Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-07
ITEMS FROM HARBOR FRONT
Barkentine Irmgard and Bark Alden
BeSSe OF to San Francisco.
The Claudine Got Away at Noon Steamer
Iva In POrt-The Kaimiloa May Be Fitted
Out for the KlOndike.
Cruiser Wheeling is coaling.

WHO'LL peat CIaudlne, lrm-
gard or Alden Bessep
l. Il Atwater is now first officer
of the steamer Hawaii.
A project to put a propeller in
the schooner Waialua IL talked of.
The steamer Lehus goes to Ku-
kaiau, Ookala and Olowalu to-
morrow afternoon.
The barkentine w II Dimond
ia due from San Francisco with a
general cargo for w G Irwin IL
Co Ltd.
Vice Consul Boyd is an early
visitor to the waterfront nova
days. He is experimenting the
weighing of the coal for the U s
navy from the bark Rufus E
Wood.
A big crowd including Admiral
Kauhane gathered at Kinau wharf
at noon today to aloha the Clau-
dine off on her voyage to San
Francisco, full particulars of
which was given in yesterdays
paper.
The steamer w G Hall has been
q long time in the boneyard and
reporter was told the other day
when he snxiously inquired when
she was coming out that "she was
sitting on ostrich eggs and could
not be disturbed"
The little steamer Iva from
Kohals came in empty this morn
ing at 10 o'clock and tied up to
Allen & Robinson's wharf. 1t is
reported that the Twas route
having been taken by the steamer
Upolu she will be sold here.
Not only is the man O. war Ka-
imiloa not to be broken up but it
is said along the waterfront that
she may be fitted up for a trip TO
the Klondike next spring, carry
ing away number of the boys
who want to 60 to the mines.
The schooner Alice Cooke with
lumber for Levers & Cooke is ex-
pected in port from the Sound in
about two weeks. The Alice
Cooke has been away up north to
st Michaels and Captain Penhal
low will have lots to say about the
gold fields.
The bark Nonantum, 1912 tons
net register, built at Newbury-
port, Mass, in 1866, was totally
wrecked on Easter Island lately,
while on voyage from Newcastle,
N S W, for Panama. Her crew
was saved with much difficulty.
The Nonantum's home port is
Seattle.
The new ten-thousand candle
power search light belonging to
the Maupa Loa. was operated
while the steamer was at Kau last
week and found to fill all require
ments. A vessel could be disting.
uished at three and a half miles
distance. The steamer w G Hall
has the old search light formerly
belonging to the Mauna Loa.
The barkentine Irmgard and
bark Alden Besse sailed today
with cargoes of sugar for San
Francisco. The Irmgard got away
at IL o'clock this morning and the
Alden Besse expects to sail about
3 o'clock this afternoon. 1t will
be race with odds in favor Of
the Alden Besse, as the latter il
loaded light.
A wooden steamer, named Col
UNI bia, is listed at New York fol
this port, an iron steamer Colum-
bia is on the Portland route from
this port, British iron steamer
Columbia plies between Chine
and Puget Sound, a wooden shil
Columbia is in the coast Goa
trade, bark Columbia is in tn,
coast lumber trade. Why no
name all vessels Columbia and b.
done with it's f Commercial
| News.
A Mean Trick.
Captain Herman, who has al
inexhaustible fund of anecdotes
relates that when a mere lad be,
fore the mast, his vessel wa
wrecked on Turks island anc
the crew, after many privations
was picked up by Yankee bril-
and taken home. The captain o
the brig was close. listed, the yes
sci overcrowded and food neithe