Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-29
VESSEL ARMED TO
REPEL ATTACK
OF PIRATES

Wl;h 'Wu rapid IN" guns mounted
IN the forward deck. officers and Crc"
provided with small arms and plenty
OF munitions the beautiful Vi hIte
steam yacht Niagara W.. bearing w.
and Mrs. Joseph Letter. Chicago
multl-IniIiiInairp and disrlngU she'd
PARTY Of rOund-the-wOrld tourist MAS
passed by the Pacific Mail liE.'r Mon
COLA. whiC h reached a berth at Pier
: shortly before noon hour today.
The Niagara is declared TO have
cen prov ided with its armament dur
Ing the stay at Manila. Hearing the
stories that piratical bands continued
10 infeSt the China sea between the
Philippines and HongkOng and Shang
hal where it is known that foreign
vessels have experienced series OF
attacks, Joseph Letter is said TO have
decided to take no chances with the
yacht falling possible prey to law.
less bands of Chinese who roam the
seas. The ships military equipment
vas made ready for instant use.
The Niagara sigualled all we'll on
hoard, aud will make d call at several
Japanese ports before taking up the
long voyage to Honolulu, the next
stopping place in the world itinerary.
The Mongolia brought 81 cabin. 4
second-claSs and So Asiatic steerage
passengers for the islands. Among
the latter were four FilipinOs who
had been left behind at a Japanese
port because of illness. 1t is stated
thot tho ToDopaSa medical oFfjCor III.
agnosed the sickness as smallpox,
which later was found to have been
chickenpox.
Purser Hunt stated that pleasant
weather favored the Mongolia from
leaving Manila until arrival at Homo
lulu. The Mongolia carries a very
large list of through passengers mum.
herring 172 cabin. 46 second class and
239 Asiatics in the steerage.
The vessel is to remain here until
9 O'Clock tomorrow morning before
steaming for San Francisco taking Is
additional cabin passengers. Work
was Immediately begun in discharg-
ing 1850 tons Of Oriental cargo. Des-
tined for San Francisco are 7772 tons
of freight. Thirteen sacks Of far east
ern mail were received by this vessel.
G. Steele is now second steward in
the Mongolia having succeeded to
that position with the retirement Of
Ed. Varty. who has taken over the
stewardship of the Yokohama United
Club.
James W. w. Brewster. a former
Honolulu newspaperman, is now fifth
officer in the Mongolia, completing
his first round trip in that vessel.
Band Played Manoa Away.
. The territorial band played a pleas.
ing serenade at the departure of the
Matson Navigation steamer Manoa for
San Francisco at o'clock last even
ing at which time so cabin passengers
sailed for San Francisco. Through the
agency of Castle & Cooke, the Ma
noa was supplied with 5000 tons of
sugar at Honolulu, 1900 tons at Hilo
and 1850 tons of the product at Ka-
hului In addition to sugar the YES
sci carried 500 tons of molasses in
bulk and 600 tons of miscellaneous
freight. The Manoa departed from
pier Is. The mail for the mainland
was forwarded in the Nippon Maru,
which while leaving IL hours later
for the coast is predicted will reach
San Francisco ahead of the Matson
steamship.
Santa Rita to Visit HiIo.
The Union Oil Company tanker
Santa Rita which has remained at Ho-
nolulu for 4S hours discharging $4,000
barrels of fuel oil at the local branch
at lwilei sailed for Hilo today where
5000 barrels of oil will be discharged
before the vessel steams across the
Pacific to Port Hartford A portion of
the cargo brought to the islands in
the Santa Rita was discharged into
the Observation-Disclosures freighter Mis-
sourian. The Santa Rita will be de-
tanned at Hilo for about Il hours.
-
Hall Returned from Kauai.
Sugar made up the bulk of the car
go brought to the port from the ISL
and of Kauai in the steamer W. G.
Hall this morning Officers report
fine weather on the homeward voyage.
Other items of freight included 179
sacks of rice and As packages of sun
dries. The Hall is scheduled to de-
part for Garden Island ports at
O'Clock tomorrow evening
"a
Kauai Sugar Report.
Sugar awaiting shipment on the
island of Kauai includes the follow
ing according TO a report that reach
ed this city today with the arrival of
the steamer W. G. Hall: kealia $1,000.
l., p $4,000. G. +. 200 kilauea $500,
X. X. b. 1850, G.. 4 r 1850. II. S.
2l.123, Mob 4l.646. X p. l3.&>U sacks.
VESSELS TO AND
From THE iSI AIMS