The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-19
FREDERICK, NELSON 6 MUNRO,


meal time arrived the meal zas served
or time.
And i vas wonderful wha. Eood meals
we're served aboard the Tsnshtn Oh
course, On Christmas day ard View Year
day there were special spreads. gracea
by the provsrbisf roast turkey and acc
Grated with iced cakes and Tags and mot
toes. But day IL and day CIT there vas
good bin Of fare.
The carnival Of gfee brought On hy New
Years aay lasted far into the following
day and among the sports snzproFisec 1oE
Re OCCASION there we're wreStI4Eg matches.
vvfsch would have done credit 20 some o.
The famous wrestisrs OF japan ing
was cleared on ire forward deck and ann-
S-e5s OF interested spectators Taronged
close about Il The champions, stripped Tor
the FRAY. came By fwos into Tire arena and
were in turn victor and vanqulshec. Al
last ire rivalry grew 50 Keen tast capt
Andersen established a wise ana ~aefe-
some rule that subsequent matches must
take place only between passengers and
pa ssengsrs or between crew and crew.
thus avoiding unpleasant factions which
were on the point. OF sprtnging up. 1ae
boa tswain. who was acting as master o.
ceremonies. esaf0rced the rule. and there
was 10 further trouble.
The steerage.
The storage passengers from Yokoha-
nna 10 Honolulu were an interesting ana
picturesque lot OF japanese coolies There
we're IS % them. The ships certificate
shows her capable Of carrying only 1s9
storage passengers, but somehow her ex-
pausiye accommodations made room Tor
All OF them and there they were. 2sl men,
seventy-three women and four children.
al bound for the Hawaiian Islands. where
most Of them viii And work on the sugar
plantations a. the generous wages OF 'S4
- nd IEFK
under contract through an agency, w..icn
no doubt pockereG a snug commission on
the lor. while the y. Y. X. got $40 head
for carrying them
Japanese I'm Hawaii.
This wholesale transfer OF Japanese from
Japan 20 Hawaii has been going on recent
IS az such q rate as 10 excite good deal
OF comment. IN 1854 there were but lie Jap
anese in the Hawaiian islands. The cen
sus OF lsso showed 1880 OF them, and the
number is nov estimated "a more than
% 90 Most OF these have gone as labor
ers nut not few have been classed as
students" a term a. which some prolni-
nent Hawaiians are inclined 10 smile
Many DO not hesitate 70 assert that Japan
has her eye on the island repuoAe ana Is
planting Il down with japanese VINO may
be useful 10 her il the time for acquisition
should ever come.
The nationality OF the laborers on the
Hawaiian sugar plantations affords an
interesting study. The figures for 1875
compiled from the latest reports OF the nl-
resu OF immigration. are as follows: Ha-
walians. l.5S4. Portuguese, 2.iss; Chinese.
sS47: South Sea islanders. 1sS; japanese,
ll5ss. all others. 473. This SHOWS that or
The total - 40 more than half are Japan
eSe.
OF the whole number Of laborers only
about two-hflhs are under contract. ana
OF these the Japanese have stilI greater
circumference, the nationallties under
contract being as follows: japanese. e.6o2;
Chinese. ! 2a8. HaWailans. So. Portuguese,
40: Folynesians. s. on the various plan
tations sss minors are employed. all OF
whom, strange to say. are Portuguese.
Thrum's Annual for 1897. In giving the
sugar plantation statistics for 1885 makes
an interesting comparison with the sta
tlstics for 1894 showing that with much
larger sugar crop 70 handle last year than
ever before the force of laborers was liza
less than In 1854 More than half this re-
aIcfion was in the women. OF whom there
were 6S5 fewer last year than In 1884, as
follows. japanese. 624. Hawaiians, 81;
Chinese. 10: Portuguese. 10. The latest re-
port shows sS5 women employed as against
l.sfs in ls94.
While there is a remote possibility OF
Japanese interference. the sentiment at
Honolulu Is strongly antagonistic 10 such
a movement. which. under present eondi-
tons. would certainly result in failure.
The Voyage.
The Tenshin reached Honolulu early
"Wednesday morning, January G. Almost
Immediately after her arrival hags were
seen flying at half-mast in the harbor and
city. and at . O'Clock Lieut.. Pond, OF the
L : :. Alert. came on board. briasing the
sad news Of the death of United States
Minister Wills. who had died about half
an hour before at his residence in Wal
kiki. a southern suburb OF Honolulu.
Thus far the Tenshin had had a pleas
ant sunshiny passage. She was only four
teen DAYS out from Yokohama, and vas in
excellent trim She landed the throng OF
/ japanese passengers in safety. discharged
her Honolulu freight and vas ready 20
/ sail early the following afternoon. finally
/ get away at o'clock p m
The massage 20 America from Honolulu
| was quiet and uneveutful with charming
weather all the way. and Cape Flattery
was reached 81 noon Sunday, not quite
( ten DAYS out. Blue lights and n b.ast from
! the whistle q Port Angeles brought Capt
i Gilmore aboard about $ o'clock sunday
+ evening and Port Townsend was reached
/ a. II o'clock. There the Tenshin anchored
for che night and was away again az e:l5
o'clock the next morning for Seattle,
where she arrived a. ! o'clock. her flags
/ a. haf-uast on account OF the dowager
/ empress death.
! The ships run varied little from day 20
/ dav during the whole voyage. except now
! end then. when an adverse current or
head sea held her back The actual dis
! tance made each eav was follows. -
go. es5 ~ ~. 81 -. - - 80. 20. 81.
( So Te0 fnso Honolulu total 3 90. Isl al
/ "a sso. al. sa e1o. ~ ~. ga 10 Cape
/ Fisttery. total 5.70S miles.
The sEkura.
| Meanwhile. early on Thursday morning
I Janasry :. n steamer was noticed living
! outside tie Honolulu harbor. a. first sup
posed - he the Mouowsi dae from Aus
trsua- But soon the red and white house
! Haw % the Nippon Yusen kaisha was seen
/ fYlex aad the Sakn~a Maru. fifteen DAYS
{ nat from Seattle. steamed Up the harbo-
/ what was she doing n these waters.
/ when she should have been within four
/ 5avs - Yckoaamas
/ vas tho arst % hoard her. Chiet or
/ ace- Metrs 70 kindly setting me over IN
! the EIE learned from Capt Brady ard
Ctfef Officer Ragnan that the Sskura as
| might have been Judged from her time
/ out had had q roaen voyage. encouHtertaS
gale after sale ara having been driven
/ far southwark FROM her course. sad haen
/ compelled t- u1t IN AZ Honolulu FOR -o1i
SIC hzt Nss fes rsi}-v rough weather. Ev-
/ ergz hing was swept from her decks and
/ every no1y or board had heeu sick. Il
R.,f he January q AZ the earliest before
e1e reaches Yokohama and her long v0y-
axe ~ more than & month w-l excite sux-
tetv fer her there before any news % her