Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-04

Sealing Schooner In Distress-Bsrk
entine Irmgard Outward Round
Along the city Front


Tomorrow, high tide large 4:30
am; high tide small $50 a m; low
tide large 1850 m; low tide small
lbs p m.
Mr. Crowley formerly chief mate
on the missionary vessel Morning
Star, came from the Coast in the
steamer Helene.
Mr. Morton of the Appraisers
department is acting as Port Sur
veyor while Mr. Geo Stratemeyer
is at Quarantine Island.
The American bark s G Allen
began loading sugar for San
Francisco today. She has been
lying in this port for many weeks.
Captain Louis Everett has re.
turned to the Kinau as first officer,
Mr. Mcdonald, formerly mate of
the Hawaii, taking command of
the Lehua.
A large amount of sugar and
bananas awaits the s S Zealandia
at the Pacific Mail wharf. The
liner is now due from the Colonies
on her way to the Coast.
Tho whaling vessel reported
yesterday was the John Winthrop.
The skipper was ashore to get
mail brought by the S S Austria
LA and to Try 10 sell come oil.
This forenoon, the barkentine
Irmgard departed for San Fran
cisco. Her cargo was as follows:
1896 bags sugar shipped by f A
Schaefer d Co, 540O bags by L I'll
Davies & Co, 1924 bags by c
Brewer & Co, and 1900 bags by
Castle q Cooke. Total value of
sugar: S59,73G.0S.
There has been more or less
trouble aboard the American ship
May Flint since her arrival at this
port, between the officers and sail
ors. Yesterday several seamen
assaulted the first mate, using him
rafferty, roughly TO say the least.
One of the fellows was arrested
and landed in jail. Last night two
men deserted, swimming up to
Oceanic dock. They were pulled
in" by the police uptown this
morning. For about week past,
several police have been stationed
aboard the big vessel to keep the
crew straight, ard there will like
ly be need of reinforcements be.
fore the ship is ready to sail, as
the "tars" are surely bent on max.
ing as much trouble as they can.
Though it is possible the officers
are partly to blame for the row, it
is well known that most seamen
have an aversion for trip round
Cape Horn.
Schooner Agnes Macdonald
Yesterday afternoon the British
sealing schooner Agnes Macdo.
maid, mailing from Victoria, b. c.,
arrived at our port. Her genial
skipper, Captain Cutler, reports
some bad luck. He was A days
from Victoria on arrival here.
About 600 miles off the American
coast great many seals were seen,
but the weather was so very bad
that the boats were not lowered.
Fourteen days ago, the schooner
sailed by these islands, bound for
the japan sealing waters. In Lat
81 n and Long 100 w the
rudder carried away and other
damage was done during stormy
weather. With the broken rudder
jury rudder was rugged, the an
Choir chains being used to operate
it with. The Macdonald's nose
was then headed for Honolulu.
While the vessel lay alongside
the schooner Jessie Minor at
Brewers wharf this morning, a
small army of customs officers
made thorough search for "dope,"
but got nary smell.
The Agnes Macdonald was built
at Shelburne, n s, from a model
of Burgess, the we'll known de.
signer. She has the lines of first
class yacht, and looks like "a
flyer" Her skipper says she can
reel off fifteen knots in favorable
weather. The usual sealing outfit,
including six boets, is carried.
The crew numbers 25 men all told.
Some of the best hunters in the
Pacific are among the vessels
crew.
Captain Cutler is "blue nose"
or Nova Scotian, and has found a