The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-28
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK OF
CAPTAIN OF THE EDW ARD MAY
MAY RESIGN.
Mauna Ala Arrives From the Coast
Three Vessels Ready to Go Tomor-
row-News and Gossip.

The Title T.. Starbuck is taking in
sugar at a rapid rate at the railroad
wharf.
The Aloha has received half cargo
to date. Captain Dabel hopes to get
full cargo by mid-week.
The sugar brought down by the
Mauna Loa is going into the Oceanic
dock warehouse to await shipment by
the S. S. Australia.
The steamer Mikahala is on the ma
rine railway, receiving general repairs
and will probably come off tomorrow
afternoon.
| The George c. Perkins is taking in
rock ballast at Wilder's wharf and will
| sail tomorrow for Kahului to load SUI
gar there for the cast.
| No word has been received from the
| bark Nuuanu, so it is supposed that
she is still waiting for better wealth
er to reach her proposed anchorage off
| Kahului
There were three assertions from
the A. w. Spies last night, making
four since the vessel arrived in port.
Klondike fever, which has been rag
ing ABOARD lOr some Illllc.
The Mauna Ala was to have gone
on the dry dock in San Francisco for
some much Needed repairs, but time
was wanting while there, so she will
| have the repairs made during her stay
in port here, it is understood.
The Baltimore will leave Lahaina to-
morrow morning early for this port,
and it is expected that she will come
down in four hours. The officers
| have been entertained extensively by
the people of Lahaina. They are to
be given party this afternoon.
The schooner Spokane and bark
Diamond Head have both finished dis
charging and will sail in ballast for
! the Sound tomorrow. Lumber chart
/ ers are away up and Captains Ward
and Jamison are in hurry to take adj
vantage of them. The Spokane will
! likely go out to Japan next trip.
! The Hawaiian bark Mauna Ala, Cap
! tain Smith. arrived this morning from
! San Francisco, after Il fair weather
voyage of ii days. She brings 1927
! tons of feed stuffs consigned to the
California Feed Company, and one
horse. Captain Smith is again in
command after an attack of rheuma-
tism that kept him in the hospital for
months. He is not by any means a
well man yet, but manages to get
around.
Eight sailors in the Edward May
have joined the Salvation Army, and as
| II result it is tho hest hah aund crew in
the harbor. One of the men, an I'M
=, 4 b.
drum most successfully, and his mates
join most heartily in the songs. Cap
tain johnson says that the result is
! marvellous. He has never had bet
ter crew, and only hopes that the re-
mainder of his men can be induced to
join the army.
/ The Edward May will take a cargo
! of sugar to San Francisco, instead OF
! to New York as previously stated. Cap
! tain johnson will then turn her over
I to her new owners. He does not know
whether he will remain in her. He
has been with her previous owners for
forty-two years. and believes that they
will have something for him to do
when he leaves the May. Captain John
son came here first i'm 1857, as second
mate of the ship which brought TO the
Island Capt. Hackfeld, the founder of
the present firm of Hackfeld & Co. He
has been coming here ever since in
various vessels and is one of the best
known masters in port. He has been
fourteen years master of the Edward
May.
The Mauna Loa arrived early this
morning after a very stormy week of
it on the Kona and Kau coast. Ac-
cording to Purser Taft's report, a
northwest gale blew all week on the
Kau coast. The Ke Au Hou could not
land any heavy machinery. A great
deal of rain has fallen during the last
three days. The Hamakua coast is
also very rough, and the Iwalani, now
out twelve days from this port, is
storm bound at Waipio gulch. She
! discharged her Kukuihaele freight on
the day of her arrival there, but has
been unable to do anything since.
Sugar in warehouses; p. S. NJ. 1900;
II. S. Co., 10000, and Lahaina p. NJ.
5000. The Mauna Loa arrived early,
so as to have a new foremost put in. in
the place of the one broken last trip
She brought the following cargo:
316s bags sugar, $50 bags coffee, IA
bundles hides, 62 bags iva, "a hogs,
dries.
ARRIVALS.
Friday, January 20.
Haw. bk Mauna Ala, Smith Is days