The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-09
SEA AND SHORE
The Big Liner China
In The Bay.
Kinau and CIaudine Arriye--COnway
Castle From uyerpOol--Capt.
Thompson's Temerity,

Myriads of lights last night from the
numerous vessels in port cleaned
across the harbor, scintillating in the
ripples of the water and dancing with
the wavelets. The big China's mas
sive hull stretched up from the lesser /
craft and around her base busy as ants
were the IabOrers unloading the 600
and-odd tons Of Asiatic merchandise in
lighters. The freight was speedily Ia
ken to the fumigating warehouses on
Pacific Mail wharf. \ rigid quaran-
tine was maintained all yesterday and
last night and will be kept up until the
vessel sails at noon today. No passen-
gers will be taken and only fumigated
mail which will be on board by 9
o'clock this morning, and after a thor
I Ough inspection by the Federal officers
of the port the China will sail at about
noon for San Francisco. The bark
Conway Castle, from Liverpool with
general cargo for the Davies Company,
is in the stream after an uneventful
voyage. She sailed from Liverpool
August 18th and brings $500 tons, most
Of 1t being merchandise. Another ar
rival yesterday was the schooner Mary
+. Foster, which is reported 10 have
sCraped her keel in trying to sail
through the channel. Master mariners
have predicted many times during the
most successful career of Captain
Thompson of the Foster that he would
come to grief through his economy in
not calling for the tugs services at
San Francisco and Honolulu, but as
master of the bark s. G.. Allen. then of
the bark r. p. Rithet and now of the
schooner Mary r. Foster his wonder
full skill in handling his vessel at all
times and under all circumstances has
won him the admiration Of those most
enviOus of his popularity with the ship
owners of the COast-Island clippers.
The steamer Iwalani. for Kauai ports,
lost an officer just before sailing last
evening from Fort street wharf. He
jumped ashore. tired of quarantine.
and that settled him. and the next Off
Ger got a promotion. The steamers
Kinau. from Hilo. and Claudine. from
Maui ports, came up to the Wilder
whaTves in the morning. The Claud-
inc brought fair cargo of Wailuku
sugar and some Kula produce. The XII
nau returns to Hawaii ports today and
The Niihau. from Kaanapali, brought
in an artesian well outfit. confirming
the news that the Kaena brought on
Sunday of the total destruction of the
unfortunate KilOhana on the reef at
Lahaina. Fred. Whitney made him
self comfortable in the cleaning last
night waiting the arrival of DR.. How
ard to inspect the steamer ]. \. Cum
Minis. from Koolau ports, which will
return thence probably today. The
steamer Mikahala, from leeward ports
on the Garden Isle. is expected to
bring a big cargo of sugar back by
next Saturday. The steamers Lehua
and Mokolii were the departures for
Lanai and Kaunakakai and are due on
their return trip tomorrow night or
early Wednesday morning. The
CIaudine. for Maui ports, and the w.
G.. Hall. for Nawiliwili, sail tomor-
row.
NOTES.
The United States survey steamer
Pathfinder is at Hilo.
The bark Diamond Head. for San
Francisco, will take pilot at o'clock
this morning.
The schooner J. NJ Weatherwax has
arrived at Hilo and the barkentine
Ruth at MahukOna.
One stowaway was on board the
schooner Mary +. Foster, which ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday.
Boat Boy Sam Mahuka is the sleuth
of the health inspectors in the harbor
and has a weather eye on every vessel
in port.
Six hundred and sixty-seven Asiatic
immigrants arrived on the China yes
terday, including fifteen japanese kids
and two Coreans.
The Government dredger was towed
= in from the wreck Of the William Car
son yesterday afternoon and anchored
just off the marine railway. COnnec-
tons could not be successfully made
with the dredgers apparatus and the
pipe TO the coal cargo of the Carson.
Big Joe Fern of Likelike wharf did
the good Samaritan act on last Sun
. day when the Lehua brought an inva-
. lid from Molokai suffering agony from
a frightful case of sciatica. He gath
cred him up IN his arms. put him in a
hack and did not rest until he had car
ried the suffering man clear upstairs
at the Queens Hospital and put him TO
bed.