
In seventeen days. the bark r. p.
Rithet arrived yesterday afternoon
from San Francisco. She had pleas
ant weather and made a good run. The
vessel had a full cargo of freight for
this port. including a deck load of shin
giles The Rithet will load return
cargo of sugar. She brought no pas,
sengers. Is
- AIGoA TO BE LAID UP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-The
Pacific Mail Company's big freighte,
Algoa will be laid up for repairs which
will take about three months to make.
On her last voyage across the Pacific
she encountered fearful weather and
since she arrived it has been discover
ed that he rudder post is cracked and
her stern frome damaged.
SUGAR STEAMER IS DUE.
The S. s. Alaskan is due on February
IS from Sound ports. with general car
60 for island ports She is to load
12.25O tons of sugar at Honolulu, Kaa'
napali. Kahului and Hilo for Salina
Cruz.
REVENUE CUTTER DEPARTED.
The revenue cutter Manning depart
ed yesterday morning for Hilo- She
will make a cruise about Hawaii, be-
fore she returns to Honolulu. She will
probably be in Hilo during the visit or
the Japanese squadron.
IdARINE NOTES.
The schooner Eva left Ahukini Feb,
ruary u, for Eureka, after discharging
a cargo OF lumber.
The steamers Kinau. W. C. Hall and
Iwalani will depart today on their runs
to island ports.
The $. s. Siberia is due on Wednes-
day morning from San Francisco with
six days later mail from the mainland.
German Consul w. Pfotenhauer call
ed at the naval station yesterday. He
was given the usual number of guns
salute.
Following the 5. 5. Nippon Maru to-
h. -