Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-11

United States naval officers were
conspicuous among the passengers ar
irving in the Pacific Mail liner Siberia
from the Coast this morning.
A delegation Of local naval men Wis
vessel at Alakea wharf to greet Rear
Admiral Il. f. Nicholson, L. S. n, who
will relieve Admiral Murdoch as the
cOmmander-in-Chief of the Asiatic
feet now stationed in China waters.
with Admiral Nicholson are several
members Of his domestic and official
family, including Mrs. Il. +. Nichol-
son, Miss NJ. j. Nicholson. and his
niece Miss II. c. Barbour.
Officers connected with the Rear
Admral's stan include Commander G.
Il. McNay, Jr., his chief of stan, and
Lieut.. COmdr. D. w. Wurtsbaugh, his
ilaE lieutenant Rev. Matthew Glea-
son, who has been ordered to the
Orient as chaplain Of the Asiatic fleet,
Is also a passenger.
rather large list of cabin passen-
gers arrived in the Siberia there be-
ing IS cabin, 10 second class and i!
Asiatic stCerage passengers for this
port
PursCr Moses Hunt reports 60 cabin,
10 second class and So steerage pas
scngers booked through to Oriental
ports.
The Siberia brought a small con-
Segment of mainland mail there be-
Inn f,f,s I..E,
stated on board this morning that the
bulk of the mail was turned over o
the United States transport Thomas,
due to arrive here tomorrow morning
The Siberia Is to depart for Japan
DOrts and Hongkong at o'clock, and
IN the meantime 2lO tons cargo will
be discharged and between four and
five hundred tons coal will he taken
on board. Purscr Hunt has four Chi
Gcse stOwaways under lock and key.
the men to be returned to the first
Chinese port Of call.
Captain Reginald Bennett. newly
appointed pilot for Honolulu harbOr.
acquitted himself in a very creditable
manner in the berthing Of the Siberia
this morning. Despite the three In
ter-lsland steamers now holding a po-
sition close to the narrow entrance to
the harbor the big Siberia was steer
cd far from any possible danger and
brought alongside the wharf with
hardly Jar or jolt.
The Siberia Is well loaded with
cargo for the Orient, including 700
sacks -four $500 bales cotton, 600
rolls Of leather and 100 tons nitrates.
Fine weather characterized the voy-
age down from San Francisco accord
Ing to the report from her officers.
Several deck sports programs were
successfully launched. A dance was
one of the enjoyable social features.
The Siberia's passenger list for Ho-
nolulu and the Orient included Edward
Guirola, banker and coffee magnate
of Salvador, who is booked for Yoko-
hama; II. G.. Plummer, superintend-
cnt of the San Francisco Bridge Co.
who comes to look after a contract:
Joseph Donald. Standard Oil man,
going to Shanghai; Fred. Butler and
''''i '''TN Sd'lNh opllS SlHStIS
New York who are to take leading
parts in the religious extension move
ment here: f. E. Scott, tourist agent
for Chicago hotels, for Hongkong:
Mrs. Henry V, X. Gilmore, who bears
a letter of introduction from Wood
row Wilson, the Democratic nominee
for the Presidential candidacy.
Inter Island Service Not INTERRUPTED.
President and General Manager J..
A. Kennedy of the lnter-Island Steam
Navigation Company has made every
EFFORT toward continuance of the
regular steamer service to island
ports despite the fact that at the
present time four steamers are out OF
commission because of the disaster TO
the Mauna Kea on last Saturday
morning.
The announcement was made this
morning that the steamer Kinau
would be dispatched at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning for MahukOna and
kawahae direct, taking freight, pas
scn&ers and mails for points along
HAWAII as far as Laupahoehoe.