The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-01

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Commanding L. S. Naval Force
on Pacific Station"
ARRIVAL OF sHIpwREcKED CREWS.
The British steamer Rockton ar
rived at San Francisco May goth
direct from Samoa. She was in
command of Captain Farquhar Of
the Trenton, and brought Lleuten-
ants Brown, Reamy and Scott, Pass
ed Assistant Engineers Nam, Gait
and Matthews, Chaplain McAllister,
Assistant Surgeon White, Boatswain
Mclaughlin, Carpenter Fernold and
Sailmaker Boutwell, of the Trenton;
Lieutenants Conlin, Wilson and Cul-
yer, Ensigns Gibbons and Heath,
Chief Engineer Greene, Passed As
sistant Engineer Webster, and Sur
geon Harvey of the Nandalia, and
Ensign Field of the Nipsic. She
also had 303 men from the Trenton
and l41 from the Nandalia. Seven
officers and seventy-six men were
left at Samoa TO finish the work of
wrecking.
Every one on board was found in
good health. The officers said the
trip up from Apia was pleasant
enough but the Rockton was slow
going craft. The crews of the Van
dalia and Trenton, however, COM
planned bitterly of the fare and ac-
commodations. There were 444
sailors packed like sardines, over
20 had to sleep in hammocks on
deck, and the vessel was filthy.
Half dozen sailors were in irons,
officers said for insubordination in
Samoa, but their shipmates said
their offense was refusing to do any
work about the ship under the Brit
ish flag. The action of the Govern
ment in chartering poor foreign
vessel, when there was time to send
a proper American ship, is severely
criticised at San Francisco.
The Rockton was towed by one
of the Oceanic S. S. Co.'s tugs to
Mare Island, where the shipwrecked
people received hearty reception.
The Chronicle correspondent at the
navy yard describes the disgraceful
condition of the transport steamer.
An Apia correspondent says
Lieutenant Wilson had the greatest
difficulty in chartering steamer,
and obtained the Rockton at Sydney
for Sc, 800 (about $32 ,OO0).
NOTES FROM APIA.
Apia correspondence to May
1st was received. Admiral Kim
berly had in response to his pro-
clamations received letters from
both Mataafa and Tamasese. Mata-
afa thanked the Admiral and de-
clared the war at an end. Tama-
sese said nothing of peace except on
terms of submission. The Admiral
declined to give away his CORE
spondence with Tamasese, before it
went before the State Department.
The correspondent had an inter-
view with Mataafa, in which the
latter expressed desire for a pro-
tectorate by the United States.
Aflidavits have been prepared
under direction of Mataafa and for
warded to Washington, declaring
that the Germans began the fighting
in the December battle.
MAN IN np,h h1cb ohnf of
and wounded two Mataafa men at
Falefa.
Native divers recovered the safe
containing $4,000 from the wreck
of the German gunboat Eber, aftel
it had been exposed by exploding 6
dynamite cartridge near it.
The new rudder for the Nipsit
was in position, and that ship wa
to sail for Auckland after the Aler
arrived.
The British man-of-war Rapio
went out for a cruise and annexed
the island of Suwarrow, about 40'
miles east of Samoa. This wa
done at the request of resident O
Auckland who had cocoanut plan
tation on the island.
Admiral Kimberly requests per
mission from the State Department
to issue rations to the natives, anon:
whom there is a famine owing t
the destruction of crops by the hur
ricane.
THE BERLIN CONFERENCE.
From Berlin, May 10, it is an