The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-06
SEA AND SHORE
MOana Sails Without
The Mail.
DISCONTINUED Seamen--Rigid Guard
on Guaranteed Steamers
Raula Loa Sails.

ANY of you boys deserving will be
placed in the pesthOuse by the Board
of Health; so you'd better look out. -
Thus the sailors were scared into stay
ing on the Mauna Loa when she sailed
for KOna and Kau ports last night.
There is an increasing trouble 10 keep
the seamen on the local steamers and
the long absence from home and
friends is beginning to tell especially
on the native sailors. Il am not wor-
rying about myself, but I'm looking
out for the vessel I command were
the last words of Captain Carey of the
Colonial liner Moana. from sydney
whose abrupt departure for San Fran
cisco without discharging or taking a
mail yesterday morning was an addi-
tlonal cause for gloom on the water
'front.'. Captain Scarey' the thought
less ones called him. All knew, how
ever. that he was only acting as a pru-
dent master should whose first and last
thought IS for his passengers and YES
sci. The Maui, for Hamakua port.
Will sail at noon today with freight.
Inc schooner Kawailani, for Oahu
ports, is still in the harbor "unpermit-
ted and the steamer UpOlu. for KO-
hala and Kona yesterday, had to wait
some hours for Board Of Health pass
70 get out of the harbOr. A most rigid
guard is maintained on all the vessels
in quarantine. The Alden Besse, with
sugar for San Francisco, will probably
sail today and the w. G.. Irwin and ].
ID. Spreckels will follow next week.
The Diamond Head is nearly loaded
and will get despatch in a few days.
The Geo. c. Perkins, for Eureka.
cleared yesterday.
Valencia at Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 25.-The
transport Valencia, Captain Lane. ar
rived yesterday from Manila. via Ma
gasak, after very stormy voyage.
She left Manila after the Rio de ia
metro and Sikh, but because of the
fearful weather she encountered. did
not reach port until long after them
However, all are well aboard. and no
harm has come to the vessel. The
only passenger brought up by the Va
lencia was G. B. Early. a lawyer, who
formerly lived in Phoenix, A. T., but
who has been practicing law in the
Philippines for twelve months past.
The Valencia left Manila forty-two
days ago, and was fifteen days in COW
ering the 1900 miles to Nagasaki. She
left on Friday, and that is claimed by
some of those on board to have been
responsible for her hard luck. From
the first northeast monsoons were en-
counteTed, and the weather was so bad
that the vessel was obliged on three
occasions to run back for shelter. The
transport was in ballast, and so light
that she was scarcely better than a
cork on the waves. The last time she
turned to run, it was blowing like a
typhoon, with big green seas running
that swept her decks. The ship was
in a terrible position. Captain Lane
knew that he dared not longer run into
it, and yet he feared that in going
about the ship would capsize. The ex-
pedient of using oil was resorted to
and with great success. Chief Officer
Turner had the crew pour oil over
board when all was ready, and it lev
eled the seas wonderfully. The Va
lencia was brought about without
trouble, and ran before the storm to
the lee Of the Island of Formosa. off
Nansha. where she lay for thirty-six
hours. in company with a Japanese
steamship. The weather moderated
enough on a Friday to renew the voy-
age. but Captain Lane waited until Sat-
uTday morning, and made the run
without further incident.
The Valencia lay two days at Maya
saki, and her sailing day again fell on
a Friday. Captain Lane refused to adj
nit that he was superstitious and
sailed. The transport encountered
heavy weather all the way across. with
head winds. She had only twelve hours
of westerly winds during her passage
of twenty-fOur days. However, Captain
Lane was glad to reach port, as he had
not spent a Christmas ashore in eight
years.
At the time that oil was used to calm
the sea. a sailor discovered. after the
ship was about. that he had used a can
of disinfactant instead of oil. The Va
lencia locked at Harrison street late
afternoon.
NOTES.
The Centennial is taking on ballast
for San Francisco.
The China will arrive from Yoko-
hama January 9th.
The steamer Mikahala will sail for
leeward Kauai ports next Monday.
The bark Paul Isenberg sails for San
Francisco with sugar on the 18th inst
The twin schooners Alice Cooke and
Robert Levers are both discharging
lumber at Allen street.
The ship POseidon, discharging gen
oral frafohf Of