The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-06

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took charge Of this, as we'll as Of TWO
sick men frOmsrhe City Of Para.
Capt. O'Brien. of the Wyoming bat
talon, was twenty years in the reg
uIar army. He was a justice OF the
peace at his Douglas, Wyoming home.
Capt. Holtenhouse. Lieut.. Oldenkamp
and Lieut.. Fast, all of the Evanston,
Wyoming. company, were all employees
Of the Union Pacific Railway al that
place.
Maj. Bean Of the First Minnesota
has been sheriff Of St. Paul. He is the |
drill master Of the Regiment and has !
had company D in number of COM |
petitions.
Soon after the Ohio left San Fran |
cisco the inexperienced fremen played |
out and volunteers from the Boys IN |
Blue had 10 go into the stoke rooms !
and work.
Several Of the Minnesota men |
brought letters OF Introduction to Ar
chitect TTaphaegen and George Wash |
! ington Smith, both of whom are from
! their State.
Maj. R. J. Fitzgerald, chief of the
| surgeons of the Minnesota regiment,
| has been prominent in militia circles
many years. He left a fine practice in
Minneapois.2
| Four soldiers attended the meeting
| of Excelsior Lodge, Odd Fellows, last
night. Several others were present
with the Pacific Lodge, MasCns, in the
| Masonic Temple.
The last thing the City of Para and
| Ohio passengers saw Of the United
! States was a Photograph message from
Round Top in these words: Goodbye
and God Bless You"
The Minnesota regiment had had six
| weeks of driI up to the time OF leaN-
ing San Francisco. Its only active
| service in recent years was guard duty
at a burning penitentiary.
This paper Will publish special
edition containing all the matter re
| ferrfng to this expedition and viii
send the same free of cost to addresses
left at this office by soldiers.
The Minnesota regiment has heavy
| cash fund JIM Hill, the railway
! magnate, has sent 81, 800 to HOngkOng
| for the boys against a rainy day and
| $4,000 was given by Minneapolis and
ST, Paul.
Capt Wrighter, Wyoming, was a
real estate dealer and insurance agent
at Sheridan In the Cheyenne colony
here Capt Wr1ghter found a couple
of old friends of his brothers, who is
a stockman.
The St. Paul Commercial Club gave
the Minnesota regiment the National
c0IOrs and the ladies of the WOman's
Relief Corps. G. A. R., presented the
State flag with the gopher at the top
Of the pole.
| There will be boat race Thursday
morning and a foot ball game in the
afternoon. The Minnesota regiment
has a gilt-edged dingy crew and Dr
Grossman is organizing Honolulu
team to beat them.
Private Geo. Evans, Of Wyoming
company, was in his last year at Berk-
eIex when he. enlisted. His friend sur
ge6n Morrison. reluctantly passed
him. though Evans is an excellent
sDecimen of physical manhood
Cant. MilIar. of the WyOmings, Is an
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northern section of his state and his
naDer. the Voice, is a strong publca-
ton. Capt Millar is pronounced to
be one of the best officers in the entire
volunteer force.
Lieut.. FaIk, adjutant of the Mime
sofa Regiment, is the crack shot OF
his command at regulation shooting
and wears a number OF medals. lie
Of a at x a.[2A kO
Yesterday with a strange gun. lie IS
a harness manufacturer
? S0S
Very few of the men from Wyoming
have ever before seen the ocean. A
couple of nights ago one leaning on
| the rail said to another: ISM tne
ocean a beautiful blue?' The reply
was beautiful blue, be. For genu-
, inc color give me terrestrial brown.
T. 7. Madden, brother of Ed Madden,
an oId-tfme printer, who has friends
, here. was taken in hand last night
! and shown the sights. Mr.. Madden IS
with the California Volunteers, ana
gave up a responsible position with
D the California Powder Works co. TO
- go to the front in Manila.
The Thirteenth Minnesota was form
4 erlv the first, with four companies ID
E St. Paul, four in Minneapolis, one at
. saltwater and one at Red Wing. Two
companies have been added to make
2 the full complement. About fifty pei
! cent Of the boys OF the old First are
= with the Thirteenth.
zee
Mai Frank FOOte, OF Wyoming, Is
n p thirtv-third degree Mason and IS
= receiving attention from the fraternity
= here. Mai. FoOte and NJ. B. Curtis had
a chat yesterday over some incidents
in connection with the presentation OF
= "SamI of POsen' by Curtis at Maj
e | Foote's opera house a year ago.
Mai. Foote has very extensive stock
mining and real estate interests IN
e | Western Wyoming. He IS pioneer