The herald., 1898-05-08
YELLOW fever ABOARD
SHORT OF FLOUR AND SUPPLIES
OF VEGETABLES
OFFICERS LEARN OF THE WAR
The Captain Reported to Have Ex-
pressed Most Kindly Feeling
Toward This Country

"Helloa, is this Koepfli?" came over the
phone to the manager Of Terminal
Island yesterday afternoon.
Eyes, what do you want?" was his an
swer.
"There is a big warship outside coming
straight for the island, and she is thought
to be a Spanish battleship."
Koepfi Immediately ordered out the Ma
tional guard of Terminal island. which
consists of General Willard, Colonel Frank
Thomas, Captain e. D. Silent, Lieutenant
Charles Walton and Private T. e. Gibbon.
Later in the day, however, it was ascer-
tanned that the ship was the British first
class cruiser, the Imperieuse, the flagship
of the Pacific squadron. Her mission to
San Pedro was to take on all Of the fresh
vegetables and other provisions she could
find, and to get the latest news Of the war.
The officers, when told of the news of the
receipt of Commodore Dewey's report Of
the fight at Manila, expressed their most
profound admiration for his achievement,
and in an unofficial way spoke Of their in
terest in the success of the American arms.
The vessel is first-class cruiser, with
fourteen modern guns of different caliber,
and Of s4OO tons and 10000 horse power. Her
officers, according to the register, are:
Rear Admiral Henry S. B. Palliser, Cap
tain Charles II. Adair, Commander Somer-
sett A. G. Calthorpe, Chaplain Rev. Chas.
E. Painter, Surgeon Robert w. Williams.
Paymaster Robert A. Moore. Chief En-
gineer Thomas H. Hyde, First Lieutenant
William o. Boothby.
The coming of the vessel caused great
excitement at San Pedro and Long Beach
until her nationality was determined,
when anxiety as to the possibility Of her
being Spanish ship was allayed.
Yellow Jack on Board
When the captain came ashore 1t was
learned that the ship had several cases OF
what was believed to be yellow fever on
board. Her last port had been Coquimbo'
where the fever was raging, and short
time after leaving that port several of the
men were taken Ill with such symptoms
as indicated that they had the disease,
The yesesl was at once headed to the north.
to get beyond the influence of the germs
and would have kept on her course, but
the supply Of flour ran short and other sup
plies had to be obtained.
The captain had not learned of the out
break of the war between this country
and Spain, and is reported by those who
conversed with him to have expressed his
satisfaction at the situation and to have
been very congratulatory regarding the
great victory won by Commodore Dewey at
Manila.
The vessel flew the plague nag and no
visitors were allowed on board. All pos
sible precautions were taken, and there
need be no fear of any contagion spreading
in this region from the visit. From what
the captain said, 1t is thought that the
cases are not in a serious condition. The
vessel will proceed to Esquimault, unless
she should be rendered short handed by
illness of the crew. when she will go into
quarantine at the most available point.
To one person who talked with him, the
captain is said to have remarked that in
his opinion If the United States had not
intervened as it had done, he thought tina.
Great Britain would have been forced to
do so herself. Those who conversed
with the officers gained the impress
sion that If trouble came to this coast from
the Spaniards they would like nothing bet
ter than to take a hand in the scrimmage
themselves for their Yankee cousins pro-
lection.