The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-08
STRANGE VESSEL
Sighted off Kauai and
Acting Strangely.
Unsupported Theory That it Might
Be the SwanhiIda- Cen
eraI Notes.

KEALIA, Kauai, Feb. Ga party
composed Of Senator and Mrs. VIM. II.
Rice. Miss Mary Girvin, Senator Henry
Waterhouse and Mr.. w. II. Rice, Jr.,
passed through KeaIia, Friday after
noon on their return TO Lihue.
The party have been doing Hanalei
in one of the Senator's comfortable
wagonettes.
Mrs. r. c. Spalding returned to her
home at KeaIia Mrs. Spalding has
been sojourning in Honolulu for the
past fortnight with her son Mr.. Otis
b. Spalding, who remains in the city.
Mrs. Charles B. Makee left by the
last James Makee for a brief visit TO
the capital. Mrs. II. Birkmyer, her
sister accompanied her as far as the
city on her return to her home in La
haina, Maui.
Mrs. VIM. cassie, of Kealia, visits
home and friends at the Coast, per
steamship Australia Of the 10th inst,
and expects to be absent several
months.
The agent to grant marriage licenses
for the district of Hawaiian has been
besieged by japanese, during the past
week-who were anxious to secure per
mission to comply with the law OF the
land and marry the mothers of their
children in due Christian form. The
authorities having reminded them of
the neglected formality.
Speculation is rife in regard to the
peculiar actions and manuvering OF
vessel which has been running "off
and on" very close in shore, along the
coast of Kauai between Kealia and
Anahola for the past twelve hours.
The vessel, which is quite large and
ship rugged, appeared of Anahola
Point Friday morning, and has been
lowering about laying off and on the
entire day running in so close at times
that people were seen upon her decks
with the naked eye.
Her lights were plainly seen from
the Kapaa low lands this evening, ap-
parentIy about three or four miles on
shore. opposite that place. Your cor
RESPONDENT has heard the opinion eX-
pressed by several hereabouts, that
possibly this strange craft may be the
much sought and extensively adver-
tised ship Swanhilda which has the
murderer Butler on board agreeing
with the officer of the Warrimoo IN the
opinion. that Butler and his accom-
plices. who shipped together on her'
have murdered their captain and taken
nossesion of the vessel and is lowering
about Kauai, trying TO make a landing
to drop Butler or take in water or
stores. A sharp watch has been Kept
upon the vessel during the day, out
nm TO dark. no boat had been lowered
and no communication had with the
shore. Your correspondent had
nowerful glass trained upon the vessel
in an effort to ascertain her name, put
without success. No name appeared
in sight. The wind is stiff and squaily
from the northeast with frequent
rains squalls.
The weather has been unusually cold
and dry for this section during tins
season of the year.
The NJ. S. Co.'S mill at Kealla Is
running full capacity and the yield oil
sugar is averaging much above lner-
al estimate, which fact spreads Smiles
of satisfaction upon the manager
pleasant countenance-
A Japanese was caught in the cane
cutter while in motion and one oil Ms
feet was terribly cut before the ma
chinery could be stopped and the I'M
fortunate extricated.
He was placed in the plantation nos
initial and was attended by the residen'
phvsician DR.. II. p. Hugus.
Sugar shipments from this mill vi
to date amount to 1884 tons
KeaIia, Kauai, II. L, Feb. ., 1891