The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-15


Hebrides are probably at present in
habited by the most savage people in
the world, people who are yet can
nibals. They are constantly having in,
ternal warfare, but while the warships
We're there everything was quiet.
The officers of the Catinat are as fol-
lows:
Commodore Buchard; staff: NJ. Ma
care, a. d. G.; Dugand, paymaster; Cla-
quin, engineer; Lesson, surgeon.
Line-Second officer, Lequerre; neu.
tenants, Pollard, Dareimoles, and Mo-
reau; ensigns, Bonneau and Ponsot; en-
gineers, Bayle, Maurer, Creginere, and
six midshipmen.
Two All. Boats.
The American Hawaiian steamship
Mexican is scheduled to sail from the
Sounsi on October 16 and from San
Francisco for Honolulu on October %:
The next steamer will be the Alaskan,
sailing from the Sound November l and
from San Francisco for Honolulu on
November 5. Both vessels have New
York via Tehuantepec cargOes, as well
as Sound and San Francisco freight.
Aorangi Here Today.
The Canadian-Australian steamship
Aorangi viii he here today from the
Colonies, having been delayed several
hours at FIJI. The Mariana of the same
line is due here Friday morning from
vaneouver. Mason Mitchell, the new
American Consul General to Samoa,
and wife will be passengers on the lat
ter beat, to Suva.
China Here Friday.
The Paeic Mails steamship Chino is
due here Friday morning from Yoke
hama with 400 tons of cargo, and the
vessel will have accommodations for
about hundred passengers from this
port. The vessel will probably leave
at p. m. the same day.
The Manchuria, which is due here
Tuesday morning from Yokohama, has
1900 tons, of freight for Honolulu, but
she is travelling with a small passenger
list, as she has accommodations for 125
people from here.
U. S. S. Tarlack Ashore.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 30
The Merchants Exchange have receiv-
ed cable from Manila stating that the
United States steamer Tarlack was
caught in a gale on September %, and
driven ashore on Borongan Island, one
Of the Samoan group. 1t is thought |
the vessel win be total loss.
Trouble on Korea.
dispute over a pool involving a |
arge amount of money wagered on the |
laily speed of the vessel caused an |
ugly scandal on the liner Korea which
came into this port yesterday. The
natter at issue was the refusal of John !.
Fox Jr., of New York to refund the
money after it had been decided by
captain Dixon and the mates that he /
had obtained the lump sum of $500 by !
The affair stirred up bitter feeling.
Ugly epithets were banded by the dis
Dutants with a generosity that almost
ed to blows The bitterness shoulder
ID for several days; in fact, it was not
lispelled when the ship locked and the
facilities of large city drew the com
,atants from each others pale. Until
he end Fox maintained that he had
won the money squarely.
Time passed heavily, as it always
loes on an ocean voyage, and one of |,
he men suggested pool on each day s
un. The steamships log was to decide
he bets. Matters proceeded calmly for
ome DAYS, the winner taking the pot
ovously and the loser trying his luck
again, hoping for better results. The
lay the trouble arose Fox guessed 35l
niles as the distance covered. When
he results of the pool We're posted up
t was found that this was the winning
lumber. Fox drew down the money.
Then came a rumor that the named dis
ance had been wrong. A mistake in
he posting, it was declared, had been
made. A trip to the captain s cabin
,esulted in the discovery that the ship
-- !
lad in reality gone 354 miles. The
person who had guessed this distance
put in a requisitlon for the
500. Fox was unwilling to part with
he money, however, claiming that he
lad won the pool squarely.
John Murray Marshall, formerly as
;istant United States district attorney
Tor Massachusetts,, now resident Of
Pasadena, was one of the men in the
'ool. Last night at the st. Francis he
old the story.
Fox. he said, simply refused to re,
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