The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-17
{" Telegraph My Wife
the Result of This.
REV. FREEMAN'S LAST WISH
SICK SOLDIERS FROM MANILA
AND HONOLULU.
Arrival of the United States Trans
ports Zealandia and Pennsyl-
vania From Manila and
Way Ports.

There are now seven United States
transports in port. The arrival Of the
Zealandia from Nagasaki and the Penn
sylvania from Honolulu last Saturday
has made it possible to send all the
troops at the Preside away in bunch
and the chances are that they will be on
the way before the week is very old
The Senator and Zealandia are at the
Oceanic wharf, the Ohio and Indiana are
at the sea wall. the Valencia is at
Howard-street wharf, the Newport is at
the Mail dock and the Pennsylvania is
at the quarantine station, being fumi-
gated. The Senator and Valencia may
get away tomorrow and the other yes
sells will follow at intervals during the
week.
The Zealandia brought up the remains
Of the Rev. T. S. Freeman, who COM
mitted suicide in Nagasali harbor. He
was chaplain of the cruiser Baltimore,
but was taken sick and was invaded
home.
IT never noticed anything very much
the matter with him." said Captain
Thomas Dowdeu yesterday. HE looked
natural, but was very melancholy.
did not think it necessary to conf1ne him
and the only watch on him was to see
that he did not go ashore unless some
one was with him. No one was more
surprised than l when l heard he had
jumped overheard.
Quartermaster William Lowrath was
the only one who saw the unfortunate
chaplain take the fatal plunge. His last
| thoughts were of his wife," said Lowrath
| yesterday. 1T was early in the morn
ing and I went on deck to call the
! watch. l heard some one call out, 'Tele-
I graph my wife the result of this and send
! her my money" l rushed around me
house and there was Mr.. Freeman stand
/ ing with one foot on the chock of the
/ davit holding onto the side of the ship
with one hand He had q lot of lead
sinkers around his waist, and as 1 ran
| We dropped a heaVing line over the side
to mark where he had gone and after
ward a diver recovered the body. He
went down in forty feet of water and
sank to the bottom at once
The remains of Chaplain Freeman will
be. shipped to Logansport, Ind, to-day.
! A passenger by the Zealandia as far as
| Nagasaki was George de K. Foute;
! George wanted to see the war but he did
not want to be a soldier. He finally Sc
| cured a clerkship, and giving up a snug
berth in the railroad, he went to
| Manila on the Newport. He did not IA
vorably impress his superiors during the
relieved from duty as soon as the New
port arrived. After some maneuvering
| he secured return passage on the Zea-
! landia. but got into trouble the first day
! out Captain Dowdell brought him to
! time with a threat to lock him, up and
George behaved himself as far as Nag
! asaki While the Zealandia was being
! repaired the China came in and Foute
was passed along to her and SO reached
/ San Francisco. Sundry /. Q. Us still
| floating around among the officers of the
! Zealandia are reminders of Georges
| trip on that vessel.
! The typhoon that did so much damage
| to the Zealandia sank the German steam
! er Trinidad. She was on her way from
Hamburg to Kiaochan with stores for the
! German Government. Her crew was pick
! ed up by the British steamer Rohilla.
! When she sighted the wreck 1t was flying
! the American ensign union down at the
main, the English Jack with a knot in 1t
| and the Greek ensign underneath ii for
ward, and in the rigging there was a
board with I'VE are sinking. painted on
the crew was taken off the Trinidad sank.
I Chief Steward Seeley of the Zealandia
says he has been through some heavy
storms off Blanco and Flattery, but he
never saw anything to equal the typhoon
the Zealandia weathered in such splendid
shape.
Mia, % from the Ladrones, where she put
! in to land the Spanish doctor taken away
from Guam by the Charleston, and days
from Honolulu. She brings up IS soldiers
| from Manila and 16 from Honolulu DR..
| Smith, surgeon of the Baltimore, comes
up to pass examination for promotion.
| Among those on the sick list is A. Hart
well, a California boy: He is much better
for his sea voyage. A sergeant major of
furlough. His mother died while he was
/ in Manila and he has to attend to the eS-
| tate. Four "time-eXplreQ regulars and
three crazy sailors from the Baltimore
were passengers on the troopship. The
crazy men are gradually improving, but
| long rest is expected to thoroughly re-
! store them to health.
The Pennsylvania brings up a trophy
! from Guam in the shape of a Spanish
! flag 1t was flying over the boat that
! came out from the Custom House, and
! when one of the transports crew offered
to buy it the Spaniards were only too
glad to sell.
One of the New York boys played a
Joke on Colonel Barber while the Pennsyl-
vania was in port, that ended disastrously
for the Joker. While the Colonel was
waiting for the dinner bell, the soldier got
in through window and passed the din
ner out to his waiting comrades. Every
thing went from the Colonel's leg of NUT
ton down to his cup of tea and the wrath
of the warrior may be imagined when the
dinner bell called him to a table swept
bare The offender was afterward located
and was living on bread and water when
the Pennsylvania left.
street to get ready for another trip to Ma
Mia with horses. Lieutenant OShea will
go out in charge of the consignment this
time instead of Lieutenant Cameron.
James G.. Mcguire was q passenger on
the Humboldt for Eureka yesterday.
Strange to say there was not a corporaPs
guard down to see him off. The Little
front apparently.
| IT was rurnored on the front yesterday
that the raft anchored off Meiggs wharf
| last week had been stolen during the
| night 1t was only taken to the Port
Costa Lumber Mills. The tug Rescue did
the job, and 1t was done according to in
structions.