The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27
Isasasss s'oaT.
Makes Remarkable Trip areaud
the Hern Prom Philadelphia.

TIE steamship Fza.ana. Capt H. Henry
sfSTfe. arrived Is pert late yesterday zf-
ssrapg1. direct from Paifsdelp ssa. Her trip
r. wonderful oae Ia many ways She did
not make = s3sgse stop On TIRE journey
de@a fsse A:antse and up ire Pacific
coasts. There was aog al accident OF I'M
ysortairce 20 sae ma hinery, not case %
ssckNeSs ard the vessel encountered no
storms - tsarseg Hencs.
The T-a4aEa @as rat reported after ieav-
ing the capes OF Philadelphia. on March
= last, until sire was sighted Wednesday
afternoon. OF the mouth OF the Columbia
river. Capt. Horie then slxnaisd all well,
ard n. officials OF the Empire Transpor-
fatfoH Company here learned that the IN
diana had rnSda he trip in safety. The
steamer anchored IN the local narbor.
o5oss tn 10 yesIer dock. about o'clock
last evening. She took the orfcials Of the
company ny surprise. 40 trey had not ex-
pected her until early this morning.
4 Po=t-fnteflige2cer reporter was TIE
FIRST 70 board the vessel after her arrival.
and told the officers OF the big ship the
first war news they had heard since ieay-
ing PhiIadesp hia. fifty-uine days ago. Ad-
mirai Dewey's victory filed them with en-
thusiasm. and IL pleased tAem immensely
20 hear that Csrvera was bottled UP IN
Santiago de Cuba Capt. Morie said last
ulznt to a t-Tntell8gencer reporter:
''Our voyage % fifty-nine days from Pail
sdeipnga was meet uneventtuL We had
no very bad weather We did not make
single stop gor coal or provisions. We
sighted no vessels near enough TO make
tnefn out. and were rot reported until we
were of the Columbia river. When in the
vicinity Of Cape Horn he weather vas
excellent I could nave made port by j
O'Clock this afternoon. but did not know
just where 10 go. We viii probably go
into the deck Tomorrow.
The Indiana is slightly larger than the
steamship Ohio. which arrived mere Few
DAYS ago 10 60 into the Alaska traffic. but
which was yesterday chartered by the
government for Manila transport The
Indiana has quarters for l.eso passengers,
INCLUDING 80 in the cabin. She was built
IN is-S. and Is the largest ship that has
vet bee. brought around for the Northern
traffic She resembles the Ohio
The Indiana's registered tonnage Is
s.3252o She ig 800 feet in length. and l.
capable OF making excellent time. On the
trip around from Philadelphia she burned
sonle twenty-five tons OF coal per day.
This would make the Indiana a very suit
able boat for government service. and II
is not unlikely that the government on
clais VIII soon be figuring on her. The yes
sci still has considerable coal aboard, -
200 tons were taken on leaving Pn!la-
delphia-
The officers and crew OF the steamship
number seventy-two. The deck officers ara
captain III. Henry Morie; nrst officer.
Japaea d. Forbes; second officer, William
4. Morehouse. third officer, Albert Skean;
fourth officer. George Toon. Charles III.
Toyling Is chief engineer. and has as
his assistant james -. Thompson. The
other officers are Steward. John r. Den
nv; purser. Philip r. Peace; surgeon, h, w
Kilsey. Nearly all OF the men have serv-
ed on the transatlantic ships OF the COM
pany. 1t Was no small job TO bring as
large a ship a. tns Indiana around the
Horn in safety. and the manner In which
II was done reflects great credit On the
officers.