The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-13
HERMAN GOT
DRAFT FOR SIP 900
High links on the Treasure
Craft Since the Money
Arrived.

Happiness has reigned supreme
aboard the treasure schooner Herman
during the past week. Dinners on
board, dancing parties, lunches, little
parties at the Grill, launch parties and
other enjoyment has been INDUCED in
freely by the gentlemen who are to
leave here Sunday on their trip to the
South Seas where they expect to find
money as plentiful as birds are on Mar
Gus Island. All this enjoyment has
come about through some kind people
or perhaps hard-headed financiers-
sending out from the States a draft
for twelve thousand dollars. This came
by the Korea and was cashed on Mon
day Since that time the Herman peo-
pie have of course been enjoying them
selves.
A man named Benson, we'll known
along the water front, has now signed
on the vessel as mate. Benson was
formerly the skipper of little island
schooner that cruised among the South
Sea groups, making Tahiti her head
quarters.
1t had been intended to send mail
to Tanning Island by the Herman but
as the Oceanic liner Sierra is to call
there with mail on her trip up from
no mail by the Herman. Mail for Fan
ming Island has been. sent to Page
Page and will be transferred there to
the Sierra.
The Herman people consider that they
have been treated shamefully in Ho-
nolulu. At first they were fined and Ii
belled. They paid their debts and were
| then libelled again, by the newspapers
so Captain Brown claims.
The objective point of the Herman
cruise is now as much mystery as it
has ever been. Every one on the boat
refers inquirers to Captain Brown and
that gentleman simply shakes his head
sadly and declares that the craft is
simply on a pleasure trip. The latest
story told on the water front is to the
effect that Captain Brown had declared
that he is a New York banker. Another
story is to the effect that the party
knows where there is treasure in the
South Seas but that they will have tC
make terms with the natives residing
| on the island before they can secure
it. The story-teller goes on to state
that Captain Browns way of making
terms with the natives will be by {
liberal use of arms and ammunition O.
which rumor says there are big store!
aboard the Herman. At any rate ev
eryone comedies that the Herman ha.
big game in sight and statements rnad
by her passengers that the vessel viii
return to Honolulu again soon seem t.
indicate that the vessel is not maxim:
|
Captain Brown spoke of when first ar
irving here.
, Recently Captain Brown issued
, challenge to race any schooner in Ho
: noiulu around Oahu for a bet of 81 ,0OC
The captain asserted that the treasur
craft could beat anything in Honolulu
that carried rag above it's deck an
made so much fuss about the matte
that people thought the vessel reaiI
wanted a race. Captain Harris of tn
schooner Charles Levi Woodbury.. a fas
clipper trading between Honolulu an
Hilo, Immediately accepted the chal
lenge but on going to Captain Brow
to arrange the race Captain Brown i
reported to have said: 20, you have to
many men for me-" Therefore ther
viii be no race.
The Herman win sail at II o'cloc
Sunday morning.