The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
MAIL ACCUMULATEs
FOR PACIFIC FLEET

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At the postofice lot of mail i:
accommodating for the Pacific fleet, an
indication other than the growing piles
of coal on the wharves that Admiral
Swinburne IS cruisers and torpedo flo
| tilla are on the way back to Honolulu
| from Samoa. One of the chief de
| lights of the bluejacket is to receive
mail from home, and another is to
send batch of mail to the folks. That
the blueiackets have not been sighted
| in letters from the mainland NAV be
judged from the pile of sacks awaiting
them on arrival from the South Seas.
The fleet is due here the morning of
October z.
Was a Cattle Boat.
The Observation-Disclosures steamship
Virginian, which arrived during the
week from Seattle, was built about FIVE
years ago for the Atlantic Transport
Service and has only been in the Pa
eife trade since last February. She
was built especially for the cattle trade
and made many voyages between Bal
timore and London. She is equipped
for carrying $50 head of cattle, in ad-
dition to having large cargo space.
While the Virginian was last at Sa-
lima Cruz an accident occurred in
which three Mexicans lost their lives.
The men were working on the deck
and fell into a hatch. Captain Col
cord, in command of the Virginian, is
a genial mariner and has many friends
here.
Columbian's Cyclone.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 90
For twenty-four hours the big freight
er Columbian, Captain Coleord, of
the American Hawaiian line, plowed
through a miniature cyclone on her
voyage from Hilo to Salina Cruz. The
gale was in the nature of a circular
storm. and the wind came from all
points of the compass. Captain Col
cord reported that it was the most I'M
usual gale for the time and place that
he ever experienced. The storm was
encountered on August % in latitude
10. longitude 116. The Columbian was
heavily laden with sugar from the Is
lands and rode easily through the rough
seas and gales which might have
caused damage to lighter ships.
The Columbian arrived today from
Salina Cruz. having made the run up
the coast in seven days and three
hours. which is record time. Better
time would have been made but for
the fact that the Columbian encounter
ed dense fog off Santa Barbara chan
mel, which stayed the vessel until she
entered the harbor.
The Columbian is now in port and
will shortly leave for Hilo to load the
last of the New York via Tehuantepec
sugar.
Notice to Mariners.
Notice has been received that Saun- |
ders Reef Whistling Buoy, SRI, To- |
Gated about 3-S mile SW. by s. from
the outer rock on Saunders Reef, and |
I 1-2 miles below Point Arena, is i
adrift, and going south. 1t viii be
replaced as soon as practicable.
BY order of the Lighthouse Board.
R. F. LOPEZ,
q. s. n, Inspector, 18th
Lighthouse District
Shipping Notes.
The Niihau. in yesterday from Ka-
brought II head of cattle
The Lurline returned yesterday from
lilo. She loads and leaves for San
francisco October 10.
The following sugar awaits shipment
N Hawaii: Olaa, SS3S bags; War
aku, shipped all yesterday; Punaluu,
800; Honuapo, 4s9; other places all
leaned out.
Yeoman Abbey of the Captain OF
he Yard s office at the naval station
caves for Kauai this week on three
-eeks' furlough, the first he has had
4 six years.
The japanese training cruisers Aso
nd Soya, formerly the Russian eruis-
rs Bavan and Variag, which are TO !
isit Honolulu next spring, will also s
av a visit to San Francisco, Seattle,
ortland, Victoria and Esquimalt.
The Mauna Kea arrived yesterday 4
ON Hilo and Maui with the following
lrgo: autos, bundles ;. skins, L
,xes pigs. ; bags coin. 3 crates celery,
abgs cocoa. bags Tel. pins, boxes /
lickens, 9 bags spuds, 10 bags ava,
tubs sake. 16 packages vegetables, d
empty kegs. 80 barrels empty bot
IS, 81 bags taro, 40 eases saraines, % L
indies hides, 1886 railroad ties, 23S +
.ckages sundries.
HAT WAS ENOUGH FOR WILLIE. =
One morning a small boy of four
Imped his head on the edge of a c
bic, infieting a sharp bruise. First
laughed and then he cried. His
other asked him why he laughed If