The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-14

is moored at the Oceanic wharf.
whence she leaves at clock this
morning for Guam and Manila. Since
last Thursday noon a stiff easterly
blew, and the Sheridan was in the
midst of it almost until the time she
came in sight of the Islands. This
caused delay of many hours.
The Sheridan is filed with cabin
| and steerage passengers. The Four
teenth Cavalry is aboard en- route to
| the Philippines. The ranking officer
in the regiment is Major Scott, who
| has been d frequent visitor in Homo
lulu and has a circle of admiring
| friends. The ranking officer on board
is Lieut.-Col. Lassiter of the Fourth
Infantry. Colonel Lassiter is an old
| time friend of Major Dunning of Fort
| Shafter, both having been young off
GERS in the Sixteenth Infantry at Fort
| Douglas, Utah.
Among the passengers for Honolulu
We're Lieut.-Col. H. S. T. Harris, Med
| zeal Corps, who is here to inspect the
army hospitals. Captain Holbrook,
Fifth Cavalry. also arrived with his
bride, formerly Miss Stanley, a rela-
| tive of a former well-known army of
| icer. Capt. G. D. Moore, Fifth Cav
| airy, who has been on duty elsewhere,
arrived to take command of one of the
| troops at Schofeld Barracks. He was
accompanied by Mrs. ioore. Mrs.
Dunning, wife of Major Dunning, com
| mandant at Fort Shafter, returned
- Mrs
| c. C. Quigley, wife of Sergt.-Maj.
Quigley, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort
| Ruger, also arrived. George Roentiz,
clerk to the eommandant, naval sta
| ton, returned from a brief vacation
on the Coast. In the steerage were a
| number of enlisted men for the hos
| pital corps, Fifth Cavalry and Engin-
eer detachment at Fort De Russy.
Chaplain Joyce of the Fourteenth
| Cavalry, who was to relieve Chaplain
| Chase of the Fifth Cavalry at Schor
| field Barracks, was recently transferred
| to the artillery, and no one else has
yet been designated for the vacancy
in the Fifth. Chaplain Chase leaves
| today in the Sheridan with the Four
teenth
The Sheridan took on about 600 tons
of coal and discharged about 60 tons
of general supplies for the local army
posts. The Sheridan will arrive in Ma
Mia about December 2. She is carry
ing Christmas supplies for the troops
in the Philippines, although trans;
port may be dispatched later this
month from San Francisco in order to
get Christmas presents and supplies in
Manila shortly before the holidays.
The Fourteenth Cavalry band is an
excellent organization and has one of
the best leaders in the army. AS the
band is recruited up to its strength, the
music rendered is of the very best. The
concert given at the Moana Hotel last
evening was largely attended and was
a musical treat.
Alameda Hustling Along.
Irwin & CO., agents for the Oceanic
company, received wireless from the
Alameda at eight clock Friday night.
Everybody aboard was well, and
fresh southeast wind and rough sea
were registered on the log. The ba
rometer stood at 30.11 and the Their
SO miles from Honolulu en- route to
San Francisco.
Pacific Mail Bookings.
Bookings for the Pacific Mail steam
ships at the San Francisco Office are
alleged to be so heavy that applicants
for passage to Honolulu are being in
Following is a copy of letter sent
from the Pacific Mail office in San Fran
cisco to Walter F. Dickinson, Box 184,
Hamilton City, California, signed by
A. G. D. Kerrell, general passenger
agent:
Dear Sir:-Replying to your letter of
the I'd inst, requesting information
regarding the trip to Honolulu, l am
sending by this mail, under separate
cover, tariff, schedule and folders Civ
ing full particulars.
Our sailing of the s S. Mongolia
December u is the first steamer on
which we have accommodations.
Kidwen Leaves on Mariana.
With heavy through list of passen-
gers the Canadian-Australian steamship
Mariana arrived yesterday about noon
from Victoria and Vancouver, and de-
parted last evening at seven O'Clock
sharp for the Colonies, taking a few
passengers from here. She brought
many people for this port, including
several kamaainas, among them being
E. Faxon Bishop of Brewer & CO., who
has been interested in the merger of
the Irwin and Brewer interests. Mrs.
Bishop also returned. DR.. John Pottie,
the veterinarian, returned from a bust
ness trip. DR.. Day, chose vilifying
article in the Portland telegram on the
Hawaiian Islands and its people, was
recently published in The Advertiser,
also arrived. He repudiates the inter
view, says he only talked three and
half minutes with a reporter for the
Portland paper, and claims that he
never said what is contained the major
portion of the article. John Roberts,
a high official of the Union Steamship
Company, was a through passenger.
Among those leaving for the Colonies
was Captain John Kidwell, who viii
take vacation of about a year, spend
ing most of his time in Australia and
Cape Town. Miss c. Bittner of Lon