The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-11-21
A Small Passenger List and Very
Little Freight-The steamer
Gets Head Winds All
the Way.

The o. S. Co.'s Alameda, Captain
Morse, arrived from Sydney early on
Thursday morning.
She had very light passenger list
this time, having only twenty per-
SONS in the saloon, and about fifty in
the steerage. There were no cabin pas
sengers for Honolulu, and but five in
the steerage who landed here.
Hume the man whom Wells, Fargo
& Co. charge with embezzling $4,000
from them some months ago, is on
board in charge of Detective Tucker
of San Francisco. 1t will be remem'
bered that Hume fled to Honolulu
after the embezzlement, arriving here
by the Monowai on her last trip. He
was, however, followed by Detective
Tucker who had gone to Vancouver,
and taken passage in the Warrimoo.
He arrived here too late to find Hume,
who had become frightened and left
for Australia. In the Colonies Detec-
tive Tucker had a lively chase after
the defaulter, eventually running him
down in Brisbane, Queensland.
The Alameda was detained all night
in Watson's bay, Sydney harbor,
waiting for Tucker to arrive with his
prisoner, by the steamer from Bris-
bane.
She eventually got under way for
Auckland at o'clock A. NJ. the day
after advertised sailing time.
The passage up was not pleasant
one; head winds, and rain being ex-
perienced most of the voyage. The
usual deck sports were not much in
dulged in owing to the bad weather,
and slender company.
The Alameda arrived with several
cases of measles aboard and was i'm
mediately placed under quarantine.
In all there have been nine cases, all
among the children of steerage pas
sengers. The first case made its ap-
pearance shortly after the vessel left
Sydney, and was quickly followed by
two more.
Several of the state rooms in the
starboard side were given over to the
doctor, who transformed them into
hospital for the sick children. The
mothers who nursed the little ones
were of course, isolated with them, to
lessen the danger of the disease spread
ing.
Many of the steerage passengers
were complaining bitterly at being
kept on board, while the vessel was in
port, while the saloon passengers were
allowed ashore. They claimed that,
although the measles cases had come
entirely from the steerage, the child |
rem who were down with the malady
were all in the saloon quarters. and
that therefore the infection was more |
likely to come from the saloon than
from the steePage.
The steerage passengers who were |
to land here were taken over to the |
quarantine station by Mr.. G. B. Rey- |
nolds at o'clock. They were Miss |
L. King, Master King, Mrs. ]. King |
and infant, Mrs. Herbert and two |
children, and Mrs. Il. Trends and in
FAINT. Mrs. Herbert will be transferred |
to the barkentine Klikitat, where her |
husband is employed, and will sail |
with him to Puget Sound.
All the early cases of measles are
now convalescent, but only as late as |
Tuesday fresh case was reported.
Among the saloon passengers is B. |
Sinauer, of the firm of S. Hoffnung & |
Sons, of Sydney, London, and New |
York. He is going to make q con-
siderable stay in the United States |
and England, and is accompanied by |
his wife and child.
Abraham Hoffnung, late Hawaiian |
charge d. affaires in London, is in Sgd |
ney, and will remain there in Mr.. |
Sinauer's place while the latter is |
absent.
All is quiet at Samoa, and up to the |
time of the Alameda's call there was
no change in the aspect of affairs since |
the late fighting. The steamer ar.
rived in the evening and left before |
daylight, so there wasalittle oppor-
tunity for the passengers to see or hear |
anything ashore.
Among the steerage passengers is a |
diseonsolate-lOokingin named |
James Anderson. He has for many |
years toiled upon his farm, near BTis- |
bane, Queensland, and tiring OF the |
hard and cheerless life of an Austria |
liam farmer and pining to go forth and
see the world, James decided to sell |
out and go to America.
He managed to dispose of his farm
at low price and left Brisbane for
Sydney with e740 in his pocket. On
the train he made the acquaintance of
two smart young men, who soon
showed great friendship for their new
acquaintance. Arrived in Sydney
they fieeced their lamb without trou-
bic, the stalest OF confidence games
and the most transparent of card
games in Wooloomooloo bar being