The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-26
MORTIMER |. STEVENS
ms SAID ALOHA
WILDER COMPANY SAYS HE WAS
NOT THEIR PAS
sENcER-
Rumor Has it That He Slowed
Away in the Rosanond - Left
Mourning Friends and credi.or
Behind.
Rumor Has IT Th.. He Slowed

Mortimer L Stevens. late OF the Ad
yertiser. has left Honolulu His ext
from the Paradise OF the Pacific was
not made by the steamer Centennial
as was reported but is now believed Il
have been made by the bark Rosa
mond. and thereby hangs tale
For some days prior to the depar,
ure of Frederick O'Brien. late city edi
tor of the Advertiser. il was rumorej
that Mr. Stevens. was going to the isl
ands of Hawaii and Maui. where. &C.
cording to his own statements, he in
tended to gather data for an article
which was to appear in the Cosmopo-
Titan Magazine, TO say nothing of two
or three minor monthly publications
a gentleman connected with wilder's
Steamship Company says, however.
that Mr.. Stevens was not passenger
either in the Kinau or the Claudine.
Friends of the young man were at the
wharf on both Saturday and Sunday
TO welcome the young journalist back
to Honolulu. but like Tennyson's
heroine they, too. were forced to muir
muir, He cometh not"
A rumor, which is more than ru-
NOR. now has it that Mr.. Stevens was
a passenger of Captain Wards when
his vessel sailed away for Frisco
last week. Stevens name does not
appear on the passenger list of that
vessel, neither did Mr.. Stevens appear
in person, laden with leis, to wave a
fearful adieu from the deck Of the SUI
gar vessel. to friends and creditors on
the fast fading shore
In his desire to pass from Honolulu
unwept and unsung, Mr.. Stevens mad
vertently forgot few Things One of
them was to pay little amount OF
$50 which he owes a prominent Fort
used to parade himself in at the Ha-
waiian Hotel Another Fort street
merchant is nervous because he en-
dorsed a draft on New York bank
for little more than $500 for Stew
ems on the strength of which endorse
ment the draft was cashed by a local
bank. The merchant fears Mr.. Stew
ems draft will be returneu marked,
mo funds" There are other trivial
little bills about town, one of S214.
principally for wine. The gentlemen
who accepted the friendship of the
knight erraht have been
condoling with one another and alto
gether they count up about 5000 they
will have to. lose for the pleasure of
the acquaintance of the man with
many medals.
The theory now advanced is this;
Believing that his professional
brother was the genuine article.
O'Brien aided Stevens in getting
away from Honolulu. The re-
port was first circulated that the Adj
vertiser's athlete journalist was about
to absent himself temporarily for a
few days from the island of Oahu. In
reality Stevens was secreted on board
the Rosamond. Whether Captain Ward
was party to the affair is not known.
However much O'Brien's collision
may be condemned, his fidelity to
friend in need must be admired. Mr..
Stevens is by this time thousand
miles east of the Hawaiian islands,
and his brief and fitful experiences in
Honolulu are but memory.
The following pedigree appeared In
the San Francisco Chronicle some
few weeks ago. just after Mr.. Stevens
had, through a certain series of events.
moved into the focus Of the public eye.
The information was furnished the
Chronicle by it's Honolulu correspond
emit. Save a few details. the informa-
ion is quite correct:
Mortimer |. stevens is the son of |.
D. Stevens. head of large manufac-
turing company in Chicago. He is a
graduate OF the University Of Michi |
gan. where he won numerous athletic
lonors- He is Splinter and hurdlei
md was right half-back on the college
eleven and subsequently on the teams |
If the Chicago and Denver Athletic |
Clubs. He held the American college |
.ecord in the broad jump for FIVE
rears. He was champion lightweight |
boxer and wrestler of the college. |
During the Worlds Columbian f,xpesi- |
ion In Chicago he won second prize |
n fhe international high diyi.,p am