The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-13

Civil War General. A wireless mes
sage received yesterday insured the
early arrival today of the troopship.
Siberia and Chiyo Maru.
Haekfeld & Co. expect the Siberia
in from san Francisco early on Friday
morning. She will dock at the Alakea
street wharf, as the Chiyo Maru is ex-
pected from Yokohama Friday after
noon or SATURDAY. morning. The agents
want to keep the Haekfeld wharf
clear for the Chiyo Maru, as she has
about 100 tons Of freight to discharge.
Lurline Here Today.
Instead Of arriving yesterday, as ex-
peeted, the Matson Navigation liner
LurIine viii not reach port from San
Francisco until this morning. Captain
Weeden wirelessed in yesterday to
Castle & Cooke, agents, as follows:
"Lurline 430 miles off. Heavy
southwest gale. Have given up trying
10 arrive Honolulu Tuesday. Be in
Wednesday morning. Fortv-two pas
sengers and 2500 tons general mer-
ehandise. including effects for {. S.
Army Quartermaster Department.
Thomas has mall
In the freight for the Q. II. depart
ment IS a lot of feedstuffs and forage
for the cavalry cantonment.
Rough Trip for virginian.
The freighter Virginian arrived yes
terday morning after an extremely
rough trip The big freighter was toss
Cd about owing to her light load. She
brought about 1000 tons of freight and
the vessel. drew but eighteen feet of
water. The freight included 10000
cases Of kerosene oil from New York
via Tehuantepec.
The Firginian brought eleven autos
consigned to Won Hamm- Young and had
three days mail aboard. Another
mail arrives today On the Thomas. The
Virginian viii load sugar at Honolulu.
Kahului and Hilo for Salina Cruz.
The Alaskan leaves Honolulu for Ka-
hului and H;lo on Thursday evening.
and viii be the first freighter of the
All. line TO carry this season 5 sugar
To- New York via Magellan.
The Team, which had to leave Ka-
hului harbor on Monday on account of
| bad weather, left yesterday morning
| for HiIo and VIII leave the latter port
for Salina Cruz on Saturday.
The Pleiades IS expected by the agent
on Thursday. direct from the Sound.
A cablegram was received yesterday
morning announcing that the next All
| fTeighter TO leave the Sound for Ho-
/ noluIu via San Francisco win be the
! Nissourian scheduled to leave Seattle
February /.
Shipping Notes.
Aboard the transport are twenty sol
diers families. Each body of troops
arriving recently has Increased the mum
Der Of families in the population OF
/ the island.
The bark Dee, from Talcahuano
/ Chile. on arrival at Queenstown report
ed that off the coast of Patagonia or
| September 1 not less than 100 iceberg:
were seen. one fifty miles long and 20(
TO ESQ feet high.
Third Mate Allison of the Alaskan
Jumped into the Railroad slip the othel
night 70 reseae a Hawaiian steyedore
who. much the worse for liquor, haC
| dropped eff the wharf. Allison brought
him safely ashore.
The Mama Loa arrived yesterday
morning from Kona and Kau ports, af
Ter a tempestuous trip. Mahukona an6
/ Kawaihae were cut out and ali Man
passengers were landed at Lahaina. Tht
| steamer brought IN 1865 bags Of sugar
When the Nauna Loa left Kan there
had been no rainfall there.
Each trooper who came down on th'
Virginian 10 take care of the stock, i
regarded as Al employe, and viii there
fore be entitled to pay from the All
company. Today Z. s. Shipping Gem
missioner Amy VIII pay to each maj
the sum Of ten cents for services rem
dered On the Virginian between San
Francisco and Honolulu. The paymen
IS merely a formal requirement of thl
law and must be complied with.
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