The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-19
NIPPON MARU ARRIVES WITH
VERY HEAVY CHRISTMAS NAIL
Hao Rough Experience With Wind and Waves
Ship D. Carleton Sighted Northeast Of Honolulu Japanese Steamer
Shippers Hurry to Leave Port and Escape Sugar uadon-
Yacht haJhWsr for Roosevelt

ing has made the surface into a sea OF
mud which is ankle deep al almost
any place. Passengers from the Maru
TO arrive from the Orient viii have
trouble finding dry spots on which
20 walk
As vet Collector Stackable has re-
ceived no orders regarding the re-
leasing Of goods from Manila in bond
here without the payment of the reg
uiar duty.
While the Rithet was being hauled
from the stream TO the wharf yester-
day morning a line that was holding
her became foul and it was cut by the
mate OF the sailing vessel
Applications for positions on the
new steamers OF the Globe Naviga-
tion Co. to be put on the Kauai run.
are being filed with agent L. E. Beebe.
Many of the captains and mates OF
island steamers want the places.
Under a recent ruling by the De
partment OF Navigation vessels touch
ing at American ports from the Phil
ippines do not have to pay the ton
Ld-t keA II NbAnilS AAtNA Ii AeA-N
they stop at a foreign port en- route
the tax mus. be collected.
It has been definitely settled by the
Army officials that the U. S. transport
Hancock will sail to Manila by way of
Honolulu. in order 10 give a chance
TO those who wish to send Christ
mas presents TO the boys of Camp
Mckinley. at Government expense.
The Hancock will spend Christmas at
this port.
Among the passengers who passed
through in the Hongkong Maru were
Mrs. A L. Foye and Miss S. c. Bald
win, prominent society people of Sac
ramento. James Lowry goes TO Yoke
hama as special agent for the Stand
ard Oil Company, and his family is
soon to follow. to remain in Japan.
NJ. J. Heney was a passenger for Hong
kone.
Harry Allen, the steward of the
Nippon Maru. ha5 .e all his ar
rangements for a jolly Christmas on
the vessel. She will be halfway be-
tween Honolulu and Yokohama on
the 25th inst. and there will be a
Christmas tree and a fancy dress
ball. All the expenses of the enter
tainment will be borne by the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha.
A telegram received at the San
Francisco Merchants Exchange from
London reported that the Norwegian
bark Prince Albert. 2f1 days out from
Vancouver for Queensborough. had
passed Deal For several weeks past
the Prince Albert has been on the
overdue list and reinsurance had
reached 50 per cent. The bark's pas
sage was unusually long, and the yes
sci no doubt suffered much from
storms.
The new barkentine Lahaina. built
by Boole and Son for Hind. Rolph &
Co, has just completed a phenomenal
run. She went from San Francisco
TO the Sound in record time. and from
Tacoma. lumber laden. made splen-
did run to China She started from
Shanghai in ballast for Victoria. B.
c., and made the run Ia thirty-two
days, This is the best run on record
and stamps the Lahaina as one of
the finest vessels of her class afoat.
This is her maiden voyage
The Roanoke has not been CON
demned. nor is she likely to be. In
that event she viii be considered TO
have arrived, and those who gambled
on her mot to arrive" will lose their
money. Should the vessel be in con-
dition to start on another voyage.
even il it were only to HiIo or an ISL
and adjacent to Honolulu. that run
would be sufficient TO constitute an
arrival, AID the gamblers on the eth
er end would lose. As 1t is. there is
only S2500 up that the Roanoke would
be total loss. so no one will be
very great loser.
From Honolulu within two hours of
record time is the latest exploit OF
the steamer Alameda OF the Oceanic
Steamship Company. which arrived at
San Francisco a dav ahead OF time.
making the trip in five days. fifteen
hours and seven minutes. The best
rua during the trip was 374 knots
Captain HERMAN SAYS that had il
not been fer head winds for the first
twenty-foar hours after leaving port
the time OF the China would have been
beaten. The Pacific Nail Steamship
company's steamer Peru ieft a day
before the Alameda, but the latter
boat made the run in sixteen hours
less time