The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-21

lr HREE days later news of the cute,
world was brought by the Cana
= dian-Australian steamship Miowera
yesterday, which arrived from Vancou-
] yer and Victoria. She arrived off port
about 4 o'clock in the morning, coming
into the harbor and mooring alongside OF
the Pacific Mail wharf shortly after sun.
rise.
The Miowera, Captain Heming, sail
ed from Vancouver at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon of the 18th instant, and Vic
toria about 2 o'clock in the morning OF
the 18th. She cleared the Straits of Juan
de Fuca at 6 so'cl in the morning OF
the 18th.
A fresh to strong southwest gale with
very high head seas were experienced fol-
the first three days out. After that
|strong to fresh winds from the south to
northeast, with rough seas, prevailed
| There was very little cargo for Homo
lulu on the Miowera.
Passengers for this port were Mes
!dames Chandler, Mulligan, Hooker; Mes
srs. Chandler, Currie, Rose, Strout, Thaa-
nan, Gilbert. Mann, Cameron. Manson
Bickell and Todd. The Miowera sailed
for the Colonies last night.
Upolu's Mysterious Actions.
The little steamer Upolu started from
this port on Saturday last for Hawai-
hae. Honoipu and Kona ports. Captain
Dalton was her commander.
She sailed from the harbor some time
in the morning and everybody took i,
for granted that she was well on her
way to the Big Island.
But she did not go very far. When she
got off Waikiki she dropped her anchor
not far from the shore and sent out a
boat which contained five men.
A Honolulan who resides in Waikiki
near the end of the car line noticed the
actions of those connected with the
Upolu and became very much interested
in them. He secured a telescope of pro-
digious size and power and esconced
himself in comfortable and convenient
place and watched what was going on
The boat was taken ashore little above
his residence and left on the beach while
every one went ashore. One man had
lbeen left in charge of the steamer which
was at anchor.
Those who had come ashore in the boat
then disappeared for couple of hours
Igoing up towards the mountains, through
the park.
At the end of that time the five mer
returned to the boat and rowed out to
the steamer. One of them, a great big
oil cfns in f1an CT nf fla hoe
and seemed to be making signs to some
one On the boat or on the land, with his
arms. Another man was stretched ou
in the bottom of the boat as if he ha6
been rendered helpless in fight or was
la prisoner and had been bound hand ant
foot. Two men were engaged in rowing
while the fifth man was standing up il
the bow of the boat with a great BLACK
cloth wrapped about his head. He wa:
Hooking down into the water and ther
gazing up into the sky, all the time
waving his arms about as if making
lsupplication to heaven or doing some ka
Ihuna business.
The watcher on the beach thought thai
he had discovered some wonderful myS
terry and Immediately started to work
in his mind to find solution. Gould
lit be that the men in the boat had beer
ashore to take part in a duel or some.
thing of that kind? There was one man
jevidentIy helpless, stretched out in the
bottom of the boat while another was
wearing great black cloth around his
head as if he had received some injur!
to his head and had bound it I'D fol
want of more thorough treatment. o.
could it be that one of the men had de.
serted the steamer as she was leaving
for Hawaii and the rest had gone ashore
and captured him. having to show fght
to bring him back to the vessel?
OOr1Na +, H. chr II
the boat to get a cargo of opium; the
opium might have been hidden around
Diamond Head somewhere, or possibly
they landed opium.
! 1t was easy enough to guess at what
the reason of the peculiar actions was
but difficult to arrive at any conclusion
/ When the boat returned to the steam
side while they all went aboard. They
staid aboard some time; then all hands
six of them, got into the boat and sat
there for long time doing nothing evil
IDENTIFY but talk and gesticulate.
Later in the afternoon the Upolu went
farther out to sea and dropped her an
Choir, where she apparently remained all
night probably sailing for Hawaii the
first thing yesterday morning.
| The man who had watched the actions
| of the crew of the Upolu reported the
matter to the police, not knowing but
what there might be something in the
affair of which they should be Informed.
| People along the waterfront had heard
nothing about the matter, and when told
of the Upolu's lying off Waikiki on Sat
urday We're at a loss to explain it.
| Mr.. Low, who is interested in the
Upolu, was communicated with yester-
day and asked concerning the affair." He
said that the Upolu had anchored off
Waikiki on account of the rough wealth
er prevailing outside and that she had
waited for the wind to die down. So
there was evidently nothing very mys-
terious about the actions of the crew of
the little steamer after ALL
| The PROBABILITIES are that the men
finding that they had to lie off Waikiki
until the storm outside abated, made up
their several minds that the time could
be best spent ashore and took the boat
and went ashore to hunt up excitement
and entertainment in the shape of a lu-
au. The luau was probably found and
the men may have had such a good time
that 1t became matter of course for
them to wave their arms around and for
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