The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-06

4, u rhe mail from san Fran
- es--o on she last trip of tbs
- II, China. From -Typho7n
.-ll, Billy Seaaurg. captain Of
,b. zig mail boat China, 20
tE. galley hos 10 die st~erage, ali are
.auu Oh black cats. especially black cats
.a1t come aboard aud die
TIE whole trip q the China has been
81 succession % bad luck and now there
e.. aa telling uaat il go happen between
ae-. and san Fraueisro. The China.
after leaving here Eoinz west. ran into
e. succession II gales which terminated
.r ,'a fypho.,n and tidal wave which she
encountered st .be time the storm
struck tae vessel they were on q lee
shore with .ae wind and waves coming
Boz FROM the sea Il was impossible for
.f. vessel 90 run any distance before the
storm. +o she had 10 buck IL II was
rsr lor- before the China was called
rr ro show what She was made Of
md THAT she lived through the terrible
rt.rfae ,he received is principally due
..L Everything that Captain Seabury
and his officers and crew could DO was
dome. hrt the vessel was at the mercy
.. tho clements The glass dropped in
about three hours from ~ to II and the
storm. which came quickly, considering
fr. violence. passed quickly. About
$1,000 damage was done the vessel by the
wind and waves Her light upper works
.-rued the most hurt and the turtle
a.s M the stern OF the vessel was
smashed in. Several Of the heavy doors
uu ,l- port side were broken in and the
awning, torn TO shrcds and boats
smashed Repairs were made in Hong
kong and but little time was lost on them.
On the return trip things went well
until Yokohama was reached. There one
uf the Chinese crew was found to he
sick. pr. Stewart Eldredge, the United
States medical inspector there. discov-
rcd Ia the man the usual clinical picture
.f rlaeu.. The symptoms were so pro
ruuuced that the man was ordered to the
.a,pital for meteorological investigation
ND che ship and cargo fumigated thor
auslly
pr. Fldredse ordered the japanese
authorities To fumigate the stecrage and
their baggage, but this was not done. 80
ON the ships bill of health DIR. Eldredge
attached note in accordance with these
facts.
The note. which was addressed to Or.
krn.sSc OF this port and Or. Kinyoun OF
san Francisco. further stated that AT the
time the China left although the sick
mau was still nuder observation. DIR.
Tldrcdgc had arrived at no definite CON
rlusion as to what was the matter.
To De- on the safe side. DIR. Amesse
ordered all the Chinas freight for this
port 10 be fumigated and the vessel was
mad, 10 lay four feet from the wharf
and rat guards were attached TO all her
mooriug lines.
The thirty-four steerage passengers
Tor this port. with their baggage. were
taken from the steamer to Quarantine
i>laui. where they will he detained sew
cral days and their baggage disinfected
with stream The cabin passengers and
their baggage were allowed ashore.
The China's surgeon does not think
that the ease Of the sick man left in
Yokohama is plague case. The China
brought 500 tons Of freight for this port
ard takes 2.3oo tons to San Francisco
She has 205 Asiatics in the steerage ant
thirty Europeans Considering the treat
ment accorded the Coptic lately in Sar
Francisco. the officers Of the China ar
loakins frward 70 4 merry prance witt
Kinyoun unless he has either changed
his tactics or been removed