Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-11
Ship pi r1lg
SKIPPER WEEDEN SPLICED
LOVING HEARTS At SEA
Marriage Rites Said On LlTne Decks at Dead of Night and
No One the Wiser-nter Island Steamers Bring Assert
ed Carg0es-CircuS Returns from Hawaii

Captain Henry +. Weeden is the
first Matson Navigation skipper ta
exercise the authority invested in hin
by the United States government il
that he is empowered to perform
marriages on the high seas.
When j. w. Winkleback and Miss
G. Frazier stepped aboard the Mat
son steamer Lurline at San francisco
prior to the sailing of that vessel for
Honolulu and announced their inten-
ton of becoming as one, Captain
Weeden might be said to have faced
crisis in his career as a navigating
officer and vessel master.
Hastily scanning the list of passen-
gers furnished him by the San Fran
cisco office, Weeden failed to find the
name Of Frazier written there. Tho
Lurline's master was informed by the
couple that they had booked as Mr..
and Mrs. Winkleback ana though not
at that time joined in the encompass
ing bond CT wedlock they looked to
the genial skipper to tie the knot be-
fore the Lurline had steamed out Of
range of the Farraones.
The young people sought a spacta-
cular and novel espousal CT plightcd
troth. Captain Weeden hastily went
through long list of duties 2resq:ib-
ed for the performance of a steam
ship captain and discovered that the
welding of Wedock holy bands was
part of his duties when occasion re-
CURED
The ceremony was performed as the
Lurline pushed a nose through the
fog obscured waters off the Golden
Gate. tt
Only a few officers We're let into
the secret and these were sworn into
solemn secrecy.
Little Dan Cupid couldn't be kept
off the good ship Lllrline by any such
means however and before the steam
or had come within sight of frowning
old Diamond Head the romantic
splice that made the Winkleback's a
happy couple had become pretty well
known among the passengers. The
stewards department had been rams
acked for material for a rice shower
and there was more than one pair Ct
old shoes that assisted in proclaiming
the couple bride and groom. Mr.. and
AJpa 1nh
moon in Hawaii.
Doc" H. Ifordorn, a well known
stockman and buyer was pronounced
the life Of the ship. The weather is
never too rough or the passengers too
few for the genial veterinarian to find
aboard a transPacific
liner. DR.. Hordorn has returned from
a successful buying trip to the main
land and while there picked up a fine
string of horses for local dealers.
Frank Thompson is back from a
business and pleasure trip to the
States. He visited Washington in the
course of his journeys and was pres
ent at the opening of Congress-
F. W. tombstone connected in an
official capacity with the Mexican
Central railway system is a visitor to
the islands accompanied by Mrs.
tombstone They will remain here for
several weeks.
G. A. Johnson represents a large
manufacturing concern To-
Gated in Massachusetts. He is here
o look over some machinery that has
'ecently been installed here.
Included in the list of passengers
we're seven young lieutenants, one Of
whom will remain here with the LEGAL
marine station and six to continue the
yoyage to the Philippines, connecting
With the United States army trans
lort Sherman which is due to arrive
lere tomorrow morning.
II h a noticeable fact that a large
CT the passengers arriy-
ng this morning by the Lurline are
ourists from the Eastern and Central
,ortions of the mainland.
The travellers bespeak the highest
raise over the culinary efforts Of
thief Steward Lombardo who is max
ng his first trip with the Lurlne aft
r. n season with the steamer Wilhel-
nina LOmbardo is no, stranger to