The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-25

Inc waterfront SHafpS OF san fTdI-
cisco had it fixed up for Captain Saun-
ders of the Manehuria in this way
prior to his arrival there:
Captain J. w. Saunders will find
great difficulty in breaking through the
sinister atmosphere which is surround
ing the big liner Manchuria, as she is
laboring to this port from the Orient.
According to this officer, the present
lis the thirteenth voyage of the Man
churia. She left Honolulu on the thir-
teenth hour of the day and is expected
TO arrive here today, which is the thir-
tenth day of the month, and with this
strange numerical combination any
thing may occur to the big steamer
1t scarcely need be said that the
Manchuria reach San Francisco safely
and on time and is now on her way
to Honolulu.
THE TAXING MARINER.
This is the story of the disaster to
the Tillie E. Starbuck as the New York
papers got it from William kaufman,
a sailor on the Starbuek:
NEW YORK, March 11.-snatched
from a grave in the Antarctic ocean,
after spending forty-eight days in an
open boat with five companions. Will
liam Huffman, second mate of the
American ship Title E. Starbuck. ar
rived today on the Voltaire of the
Lamport and Holt line. Of the captain
and twenty-seven men who left New
York on April 9Th only four remain
to tell the awful tale of wreck and of
the abandoning of the ship. Twenty
men were drowned after the smashing
of the lifeboat. Captain William Winn
blew his brains out in his cabin. the
cook was killed on board, and two of
the sailors in the second boat were
drowned
If the Starbuck has not sunk she is
now probably a companion of the
South sea icebergs. Despite the awful
experience of kaufman, he says he is
going to sea again, if for no other rea-
son than not to discourage others. But
before going back to sea he is going
to California to visit his mother and
father. He said today he was on his
way there when he left this city last
April. He viii go overland this time.
and hopes for a goodsbreeze and a safe
track
This is the story as WEIGH e. Com
pany of San Francisco, the owners of
the vessel, give it:
Kuhlman was not second mate, he
was a seaman. The Starbuck encnun-
tered a hurricane and was dismasted
and dismantled off the coast of Chile
on a voyage from New York to Homo
lulu with a cargo of general merchan-
disc, and while she was lying a help
h, orit Cay a1,11Sty
meth approached and took every man
off the ship. The officers and crew
We're taken to Coquimbo, and Captain
Winn came to San Francisco where he
is staying for his health. The last act
of the captain on the ship before leav-
ing was to set her on fire, so that she
MAUNA LoA's ARRIVAL.
The Inter-Tsland steamer Mauna Loa
arrived at 6 o'clock yesterday morning
from Kona and Kau with a consider
able number of passengers and a wide
assortment of freight. Among those
who returned by her was DR.. E. T.
Phillips the bee expert. and D. L. Van
Dine, who have just returned from a
tour of the apiaries of Hawaii and
Maui. Rev. E. S. Timoteo, Rev. o. Fl.
Guliek and Rev. w. r. Oleson, re-
turned from attending the meeting of
the Evangelical Association of Hawaii.
MOVEMENTS OF SHIPPING.
ADATO, -Br. s. s., ar. Eleele from New
castle, March 20.
A. J. WEST. Am. schr., from Grays
Harbor for Hon, Feb. IS.
ALAMEDA, 0. S. S., Dowdell. from S.
F. for Hon. Mar. q.
ALASKAN, All. S. S.. ar. Saiinz
Cruz from Hilo, March Is.
ALICE COOKE, Am. sehr., from Hon.
for Seattle. March 4.
ALUMNA, Am. schr., simmie, from
Taltal for Hon, Feb. %.
AORANGI. CA. s. S.. Phillips, ar.
sydney from Hon. Mar. II.
AMY TURNER. Am. bk., warland,
ar Hon. from s. F., Mar. p.
ASTRAL. Am. sp., Durham, ar. Hilo
from Hon, Mar. %.
ATLAS. Am. sp., from S. F. for Ka-
hului, Mar. ii.
ALBERT, Am. bk.. from Hilo for Ka-
anapai, March 10.
ANDY MAHONEY, Am. schr., from
Grays Harbor1 for Hon, Mar. S.
ASIA. P. NJ S. s, from Hon. for S.
F., Mar. q.
AMERICA MARU. T. K. K. S. s.,
Filner. ar. Yokohama from Hon,
Mar. 90
JOHNSON. Am. blk, ar. Hilo
from s. F., March Is.
All. S. S, Tapley, ar.
Seattle from s. F., Mar a.
WEIGH. Am. blk, ar. S. F.
from Hilo. Mar. It.
Am. bk., from Newcastle
for Hon, March 4.
Am. schr., from Everett
for Hon, Mar. Is. !
BEFORp. Z. S. A T, Bruguierre, |
from Hon. for Manila. via Guam,
Feb. Is.
BENICIA, Am. bkt.. from Newcastle
for Hon, Feb. q.
B. F. PACKARD, Am. sp., ST. Clair. |
sailed from Bremerton Feb. II, from