The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-29
ALONG THE
WATER FRONT.
There We're Many Ar
rivals and Depat-
ures Yesterday.
SEVEN STEAMERS LEAVE IT ONCE.
DoRIc DID NOT WAIT FOB THE
MAIL AND IT WAS NEAR
LIZ LEFT BEHIND.
How q Man Won a Bet of Fifty
DoIlars-csptain Mcdonald
to Take a Vacation
News Notes.

Yesterday was very busy day aiont
the front, as Tuesday always is Witt
three big ocean steamers and the fee
Of island boats TO get of there was no
much time lost
The Pacific Mail wharf was scene
Of hustle, with the Siam taking Goa
and the Doric discharging. AT the vii
der wharfs the Kinau, Claudine. Maui
and Hawaii were loading and the W. G
Hall at the Inter Island wharf loading
for Kauai made things lively there.
The Doric was the first to get away
She was played of by the band and
there was a large crowd present to
witness her departure. At exactly l.
o'clock she started. The mail had moi
been put aboard, but that did not seen
to make any difference. The Dostofice
authorities had done their utmost tt
get the Gaelic's mail out in time so thai
ii might be answered on the Doric, ou
had it not been that the mail Wagon
appeared before the steamer was undel
way she would have gone without 1t
AS it was, the pilot boat was pressed
into service and the mail hurriedl!
hustled into il and from there it wa,
hauled onto the steamer as she pro
ceeded on her way out Of the harbor
Since they may not carry passenger
between here and the coast the o. & 0
= m whnfhRr n
not they carry the mails.
The kinau was a few minutes lat
in getting away, as she had also to wal
| for the foreign mail brought by tn,
Gaelic. Captain Tom Clarke looket
! very natural on the bridge of the Ha
, wall liner and by the way she SWUNG
out OF her slip and headed out tn
| channel it was plain to be seen that he
! old commander has lost none OF hi
| nerve or adroitness in handling steam
, ers by his long stay ashore.
The Doric was about half way out
| the channel when the Kinau was at tn
| lighthouse and the smaller vesse
| hoisted her sails and started after tn
Doric. She passed the Oriental boa
near the bell buoy and blew tire
blasts from her whistle, in parting sa
| lutte, which was returned by the Do
| ric.
As soon as the Doric left the harbo
| the Gaelic from San Francisco, which
had been anchored outside since earl.
| morning, entered port and took he
place at the wharf. Her passenger
had been landed early in the mornin,
by the tug which brought in the mail
She had no passengers for Honolulu
in fact, but very few through passen
gers. None were on her except thos.
having urgent business in the far East
| Among those on her were a number o
army and navy surgeons and nurses
on their way to Manila and China
She took no Europeans from here Il
China, but there were $50 Chinese ant
japanese who left in her for thei
homes in the land Of the Celestial EN-
pire and the rising sun.
Some Of the navy men met old &C
! Quaintances here and while on shor
proceeded to take several parting cup
with them. There was a small crow,
at the departure Of the steamer, Blu
| what the crowd lacked in size it mad
| up in enthusiasm and booze. Just a
the steamer was pulling away from tn
wharf gentleman in a very happ.
frame of mind yelled goodbye to an
| other gentleman on the wharf, also il
a hilarious mood. The man Gu tn
steamer appeared to have been iInbib
ing considerably; likewise his frien,
on the wharf. The gentleman depart
ing invited the gentleman on the whar
TO come along" He on the whar
proclaimed his inability to walk en- th
water. The army man on the boat sal
! that the man on the wharf was Gfrai,
10 jump of the wharf for $50. BE
you fifty l amt" said the man ON tn
wharf. and suiting his action 10 hi
word he made a flying leap and wen
into the water, clothes and all. Whel
he was in, instead Of making for tn,
wharf. he swan leisurely to the sterl
Of the steamer and sleverly caught ,
$50 bill that huttered from the hand o
his departing friend. He then starteS
for the wharf and attempted 10 ge
into a small boat that WAS near by
but when almost in, fell out again
LAG vas AAokAy toWC0 ~ &<-S - A6A- oAAs
assisted to dry land. He had the Isl
bill in his teeth and the first thing tina
he said when he got his brsath was
Come on, boys. let's burn this up.
may look wet, but am feeling very dry.
The roisterers left the wharf. -hsades
by the man who had won the bet viii
the bill on the end VI q cane like ,
banner.
All the steamers billed to leave q
O'Clock yesterday got away within ,
few minutes Of each other and Their,
was quite q naval parade out Of sh'
harbor. The first to 90 vas the trans
port Siam: she was followed BY tn
gasoline schooner Surprise: the W. G
Hail went next and the Mani. Claudine
Hawaii and Gaelic followed In the or
der named. and all within the spac'
OF ten minutes. An Of these steamer
leaving at almost the same time va
sight long TO be remembered.