Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-09
Shipping
REVOLUTION RAMPANT WHEN
SKIPPER VISITED HONOLULU
Helped Put Down Rebellion and Treasures Medal Presented
at the Tme-German Bark Gustav Ready for Sea-
America Maru Here This Evening and to Receive Prompt
Dispatch for San francisco.

There was certainly something do
ing when Captain Cornelsen. now mas
| ter of the Norwegian steamship Prom
Use visited Honolulu some fifteen years
ago, at that time he being in com
| mand of a Norwegian sailing bark
! that had sailed here with genera
cargo.
| Revolution was then rampant. The
| trouble broke out shortly before the
arrival of the Norwegian vessel, Mar
tial law practically prevailed. Captain
| Cornelsen offered his services as wet
| as those of the men belonging to his
ship. The proffer of assistance was
accepted and before departing for the
coast of Asia, the skipper was pre-
scented with a medal. He positively
refused to accept any financial re-
Enumeration.
The Promise is at the upper end Of
the railway wharf where large
quantity of phosphates is being dis
charged. Maketia island is one of sew
eral belonging to France. Located in
the South Pacific it is about an equal
distance from Honolulu as Ocean ISL
and from whence comes large
amount of fertilizer.
The nitrate that is now being dis
charged here represents the first ship
ment TO leave the island. Captain
Cornelsen states that the island is
very rich in phosphates. In many
places the fertilizer lays on the top
of the ground to a depth of many feet.
The steamship Promise is fair
type of Norwegian tramp freighter
that is seen at numerous ports
throughout the Far East
During the past four years, the
Promise while under the command Of
Captain Cornelsen has visited twenty
seven separate and distinct groups
of Pacific islands. In addition to ISL
and cruises, the Promise has from
time to time been engaged in trade
along the Japan, China and Indian
coasts.
1t is not a question with the skip
per. of where he has been during his
maritime career. 1t would require the
assistance of a late edition of worlds
atlas to discover a spot in the inhab-
liable world where the muchly travel
ed officer has not visited in some cap
acity or other.
Captain Cornelsen has kept an in
teresting record of his travels over
the globe. The promise is well adapt
ed to the speedy and economical han
ding of cargo For this reason such
vessels are seldom idle.
For instance when freights are slack
along the China coast and there is
little or nothing doing in the trans
portation of rice from Sangon or
Bangkok to North China or the Phi
lippines, vessel built along the lines
of the Promise can readily secure
charters along other lines. If there
is an Over-abundance of tonnage at
the Australian coal ports the Promise
can then tackles the cattle business
The vessel has accommodation for q
few passengers and in some cases the
friendly Offices of the skipper has
served to assist more than one travel
er or wandercr in getting away from
a spot where infrequent steamship
service is the rule.
1t is expected that the Promise will
be discharged and ready to sail for
Ocean Island by Sunday or Monday.
From there it is possible that ship
ments of phosphates will he loaded
with destination for Australia.
CaptaD Cornelsen has fine coIlec-
ton of interesting souvenirs gathered
from the many parts of the world Wis
tied by him. While here he has met
with a number of old friends with
whom he became acquainted in the
stirring days of revolution
n
Skipper of MeIrose Had Close Call.
The American schooner Melrose
which recently sailed from Honolulu