Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-16

TWENTY-FIVE years of more or lessI
continuous service in the Pacific Mail
Company brought Captain A. w. Mel.
son merited promotion to the com.
mand of the fine big liner Korea.
The arrival of the steamship from
San Francisco gave Honolulu shipping
men an opportunity of renewing the
acquaintance of skipper" Nelson,
number of years.
Captain Nelson has been appointed
commander of the Korea in place of
Captain Fisher, who resigned from
the Pacific Mail service to take n gov.
eminent position ashore. Captain
Nelson has been in the Pacific Mail
service for 20 years. He was in the
s-PaCific run some years ago as
mate of the City of Picking and China.
He was master on the Panama line
for a number of years and latterly was
In command of the Beaver.
His transfer from the Portland line
to the China run made necessary al
number of changes and two promo
tiOns. Captain Il. Mason, who was
master of the Rose City, succeeds Mel.
son as master of the Beaver Chief
Officer A. A. Dunning of the Bear goes
TO the Kansas City as master and o.
Rankin is promoted from chief officer
to master of the Rose City.
Captains Daniel Friele and Roger
Altman had been eliminated by rea.
son of the fact that they were unfor.
tunately on the sick list and It was
understood that Captain Charles Aus.
tin, who came in from Panama with
the steamer Pennsylvania, stood a
good show to stalk the Korea's bridge.
II has been very seldom that the
resignation of captain from the Pa.
cific Mail service has resulted in four
men getting better commands, two of
them stepping up from ofiicership to
the berth of commander.
Purser William Allen, for many
years identified with the Pacic Mail
as purser, and OF late at the head OF
the office staff in the Korea, was com
PEELED to remain ashore with the de.
parture of the steamer from San Fran.
cisco because of acute Illness. II was
found necessary that BILLY" Allen
Place himself under surgeons care
for some weeks at least.
II. Y. Stelker, a genial young man
who his won host of friends around
the big pond through his uniform
courtesy as freight clerk in the Ko.
| rea, has been temporarily transferred
to the position Of purser. lie will
make a round trip at least in this ca,
pacity. With the promotion of Stel'
ker follows the transfer of A. Il. Now.
land from the Panama run as temper
airy freight clerk in the Korea.
II Is distinguished delegation OF
passengers that are en- route to the
Far East in the good ship Korea. The
list includes G5 insular employees des
tined for Manila. Among the Manila
bound passengers are Lieutenants
James and Edgar Thebaud of the Phil
| ippine cOnstabulary. They are the
sons of former Pacific Mail agent al
Shanghai Among those who left the
vessel at Honolulu were G. TempletoT
Crocker, Mrs. NJ. Welcker, Miss Ethe
Gay, Miss Christine Anderson, Mrs. II
Won Holt, Miss Mary Won Holt, Mrs
Il. H. Macfarlane. The Oriental list
includes Judge c. X. Lands and fam
lily, Edward J. Hazen, tea buyer;
r. Kawaguchi, a japanese professor
Of chemistry; DR.. II. II. Steinmetz. 6
missionary, and family, and C. Paes
de Barros, a planter of Brazil, who Ii
on a tour of the world.
Bringing word OF pleasant triI
down from the Golden Gate, the 10
rea was moored alongside Alakei
wharf before 0 o'clock this morning
A quartet of vaudeville artists wer,
numbered among those who left the
ship at this port. The through list in
cludes 1902 cabin, 8 second class ant
l76 Asiatic steerage passengers.
The Korea goes to Manila on thiI
voyage, and at least one'half Of he
5000 tons general cargo will be left n
the Philippine capital.
Under strict detention are 30 Orien
tai deportees, all of whom are Chimes