The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-21

day space of twelve feet square was
uncovered in the middle of the wharf
Wednesday after dark the deserters
paid the ship visit, and several of
them called upon Captain Hughes to
show himself. A few seconds later
loaded bottle was thrown, and when
the crash came the men ran away. Four
of them ran into the open hole in the
wharf and nearly persisted from cold
before they were rescued They dared
not call for assistance, and had to hang
on to piles for half an hour until the
disturbance was over. Then they were
helped out on the wharf again by the
Waterman, and quickly made their es-
cape.
Philadelphia In Marine Display.
The Philadelphia will participate in
the splendid electrical marine display
in San Francisco harbor at the recep-
ton of the President The hull, mast
smokestacks, yards and f1agstaffs of
the ship have been completely outlined
in electric lights, and the vessels name
will be emblazoned on the ships sides
in letters of light six feet high, says
a dispatch from Vallejo dated the 9Th
instant
The Famous Bark Hesper
There is perhaps no better known
bark that sails the seas than the Hes
per Of San Francisco. Captain r. @.
Sodergren has been her master for
years, says the San Francisco Call OF
recent date, and he is almost as well
known as the vessel he commands.
The news came by the Zealandia yes
terday that this master mariner had
been found guilty Of cruelty on the
high seas" by jury in Judge Estee's
court at Honolulu, and that his chances
for spending year on the reef were
extremely good.
Everybody will remember the deter
mined fight that General Jim" Smith
made to save the necks Of the "Hesper
murderers." He carried their case to
the court of last resort, but his clients
had to pay the penalty
The Hesper was on her way from
Newcastle, Aus, to Hawaii with load
of coal. The men asserted they were
Ill treated, so one night they mutinied,
Killed Mate Fitzgerald and attempted
to seize Captain Sodergren and his
wife. There was no navigator aboard,
however, and some of the men became
frightened and sided with the captain.
The ringleaders were overpowered and
the Hesper put into Tahiti. From there
the mutineers were brought to San
francisco tried and executed
After that Captain Sodergren and
the Hesper were not heard of very Of
ten until she became long overdue at
kaichau with a load of lumber from
this coast. Later it was learned that
she had been thrown on her beam ends
during hurricane, and for weeks Can
tain SndprOrqn and NIT
the deckload of lumber, with nothing
but spare sail for a covering The
bark eventually made the Chinese
coast, and on her arrival at Kaichau
Prince Henry of Prussia, who was
there in a German warship. went
aboard the Hesper and complimented
Capt Sodergren on his seamanship.
December last the Hesper started
again for Honolulu from Newcastle.
There was trouble during the run, and
the forecastle hands had a hard time
of it. March 31st last the bark arrived
at her destination, and Edward Hamlin
ana H. carpenter at once went ashore
and filed complaints against Captain
f. .. Sodergren and Mate Nelson Stu
art. All the members OF the crew were
held as witnesses, and when the case
came to trial they told a strafghtfor-
ward tale The result was the convic-
ton of both master and mate.
Sodergren did not help his case any
by beating Hawaiian who was work
ing on the Hesper over the head with
a piece of chain few days before the
trial came off.
Deutschland Creates a New Record
The Hamburg steamship
Deutschland. which arrived at New
York from Hamburg, SOUTHAMPTON
and Cherbourg. succeeded in making a
days run on this voyage which sur
the history Of steam navigation Five
hundred and eighty-seven knots, or
1851 statute miles, Is the record of
the Deutschland's run from noon on
May sth to noon on May 9Th.
Slain by French Tars.
There was conflict at Nagasah be-
tween British and French sailors
about the middle of last month. One
British sailor named Henry Smell, from
the man of-war Barf1eur, lost his life.
trouble between the French and Eng
hsh sailors began at Shanghai rev
era! weeks prior to the hight at Maya
sak. In the Chinese city street fights
between the men were frequent, the
sailors from the Barfieur not hesitat
Ing to attack any OF the men from the
French cruisers Bergeaud, Gurchen
ana Alouette, then in the harbor.
When the Barfeur and the three cruis.
ers went to Nagasak about a month
ago the fighting was renewed. An az
gressive fellow from the Barf,e1r
whipped French sailor, and the lat
ter gathered up twenty of his mates
and suddenly attacked eight OF the-
English sailors who were drinking In