Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-12

Robert Levers while that vessel con.
unued to hover in Hawaiian waters,
and was but four days out from the
port of Honolulu.
Officers in the Pacific Mail liner
Persia, who claim an acquaintance
with Munson at a time he served on
trans-Pacific steamers, brought the
story of the sad death of the sailor
on arrival OF the liner last evening.
,Munson signed on the articles as
an able seamon and sailed with the
Robert Levers for Puget Sound ports
on September 9th. The vessel had
completed the discharge of a large
cargo of lumber consigned to the
local branch Of Levers & Cooke, and
in rounding up his crew Captain An
derson selected Munson among sew.
eral men who offered their services.
The fourth day out from Honolulu,
with the islands still in range, Nun.
son, for some reason or other, began
10 act in a rather peculiar manner.
y However, there were no indications
manifested that the Wen known young
man had become insane, therefore he
was not watched or placed under re-
straint II. za
E ; Without a word of warning Munson
Was seen to climb portion of the
way up the rigging and jump into the
sea. Despite all efforts to save the
mans Life, the skipper and his Off
GERS while putting back failed to
reach Munson before, he had disap-
peared beneath the waves. -. --sss.
The Robert Levers was proceed.
inG to Port Gamble. there to take on
another shipment of lumber destined
for the Hawaiian islands. The wind.
TANNER reached the Sound port al
week ago last Thursday. ..4
!, Relatives and friends of the young
man were notifiedl of the sad occurd.
renee today. . ...-
Hlio Shipping. !
HIlo presents busy front in it's
shipping, with the appearance of sew |
ersl windjammers and steamer from
coast ports At the time the Inter-
Island steamer Mauna Kea remained |
there. the bark Nuuanu was taking on
hard wood ties at the Railway wharf, |
destined for Southern California. The |
schooner Spokane was being discharg-l
ed Of shipment of, Puget Sound lum-
ber the schooner 0konogan, from
Port Gamble and twenty-six days out |
was an arrival and was awaiting a
tnrn TO be discharged.
The schooner Taurus an arrival last |
week was being unloaded as rapidly |
as possible. The Matson Navigation |
steamer Enterprise had been supplied !
with some sugar and pineapples, and
was to sail for San Francisco today. |
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Yirginian Bringing Much Flour.
A large quantity of flour is aboard /
the American awaiian freighter Vir-
gilman, which is due to arrive at Ho-
n0lulu this evening or tomorrow
morning. The flour was taken on
board during the stay at Seattle.
The first of the 12.000-ton freight
efs being built for the American Ha-
waiian line, the Minnesotan, arrived
at New York Friday and is now load
ing cargo for the west coast trade. |
She is the first of eight new mann
moth steamships to be built for this
trade. With the placing of the Min
nesotan into commission the Texan
viii 60 on the triangle run between
San Francisco Seattle and Honolulu. |
The Texan will bring a cargo of coal
to San Francisco for the United States
navy, and then take the triangle run. !
Iater-IsIand Arrivals. ....... ..s
With rice and paddy, the Inter-Isl- |
and steamer Noeau is back from Kau- |
al, the vessel being an arrival this
morning. The Noeau brought 1176
sacks paddy, 339 sacks rice, guam |
tity of empties and 81 packages sun |
dries. The steamer met with fine
weather and smooth seas along the |
coast of Kauai. 49,
The Inter-Island steamer Iwalani
from Mahukona and Kipahulu with
25 head cattle, quantity Of empty |
drums and 4 packages sundries re-
turned TO her home port this morning
The Iwalani officers report Northeast
trades and smooth seas.
N
Dix Also Monday Arrival.
Port officials expect the United !
States army transport Dix from Ma
Mia by the way of Nagasaki. Japan; |
on Monday morning. The Dix is re-
ported to have between five and six
thousand tons Japanese coal for dis |
charge at Honolulu. The vessel will
be, sberthed at Number One naval
wharf, and may remaint here for ten |
days before continuing the voyage to
Seattle and the Sound.
Bark WEIGH 10 lowed to Pearl Harbor.
From San Francisco for Honolulu
and Pearl Harbor, completing the
passage in fifteen days, the American
bark Andrew WEIGH arrived of the
harbor early this morning, and the
fundamentals taken in tow by the
Matson Navigation tug Intrepid for
Parl Harbor The Andrew WEIGH
has much cargo for the United States
government, the material to enter
into the construction of the naval