The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-06-19
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Morning Star, Capt Garland com
msuicr, atrived in port bis morning.
AZ dsys from Ruk, Caroline Islands
She sailed hence July l. list year,
So thst her round yay a La been
3I2 days This Is lHr to -'st cruise
yet made by the Morning Star. A.
accounts of her movements have
from time O time been published, il
is unnecessary now to occupy space
with the ships LOG all the way
around.
when the Morning Star was he
tween Malant and Ap0HJaa on y Re
-yemher 20, mt aio.u of lire was
sounded which happily proved false,
The occa,ion was, however, some
what serious mIshap, a blister had
formed on the bottom Of one Of the
boilers, several square inches in size,
and the part affected blew out
Clouds of steam aud smoke issuing
from the tie room gaye rise to the
Alarm but u0lhog had caught lire.
Two DAYS later steam viz started again
in the other boiler. The Star steam
ed for Nauot and Tapituea, thence
to Baruum Island, where she arrived
December 10. Leaving there tue
following day she sailed for Pleasant
Island. A remaTkab y strong east
erlv current was encountered, against
which The vessel could make 10 mead.
way She made crJss-crj IS course,
that checkered the chart fantastic
ally, and was fourteen days making
the distance OF 200 miles 10 Pleasant
! Island.
Strong breezes and dirty weather
were experienced off the island.
From Pleasant Island the Mo ming
! Star went TO kusaie, where she land
/ ed the Gilbert Islanders who bad
/ been aboard on all the cruise.
! Thence She sailed to Jalult, Marshall
/ Islands, from whence she returned
to kusaie, the starting point for the
homeward trip. Sac left Ruk for
Honolu II on the 4th Of May. Al
ku~air there embarked for this port
Rev Mr. Rand and wife, Miss Smith
and Miss Palmer, the nj ssi naries
who were driven away from Ponape
Ivy the Spanish aut critics. The
SJar has also brought up the crew OF
the missionary schooner Robert Lo-
gan, they having been replaced by a
native crew. Henry Nanpei, a high
chief Of the Caroline Islands, has
come on his own pleasure 10 visit the
Hawaiian I-lands. He is a very in.
trlligent man who speaks excellent
English. Although not Of The high
est rank, Chl,t NaDpei has The repu-
alton OF being the most lutiueHtlal
chief in the group. The XIII tribe
of which he is the head is not one of
those that have been embrOiled in
the recent troublss with the Spanish.
Mr.. Fisher, first officer Of the
Morning Star, from whom the facts
of this report have been learned,
describes this as one Of The hardest
voyages he has experienced III six
teen years at sea. 1t was nothing
but head winds and battling currents
all around The Star WAS IN port AZ
times and cast anchor 81 times. \ ct
she never touched the bottom the
whole voyage, and she has returned
in fairly good condition. The top
sail yard was spluag and had to be
i,hed in the Marsh II Islands, and
the mizzen topmust not being in good
order was taken down, There is
nothing wrong with li,e hall this
time. Shortly after the Morning
Star was locked at Old Custom
House wharf, meeting of the
"Morning Star Committee of the la
waiian Board of Missions consist
inc of Mr.. r. G. Jones chairman, Rev
Il. Bingham Rev. O. p. Emerson
and Mr. Henry Watcrhouse-wa
held. The committee heard Captain
Garland's report, showing that ex-
tenslve repairs were needed in the
vessel. They then decided to report
the matter fully to the American
Board in Boston, for deIlheraton and
decision as to putting the vessel
again in an effective condition.
A remarkable occurr, nee Happen
ed when the Star was at kusaie.
There was tornado March 3 that
lasted three days, which blew down
most of the na4ive houses. also play
inc some havoc with mission build
ings. This storm threw up on the
windWard side of the island reef Of
coral shinele 30 or GO feet from the
beach. The reef is in places 20 feet
high, and the natives say it is u
miles long. 1t was in sight Of the
Morning Star for four miles in her
passage along tue coast.
us this the best?" Is a question