The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-28
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The United States naval collier AL
exander, in command of Captain E. w.
Henrieks, arrived in port shortly after
10 o 'clock yesterday forenoon, sixteen
days and twenty-five hours from Guam.
The voyage was very pleasant and
through smooth seas for the most part,
but on Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week there were heavy gales. The YES
sci carries 5000 tons of navy coal. Fire
was discovered in one of the bunkers
two days ago but it is not considered
serious. About 800 tons of coal in adj
dition will be loaded here and the
vessel will proceed to Magdalena Bay to
meet the American fleet there, on Mon
day afternoon The Alexander loaded
her coal at Cavite and carried stores to
Guam.
The officers of the Alexander are
Captain Z. w. Henricks, master, E. v.
W. Keene, chief officer, and f. w.
Perry, chief engineer.
III MoNGoLIA's NEW MASTER.
The Pacific Mail steamship Mongolia,
under command of Captain W. Fisher,
arrived in port shortly after 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a little more than
nine days from Yokohama. The pas
sengers speak in the highest terms of
Captain Fisher who was chief officer of
the vessel going out but took the COM
mapd on the death of Captain Hatha-
way in Shanghai There was a good
deal of bad weather on the voyage, Sc
Eere gales raging for several days. But
both in seamanship and in the other
relations which the commander of
vessel like the Mongolia bears to his
passengers, Captain Fisher has won the
esteem and enthusiastic good will of
all. The Mongolia brings $50 tons of
freight for Honolulu. She will sail this
forenoon at IL clock for San Fran
cisco.
The Mongolia has nearly 200 cabin
passengers, among them a number of
distinguished people. Among these are
the Hon. Shu Ping Tsin, the new Chi
nese Consul General to San Francisco.
He is accompanies by his family and
servants, numbering in all party of
eleven.
The Hon. Liang Ching Kwei is
special Commissioner of Education from
China to the United States to look
after the large number of Chinese stu
dents now in American colleges and
universities there. He is accompanied
by body of about twenty students.
The Chinese Consul to Hawaii went
out to the Mongolia to meet his dis
tinguished compatriots. They were TAX
en- to the Chinese Consulate, where they
were entertained and were later shown
some of the sights of the city.
There is also the Asahi Shimbun par
ty of around the world tourists humber
ing fifty-six. Editor Sheba of the Ha-
wall Shinpo went out to meet the par
ty outside the harbor, and a large
number of leading Japanese were at
the wharf to greet them.
THE NEvADAN ARRIVED.
The Americana Hawaiian S. s. Neva-
/ dan arrived yesterday afternoon about
2 o'clock from San Francisco. She
made very good trip though not
equaling her record. Captain Greene
said that he had summer seas all the
way down. He met the Nebraskan
shortly after leaving San Francisco,
and the Hilonian two days out from
Honolulu, and was passed by the Ala
media on Thursday afternoon. The Ne
Ndud4 brings I0UO IONS OK freight WHICH
includes 400 tons of cement for the
United States Notifications here, and
500 tons of tin plate for the pineapple
eanneries of the islands. She had
scarcely tied up at the wharf before the
Despatch was loading sugar into her.
The Nevadan will sail for Kahului Sun
day afternoon and will be back here
and sail for San Francisco on Thursday
afternoon.
THE ALAMEDA IN PORT.
The Alameda arrived early yesterday
morning from San Francisco bringing
four days mail and news files, about
thirty cabin passengers and 1900 tons
of freight. Captain Dowdell reports a
very pleasant voyage with smooth
seas. The Hilonian was sighted two
days out from Honolulu and the Ne
vadan was passed on Thursday after
noon. Among those who returned by
the Alameda were Captain w. A. Johns
ton and his bride. Captain Johnston
was the experimenting engineer during