Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-21
PACIFIC MAIL KOREA Will Be
GIVEN A PROMPT DISPATCH
LINER TO SAIL FOR COAST AT TEN TOMORROW-HILO-
MAN BACK FROM KAHULUl = F0RTY-FIVE THOU
. SAND CASES OF PINEAP PIES FOR THE MANILA AND.

The Pa life Mail liner Korea,
from Manila by the way Of Hong
kong and the japanese ports of call,
is expected to come alongside the
Alakea wharf about > o'clock this
afternoon.
The work of discharGing thigteen
hundred and fifty tons OF Oriental
merchandise and supplies will be-
rushed IN order that the Korea may
be permitted to get away FOR san
Francls o By 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. ............
Among the passengers expected to
pass through Honolulu and pay a.
brief visit here Is Brigadier- General
Ramsey d. Potts. who, as command
er of the Department of Luzon I'M
the Philippines is proceeding to the
mainland. He will be retired from
the service upon arrival.
United States Consul Reat, with
station on the Island of Formosa,
is also believed to be travelling to
the mainland by the Korea.
At the agency of II. Hackfeld 4
Co. about fifty prospective passen-
gers have enrolled their names
among them being Co,oucI A. e.
Halves, a. II. Traphagen, A. W..
Eames and A. II, Dondero.
IN
Oceanic Business Demands.
The business now being done by
the Oceanic Steamship Company has
brought about a demand for incrcas.
ed wharfage at San Francisco. In
order to facilitate the handling of car.
90 between ship and rail the San
Francisco Harbor Commission has le'
contract for the widening Of Hilbert
street wharf and the construction on
the additional length OF. railroad
track which will connect with the
belt railroad. This was done to ac-
commodate the increasing business Of
the Oceanic steamship company and,
since the board called for the bids,
applications for similar facilities have
been received from nearly every line
that holds a regular assignment on
wharf not yet provided spur
track. The contract was awarded to
Hyde, .Haries Il Co. and the work
win cost s1O,s77.
Drifted Three Thousand Miles Year
II Is reported from sydney, N.s.W.
that a passenger travelling In the In
dian Ocean on the German mail boat
boat Seydlitz threw over board a bot.
tie containing lunch card in lat.
TAO s., long. 92.il L. This was on
April p, 1908. Attached to tho card
was the following note:-"Wednesday,
! April 2l, 1909. Dear lady or gentle.
man, whoever may find this message.
enclosed In the INTELLECTUALLY for
ward same TO the Premier Of the Com
monwealth of Australia. and ohlige,
sincerely. w. ]. BorInst" On April
s, or nearly n year after the hottie
was found by Mr.. +, Train, Of Malin'
d., 10 miles north Of Momhassa, the
principal port OF British East Africa
The bottle had drif'cd almost duo
west 5000 miles.
Steamer Damara Was In Bad Way.
The British tramp steamship Da-
mara, outward bound from San Fran
4 cisGp for Great Britain with n full
shipment Of barley, WHICH vessel
grounded on the rocks within several
hundred feet Of Fart Paint gn-pet'
9th, was pronounced in \ bad way by
the latest mail advices from the
coast
II was on the turn of the tide to-
ward ebb when the vessel struck, and
efforts made to Buii her pH by tug
power proved futiiu and had to give
way to the process of Tightening the
cargo in hopes of getting the vessel
afloat at the next high tide,
" The Damara left Port Costa shortly
after noon in charge of Pilot James
Miller, ens az the oldest and most
experienced pliats In lhe harhor SER
y,re At 2 o'clock, with hfr nraW
, pointed ssaward she encountered ,ht
heavy fog bank thst extended from
Fort Point to Lime Point, blot Mill
er says that al the time the steamer
was making but siS knots an hopl
I because of the fog,
Suddenly there came n shock and
the big freighter slid mp on a rocky
bottom with a grating sound. The On
, gines were immediately. reversed, bu
5 the Damara remained hard and fast
, The Damara's voyage will be inter
mpted for SONS days by tho misfor