The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-14
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of.
SHARPSHOOTER SECURES AN
AMERICAN REGISTRY.
Hard Trip of the Mauna Alas. S.
Rio de Janeiro in Port-Aloha Ar
rives-Gossip.

The bark Diamond Head will sail
in ballast for the Sound tomorrow.
The next mail from the Coast is on
the 5. 5. Peru, due here on the 10Th
inst.
The S. S. Rio de Janero will sail
for San Francisco at o'clock this af
ternoon.
The S. S. Braemar finished discharg-
ing at midnight. and sailed for Port
land soon after daylight
The bark Il. p. Rithet is taking SUI
gar at the railroad wharf. Captain
Thompson hopes to get away with II
full cargo on next Wednesday or
Thursday.
BY the last mail advices. the banks
c. ID. Bryant and Martha Davis were
advertised to sail from San Francisco
on the 9th inst, and the bark Albert
on the 9th.
The steamer Mikahala arrived in
this morning with 1919 bags of sugar,
enough to top off the schooner Robert
Levers cargo. The Levers will sail
for the Coast tomorrow afternoon, it
is probable.
The schooner Aloha arrived from
Hilo this morning, with 1000 bags of
sugar in transit and some miscella-
neous freight. She discharged the
greater portion of her inward cargo
at Hilo and came down in SO hours.
The Aloha will finish loading sugar
here for San Francisco.
The arrivals at San Francisco since
the last advices have been: April 2nd,
schooner Behring, "a days from Ka-
hului; 3rd, bark Mauna Ala, '23 days,
and schooner Inca. 10 days from this
port; brig Consuelo, 1872 days from
Mahukona, and bark Sharpshooter, 81
days, and the barkentine Planter, II
days, from Kahului; 4th, schooner
Transit, II days from this port, and
schooner Jennie Wand, % days from
Kahului.
The p. NJ. S. S. Rio de Janeiro ar
rived from Yokohama about 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, having been
about II days. on the way. Pleasant
weather was experienced all the way.
The Rio brought 554 tons of freight
cabin passengers and 400 japanese
plantation laborers. She could not
dock until the S. S. Braemar finish
ed discharging this morning, so that
she will not get away until 10 o'clock
this evening.
The American barkentne Planter
arrived from Honolulu in 16 days and
the American brigantine Consuelo
from Honoipu in 10 days, says late
Examiner. On February 10th James
Foster, cook on the latter vessel, died
from heart disease. His body was
cast overheard the following morning
in latitude 25 degrees 81 minutes
north. longitude 1875 degrees II min
utes west. The Hawaiian bark Maui
ma Ala arrived, % days out from Hon
olulu, with part of her port bulwarks
stove in. She encountered heavy
weather, and while hove to the dam
age was done.
The barkentine S. \. Castle sailed
from San Francisco on the 9th inst,
for this port, and the schooner Levi
p. Burgess on the same date for Hilo.
The bark Ceylon sailed from Port |
Blakely on the 5th inst. for this port, |
and the barkentine Amelia arrived |
there on the same day from Honolulu.
\ new departure in the method or
sugar was inaugurated yes
terday, says the San Francisco Chron- |
icle of the 5th inst. When the school,
ner Inca with a cargo of 31,763 bags |
of sugar, arrived from. Honolulu, and |
at once proceeded to Port Costa
where it will be the first lot of sugar
refined at the new refinery. The bar
kentine Planter also arrived from
Honolulu with similar cargo and |
will proceed today to, Port Costa to
The barkentine Sharpshooter, which |
nrrip in, p,,l