The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-29
MARINE
DEPARTURE OF MONGOLIA.

The departure of the Mongolia yes
terday was quite gala affair. The
band was on hand, something that is
not usual in the case of Pacific Mail
steamships. Seventy-eight cabin pas
sengers were taken from here, most
of them tourists and visitors. Among
them. with many friends at the wharf
to bring her leis, was THE Merry
Widow who leaves after several
weeks here, which she has enjoyed
immensely.
Erastus A. Barnes of Chicago, for
merly superintendent of the Daniel
Webster school in Chicago, was a de-
parting passenger.
Attorney c. H Olson left to go to
Washington, where he will argue the
Galbraith will case before the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
representing the executors of the will.
Attorney J. d. White of Kauai left
to visit relatives on the Coast. He
will be gone about five weeks.
Mrs John Ena was another depart
ing passenger. She goes to her home
in Southern California.
C. X Field, a prominent insurance
man of San Francisco, had many
friends at the wharf to see him off
He was laden with leis, and among
the striking souvenirs presented him
was a bundle of island oranges made
IN in the old Hawaiian way so that
one of them could be plucked at
time as they were eaten. 1t was pre-
lsented by G. P. Wilder.
E. S. M. Lovelace, one of the civil
engineers of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way. returned after a visit in the is
lands.
Mrs. e. s. Shepherd and daughter
returned to Chicago after visit here
to her daughter, Mrs. DR.. M. E.
Grossrnan.
MAuNA KEA'S ROUND TRIP.
The Mauna Kea arrived yesterday
morning from her first voyage on the
Hilo run at a little after TO O'Clock.
A stiff breeze at Laupahoehoe that
delayed the return of the boats, ana
the delay incident to taking on sheep
at Kawaihae, aside from the fact tnal
no effort was made to push the yes
sci. accounts for the fact that she did
not arrive earlier in the morning, as
some expected
very steady boat. Even at Laupa-
hoehoe there was little roll, and no.
body was sick.
At Hilo the Hilo band was on band
TO greet the new vessel. She was
lighted up and thrown open to the
people one evening. and there was
much enthusiasm over the vessel. She
had a good passenger list each way.
THE COLUMBIAN ARRIVES.
The INSTRUMENTATION steamship
Columbian. Colcord, arrived here yes
4erday morning from Seattle, with
about 5000 tons of freight, largely bran
and flour. She had fine weather all
me way. On March % at a. m. she
s,khted the Marion Chilcott in lati-
ts1gde 80 degrees and 50 minutes north,
@and longitude 149 degrees and 30 min
utes west She was under full sail,
and, as Chief officer Lancaster de-
seribed it yesterday. was ''only hit
ting the high places"
The Columbian will probably take
5000 tons of sugar here and get away
to Kahului next Thursday.
FELL DOWN THE HOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2O.-John
Patonia and Frank Hasaro, two long
shoremen, fell down the hold of the
American Hawaiian Company's steam
er Nevadan yesterday and We're badly
injured. The men were assisting in
loading the steamer at the Greenwich
dock. when they were struck by sing
load of goods and knocked down the
hold. They were taken in an ambu-
lance IN the Harhor Hospital, where
DR.. Hill found both of them to be SUIT
fering from Commissions of the head and
body. with possible fractures of the
skull.
SUGAR FLEET rs BUSY.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2o.-Up to
date this year of twenty sugar ship
ments received at this port from the
islands by various vessels, 621,231 bags
of sugar have arrived. Eighteen yes
sells so far have engaged in the traff1c,
and the biggest shipments to arrive
have come by the steamer Nebraskan,
Nevadan, Hilonian and Enterprise.
The Nebraskan holds the record thus
far with Sc, 1894 bags brought here Feb
ruarv oath, the Nevadan coming next
with SO O99 bags. March Sd. The Hilo-
MAN brought $1,000 bags, March Attn,
and the Enterprise reached here with
54.377 bags, February I'D.
FINDS LIFE BUOY ON BEACH.
{ SAN FRANCISCO. March pa
ltifebuov marked, as far as could De
Shade out "Rosman, San Francisco
hwas picked up yesterday by the patrol
o. c,amanah beach. near Darling river.
According to word received from VIC
4oria. r. c., yesterday, small guam
+itv of wreckage was also strewn near
tbe spot where the lifebuoy was found.
So far as can be ascertained here the
only vessel with name anything IKE
BOSNIAN which has left this Coast
RECENTLY is the schooner Rosamono'
which left Grays Harbor for Callao'
Fehruary nth, with a cargo of lumber.
The Rosamond was formerly IN the
Hawaiian Island trade.
THE SANTA MARIA.
The oil steamship Santa Maria ar
rived off port about 10 o'clock yes
ferdav morning and came in as soon
as the Mongolia had gone out. she
had fair weather all the way down.
and sighted a schooner nor Iar IRON
RI have been the