Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-12
THE ASLOUN ARRIVES.
PROSPECTS FOR HOT COMPETI-
TIoN IN ORIENTAL TRAFFIC..
Departure Of the Peking--The sunday
FIcet-The schooner o. N. Kellogg
for the sound.

| The steamer Mlkahala includes Nllhau III lls
voyage this week.
The steamer W G Hall leaves for leeward
Hawaii tomorrow morning.
The schooner o VI Kellogg left in ballast
for Gray's Harbor yesterday morning
The barkentine Forest Queen sailed from
Kahulu for San Francisco last Wednesday,
Aug. 9TH
The steamship Australia will complete
discharging this afternoon and will sail We'd
nesday afternoon at four o'clock.
The steamship City of Picking leaves at six
o'clock this evening for Yokohama, having
replaced her broken propeller blade in good
shape yesterday.
In spite OF banged-up countenance genial
Archie Of the Mail wharfis on deck today. II
happened yesterday at the park where he and
friend were thrown out OF buggy.
The British steamer Altmore of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation line, will be due at
this port from Portland about the 10th of
September. 1t is not known as to the future
movements of these steamers, but 1t is sup
pObcu lLhl lnCg Will sup lIOH
Portland on their way to the Orient.
The regular Sunday feet came in yesterday
without any especial items on boArd-the
steamer Mikahala brought a small passenger
list and 1000 bags rice and paddy from the
Garden Isle and reports pleasant weather.
the steamer Likelike brought light cargo
from Kahului and the little James Makee
came empty from Kealia.
The Nautical Magazine says of the White
Star line steamer Oceanic, which has been run.
ming for fifteen years across the Pacific under
the charter of the o and o Steamship Com
| pany, that for all that time she has never
damaged ton of coal, lost boat or injured
herself in any manner. She is now at the
yard of her builders, Hartland & Wolfe, Bel
fast, receiving new boilers and a general
overhauling.
A violent hurricane recently swept the
Coast of Japan during which many vessels
were wrecked and their crews drowned. The
information of the loss of life was meager.
The German steamship Helen Rickmers and
the Norwegian steamships Liderhorn and
Herman Wedel, Jarlstrug, the British steam
ship Rentala and the ship Manuel Suchet from
Philadelphia, were all blown ashore and all
are believed to have been totally wrecked ex-
cept the Rentala. The loss of life on shore Is
reported to be large. The ship Manuel Su-
chet sailed from San Francisco four months
ago for Hiogo, Japan, with a cargo of case
oil, taken on board at Point Breeze. She was
a frst-class iron vessel, worked by crew of
twenty-seven men. She had discharged her
cargo and was getting under way for San
Francisco when the hurricane struck her.
The British Steamship Asloun, 1898 tons,
locked at Nuuanu street wharf ut four
O'Clock this morning, abont nine days from
Portland. Commlp der James Murray is in
charge, the other officers being as follows;
James G. Reed, frt officer; II. Wrath,
second officer Gum, third officer; John
Christie, chief engineer; and ]. Il. Gcmes
purser. Commander Murray has been in
the service of Adams ~ Co., of Aberdeen,
owners of the Asloun, for fifteen years. Al
though not coming up to the standard as
far as passenger accommodations are con-
cerned with that of other trans pacific
liners that touch here, the Asloun has
very cosy cabin and good staterooms On
ly two first-class passengers are on board :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Schemmerhorn of Portland
who are enroute to Japan. The Asloun
took a big cargo of tea and other merchai {.
die to Portland and has full cargo on
board now of -four and feed for this port
and the Orient. She leaves this afternoon
for Y okohRma.