The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-22

Department, U. S. A., who came to Ho-
moulin to test the guns of the Diamond
Head mortar battery. He expects to
return next winter to test the Pearl
Harbor guns.
1t is rnmored that Delegate Kuhio
was going to the States on the Korea,
but although he was down to see the
steamer sail, he did not go.
It is possible that the passengers of
the Korea will have to 60 into quar-
antine at Angel Island, but unless more
sickness develops aboard, which is
not considered likely, they will prob
ably not have to remain there long.
Captain Hobby has written to the
quarantine authorities at San Francis
co. giving full information regarding
the case and the precautions that were
taken here
The Chinese who has the plague was
put ashore here and is now at the
Quarantine Station DR.. James reports
that he is doing well and viii prob
ably recover. He was a member of the
crew Of the Korea.
No Mail on Lurline. q
Castle & Cooke have received wire.
less from the Lurline, sent at s clock
Tuesday night, stating that she was
then 40 miles OUT from San Francisco
and would arrive at Honolulu about
40 o clock Friday morning. The .Lur-
line has 1900 tons of cargo for Kahului,
1000 for Honolulu and 20 tons for Hilo.
She is bringing % passengers and four
mules. She has no mail. That will
arrive the same day on the Alameda.
Alameda Late.
The Alameda will arrive here Friday.
from San Francisco, bringing the mail.
The following wireless was received
from the vessel last Tuesday night by
irwin & Co, the agents:
g Alameda, D. m.-All well. Wealth
er fine Nine hundred and sixty nine
miles, 1900 tons cargo, SO cabin, SO
steerage, 269 sacks mail and Wells
Fargo express. Left seven hours late. y
That means that unless the Alameda
makes up time, she will not arrive here
untsl afternoon on Friday.
Had to Go Hungry.
The steward of the Korea is no longer
in good odor with the crew of the quar-
antine launch A member of the crew
telephoned to the Advertiser last night
and stated that the launch was out at
tending on the Korea Tuesday from
|11:30 in the morning until $50 in the
afternoon, with no chance to get any
lunch They asked the steward of the
steamer to give them a bite to stave
off the gnawing pangs of hunger, but
- the small-souled steward refused. -
The crew of the quarantine boat are
hoping that some day they will get
a chance to take that steward to Quar-
antine Island for week s stay.
New Vessel Arrives.
A new arrival in the harbor of Ho-
nolulu is the steamship Ell Lobe, which
came in at o'clock yesterday after
noon from Lohitos, Peru, with cargo
Of oil and locked at the Railroad
wharf
FL Lobo is only about six months
old and this is her first voyage into
this port of the Pacific. She is an oil
carrier and is on her way to Yoke
hama with a full cargo. Fred L. Wal
lren is the local agent for the vessel.
Captain Gray reports that Ell Lobo
made the trip from Lobitos to Honolulu
in nineteen days, experiencing pleas
ant weather all the way up She will
probably leave for the Orient this af-
ternoon. her stop here being only for
the purpose of taking on fuel for the
remainder of the voyage.
It is worthy OF note that most of
the oil carriers passing through Homo
lulu for Jaapn recently have come
from Peru instead of from California
For some reason California oil fields are
not shipping to the Orient as heavily
as they were some time ago, most of
the product carried across the Pacific
now coming from the South American
ports
Small Pox CT China.
a suspected case Of small pox was
found on board the steamer China
which entered Yokohama on Monday
afternoon. the patient being Chinese
cook of the ships crew. The steamer
was detained a mile off the harbor
entrance and the first and second class
passengers. over 90 in all, were landed
that evening after disinfection. About
400 third class passengers were to be
landed after "a hours on strict disin-
lection. The steamer conveyed over
500 laborers to Mexico from San Fran
ciseo.-Japan Times, July 10.