Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-15

Sad news to the mariners Of this
port was brought down on the Man.
churia to the effect that Captain G. p.
Matson, who was SO well and favor.
ably known here, had been ground to
death under the wheels of a Southern
Pacific train. The San Francisco Eek.
aminer of January Bird printed his pic
ture and had the following to say:
Captain Charles p. Matson, one OF the
best.known navigators on the Pacific
Coast, was ground to death beneath
the wheels of Southern Pacific local
train near Seventh and Adellne
streets, Oakland, at o'clock yester.
day morning.
Captain Matson tried to board tho
train after the gates had been closed
and the train was in motion. He slip
,,ed and fell under the trucks, receiv-
ing injuries that caused his death less
than twenty-five minutes later. Cap
tain Matson was port captain for the
Matson Navigation Company Of San
Francisco. He resided at 1920 Center
street, Oakland, and was sixty-one
years of age.
A year ago Captain Matson retired
from the sea and accepted the position
OF port captain with the company. For
years he had sailed between San Fran.
cisco and Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, as
commander of trading schooner. He
was known rs a careful mariner and
expert seaman. He Is survived by
widow and two brothers, both Of whom
are in the East. No arrangements for
the funeral have as yet been made.
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The Mecca Of every wounded or hurt
sailor is the Office of the United States
Marine Hospital, of which DR.. Ramus
has charge. The other day Hawaii
an from one of the local boats imbibed
100 much in the flowing bowl, then,
wandering down to his boat, attempt.
ed to leap from the dock to the deck.
Result-a badly sprained knee. He
was taken to the Marine Hospital Of.
fees, but was in such state OF intox.
ication that nothing could be done
with him. He refused to talk, even
make any kind Of noise, except when
DR.. Ramus would attempt to touch
his knee. Then he would yell like a
wild man. 1t was impossible to do
rnything with him, so he was sent to
the Police Station to sober up.
There was noticeable lack Of
drunkenness amongst the soldiers OF
the 14th Infantry during their stay
here. Last nigh. aud yesterday after.
noon the lads in the khaki uniforms
spent nearly all of the time sight'see-
ing. A goot many Il item went to
Waikiki for dip in the ocean, many
others contented tlemre;Ves with an
artificial pond, |. e., the Hotel Baths.
The three.masted schooner Eva.
which arrived in this port yesterday,
after being held of the coast OF Oahu
for several days on account OF the
fact that there would be no wind one
day and storm the next, is now anch-
ored opposite the InterIsland wharf.
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The Inter-Island steamer Mikahala
came In early this morning with 5000
bags sugar, 112 bags taro, and other
merchandise. On the homeward trip,
Purser CLANCY reports that heavy
winds and rough sea were encount'
cred crossing the channel
Hewittson Hall, of Newcastle, Eng
land tubine engineer who Is on MS
way to Yokohama to superintend the
installation of the turbine engines In
the Tenyo Maru, the new togo kiseh
Kaisha steamship, was a passenger on
the Manchuria.
The Am. bark Andrew WEIGH, bound
from Honolulu to San Francisco, was
struck by a waterspout last week and
nearly driven on the rocks OF Point
Adna. She made her port at Hilo
though, and is now loading merchand'
ise.
HA1EgMIw~i ~ J.,
~ Captain OLSON, who has been In
charge of the Spreckels tug Intrepid
Tor some time, has resigned, and in
his place Captain Lane, formerly with
Hackfeld Company's harbor tug Pio'
neer, has been appointed.
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The American-Hawaiian steamship
Arizonan is the next vessel of that
line due for this port, and she VIII
bring about three days mail for Ho'
nolulu. The Arizonan will probably
arrive here sometime Saturday.
For the third time within year
baby has been born on the steamer
Mikahala. A Hawaiian woman, one oil
the passengers on the Inter.lsland
steamer, gave birth to the child yes
terday.
Both the tugs of this harbor, the Pho
reer and the Intrepid, are locked al
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