The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-25
MARINE
Aorangl's Stay Short.

Ne n. VI. = AoTaDgl came INTO port
yesterday morning shortly before noon
and left soon after clock last night.
As she was nearly twenty-four hours
late she made but short STAY and the
many Australians, who were en- route
to the Seattle exposition, were disap-
pointed at having only few hours IN
which to view the beauties of the
Island
The Alfred liner took on coal. which
was carried from the traveller bunkers
TO the Bishop wharf, where il was
transferred to the stoke holes bv means
OF cranes forward, while the sma
freight aft was being deposited on the
wharf
The Aorangi left the dock in a blaze
OF glory produced by the presence of
several hundred Elks who were at the
wharf to bid farewell to Post Grand
Ruler harry Murray, who goes as dele
gate to Los Angeles. The man who
has the onus of carrying the aloha of
the Hawaiian Elks all down the coast
from Vancouver TO Los Angeles was
properly laden with leis, and his smile
could be distinguished looming over che
port rail when the good steamer was
well on her way out of the harbor.
Suicide on China.
The Pacific Mail liner China arrived
from San Francisco yesterday morning
and left the Channel wharf, where she
was locked, shortly after FIVE O'Clock
in the afternoon. On the way down
here, two days out, Margaret Steven
son, the stewardess, was lost over
board.
There is considerable mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of the
woman. There was no rough weather
to make II appear that she had been
washed overheard, and nobody could
advance any reasons for suicide, as she
appeared in the best of spirits when
she was last SEEN
When last seen she was about to re-
tire for the night on Friday, June IS,
but the next morning her cabin was
found TO be empty and she was no
where to be found on the ship. There
was talk among those on board about
a letter which she had left. but Cap
tain Friele denied the existence of any
such communication, and so the
woman S deash will remain one of
those many sea mysteries that thrill a
ships company for day or tive and
thea are forgotten.
School Teachers for Manila.
Among the China 5 passengers were
several government employees bound for
the Philippine Islands as well as sew
eral school teachers. She carried only
small freight for Honolulu, some zoe
tons all told, most of which was ee-
ment, with general cargo.
For the Orient the China carried
100000 feet of lumber and 5000 tons
OF general freight. Except for the
tragedy of the stewardess. the voyage
was uBeyemtful all the way down The
officers remarked that the trade winds
were conspicuous by their absence, and
stated that they have never before
seen such conditions prevail in these
ATTITUDES a. this time of year.
No Danger of Bunkomen.
Call.-The Pacific Mail liner China
now carries only intermediate and steer
age passengers. Among the passengers
on its last voyage across the Pacific
was young English woman, who lost
no opportunity to impress upon her
fellow passengers that she despised
America and that only personal affairs
of great urgency compelled her to
travel on an American ship, and an in
termediate liner at that As she walk
ed down the gangway at the Pacific
Mail wharf a fellow passenger remark
ed teasingly:
''Well, Miss Bull, you re going TO
put your feet on American soil at
last
yes replied John Bull IS daugh-
ter, "and I expect TO be swindled be-
fore I've been ashore hawf an hour. -
Both remarks fell on the ear of Gus
toms Inspector Sims Hunt. who was
elassmate at Annapolis with Admiral
Sebree and combines with rugged patri-
otism a keen wit.
.'Don t worry, Young ladyi' said
Hunt. as he CALAMITY put out his hand
TO assist her down the steep step from
gangway to pier. don t worry. the
bunkomen only meet the frst-elass
steamers
Quick Time from Hongkong.
The first cargo from the Far East via
the new Tehnantepec-Orient route ar
rived in New York on June l by the
steamer Lewis Luckenbach. The steam
err Enroll, of the Mexican Oriental
Steamship Line, Ltd. which inaugural
ed the new service, left Hongkong April
s, and after calling at ports in Japan
made a good passage to Salina Cruz
Mexico. Her cargo was promptly trans.
shipped across the isthmus of Puerto
Mexico, and brought here by the con
Meeting steamer of the AmericanHa-
waiian Steamship Company. The time
in transit through to New York was:
From Hongkong, 50 days; from Kobe
45 DAYS; from Yokohama, 4S days. The
cargo arrived in frst-class condition.
n. Y. Maritime Register.
Hongkong Maru Sails.
The Hongkong Maru sailed for South
American ports Yesterday afternoon al
3 o clock. She took no freight Eor pas
sengers from this port, but left a few
traces behind in .he shape OF some es