The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-24

The Pacific Mail S. S. Asia arrived
from Yokohama yesterday morning
after a rather tempestuous voyage,
somewhat repetition of her last voy-
| age from Japan, although on the pres
ent trip she lost no boats nor sustained
damage of any kind. The passengers
were congenial crowd throughout,
| and Purser Thorn said the trip from
the standpoint of sociability was one
| of the pleasantest on record. Several
| left the vessel here, among them being
! 5. B. Bird, a member of the firm of
| Bird. Atcher G. Co. of New York. one
of the largest firms supplying boiler
| compound. He is accompanied by Mrs.
| Bird and Harry Hill, San Francisco
by Mrs. Hill. The party is stopping
at the Young and will resume the vow
| age to San Francisco on the Mongo-
| liza.
Among the through passengers was
| d. Mcpherson Boyd of Salt Lake City,
who was guest at the Moana few
weeks with his brother, John Boyd of
| Glasgow. Mr.. Boyd went as far as
Hongkong and is on his way home
| Mr.. Francis, who is booking the Con-
| stabulary Band for its tour of the
mainland after its appearance at the
Taft Inauguration, and is also one of
the Manila "boosters, is accompanied
by his wife, who is a cousin of Doro-
| thy Tenant, the actress. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Francis were guests of Mrs. E. J..
Lord yesterday. They saw the town
| by motor.
The Asia left for San Francisco at 4
4 P. m.
China Brings Crowd.
| Quite a crowd of passengers was
brought from San Francisco by the S.
s. China yesterday. The trip was
rather rough at times. The China pass
ed the Alameda, which was rolling and
pitching in a head sea. Among the
passengers are P. Peterson and niece,
Miss Adelaide Entrees of Chicago, who
are registered at the Young. to remain
here a few weeks. Mrs. Clara Chank-
land of Lincoln, Neb., arrived to Join
the Mayfower staff. ". C. Bunner. of
the Hearst newspapers, is on his way
|
The China is commanded this trim
by NJ. T. Bailey, first officer of the
steamer. If the rumor is true that
Captain Saunders has been taken off
the Manchuria and Captain Friele APP
pointed her commander, First Officer
Dixon of the Manchuria is likely to
be appointed commander of the China.
! The China left for Yokohama at $50
yesterday. E. E. Hartman was the
only passenger from Honolulu.
Captain Saunders Case.
A well-defned rumor came on the
| China yesterday from San Francisco
that Captain Saunders was to be re-
Iieved of his command of the Man
| churia at that port, on account of the
fstic encounter he had with Surgeon
| Lewis of the steamship while in Far
| Eastern waters 1t is said that both
officers were brought before General
Manager Schwerin and the whole mat
ter threshed out. The explanations Of
fered by the officers are rumored to
have had little effect on Mr.. Schwerin
and the latter decided to relieve
both men of their positions. Officers
| aboard the China. when asked about
| the rumor, stated positively that 1t
| was true.
The story of the fstic encounter be-
! tween Captain Saunders and Surgeon
Lewis was told in the Advertiser OF
January 10.
Stowaway Is Returned.
Call-When the pilot boat Lady
| Mine returned TO port last night It
brought in a stowaway from the steam
| ship Alameda, which vessel sailed Tor
Honolulu Yesterday ar II CLOCK.
| The stowaway was landed at Meiggs
wharf. where he gave his name as
George Anderson He said he was
| Spaniard. and that his people lived IN
the Islands and he had been mp here
for some time and finally got ''broke. .
He wanted to go home, and as he mad
no money he thought he would run the
risk of irving to do the stowaway act
He was well dressed and told his story
in such ar apparently straightforward
manner that he enlisted the sympathy
of the men on the Lady Mine, VINO pre-
sented him with purse OF Sou
Shipping Notes.
Purser CRUDE of the Kinau reports
the following sugar on Kauai ready
for shipment: P, 210 bags; IL NJ
| $50: K. P, 2170; Max. $500; 6. & r.,
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