The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-02
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of.
HONOLULU HARBOR is CROWDED
WITH SHIPPING.
Desperate and Successful Attempt of
Iroquois Sailors to Deserts. s.
Cape Otway Expected any Moment.

The Claudine sails tomorrow at
p. m.
The Ke Au Hou brought in a full
cargo of sugar late Saturday night.
The Cape Otway from Victoria is
expected in any hour. She will bring
three days later news.
The w. G. Hall and the Mikahala,
both clear tomorrow on their regular
runs.
The Maui arrived from her last trip
to Maui ports yesterday morning. She
/ goes back to her old work this week.
The Mokoli for Kalaupapa, Molokai
o'clock. and Wednesday again at the
same hour.
! The British steamship Cape Otway
| will bring a cargo of lumber from
! Victoria, and will take on coal here to
| the extent of about 200 tons.
The Mikahala arrived from Kauai
ports this morning. Her trip was
pleasant and uneventful. She brought
5000 bags of sugar to w. G. Irwin G.
! Co.
The Andrew Welch is still dischar-
ging her cargo. She will remove to-
morrow to the railroad wharf, where
she will take on her full cargo of 49,
600 bags of sugar.
The Maui. which arrived from Maui
ports this morning, had a cargo of
9,7s5 bags of sugar, 252 bags of corn,
1874 bags of potatoes, 1 horse, l COW,
1876 hogs, 1874 packages of sundries.
The Martha Davis and the w. H. Di-
mond will both sail for San Francisco
this afternoon with full cargoes of SUI
gar. They will get away very nearly
together and a pretty race should re-
| suit.
The w. G. Hall from Kauai ports
had 1000 bags of sugar to Hackfeld q
Co, 1000 bags to F. j. Schatfer & Co.,
40 bags rice, so rice beans, $50 saks
bones, horses and rs packages of
merchandise.
The City of Picking arrived from
Hongkong and Yokohama yesterday
morning. She discharged a large
amount of merchandise from the ORR
ent, and did not get away until the
small hours of this morning
The British steamship Paroo, bound
for Vancouver, Dyea and Juneau,
which arrived yesterday, broke all
records for the number of stowaways
brought into this port. She had five
in all. They are trying to beat their
way into the frozen north.
The Argentine bark Himalaya,
Dearborn master, arrived in port at
| o'clock last evening, after very
rough trip of 70 days, from Newcastle.
looks like the directions hilarious
citizen would take in making for
home.
Friends of Chief Officer Bruguerre,
formerly of the Acapulco, will be
pleased to learn that he has been
transferred to the City of Picking,
which arrived yesterday. Mr.. Brug-
uerre is well known here, having mar
ried Miss Grace Rose, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. b. Rose.
Unemployed sailors are exceedingly
scarce in Honolulu at present. The
Upolu was compelled to sail for Ha-
waii ports yesterday without a mate,
and also one sailor short. Captain
Hellingsen did not accompany his YES
sci on account of illness. Captain
Nelson, formerly of the j. a. Cum
mings, took the Upolu out.
The fine British steamer Paroo ar
rived from the Colonies yesterday. She
is sister steamer to the Capt Otway.
This is her first trip to Honolulu. She
is practically new, being completed
last November, and has a gross ton
mage of 1904 tons. The Paroo has on
board SO through passengers. She
also carries 1,500 tons of coal.
On her voyage from Newcastle to
this port the King Cyrus, Christensen
master, sprung a dangerous leak
when about midway on the Pacific. 1t
was found necessary to throw over
board $50 tons of coal, and for time
it looked as if the entire cargo of
1,1S0 tons might be sacrificed in the
same manner. The vessel was 81 days
out.
There was an exciting time in the
harbor Saturday. Just before the ship
Iroquois sailed for New York two of
her sailors jumped overoard and swan
the channel to the boat house, where,
scrambling ashore, they quickly dis
appeared. A hunt was made for them
but in vain, and Captain Taylor was
compelled to leave without "A full crew
| of men. Later Saturday afternoon