The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-16
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALkOF
MtOWERN ARRIVES on SCHEDULE
TINE.
Departure of China and Coptic-Dan-
and Departures Over sunday.

The Miowera will sail for the Colo
MES at p. IN.
The Fresno will probably be ready
for sea tomorrow.
The Jane l.. Stanford will sail for
the Sound in ballast this afternoon.
The Martha Davis is alongside the
Mauna Loa at the latter's dock, re-
cciving sugar.
The steamer Hall arrived early yes
yesterday with a light cargo. She re-
ports 1900 bags of sugar left on Kauai.
The Commodore will finish loading
tomorrow, and will be ready for sea
by Thursday. The big ship will carry
5O,303 bags, weighing 300 tons S34
pounds.
The Claudine arrived yesterday with
1850 bags of sugar. 81 bags of pota-
toes, CO bags of corn, 50 hogs. so bead
of cattle, / roller, II hides, and 80
packages of sundries.
The Mail dock is piled up with
freight from the China, which got
away yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
The Coptic, which arrived from the
Orient late Saturday afternoon, sailed
at noon yesterday, after landing
number of passengers.
The Waialeale will sail today for
Lahana with Chief Carpenter John
son of the Inter Island Company on
board. He goes to survey proposed
site for new wharf at KaanapaIi,
about five miles from Lahaina. The
Waialeale will take the soundings.
The w. G. Hall tied up at Sorenson's
raj repairs. The Mikahala will have
her run for the next fortnight or so.
starting on her first trip this morn
ing. Purser Olroy will probably take
a vacation, the first he has had in four
years.
The patent block coal brought l,wn
by the Glade and transhipped in the
Waialeale and Ike Au Hou, almost
used up the men who handled it. Ac-
cording to Captain Gregory of the
Waialeale, the, stuff gave off a poison
Gus gas when exposed to the air and
sun. The gas was so obnoxious that it
inflamed the eyes of the men till they
could no longer see. Ten Japs who
handled it had to knock off work and
seek medical assistance. Only about
800 tons of the stuff was received on
the Glade.
The j. \. Cummins arrived in port
this morning, after a special trip to
Keauhou, in Kona. The Cummin@
left here at $3.50 a. m. Saturday and
proceeded under slow steam to her
destination. so as to make the land
ign by daylight. In exactly twenty
four hours her patent log measured
1853 miles from the bell buoy outside
there channel here to Kailua. After
landing Mr.. Gartenberg and his moth
er-in-law at Keauhou, the Cummins
left Kailua with a bag of mail at noon
yesterday, arriving here this morn
ing. AS the channels were very rough
Captain Searle is well satisfied with
the good work of the Cummins.
The II. NJ S. S. Miowera, Thomas
Free, II. y. r., commander, arrived
from British Columbia ports bright
and early this morning. Purser
HUMPHREYS reports: The r. NJ. S. Mo
vera left Vancouver at GIG a. IN. on
the Sth inst, Victoria at $3.50 p. m.
same date. Cleared Taborth Island
at 11:27 p. M. Passed the bark Invcr-
locky standing to eastward in latitude
1927 n, longitude 1920 w on the
18th of August. Arrived at Honolulu
at 4:30 a. m. on the 10TH Expert
enced for the first three days fresh
and strong winds from the southeast
to southwest, with head sea, thence TO
arrival fine weather. She brings 500
tons of freight for this port.