The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-14
CAPTAIN MILLER PRAISES SALVAGE CREW
Says Credit Due to Cooperation of All.
Sierra Will be in Early---NO
Berth for, the Allen.

foreign nag sne can not carry pas
sengers from this port to the Coast ex-
pect as stopover passengers.
CAPTAIN JENSEN'S CHINAMEN.
In the hold of the Norwegian
steamer Prometheus, which arrived
here yesterday with 215O tons of rock
phosphate from Makatea Captain
Jensen has prudently imprisoned one
of his Chinese seamen who has made
persistent efforts to run away i'm var
ious ports and who, with several of
his fellows, has cost the skipper no
little time and money. On the Aus
tralian coast, before the Prometheus
set out for Papeete, three of the Chi
nese, including the present trouble
some member of the crew, ran away
and the ship was fined $500 Two
of the men were never seen again,
but by his own efforts Captain Jen-
sen recaptured one and has held on
to him in spite of his frequent eff
forts to run away in ports where it
arriving here he took the precaution
to lock his seaman in safe place in
the ship and he intends to keep an
eye on him until the Prometheus is
beyond swimming distance of Hawaii.
ALICE COOKE DIsCHARGING.
The lumber schooner Alice Cooke,
Captain Burmeister, arrived here last
night about $50 o'clock, and al
though the skipper was anxious to
get in, he was held up by darkness
and had to drop anchor. The Cooke
was nineteen days out of Port Town
send and brought 100000 feet of lum-
Der to this port She came in this
morning and locked at Bishop wharf,
next the Mauna Kea, where she is
discharging her lumber cargo.
SIERRA DUE EARLY
A wireless report was received by
the local agents from the Oceanic
steamer Sierra last nikht at 8 o'clock,
which stated that she would arrive
at an early hour tomorrow morning.
! She was then 626 miles from this
port coming from San Francisco.
There are sixty-seven cabin passen-
gers on board, thirteen Storage pas
| sengers and 200 sacks of mail for Ho-
nOlulu. The cargo is reported as >
/ ESQ tons general merchandise. She
! will dock at the Oceanic wharf at the
foot of Fort street.
SANTA MARIA IN TROUBLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-De-
struction followed in the wake of the
southeast storm which swept the bay
early yesterday morning, Damage es-
timated at several thousand dollars
! was done to the new wharf of the
Union Oil Company at Oleum by the
company's tanker Santa Maria. Torn
from her mornings, the big oil carrier
was hurled against the pier with such
force that she went through IT.
smashing the pipe line and bringing
down the electric power wires. The
oil bursting from the broken pipe was
ignited by the cross wires and sew
eral fires broke out along the pier
adding to the havoc. The Santa
Maria's propeller was fouled by the
wreckage as it dashed the water in an
effort to get the steamer clear The
wharf was shattered for a distance OF
T 400 feet. The accident occurred
about 1870 o'clock, when the storm
was at its height, Captain Curtis is
the commander of the Santa Maria.
sIERRAs BIG BOOKING.
TIL following is the list of the pas
hengers which the agents of the
Oceanic company have booked to re.
turn to the Coast on the Sierra, which
arrives here tomorrow and leaves for
San Francisco March 20:
Thos. Addison and wife, J. B. Adams
and wife, VIM. Adam and wife, M. c.
Alvarez, A. Allan and wife, Miss Allen
Miss r. Armstrong, Geo. Nc D'Arkley
and wife, j. B. Askew, wife, two chill
dren and maid, H. Benner and wife,
Miss Grace Buckley, Mrs. b. Bell,
Mrs. E. d. b. Bradlee, G. S. Butler
and wife, ]. H. Braley and wife, l..
N. Brown, Rev. G. w. Brinstad and
wife, Miss V. Buell., Mrs, S. ]. Brunne,
Mrs. H. S. Buell., Mrs. H. G. Boswell,
Mrs J. A. Campbell Miss Campbell,
J. A. Clark and wife, e. V. Carter and
wife, ]. j. Cappon and wife, A. =.
Cheney and wife, Rev. j. A. Cooper,
Rev. P, Cushnahan, H. D. Glow and
wife, Miss Pearl Aver Miss Daven-
port, Miss Daniels, Mrs. M. L. Dow,