Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-26
WITH THE SAILOR MEN
GOOD SIZED FLEET
COMING THIS WAY.
Abbey Palmer Has Had Unfortunate
Career Marrow Escape of Tacoma
--Kimball Line Steamers Ready
fer This Port

The Alice Kimball pulled out yester-
day for Kihei.
Steamer j. A. Cummins arrived last
night from Koolau and other ports.
The schooner Okanogan sailed from
Port Ludlow for Honolulu on the 18th.
The bark Olympic cleared from
San Francisco for Honolulu on the
10th.
The bark Fresno from Honolulu ar
rived at Port Townsend on the 1ith
inst.
The China left San Francisco on the
goth for Hongkong via Honolulu and
Yokohama.
The steamer Elihu Thompson arriv-
ed at San Francisco on the 18th from
Tacoma. She is loaded for Honolulu.
The bark Wallace d. Flint cleared
from San Francisco on the nth inst for
Honolulu with a cargo of general mcr-
chandise.
A number of vessels are due here
most any day, among which may be
mentioned the barkentine Planter. tho
bark st. Katherine and the brig Irving.
The present dearth of vessels will be
Il thing of the past shortly.
Reports from Hongkong of November
10 are at hand giving the particular
of a terrible typhoon which occurred
there. The British river gunboat
Sandpiper was sunk, her cargo being
rescued by torpedo boat destroyer.
Secretary Long of the Navy ANNOUNCE
ed on the 18th inst. the settlement NJ
the armor plate controversy. The Car
negie and Bethlehem companies are
awarded contracts on basis of $500 a
ton for Krupp armor. and certain roy
atty fees. not exceeding total cost of
si55.52 ton.
The Albion of the Kimball Steamship
Company cleared from San Francisco
for Honolulu on the Goth inst with pas
sengers and freight. Her principal
cargo consisting of refrigerator meat,
fish, poultry, game. butter, eggs. beer,
fruits, vegetables, ETC., consigned to
the Honolulu Meat Co.
All vessels and steamers coming In
from their island trip report fine
weather along the line. 1t Is evident
that the kona storm is practically ovec,
a condition much to be desired parti-
cularly by those who follow the sea.
The damage done by the late storm
was In many respects suggested.
II. NJ. S. Icarus left Victoria on the
2lst inst. for Pitcairn Island, via Homo.
lulu and other Islands OF the Pacific.
The cruise according to her officers, has
no connection with the proposed Pa
cific cable surveys for which have been
made some distance to the southwark
OF the Hawaiian Islands by II. NJ. sur
vey ship Egeria.
The ship Henry b. Hyde which left
here on July arrived at New York
on November 18th. Such being the
case Catain McCloud will not be able to
pull down the purse of $500 offered by
Captain Meyer (MigueD at the time of
her departure from here, provided that
the Henry b. Hyde or any other yes
SpI nj tho Guuar Haat tbat laft NJ
same time should make the run in one
hundred days or less.
AS the ship Yola was putting out 10
sea Saturday, one Of the sailors chang
ed his mind and concluded not to go,
With this idea In view he took head
er from the ships side and struck out
for terra firma. He was picked up by
one OF the boats from the tug Fearless
which had the Yola in tow and was
handcuffed by the first mate and taken
back to the vessel. Where 1t Is safe to
say he will enjoy the solitude of the
break for several days, or at least un-
til the vessel Is well out ON the briny
deep.
The bark Abbey Palmer which has
recently been libeled for $4,000 by the
X. NJ. S. Empress of Japan on account
of collision has had rather an unfol-
tunate career. While she was flying
the British flag she capszed twice
once at Antwerp and again at San
Francisco three years ago, when her
master and some of her crew were
drowned. She was raised there, and
after repairs had been made to her, was
sold to American owners, and when she
changed her flag was rechistened the
Abbey Palmer,
The r. NJ. s. Aorangi landed one
passengers, which included
sixty-four Portuguese laborers. who
were placed on board the Maui for pass
age to the plantations at Spreckels-
Vile to which point they were origin
ally consigned. The transfer Of these
men to the Maui was carried forward
without any incident OF note. The
Aorangl reports experiencing rough
weather on her trip, On the morning
of the 23d inst, she passed and ex-