The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-19

| care rap about COlerldBe anyway,
but he does believe that the drown
| ing of the Eldorados second mate was
an evil omen forecasting the dead
Gains which besct the Eldorado in
her trip from Iquique to Honolulu.
1t was while loading in port that
the accident happened which ended
fatally for the Eldorado's then second
mate. On February 7, three days be-
fore raising anchor for Honolulu,
Charles Jensen, the second mate,
made jump from the side of the
windjammer to the dingy lying along
side, but lost his balance and capsized
the small boat. His body was never
recovered.
Captain Benson shipped a man
named McFadden for second mate to
take Jensons place. and the Eldorado
started on her trip to Honolulu with
fifteen hundred tons of nitrate on
| board
Everything went all right for the
first few days until they struck a dead
calm, and for over a week they lay
motionless without enough breeze
blowing to make the canvas culver.
Several of the crew fell sick and
one had to be taken to the Marine
Hospital upon arrival here this morn
ing. There was no rough weather en-
countered, and when the barkentine
locked at Hackfeld wharf at 9 O'clock
this morning she was in good condi-
ton except for the rows of barnacles
encrusted all over her sides.
When the Eldorado unloads her con
signment of nitrate for the Hawaii
Fertilizer Company she will go on to
Hilo under ballast
THE MEXICAN TOMORROW.
Captain Keene will bring the Amer
ican-Hawaiian steamship Mexican into
port tomorrow with a 300O-ton cargo
of miscellaneous merchandise from
New York, Seattle and Tacoma. After
the big freighter has unloaded her
cargo she will go on to Port Allen
Kahului and Hilo and will sail for the
Coast from Hilo on May l with a
65OO-ton cargo of sugar on board.
Captain Keene is substituting for Cap
tain Tapley, who is laid off temper.
arily on account of i'll health.
Word has been received by H
Hackfeld & Co., Ltd, agents for the
American-Hawaiian Line, that the
Missourian left Hilo last night with a
12,O00-ton cargo of sugar on board.
The next American-Hawaiian boat
to arrive here will be the Alaskan
sailing from Seattle and Tacoma on
May and due here on the 18th.
INTERISLAND SHIPPING.
The Inter-lsland steamer Niihau ar
rived this morning from island ports
and will leave this afternoon at {
o'clock for Kaunakakai. Kaanapali
Kailua, Honuapo and Punaluu will
a cargo of explosives At the same
time the Wailele, of the same line
Will depart for Kukuihaele and Homo
kaa.
The steamer Claudine will leave TO
Kahului and other Maui ports at
O'clock this afternoon with a consign
n ment of miscellaneous merchandise
g and a full cabin list.
y OIL SHIPS.
It Sixteen thousand barrels of crud
# oil were brought in from Gaviota thi
morning by the oil ship Marion Chi
70 colt and We're unloaded at HaCkfel
Il wharf for the Associated Oil Co. TIL
Union Oil Co. is expecting shiI
n ment Of oil from the Lansing wnfc
Re is due here from Gaviota.
le Doctor Raymond's motor boat tn
Makena, which was thought to be los
lie some time ago, went out this morl
ID ing at 4:30 to get a shipment {
Of meat from the island of Maui.
SHIP WIRING AND FITTING.
lie An important addition to the VIC
a umes of information about practict
* electric engineering is the little re
TX covered, cloth-bound book by T.
d. Johnson, entitled ship Wiring ar
Fitting" This is a well-printed al
finely illustrated work of about II
pages, intended to be of use to shi
al masters and officers, so that they M
m readily understand the use of elecS
he cal appliances on shipboard, as We
ed rs to electricians and engineers the'
of selves, giving them points as TO Il
Il, best methods of doing things, fro
the light of experience, as well
to explaining why the suggestions offt
ut ed are the best The book tells abo
re the different systems of electr
he lighting, voltage and candle powe
he types of engines and dynamos, swfS<
M boards, circuits, lamp fittings, be-