The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-14
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
CLOSE CALL FROM FIRE ON THE
II. J.. RITHET.
S. 5. Alameda and Bark Columbia in
Port-More Coal Coming From
Notes and Gossip.
The Alameda sails at 3 p. m.

The Alameda sails at p. m.
The Alameda has in her strong box
treasure amounting to { 100000.
The British bark Kosciusko will sail
this afternoon for the Sound to load
lumber for West Australia.
The American schooner King Cyrus
CO.. tons, has been chartered to load
coal at Newcastle for this port.
The British ship Drammen, sailed
from Newcastle on the 23rd ult., for
this port with 1900 tons of East Greta
coal.
The James Makee arrived this morn
ing from Kauai with 800 bagss of rice,
213 sacks of bran, % hides and some
horses and cattle. Fine weather was
experienced She returns to Kapaa at
this afternoon with a cargo of coal.
The II. p. Rithet has taken i'm 10000
bags of sugar from small schooners,
and this morning hauled down to the
Inter Island wharf to receive 2400 bags
stored there. Captain Thompson now
hopes to get away on Tuesday of next
week with almost full cargo of SUI
gar.
Ruben Hathaway, who has presided
over the bar in the steamship Austria
liza. fell over a companonway last ev-
ening and sustained injuries that con-
fine him to his room. DR.. Soule can
| find no broken bones. but fears that
the man may have sustained internal
injury.
The American bark Columbia, Cap
tain Gore, 80 days from Seattle, ar
rived this morning and moored in the
| stream, waiting to take the berth of
the Kosciusko at the coal wharf. She
brings a cargo of lumber to Allen &
Robinson. Arthur Groth is the guest
of the master for the round trip.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Compa-
ny has just issues a new time table,
showing the sailing of steamers of Its
own and the Occidental and Oriental
Company between San Francisco and
Yokohama and Hong Kong, including
calls at Honolulu, Nagasalli, Kobe and
| Shanghai, up to the end of the first
quarter in 1899. Only a few copies
were received in the last mail from
! the Coast, but enough for general
distribution are expected on the next
steamer.
The "sleuths" from the deputy mar
shal's Office will find it difficult in the
future to make out cases against the
! boys along the docks who while the
/ idle hours away at ''craps" and "Rus-
/ sian war" Frank Harvey. shipping
master of the Inter Island Company,
/ this morning, discovered some very
! pretty dice made of potato and taro.
In case of raid by the police the
players can easily chew up and swal-
! low such dice, and then the principal
evidence against them is missing.
The 5. 5. Alameda, Captain Van
! Oterendorp, arrived early this morn
ing from the Colonies. The usual
trades were not experienced during
the last few days of the passage, head
winds and muggy weather being met
with. The Alameda brought 122 tons
of vegetables and general merchandise
for this port and will receive here for
San Francisco about 200 tons of SD
gar and rice, and 500 lunches of ba-
nanls. Purser Smith reports great
excitement in Australia over the
Klondike gold fields. He has on the
passenger list five old Australian min
ers bound for Klondike.
The bark II. y. Ritliet had narrow
escape from destruction by fire few
nights ago, through the carelessness
of some custom guards. The officers
were making systematic search OF
the vessel with oil lamps, when one OF
the lamps was overturned in the sail
locker, and set fire to a pile of oakum
y lot of paints and oils were stored
in the place, and directly beneath, sep,
arated only "" wooden deck, was q
large amount of baled hay and lime
The officers were too badly scared tc
put out the blaze, which was rapidly
gaining Roadway when Captain
Thompson, who happened to be on the
deck, saw the smoke and rushed tc
the rescue. The fire hose was soon rig
ged and after brief fight the flames
were checked Captain Thompson is
wondering yet how the ship was saw
ed. He Immediately filed protest
against the use of oil lamps. Port Sur
veyor Stratemeyer has secured some
carriage lamps, which he thinks vii
give satisfaction.