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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26
TOMAS ARMSTRONG
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Ingresan en- eI PartidO Federal

Hoy es dia de satisfaction inmensa
para nosotros y para el PARTIOo FEDE
RAJ orgulloso de yer como vienen sus
tIas los hombres de mas valer y signi-
fcacl6n de nuestra sociedad, q cohfun.
dirse en- abrazo polftico con los repre-
sentantes de nuestras clases pOpulares,
que honran tambi6n nuestras flas.
Don Toma5 Armstrong, aeaudalado
propietario, caballero respectable, hom-
bre de virtudes cfvicas y privadas y de
inteligeuoia clara y cultivada, es una
de las personas mas honorables de esta
ciudad.
La vida de laborioeidad y honradez
del sefior Armstrong, debe presentarse
como ejemplo de que solo en- la prActi'
ca del trabaio y la virtud, es que Ell
hombre triunfa. Desde modesto posi-
cion ha sabido elevarse a la brillante
que hoy ocups, creando una familia
modelo de ciudadanos honrados y vir.
tuosos, queridos y estimados por la SO
eiedad poncefa.
De don Guillermo Schuk iqu6 hemot
de deCr que va no hayamos consignadc
en- estaS ColumnasP Su popularidad :
su Influenza en- ests ciudad es por todot
reconooidss. Su posioion brillante, co
mo la de Armstrong, como la de Corta
da, como la de Chavier, como la dC
tantos otrOs capitalists poncehos, Ia
debe exclusivamente al esfuerzo de |;
voluntad y la perseyc a ia en- ell tra
bajo. IIombres asi hong~l siempre a
pueblo que los vi6 naoer.
AL renunciar los seiiores Armstrong
y Schuck, q sus nacionalidades inglesa J
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26

Inspector Mr.. Rioppell, pues . NADIA te-
mo, no conozco el seryilismo, y todo 10
que resultar pudiere me tiene sin cui-
iado.
No crea Ell denunciador que 70 soy
de los profesores que tiemblan ante un
inspector.
Para terminar, lie amino q que CONT.
nue. su obra.
Guam 10 Sc empieza Sc debe conoluir.
Adelante!
JUAN CUEvAs ABoY.
Ponce, Ootubre 26 de 1899.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26
Una c0rt0
Senior don Mariana Abril.
Mi querido amigo:

Mi querido amigo:
Mi Verdadero agradecimiento por la
aclaraci6n que haces en- LA DEMooRA
GA, con motive de la denunCia formu-
lada por La NueOa Era
Semejante proceder en- un puertorri-
quefo ea Inconcebible, con mas raz6n
cuando ell denunciador Sc llama Jose
Llorens y Ell denunciado Francisco Gau'
tier.
Llevado por la indignation product
da, pens6 contestar al sefIor Llorens,
psro he juzgado ipdtil cuanto pudiers
dGcir sobre Ell particular, por estar e
papel de delator cali6cado va por e
Universe entero.
Tuyo afftmo.
+. GAUTIER.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26

&Enviamos a usted los mas cum
plldos parabienes por la brillanti-
sima defensa que hizo del general
Palacios, nuestra digna y superior
autoridad, de los demds funclona-
rios a sus drdenes y de los behe-
m6ritos cuerpos armados, gFahljtQ=
mente calumniados por la prensa
autonomista. Siga usted adelante,
nuestro buen amigo, QUE ESE
ES Ell GAMING DEL HONOR Y
DEL DEBER.p
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26

f ttFPdtffafos de la foIicitaci6n diri-
gida al director del Bolettn ell 5 dc
Octubre de 1887 frmada por Ma
NuEL EGozcUE y otros incondicio-
nales.)
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26
ORGANIZATION FEDERAL.
SALINAS

Don Enrique Colon Bae,ga, Secretario
del Comit@ del Partido Federal del
pueblo de Salinas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-26
PM0'OJeyO

f uLa hjstoyqa pollAca del senior
Eg0scue. su conducta franca y leal
dentro de la estrecha drbita del
mconolsc50naLisna0, sus actos como
honrado e inteligente administra-
dor de la cosa pdblica, no pueden
boyrarios de Ia concJe,ecj0 del pue-
bio, nj las f,09as de Sus g'at"'tos
ene,aigos, nj las premedjtodos m
oegkz22as De LA ENyIDIA.2
xIzL pAsADo Y,Los RECUERDos DEL
.sn. EGozcUE HoNRAN A EsTA PERSONA
LIDAD.H
( POR ESQ Ell PARTID0 REPUBLICAN0
RECIBI0 CON LOS BRAzos ABIERTos <
Don MANUEL EGOzCUE ELEvANDoLo
poR sUs pRopIos MERITos, POR SU
HERMOSA FIGURA P0LIIICA,
POR SU ACEND RADIO AMOR AL
PALS, AL pUEsTo DE LA CoNIIsIoN DEB
PARTIDo.@
{ Parrafos de un articulo de El
Pals, 6rgano de los republtconos,
antiques puros-autonomlStaS, pu-
bHcado en- defensa de Egozcue ell
II del actually
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
WONDERFUL TRIP.

SEATTLE, January 1S.-Montana
Joe Carroll has returned to Circle City
from a trip overland to Herschell Is
land. He was ten months out of the
camp. In that time he travelled 1000
miles and more, all of it over snow
fields of the interior, through the big
woods that line the Mackenzie and ov-
er the ice of the frozen Arctic. Carroll
brought back with him a pack of thir-
ty-four fine Malamoot dogs. He made
the trip expressly to get this here. The
dogs sold readily at $3.50 each. Carroll
cleared up over $4,000 on the venture.
In several ways Carroll's trip was
more remarkable than that of Mate
Walker of the Pacific Coast Trading
Company's steamer Rosario over the
same route. Walker simply carried
provisions for the few miles necessary
to get from one Hudson Bay Company
post to another Carroll had no letter
of credit and pushed along on his own
account He travelled up the Macken-
zie for hundreds of miles and then he
crossed over to the Porcupine. He fol-
lowed the frozen surface of that stream
for several hundred miles to Fort Yu-
kon. Then he came up the river to the
starting point. He was ninety seven
days making the trip, from the island
to Circle. Tom Triton then took five
of the dogs with but one days rest
and drove them to Skagway 1t was
a continuous trip of nearly $500 miles
for the dogs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP LINE
HONOLULU, TAHITI, MANILA AND
THE COAST
First Vessel in July-Hawaii Will Get
a Fortnightly Service Out of the
Arrangement

Consul j. Lamb Doty, the official rep
resentative OF the United States gov
ernment in Tahiti, is a through pas
senger by the Mariposa today for his
South Sea island home. He is not a
stranger to Honolulu, having been here
many times, his last visit being last
May on his way to Washington.
Mr.. Doty has in his pockets a copy
of the papers of the POlynesian Steam
ship Company, a new concern that will
establish steamer lines between San
Francisco, Honolulu and Tahiti and
san Francisco, Honolulu and Manila.
The first vessel will leave San Francis
co about July 1st on the Tahiti route
1t will be a vessel Of 1000 tons. and is
to make eleven trips a year, taking Il
days for the straight run.
The company is capitalized at $780,
600. Its chief moneyed men are Chas.
Z. Flint r.. A. c. Smith, Daniel B.
Hatch and William NJ. WINS of New
York; Edwin i. Cramp, of Philadel-
phia c. c. Kidder. of Orange, n. j.,
and Mr.. Doty. The concern has alrea-
and j. l., Doty The concern has alrea-
Tahiti and has been promised another
by the government at Washington.
This is in consideration for mail ia
cilities the new line will give. Hereto
fore Tahiti has been reached from the
American coast by sailing vessel only.
Mr.. DotY explained this morning that
that the Tahiti end of the business was
not expected to pay very much at first,
but would ultimately lead to bigger
things as the country and trade with
it was opened up. 1t was expected
that considerable could be done with
Hawaii and in the Philippines. The op-
ening of the latter country had now
brought about the enlargement of the
plans and the addition of the Oriental
project.
The new lines will give to Honolulu
about a fortnightly coast service, one
boat from the south and the other
from the west.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
LITTLE BROWN MEN TO SHIELD
THEIR FELLOWS.
Combine on All the Islands to Prevent
Convictions in Criminal Cases-The
outlook is Bad.

The government has discovered
conspiracy among the Japanese of the
country not to testify against their fel-
lows in any case that may bring a long
Imprisonment or capital punishment.
Indications are that the situation will
prove a serious one, resulting in no
end of trouble to the police depart
ment.
From the time the Lahaina murder
ers were hung in Oahu jail yard last
spring it has been noticed that the ia
panese were 10th to give evidence as
against each other. Not until very re-
Gently, however, has the matter ap-
peared in the light and of the magnl-
tude of a combine.
1t will be remembered how difficult
it was, and still is, to get evidence in
the Waialua murder case, in which Il
woman was murdered almost certainly
within the knowledge of three or more
men and women. In December on
Maui the same difficulty was expert
enced, even in minor cases, and the
same result obtained at Hilo more re-
Gently
At Oahu prison yesterday morning
the Japanese consul, Interpreter Doy le
and Deputy Attorney General Dole
tried for an hour to get some state
ment from witnesses in the Pepeekao
murder case. Every man of them clos
ed his mouth and refused to open it.
No amount of coaXing or threats was
sufficient to induce them to say a sin
gle word.
An hour later in the police court the
trial of Kurakichi, for stabbing Kimu-
ra in the back in December, was on.
The governments witnesses, the men
who had previously made statements
against the defendant, turned around
and defended the assailant. 1t was
only by other, Independent, evidence,
that the man was convicted of e crime
everyone knew he had committed.
In his address to the court, Marshal
Brown referred at some length to tie
combine and the difficulty of securing
evidence from Japanese in criminal
charges against their countrymen
Interpreter Chaster Doyle says of
the combine. 1T seems to be a gen
eral conspiracy extending throughout
the Islands. 1t began with the hang
ing of the two murderers in Oahu Jail
last spring. Any number of Japanese
told me at the time that they consi
cred the hanging a stain upon the
whole colony, and that they would &c
all in their power to prevent a recur-
renee of it. The organization later is
the fruition of the idea.
1T is next to impossible to get evi.
dence from a Japanese. Not one, but
all the japanese seem to be in it. A.
the sheriffs of the Islands are expert
encing the same difficulty we are meet
ing with here. l am told on the best
of authority that the conspiracy is gen
eral, binding and lasting, and 1 believe
it to be true
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
A HINT FOR BANQUETERs.

That men who have great regulations
as public speakers, who are called up
on and do attend several banquets each
week, during the winter season, are
able to show no sign of indigestion, is
a source of wonder to men who, after
perhaps a single banquet find medi-
cines necessary.
At these banquets are served all the
fancy dishes that the mind of a chef
can conceive. Then there are the
wines of various kinds, sometimes good
and sometimes poor. How is it, people
ask, that these frequenters of ban
quets so often suffer no i'll effects.
1t is because experience has made
them cautious. Constant dining out
has taught them the absolute need of
moderation. Many of them have con-
fessed that it is their habit to dine
at their homes before going to a ban
quet. Then at the banquet they will
just nibble at what is placed before
them, so as not to appear odd among
the company of feasters.
With the wines 1t is the same way
They will drink, perhaps, little
sherry to begin with, and then not
drink anything else until the cham
pagne is served; of that they drink
enough to satisfy a natural thirst, and
for the rest of the evening they drink
nothing but Apollinaris, which innocent
potion they find not only extremely
palatable after the wine, but calculat-
ed to offset any i'll effects.-Bostor
Journal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
HAWAII BEFORE CONGRESS
NAVIGATION LAWS BILL IN THE
HOUSE.
Cuts Out Vessels Receiving Hawaiian
Registry Since July Sth-Contract
Labor Law Not Passed.

WASHINGTON, January 23.-Twice
today was the bill which extends to
the Hawaiian Islands the contract la
Dor laws of the United States knocked
out in the house. The first call was
when the bill was called up on an at
tempt of Chairman Gardiner of the
committee on labor to get unanimous
consent for it's consideration.
Knox of Massachusetts, chairman of
the committee on territories, objected
on the ground that this legislation was
covered in the bill for the general gov
ernment of the Islands. Despite the ar
guments of the western members of
the house that it was needed at this
time to keep out hordes of Japanese
who are being rushed into the Islands,
Knox would not allow the bill to come
up.
The friends of the plan to have it
pushed through tried again, when the
bill extending the navigation laws was
put on passage. The contract labor
law was added as an amendment, but
ii was not in any way genmane to the
bill, and the objection of Knox, who
had been out of the chamber and re-
turned only in time to hear the read
ing of the amendment, against knock
ed it out.
There was some fight upon the navi-
cation law, but it was passed 1t was
stated by Chairman Payne of the COM
mittee on merchant marine that there
had been many vessels bought and
placed under the Hawaiian flag since
the time when the resolution was pass
ed providing for the annexation of the
Islands More than dozen ships had
been purchased, and of this number it
seemed that not more than three Were
purchased in good faith for trade De-
spite the fight, which was in no sense
one for the interests of the islanders
I the bill was passed.
One of the provisions of the bill gives
American register to all vessels flying
the Hawaiian flag, owned by Hawaiian
citizens, July l. 1898.
Payne agreed to an amendment lin
iting the operation of the registry sec
ton of the bill to those who owned YES
sells registered temporarily or perma-
nently under the Hawaiian flag on Ju-
ly I, 1898.
This puts a hard fight in the hands
of Matson and others who have come
on from California for the purpose of
having all vessels which have been Civ
en- the Hawaiian flag up to January
of this year made American registry
| 1t is not thought that the senate viii
| allow such a plan to become law. EV.
| idence which has been collected here
shows there are now under the flag o
! the recent island republic at least Is
| ships which were purchased, some oi
| Them since August 18th, and all since
July 9TH. Under this bill none of these
will be allowed American registry ant
| they will have to return to the flag
they had before the change.
Another attempt will be made tC
bring up the contract labor law. The
senate committee which has it before
| it will consider it soon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
.SE REPUBLIC Of HAWAII A JAPANESE CONSPIRACY.
PEACOCK & COMPANY WANT BIG
SUM RETURNED.
Customs Duties Since August 18th Last
Declared to be Contrary to the Ame-
rican Constitution.

W. c. Peacock & Co. have inaugu-
rated a big suit against the Republic
of Hawaii to recover moneys expended
for duties demanded and collected at
the custom house since the flag raising
on August 18th last.
More specifically, the amount now
claimed is $50, 1851. The claims date
from August 10, 1898, to January 26,
1899. At each payment plaintiff claims
to have filed a protest against the du-
ty. The reasons given were that the
Hawaiian customs law was in conflict
with Article 1, Section 8, Constitution
of the United States, relating to uni
formity of duties throughout the Unit
ed States; and, also in conflict with
Article /, Section 8, Clause 6, of the
Constitution, relating to exemption
from duties of vessels bound from one
state to another.
Plaintiff makes a long string of rep
reservations in support of it's claim,
among them being a review of the an
neXation treaty and the position of Ha-
waii with respect to the American con-
stitution.
The case will come before the su-
preme court at the March term. Kin
ney, Ballou & McClanahan are attor-
neys for plaintiff.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
WAR DEPARTMENT.

PROPOSALS FOR FLOUR.-De-
partment of California.-Office of the
Chief and Purchasing Commissary U.
S. Army. Honolulu, H. l., December
%, 1S9S.--Sealed proposals in triplicate
will be received at this office until
January Z, 1899, at II o'clock a. m, and
then opened, for furnishing for the use
of the troops at this station, fifteen
thousand $4,000 pounds of issue Flour.
Government reserves the right to re-
ject in whole or in part any or all
bids. Instructions furnished on appli-
cation at this office. PHILLIP M. LY-
DIG, Captain and c. S. U. S. Vols,
Chief and Purchasing Commissary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
NAME WAS RADFORD.
Identity of the Young Man Who
Jumped from the Claudine.

Charles Burke, the young man who
committed suicide by jumping from the
deck of the Claudine on the coast of
Hawaii, some weeks ago, has been
identified at San Francisco as being
Edward Radford, for seven years the
bookkeeper for the California Street
Improvement Company. 1t is denied
there that the young man was a de-
faulter. OF the matter John w. Nc
Donald, the employer of Radford,
says:
"RadfOrd left here about December
20th. He quit work in the latter part
of November. On the 1st of December
| received a letter from him, saying
he was sick and could not come to
work. Three weeks later he left home
saying he was going to the office, and
has never been heard of since. AS for
being a defaulter, Eddie never owed
the company a cent. He was with us
exactly seven years and was an honest
as the sun"
Radford's mother lives at 1927 Jack
son street. She said that she
had not heard of him since he left, but
could not believe he had committed
suicide.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
WRECK OF THE NOMAD.
Captain McAllep and His Family Per-
ished With Her.

The Mauna LoA yesterday brought
further particulars of the wreck on
the Kohala coast. The Helene and the
Maui both sent boats to the scene and
definitely determined that the wreck
was that of the four masted schooner
Nomad, Captain McAllep, which sail
ed from Shanghai for Puget's Sound
in ballast, ten months ago.. The YES
sci was a new one and belonged to
Hall Brothers of San Francisco.
Captain McAllep was accompanied
on this trip by his wife, daughter and
three sons. All undoubtedly are lost.
The Nomad was reported sighted off
the Pacific coast about seven or eight
months ago just about the time of
some terrific storms there. But
nothing more was heard of her and
she was long ago given up for lost.
She probably foundered at sea in
those storms and drifted bottom side
up with the Japan current until caught
on the rocks where she was found. The
corpse found on the beach near the
wreck was in an advanced stage of
decomposition and unrecognizable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
BUSINESS MEMS MEMO.

Wednesday, February /, 1899.
Annual meeting of the stockholders
of c. Brewer & Co., Ltd, at the Bank
Of Hawaii, Wednesday, February l,
1899, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Stockholders meeting w. w. Dimond
& Co., Ltd, Thursday, February 9th,
at 3 o'clock a. IN.
Adjourned quarterly meeting of the
stockholders of the Pacific Hardware
Company, Friday February II, lS99
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Sealed tenders will be received by
the Minister of Public instruction un-
til noon, February 26, 1899, for the con-
struction of eight school buildings on
Hawaii and Maui
Sealed tenders received by Minister
of Finance until noon, Saturday, April
l, 1899 for the purchase of $250,0O0 Ha-
waiian government per cent bonds
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
CHINESE MINISTER ACTS

WASHINGTON, January 2S-The de-
csion of the Hawaiian supreme court.
which prevents the landing of Chinese
who left the Islands before annexation
has aroused the Chinese minister here,
and he will lay the matter before the
state department at once. He holds
that residents of Hawaii, though Chi
nece, who left when the Islands had
separate sovereignty and who are now
debarred from re-entry should have
redress, and he will fight for it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Senate Has Passed the Bill-House is
Considering 1t.

WASHINGTON, January 23-The
Nicaragua bill has passed the senate
and is being considered in the house
committee. The bill continues the
name of the Maritime Canal Company
and authorizes the issuance of 1000, 900
shares of stock. The company is to
call in all the previous stock issued ex-
cept that held by Nicaragua and Costa
Rica. 1t is to pay up all it's debts and
to aid it in this the government author
ICES the payment out of the treasury
of as much as is needed up to $5,000,-
900. The secretary of the treasury is
then to subscribe for 925,000 shares.
Five directors out of the seven are to
represent the United States and one
each Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The canal is to be suitable for the
largest sea going vessels and not to
cost exceeding $115,0000 900.
The house committee shows a dispo-
sition to make government ownership
complete
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Notice is hereby given that at the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
c. Brewer & Company, Limited, held
this day, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year, viz:
Charles NJ. Cooke ............ President
George H. Robertson .................
-. ......Vice President and Manager
Colonel w. f. Allen ......... Auditor
e. F. Bishop. Treasurer and Secretary
p. c. Jones, H. Waterhouse, George
r. Carter .................. Directors
E. f. BISHOP,
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu Feb. /, 1899.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales: On the board, Eva, 26O;
Oahu paid up. 1914.
Bid: Eva, 260; Hawaiian Agricultu-
raj, 410; Hawaiian Sugar, 1861 HOnomu
315; Kahuku, 1870; Oahu paid up, 165;
Paia, 250; Wilder Steamship, 100; In
ter Island, 1521a Government 6's, 100;
Government SIS, 97h; Oahu Railway
bonds, 100
Asked: American Sugar, assessable
80; American Sugar, paid up, 10; Eva
2621a; Hawaiian Sugar, 1919; Honokaa
200: Oahu, assessable, 120 Oahu, paid
up. 10; Ookala, 100; Waimanalo, 10;
Waimea, 1875; Waianae, 220; Hawaiian
Electric 1929
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
ONLY THE BEST.

The Silent barber shop on Hotel
street is not satisfied with having ev-
cry article of furniture and every tool
of the best; they also realize that the
most important features of a first
first class barber shop is first class ar
lists.
In order that the best men only shall
find employment, Mr.. Fernandez is
constantly on the lookout, and has
been fortunate i'm securing Frank AL
yes Ribeiro, who before his arrival here
was at the Occidental in San Francis
co. He has also worked in the very
best shops in Boston and is first class
in every respect. Drop in to the Silent
and try the new BARRIERS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lodge lie Progress De FOceanie
NO. 1874, A. & A. S. RITE.
M

There will be special meeting OF
Lodge LIE Progress de L'0ceanie No.
1874, A. e. A. S. r., at it's hall, Masonic
Temple, THIS "WEDNESDAY EV-
ENING, at 1880 o'clock.
WORK IN SECOND DEGREE.
Members of Hawaiian and Pacific
Lodges, and all sojourning brethren
are cordially invited to be present.
BY order of the w. NJ.
HORACE CRABBE,
Secretary.
Honolulu. February /, 1899.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
DANCE AT HOTEL.

There was quite an extensive and
pleasant reception and dance at the
Hawaiian hotel last evening. The la
mai program was preceded by a French
dinner. Solomon's quintette club fur
nished music. A large number of city
people, as well as tourists at the hotel,
enjoyed the dance. 1t was IL o'clock
before the party broke up
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-01
DESERT THE PHILADELPHIA

SAN DIEGO. January 23.-The Phi
ladelphia is here coaling preparatory to
going to Samoa. There is much dis
satisfaction among the men, particu-
larly in regard to the little shore leave
granted them. In the last two days
thirty men have deserted, of whom
eighteen have been recaptured. The
vessel is scheduled to sail January 26