The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-09-17

daytl, touches at San Domingo, Martin
ique and French Guiana, thence to
Vein, in Brazil. This gives direct COM
munication with the United States via
Havana. The company began business
on September LIST.
A mutiny occurred on the steamship
Obdan, en- route from Rotterdam to New
York. The fremen and coal-passers re-
VOTED and refused to work without Civ
ing reason for their conduct. The cap
tain, when he tried to reason with the
men, was attacked, but shot and killed
one of his assailants. The mutineers re-
treated to their quarters, from which
they We're finally driven to work at the
pistol point.
Sporting.
Peterson, the local oarsman, and
Dutch, the Australian, are to row for
81 900 a side, on a course to be de-
cided upon hereafter. Dutch is now in
New Westminster, B. G..
His Highness won the great Futurity
Stakes at Coney Island racecourse on
the 9th ult. This is the richest stake
in the world, not even the famed En-
glish Derby equaling it in value. The
stake this year was worth $50 900. Only
two-year-olds are eligible in the race.
Charley Mitchell has accepted Cor
belts challenge to fight for $25 900, and
will meet him either in England or
America.
Direct, pacing stallion formerly a
fast trotter with record of 2:181s, and
since converted to pacer) paced mile
at Independence, Iowa, ON the 4th inst,
in 2 :06, beating Johnston's pacing record
of 2:0614, which has stood for years.
On the same day the great trotting stall
lion Allerton, by Jay Bird, reduced his
record to 2:10 even, establishing new
stallion record. Some Of the watches
held on him made the time 2 :O9A. Al
lerton thus beats the record of Nelson
and STEAMBOAT, but Stamboul is to be
pushed for the record at Stockton on the
new kite-shaped track inside of three
weeks.
Shipping News.
A boats crew from the whaling bark
Emma F. Herman has been brought
to San Francisco by the steamer Far
allon. The crew killed whale but lost
their vessel in a fog. They made st.
Paul island after staying by the whale
forty eight hours.
AhO 0lAAp HACu041Ch OIIlluk6 IcCGuLIH
arrived at New York and the men
with fearful brutality while on board.
There is some anxiety about the
schooner Nicotine, Captain Herendeen,
which left San Francisco on July 2, 1889,
for whaling trip east of the mouth OF
the Mackenzie river. She has not been
heard from since, but was we'll supplied
and word may come from her yet.
The British bark Royal Tar from New
Guinea for Eureka, is detained in quar-
antine on account of scurvy and fever.
Guinea, on June 9th, and for many
weeks had head winds or none at all.
On August 31st the captain died of
typhus fever and was buried at sea. The
vessel was not properly proyisioned and
the men were soon unfit for duty.
Scurvy broke out among the men and
even in July everything was eaten up
but tea and -four. When the vessel
reached the Mendocino coast the men
could net work her against the wind to
Eureka and hence brought her here,
They are all in bad condition from
scurvy and typhus.
The new coast defense vessel Mon.
IOICy Will SOO1 nave Il6T LrlAI SQe
is expected to be in the Governments
hands by November LIST.
Harry Trumbenback and Robert Walk
enburg are sailing from New York to
Boston on wager in box z feet long
21a feet wide and drawing about 6 inches
of water. They expect to make it in
nine days. Both are expert swimmers
and think they will upset very fire.
quently.
The British ship Carr Rock, from
Dundee for San Francisco, with cargo
OF coal, was burned off the Brazilian
coast recently. All hands were saved.
The vessel was owned in Glasgow.
The steamer George E. Starr has been
found smuggling Chinese into Port
Angeles, WASH, and has been seized by
the Government.
The schooner Mary Eta went ashore
northeast of the Cliff House recently,
and was towed off waterlogged.
The British gunboat Tweed was
wrecked in Hongkong harbor recently
in typhoon.
The schooner Premier, which was
sunk in Alaskan waters some time ago
and sold for $500, has been raised and
repaired, and is now as good as ever.
The British ship Gwalla has been
Quilted by fire at Port Costa, and her
partial cargo of wheat ruined. She will
probably be bought by Americans and
repaired.