Evening bulletin., 1911-04-20

Luigi DOngO. sailor connected
with the Matson Navigation steamer
Hilonlan met death by drowning in
the harbor this morning. His body
was recovered with the assistance Of
HarbOr Officer Carter, and shipmatcs
after several hours dragging that por-
ton Of the harbor near the railway
wharf.
Dongo, was an Italian sailor, who
has been with the Matson NaVlga- |
ton Company for q number of years.
Before Joining the crew of the Hilo-
nian he had served in a similar ca
pacity under Officer Peterson In the
Wilhemina.
The man was last seen by the Ill
lonian crew shortly after five o'clock
this morning. He had entered small
paint boat, and was engaged In scull-
ing that craft across the slipway when
In some manner he must have lost ms
balance and fell into the water, strik-
ing his head Just above the right eye
Harbor Officer Carter, Captain Pee
erson and several others with the HI
Ionian spent some time in attempting
to locate the body. A hat found hOat-
ing in the water was the first intima-
ton that the man had found a watery
grave.
Dongo, Is well known in shipping
circles on the Pacific coast He Is al
member of one of the Italian Lodge OF
Masons at san Francisco. lie was
about fift-six years of age and as far
as Is known had no family.
"a
Colony Of Island Castaways.
The novelty of visiting the famous
Pitcairn Islands was experienced by
the Glasgow bark Wendur, which has
arrived In the United Kingdom from
the Pacific Coast. While sixteen miles
off Pitcairn, on November l6, the
Wendur was unexpectedly hailed by u
sailing boat, in which were seventeen
men and one woman. Captain Black
stone writes that they were very
homely and polite people, eager to
hear the news OF the world. They
told him the population of Pitcairn
was 150, females being in the major
, ity. The oldest inhabtant Is named
Christian, who was born In 1919, and
Is in good health. He Is Il grandson
of the original Christian. one of the
| Bounty mutileers.
"a
Few viii Depart by the China.
Few cabin passengers will depart
for the coast in the Pacific Mail liner
China. That vessel Is due to arrive
at Honolulu on or about one o'clock
tomorrow afternoon from HongkOng
and Japan ports. The China has iive
hundred tons general cargo to dis
! charge and will for this time go to
the Alakea wharf as her regular
berth at Channel wharf Is now util-
lied as n temporary quarantine sta
ton by the Territorial Board of
Health. There Is room for ten cabin
passengers from This port and but
| four or five have booked AT the office
Of II. Hackfeld and Company.
"A
WiIhelnina for Hilo this Evening.
The departure Of the MatsOn Nayl-
cation steamer Wilhelmina for Iiilp
Is scheduled this evening. The vessel
will take on about 200 tons raw sug-
ar there and Is expected TO return To
| Honolulu by Monday morning Three
thousand tons refined and COO tons
| raw sugar will be given the steamer
at this port. The indications are that
the Wilhelmina will be dispatched
for San Francisco with at least one
! hundred and twenty-five cabin pas
sengers. The steamer will sail for
the coast at ten O'Clock on next We'd
nesday morning.
SchWerin Leaves the Persia.
The call of the Pacific Mail steam
er Persia at Honolulu brought the in
formation that william Schwerin, Il
nephew OF the Vice President and
General Manager of the Pacific Mail
Company had been transferred from
that steamer in the capacity OF freight
clerk TO a position ashore. Schwerin
was for some time connected with the
Manchuria as storekeeper. i. C
Chairman Is now freight clerk In the
Persia with NJ. J. Callahan serving NJ
stOrekeeDGr.
Fourteen Hundred Tons Freight.
Fourteen hundred tons Orienta