Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-27
KOREA IN DAILY
touch With WORLD
Brings Many People
But Small
Freight

In daily touch with the outer world
throughout the entire trip down from
san Francisco through the installa.
ton of her new wireless, the Pacific
Mail steamship Korea, with sixty cab.
in passengers and a small general car
go for the Hawaiian Islands pulled up
alongside the Hackfeld wharf shortly
before s o'clock this morning.
Purser billie Allen was more than
enthusiastic over the wireless service
on the Korea AS that vessel Is the
first of the Pacific Mail feet to be At.
ted with the modern method of com.
munication the experiment has been
watched with more than usual inter-
est by shipping men.
I'VE received a daily batch Of all
the important news Of the world" said
purser Allen this morning. THE
wireless was utilized by many passen-
gers for commercial purposes through.
out the voyage and the service left
nothing that could be desired. The
Korea is equipped with Ave Kilowatt
apparatus, which is said to be the
most powerful installed on any ship
sailing the Pacific ocean," The in.
| Stallation was made by the United
Wireless Company and the Korea's
record on the present trip would indi.
cate that other vessels Of the Pacific
Mail fleet will be similarly fitted out
for communication at sea.
In the specie tanks of the Korea Is
gold bullion to to the value of nearly
two million dollars. The shipment of
valuable metal is destined for Yoke.
hama banking institutions.
The Korea proceeds to Manila OH
this trip and consequently will cut out
all other ports of call after leaving
Nagasaki. Japan. There is something
like three thousand tons of general
cargo and supplies for the United
States navy and headquarters depart
mcnt In the Philippines. The freight
list shows most every line of freight
from timed goods to heavy ordinance
and ammunition.
local commercial and business circles
returned from the mainland by the
vessel. Colonel z. S. Spalding. the
owner of the Makee Sugar Company
of Kealia, has returned to the islands
to look after his extensive landed in.
terests.
| Joshua Tucker Is another returning
| passenger, he having attended the ses.
sion of the Grand Lodge of MasOns
held at San Francisco. II. b. Ander-
son. the Honolulu lawyer is back from
Il business trip to the States. while II.
| Mex. Harrison returns from an ex.
tended visit to Great Britain and the
Continent. DR.. A. G. Hodgins, who
has been on a tour of the world,
comes back by the Korea much i'm.
proved in health. He reports having
greatly enjoyed his visit to foreign
lands. Mrs. Henry Holmes, the wife
OF the Honolulu attorney, was re.
turning passenger for this port. Miss
| Florence YaIrow. the city missionary
connected with Central Union church,
arrived by the Korea. Mr.. and Mrs
| Thomas O'Dowda of Eva Plantation
are back from visit to the coast.
| Alexander Young and Mrs. Young,
accompanied by Miss Bertha Young.
also returned from delightful trip
to the coast. Mr.. Young was the re.
cipient of quite an ovation when he
stepped down from the. gangplank of
the Korea.
Among the through passengers are
several OF prominence In business cir
Giles OF the Far East. II. Nose. a
through passenger to Kobe. Japan, Is
well known cotton manufacturer of
Japan. Charles Bryan Is a Yokohama
business man returning from trip
to the States and Europe.
Missionaries and vaudeville perform.
ers are both carried on the cabin pas
senger list of the Korea destined for
various points In the Orient. Many OF
the former will leave the vessel at
Nagasakl and there tranship to anoth.
er vessel for Shanghai.
Chinese high in diplomatic circles
OF the Empire Is Lao Ngantow, who
+, represented his government at Cuba.
He is returning home on leave of alb.
sence.
Minister G. o. Wallenberg, repre-,