The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-03-11
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
SHIP WESTERN MONARCH LOSES
\ MAN EN- ROUTE.
Drowned Off the Horn-New Inter Is
land Steamer Expected in May-Two
Ocean Liners Now Due-Gossip.

The ship Henry b. Hyde has anchor
ed in the stream.
The steamer Helene is expected to-
day from Hawaii
The barkentine Irmgard is now sew
enteen days out from San Francisco
for this port.
The Kaena arrived yesterday after
noon with sugar, and sailed again
this morning with a big cargo of
| freight for Waialua.
! The barkentine John Smith came off
the railway this morning, and is now
moored in the old fish market slip,
awaiting her turn to go on the berth
| for sugar.
! The barkentine Amelia shifted this
morning back to Allen & Robinsons
wharf, and the schooner Albert Mey-
er went over to the railroad wharf to
discharge timber for the railroad
The latest advices from the Coast
were to the effect that the new Inter
Island Company steamer. row under
construction on the Sound, will prob
ably be completed and dispatched 10
this port early in May.
! Two big ocean liners are expected to
call here within a few DAYS, ard
| preparations are being made to re-
ceive them. The p. NJ. s. 6. Aztec is
due on Monday from Japan with big
/ shipment of coal, and the s. S. Otto
wa is due probably before that time,
/ from the Colonies, bound for Victoria.
b. c., with her cabins full of Klondi-
kers.
The schooner Inca after taking 500
! bags of sugar from the steamer Kaena
moved over this morning to the rail
road wharf, where she will take
enough Eva sugar to finish her car
go of 1,S00 tons. The Inca will take
the largest cargo of sugar ever taken
| by a schooner from this port. She
will probably get away for San Fran
cisco tomorrow.
/ Had the 5. 5. Bennington found the
derelict it sought, her gunners would
have had rare opportunity to try
their skill, for it was proposed to
make target of the hulk, in case
nothing of value was found aboard.
After splintering the. wreck with the
heavy shot, should that fail to sink it,
dynamite would have been used.
The British ship Western Monarch
arrived in last night, after a smart
trip of III days from Liverpool, bring
ing general cargo of 1850 tons to
Theo. II. Davies g. Co. She experience
ed fine weather on the whole trip, eX-
cept off the Horn, where one of her
boats was mashed in during severe
gale. Two stowaways were turned ov-
er by Captain Evans to the British
Commissioner, and are now in Jail.
just after the ship Western Nor
arch had rounded the Horn, when she
was in Lat. n, Long. 1876 w., an ap-
prentice boy fell from the lib boom,
where he was at work. and before a
boat could be lowered, was drowned.
! The ship was hove to, and a boat went
in search of the poor fellow. but NJ b.
ing was ever seen of him. The boy
was but Is years old, and it it vas his
trst voyage around the Horn He
was popular among his mates, and he
accident cast gloom over the ship
People who witnessed the fight be-
tween the police and two sailors on
the bark Mauna Ala yesterday, say
that the sailors were very ba1Iiy
treated. Although they had been On
shore but few hours, they were nc
counted deSerters, and two men who
were willing to work their passage
shipped in their places. The men, it
is claimed, had perfect right aboard
the ship, and under the shipping laws
may hold Captain Smith for full wag-
.es and expenses until they are again
taken aboard the ship. 1t is said that
Captain Smith called to the officers to
take the men to that New York
ship" meaning the Hitchcock. 1t will
probably be the fate of the poor fei-
lows to be shipped around the Horn.
whether they desire to go or not. Lit
tie sympathy is wasted on sailors, de-
spite the fact that they have some
rights however restrained they NAV
be. 1t looked yesterday like a game of
freeze out" for the two men in
question.