Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-04-12
ANOTHER BIG OPIUM CARGO
Honolulu Nan al The Coast Sounds
The Warning kOle,
STUFF is Bound Tor The NeIehbOrhOOd Of Homo
lulu Schooner Free Trade Mani.
pulatOr Awaiting instructions,

A Honolulu man who is now il
San Francisco writes down
Look out for the schooner Free
Trade. She is loaded to the decks
with dope and is bound for the
neighborhood Of Honolulu. Cap
tain @. A. Moore owns the
schooner aud is aboard Of her
The opium is the property of a
British Columbia aud San Fran
cisco hui"
The Free Trade sailed on April
l and, il the weather is favorable
should strike somewhere in the
islands in a week. 1t is worthy
of note thpt a well known opium
manipulator is in town, appar.
emily waiting for advices. The
schoouer's cargo is said to be val
ued far into the thousands. A
paper dispatch of March 30 has
this to say of the vessel and her
strange preparations:
The little schooner Free Trade
was yesterday prepared for sea off
Meiggs' wharf. Her destination
is Que of the Aleutian Islands that
her master, Q. A. Moore, claims
is rich with gold. The captain
says that the location of the ISL
and is known only to himself.
Moore told his story of gold to
the Hon. II. Talbot Watson, and
to the I'll, n. Il. Cape, his com
panion. The Hon. Talbot Wat
son, who is said to be son of the
Earl of Carnarvon, has been in
California for some time. Both
men are spid to be wealthy. They
recently became interested in a
scheme to go to the island and, if
the mineral deposits should war
rant the expedition, to organize
syndicate.
With the assistance of Moore,
the schooner Free Trade was
purchased and fitted out for the
expedition. The choicest pro-
visions and wines were slowed
away in the vessels hold. A new
cabin was built over the after
house to accommodate the party.
Everything went well until yes
terday, when the sailors who had
been engaged for the expedition
refused to go unless their wages
were incr- ased. Captain Moore
consulted the Hon. H. Talbot
Watson and the Hon. e. Cape,
who agreed to yield to the de
mands of the men. All went well
for nearly an hour, when two
sailors VINO had been drinking
began to fight. They were imme
dlately discharged and Captain
Moore started out to get two more
to take their places. During his
absence the remainder of the crew
deserted, because, as they said,
they did not know where they
were going. 1t was late in the
afternoon before the Captain sue
ceeded in gertiuga crew.
All day long the tug Elizabeth
was kept under waiting orders to
carry passengers to and from the
vessel. About 2 o'clock Watson
and Cape sauntered down to the
wharf, followed by several Burlin
game swells. The party went to
he schooner and remained on
BOARD until late in the afternoon,
when everybody went ashore with
he exception of Captain Moore's
wife and G. E. Fradley, a mining
expert.
" L cannot talk about the expe-
lition," said Mr.. Fradley, 81 am
IN agent for a British Columbia
syndicate aud was sent here ten
lays ago. L met Mr.. Watson and
Mr. Cape only a short time ago.
We will be gone about six weeks.
It the gold is what Captain Moore
claims, a mine as great as the
rreadwell will be developed"
The Hon. E. Cape, when inter
yiewed on the wharf, said that
hey were all going on a hunting
Expedition. He looked forward to
good time, for the Captain had
old him there was plenty of game
md fish on the island that they
Sfre about to visit. The Hon.
Talbot Watson was not so talka
i've as his companion. He said
hat he was going on n hunting