The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-25
WATERFRONT NEWS
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August instead of September. 1t was
planned to have Miss wilhelmina Ten
new, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. ID.
Tenney, present to christen the vessel
which is 10 be named the "Wilhel.
nina. " Miss Tenney leaves on the
Lurline for California, accompanied by
Mrs. Tenney. Mrs. Helen Noonan, DIR.
and Mrs. Herbert and family, but only
Mrs. Noonan and Miss Tenney viii be
able to 90 to Newport News to attend
the launching. Captain Matson, Of
course, goes East. Whether Mr.. Ten
ney, who as president of Castle
Cooke. agents for the Matson Company,
will be able TO 60 may depend on an
improvement in the plantation situa-
tion.
Suicide on China.
The Pacific Mail liner China arrived
from San Francisco yesterday morning
and left the Channel wharf, where she
was locked, shortly after five O'Clock
in the afternoon. On the way down
here, two days out, Margaret Steven
son, the stewardess, was lost over
board.
There is considerable mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of the
woman. There was no rough weather
to make 1t appear that she had been
washed overheard, and nobody could
advance any reasons for suicide, as she
| appeared in the best of spirits when
| she was last seen.
When last seen she was about to re-
tire for the night on Friday, June is,
! but the next morning her cabin was
! found to be empty and she was no
! where to be found on the ship. There
was talk among those on board about
: letter which she had left, but Cap
tain Friele denied the existence Of any
such communication, and so the
woman S death will remain one of
those many sea mysteries that thrill a
ships company for "A day or two and
then are forgotten.
Why Asia Passed Us.
The reason why the Pacific Mail
steamship Asia cut out Honolulu on
her trip from Yokohama to San Fran
cisco is explained in wireless dis
patch received aboard the S. S. Lur-
line from San Francisco, as follows:
"The steamer Asia win cut out Ho-
nolulu in order to arrive here before
the duty is raised. She is bringing
5000 tons of tea. Importers of tea
are making every effort to have a
large consignment of tea on hand be-
fore the new tariff comes into force -
Lurline's Big Cargo.
The Matson S. S. Lurline, Captain
Weeden, arrived shortly after IL
o clock Tuesday morning from San
Francisco, the trip from San Francisco
being pleasant throughout. The vessel
brought about twenty passengers and
$500 tons of cargo. There were eleven
fine mules, lot of live pheasants for
a Hilo importer, and a thousand pine
trees for a Hilo man. On the fy.deck
big consignment of fresh fruits were
brought here. The mail included 2S5
sacks. There was considerable freight
for Schofeld Barracks. Among the
passengers were Mrs. johnson, wife OF
Captain johnson of the s. S. Hilonian
who was injured in an auto accident
from which he is slowly recovering at
the johnson Sanatorium. Mrs. Weeden
, wife of Captain Weeden of the Lurline
was also a passenger. Mr.. and Mrs
Robert l. Lille returned from a brief
trip to the Coast, and Miss Margaret
Scott transferred her baggage to the
! Mama Kea as soon as possible anC
, took passage for her home in Hawaii
, Mrs. =. l.. Weaver returned from {
, long absence on the Coast, spent main
| ly with relatives. A. ID. Larnach OF
the Attorney Generals department
was also a homecoming passenger. j
Bailey, the wire-bed man, was among
/ the kamaainas.
A couple of big transformers for the
/ Hawaiian Electric company were land
= ed yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, June ll.-As al
echo of the oldtime days when ever,
sea captain who could find an oppor
tunity of testing his vessel IS speed an'
his own skill in handling his craft, tn
outcome of n projected race from Sai
. Francisco to Honolulu between the five
masted schooner w. II. Marston ant
1 the bark r. p Rithet is exciting nue.
|. interest along the waterfront. TIL
race is unofiicially scheduled to star
t next Tuesday from the Golden Gate
/. and Captain f. p. Drew of the r. l
d Rithet and Captain Jim Jersey of tn
=, W. H. MdISlbH dtt lht
Q, pers. Both are fine types of the oil
n mariner, and have many individui
# supporters. These vessels have race
y before. and experienced sailors sa
is that there is little to choose betwee
a them as seagoing craft. On the las
l. two voyages Captain Drew has had h
A. wife with him, but on this occasio
a. she is to be left behind, while IL
g Rithet splashes the seudding foal
20 over her spouse on the quarter decl
1t Captain Jim Jersey is said 10 |
very confident of the outcome of Il
d race so far as his big fve.master
A. concerned on the way out but sa,
a, that the homeward voyage may {
Al against him by reason of the fact thu
u Captain Drew will take all kinds {
risks TO get quickly home to his wifi
D. Both vessels are loading at Howar
u No 8, and will carry similar cargo
" amounting TO about 1909 tons. TT
81 w. IL. Marston viii take in her earl
500 tons of grain, 400 tons of fert
DC izers and about 10000 drebreks.
IS. Prosper Leaves Saturday.