The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-04-28
THE MYSTERIOUS YACHT.
The HaIcyOn with Fortune In
Opium on BOard--Cruise OF the
CIaudine Unavailing.

Claudine Unavailing.
The San Francisco Call of April
10th has the following in its shipping
rotes:
"Before the Gaelic arrived at
Yokohama, the yacht Halcyon had
sailed for Victoria B. c., with
S150,000 worth of opium on board.
The Customs authorities believe it is
the intention of the owner, Whaley,
to land the stuff somewhere on the
United States soil, but Collector
Phelps will be on the lookout for the
Halcyon and will have a couple of
revenue cutters out patroling the
coast. Should Whaley succeed in
landing the drug in the United States
he will reap fortune, in spite of the
fact that his vessel has been ashore
on the japanese coast twice, and he
has had to give heavy bond not to
land the opium on Japanese terri
tory
Wilder's steamer Claudine, char
tered by Marshal Wilson for cruise
in search of the opium yacht, re-
turned to port at seven O'Clock last
night. Communication was had by
the Marshal with the shore at Manele,
on the south side of the island of
Lanai, at seven O'Clock yesterday
morning. A new building was going
up at the place, which looked as if
it might be intended for snug
gler's hut. Two hours later land
ing was made at Kaumalapau on the
same side, off which the suspected
smuggler was lying four days previ-
ously. Nothing of significance was
discovered there. The Claudine
called at Awalua on the opposite side
of the island at 11:20 o'clock, and,
after All inspection had been made of
the beach without tangible results,
doubled on her course and steered
southwardly. About four O'Clock,
nothing having been sighted, the
steamer was headed for Honolulu,
where she arrived after an absence
of twenty-one hours.
The cruise of the Claudine was
made largely on the strength of
statement given in writing by Capt.
Kaai of Hon. j. 1. Dowsett's schooner
Haleakala. He reported having seen
a black schooner on the leeward side
of Lanai on Thursday last. The
Haleakala got within half mile of
the stranger and hoisted the Hawaiian
flag to speak her. Getting no re-
spouse Capt. Kaai headed the Halea-
kala to run close up to the stranger,
which Immediately darted up the
Molokai channel. In enc hour the
black schooner was hull down, Capt.
Kaai, anxious to make good time TO
Honolulu, having given up the chase
as useless, although his schooner is
the fastest sailer out of this port.
Marshal Wilson had an armament
of several field and Calling guns on
board the Claudine, and force con-
sisting of thirteen soldiers of the
Royal Guards, six policemen, and
twelve picked riflemen. Port Sur
veyor Trip and two customs guards
were also on board. The force
amused themselves at target practise
on the return trip. Although the
smuggler was not sighted the cruise
is claimed to have been not wholly
devoid of useful results. Valuable
information is said to have been OBJ
tanned by Marshal Wilson, which will
materially aid him in, at least, pre-
ventive measures against smuggling
on the outlying and sparsely-settled
islands.
The reputed owner of the yacht
Halcyon has been staying at the Ha-
waiian Hotel for some weeks.