Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-06

'hAN0 S"'bN hNi'oH WV "'ihN
in the path of the Nippon Maru with
the intensity of hurricane" so stat
ed Commander A. G. Stevens. the
pleasant skipper Of the little white
yacht Nippon Maru. while seated in
his cabin this morning, at the term.-
nation of six-day stormy passage
down from San Francisco.
THE wind increased to degree
that we estimated its velocity at one
hundred miles an hour"
Purser II, j. Grasett was loud In his
praise of the seaworthy qualifications
Of the eyer-popular Nippon Maru.
she rode those green swells like
a duck" he added when asked this
morning concerning the trip, known
to have been one of the stormiest eX-
perienced by that vessel out from
San Francisco in many months.
give me the smaller vessels for
weathcring Storm" added Purser
Grasett.
The Nippon came alongside Alakca
wharf before s o'clock this morning.
Captain Stevens is anxious to be on
his way across the last leg of the
journey and to the coast of Japan and
China, The Nippon therefore receiy-
ed the small amount OF stores requir-
ed at this port, and was dispatched
Tor Yokohama at noon, taking twen-
ty-one passengers from this port, who
In the main were members of the
Hughes Musical Comedy Company eli
route for season tour of the Orient
The Nippon brought three lay-over
, passengers for Honolulu. One, c. T.
Calkins, Is said to have paid fine
of $500 for the infraction of coast
wise laws which calls for this penalty
In travelling from the coast to the isl.
ands in foreign bottom. Calkins
claims he was obliged to reach Homo
lulu by a given date, and the Nippon
furnished the only available means
He may LATER take up the matter of
the fine with the Federal authorities
| with Il view of reimbursement.
| The Nippon was Obliged to slow
down a portion of the way down from
the coast. The steamer sailed from
San Francisco at noon on January
SOth. From the time of leaving be-
hind the Golden Gaze the weather
was simply villainous. Seas washed
the decks and the tunnels were de.
luged In spray.
An Engllshman was found slowed
away in coils OF rope in the forward
part of the ship. He was unearthed
by the officers and made to contribute
servicee In the stewards department.
| Captain Stevens ende1vored to ar
range for the mans release at this
port, but 1t was decided that the bet
ter plan would be to carry the stow
away to the first Japanese port, there
to be transferred to coast-bound T.
X. X. liner. I..
The Nippon is packed from bow
spirit to stern post with cotton. Five
hundred thousand dollars In bullion
is safely slowed in the specie tanks
The through list includes SO cabin
and SO Asiatic steerage passengers.
The Nippon sailed from Honolulu
with every stateroom filed to capac-
ity. A mail amounting to $50 sacks
was received by the local postofiice.
"a
| Opium Seizure a Surprise.
The reported seizure of one hundre !
tins of prepared opium found on
board the Pacific Mail intermediate
liner Persia occasioned much surprise
to the officers of the Nippon Maru
when Informed of the receipt of such
cabled information, on arrival here
this morning
The Persia passed through Homo
lulu en- route to the coast on Janu
AIRY 2Gth at which time the vessel
was subjected to the usual inspection
by the plain-clothes squad from the
local customs stan. Az far as was