The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-15

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
With the flag of Japan floating
proudly from a bamboo staff above the
polished deck and amid the shouts of
a multitude of little brown men, the
big gasoline propelled fishing Sampan
Yashima was launched yesterday aft
ernoon in the new AIakea slip. The
vessel is an innovation here as it is
line power to be built in the islands.
The sampan was carried from near
the Honolulu Iron Works on a dray
and a truck and escorted through the
streets to the edge of the slip amid
general enthusiasm. The sturdy Jap
anese were stripped to the waist and
wore only short fishing trousers. Gay
colored cloths were wrapped about
their heads, and a wagon with bar
rel of sake in it, was kept nearby, and
the merrymakers proved to be a very
thirsty lot Considerable difficulty
WAS experienced HI getting Tie
pan off the trucks, so as to prevent
the propeller being damaged. When
the vessel shot into the water there
was great shouting and flags and barn-
boo trees, laden with presents. were
raised on the deck
The sampan is said to have cost
about $500. 1t is to be used in the
fishing trade between Niihau and Ka-
uai An S-horse power gasoline en-
CINE drives the propeller.
RINDER MAY LOSE.
Captain John FL Kinder, of the Great
Northern steamship Minnesota, will
probably have to forfeit his naturaliza-
ton papers and American master
license when he arrives in Seattle with
his ship next month.
Secret Service Agent J. H. Helms has
Captain Rinder's papers under in
vests alton and has discovered irregu-
larities which will probably render
them worthless. The Minnesota sailed
from Shanghai for Seattle by way OF
japanese ports Thursday, and was due
to saii from Nagasaki today. 1t was
rltnIored that Captain Kinder deserted
the ship in Shanghai to avoid an in
vestigation of his United States papers,
but officials of the Great Northern
Company in Seattle deny the report.
Captain Kinder was born in lincoln
shire, England, in 1859, and sailed in
British ships until 1903. November %,
1887, he appeared in the District Court
of San Francisco and took out his in
tention papers. On August 81, 1891,
while serving in a White Star line ship,
plying between New York and Eng
land, he was appointed sub-lieuten-
ant with seniority in the Royal Naval
Reserve, which required an oath of
allegiance to the British Crown. In
June 1896, he was promoted to the
grade of lieutenant in the Naval Re-
serve. He appeared before the Supe-
ior Court of San Francisco October "a,
1903, and was naturaliZed and the same
day he sent a letter of resignation to
the Registrar General of shipping in
London, giving up his commission in
the naval service. He did not receive
q notice of acceptance from London I'M
til November 1903. His appointment to
the Naval Reserve subsequently to his
declaration of intention to become a
citizen anulled his first intention pa
ization laws. Another flaw in his status
as a citizen, is the fact that he did
not become fully naturalized within
two years after>>his declaration of in
tention in 1887, as required by law.
When the investigation is completed,
the facts in the case will be submitted
to United States Attorney for deci-
sion.-Examiner.
FIRE ON ERSKINE PHELPS.
The Manila Times of September IA,
says:
The magnificent four-masted ship Err
skine NJ. Phelps, Captain Graham,
which arrived from Philadelphia last
Friday with a cargo of coal amount
ing to nearly 5000 tons for the United
States navy III these waters has had
the misfortune after her voyage of one
hundred and seven days to have her
cargo take fire from spontaneous COM
bustion.
Special care had been taken by Cap
tain Graham throughout the long voy-
age that fire should not break out He
has had long experience in handling
cargoes of this kind and this coal,
which is known as Eureka coal is
highly combustible and but for the
fact that Captain Graham took such
wise precautions the fire might have
broken out earlier and have been the
cause of the vessel being lost at sea-
Captain Sherman, the stevedore. who
has the contract for the handling of
the naval coal, since the fire was dis
covered has had double force of men
at work taking out the coal as rapidly
as possible, all the coal in the hold
where fire had been discovered has
been taken out and for time it was
thought the fire was out but smoke
has been found issuing from the other
hatchways and the coal from them is
now rapidly being unloaded.
The damage so far done to the shin