The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-25


arrived from Laysan Islands yesterday
morning. She brought back with her
300 tons of fertilizer, loaded at Laysan
by the vessels crew. Engineer Luhrs. !
who, with Captain Joseph Spencer's
son, was left on the island when the
Ceyfon sailed, came back to Honolulu
on the Aloha.
Spencer's son and Luhrs didn't
hitch somehow or other, and rather
a queer condition of affairs existed on
the island. Two men, the only two men
there, cut off from communication with
The rest of the word, were still un-
friendly. Eash of them must have
found it an exceedingly lonely expe-
Renee Neither wanted to play in the
iacident goes to show that even in a
country whose total population is two,
that population will be divided into
factions. Perhaps it was a political
question that separated these two lonely
islanders, who should have been fast
friends in their isolation. Very possibly
one was Democrat or a Republican,
dependent. Probably each wanted to
be governor and each refused to be the
people under the other one.
Now Captain Spencer's son is on Lay
san Island with one of the crew. Tom
Waun, to keep him company.
Captain Frey was naturally very
much surprised on arriving at Laysan
to find so small a population there. His
surprise increased when he learned
hot, CT Of flac
the Japanese laborers, and how Captain
| Spencer had defended himself against
their attack on the p atform on the 18th
| of August, when two Japanese lost
! their lives, and three more Were
wounded. Captain Spencer's son and
Luhrs, the engineer, told pretty much
the same story about the Laysan Is and
shooting affair as was told by Captain
| Spencer on the witness stand. They
were, however, naturally, very retice at
| in talking on the subject before they
| knew how the case was going on in
Honolulu in the police court.
| The Aloha left Honolulu on August
%, and arrived at Laysan Island six
| days later, about the time that the Cey-
| Ion reached here with all hands from
Laysan except the engineer and Spen-
GERS son. On the arrival of the Aloha
| at Laysan, Captain Frey started to
work Immediately to get a cargo of fer
|
no Japanese at hand. The crew worked
for over a week until bad weather came
1 on and the winter season showed signs
of arriving. Then the Aloha weighed
anchor and cleared out for Honolulu
captain Frey would have secured full
cargo but for the bad weather. The
Aloha will not return to Laysan. The
Ceylon, which left last week for the
guano isle will get there, probably, al
the end of this week. She took force
of Japanese. down with her. Captain
and Mrs. Spencer yesterday received
tidings of their son. The Aloha brought
them letters from him.
THE SAVED SHIPS.
The British bark Dunreggan will e,
to the Sound in ballast without any
further repairs than have been mad,
by the diver. 1t will be remembered
that the Dunreggan was saved from
destruction on the Diamond Head rec
not long ago, by the combined efforts
OF the tugs Fearless, Iroquois and Eleu
She was moved to Channel wharf yes
terday, where she will discharge he
remaining cargo. She will get ava,
in few days; is leaking but yer,
slightly, but will carry a gasoline en-
CINE for pumping purposes in case o
an emergency. AS stated before, sh
will be put on the drydock for repair
on her arrival at the Coast
The ship Euterpe, which was save,
from the kahului reef by the Fearles
a week ago, for which services $40 90
were paid by the agents, is sister shi
of the Antiope, here a year ago an,
which left for the Sound last Satur
day from Kahului
A COMMUNICATION.
To the Shipping Reporter, P. G.. Ad
vertiser, Dear Sir-More trouble on tn
water front!
1t is about time that captains got O
to themselves and stand clear of tn
Sailors Union of the Pacific, co-worker
and mates with Lewis and Turk.
The captain of the bark Ceylon ha
been in lots of trouble this last weeI
He shipped cook from the Coast Sea
mems Union, and after the cook signe
United States articles and stayed tw
days, he came to the conclusion tha
he would leave unless he could get
union crew in her. He. the cook, file