The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-24
ADVIcES FROM HONOLULU.
Arrival of the Oregon. Philadelphia,
and Other Vessels

ii.
and Other Vessels.
Honolulu. Feb. 15 via San Francisco,
Feb. 23.-The battleshp Oregon Captain
Barker, arrived here on Sunday. February
o. from Callao and Galapagos. having stop
ped at Milo long enough to put DR.. Ste
phensou and Assistant Engineers NAL
Tory and Eckhardt ashore to visit the vol
cano. They arrived five days later. The
Oregon left Callao on January II. stopped
at Galapagos two days to coal, and sailed
from there on January Is.
Captain Barker did not bring the big
battleship into the harbor as there is
only three or four feet more water in the
harbor than the Oregon draws The Ore
gon arrived here in need of repairs to boil
ers and engines. which will take at least
two weeks to make. These repairs are
not due to any accident or breakdown. but
are the result of long wear and tear of
her trip from the Pacific Coast to Cuban
waters, her campaign there. and her trip
back to the Pacific. These repairs are
being made at the Honolulu Iron Works.
The Oregon at first determined to wal,
for the arrival of the collier Scindia, in
order that she might COAL but
as several days went by after her arrival
here and the Scindia did not appear. Cap
tain Barker determined to put on hun
dred tons of coal, as his bunkers were get
ting empty and he wanted enough to en-
able him to ride out a storm should one
come up. The Scndia and the water dis
filling ship Iris arrived early Sunday, Feb
ruary u. The Scandals boilers had given
out, one after another, until, just before
she got to her anchorage on Hon
olulu Harbor. she signaled the Iris
to tow her. but she was abls
to come to her anchorage without this
assistance. When the three vessels left
Galapagos the Iris boilers had shown signs
of giving out and the Scindia was ordered
to keep her company all the way to Hon
olulu in order to give assistance If needed.
Although the Iris boilers are in bad
shape and will require repairs here that
will take twenty days to complete, she
came through without difficulty. The
Scindia's defects are so serious that Cap
tain Barker has directed sufficient re-
pairs to be made here to enable her to get
go to Manila with the Oregon. The Iris
is to be made both a collier and water
distilling ship. She has capacity for twen-
ty-one hundred tons of coal, which she
is now putting aboard. When she is ready
to start she will go on, following the Ore
gon to Guam where the battieship will re-
coal. 1t will be some time before they
can get away, long enough, possibly, to get
word TO the Navy Department and orders
back here. The trip of the Oregon and
her consorts from Callao was uneventful
They had good weather all the way. At
Callao President Pierola. OF Peru. was a
visitor aboard the Oregon. Several enter
tainments were given the officers by the
American and British residents OF the
place.
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived here
early on February IL from San Diego.
She is in command OF Capt. Edwin White,
who received his commission as captain
here on arrival, although it dates from
Christmas Day. Rear Admiral Kautz
whose flag the Philadelphia carries, also
found his commission awaiting him here,
though it also dates from Christmas Day.
The Philadelphia is bound for Apia. She
began taking on coal on February II from
the Scindia. The Information is that there
is no coal at Apia, and Admiral Kautz is
trying to charter schooner here to carry
coal there for him. 1t will probably be
some days before the Philadelphia sails for
Samoa, and as her bottom is foul. her
trip Will be long. The United States trans
port Scandal arrived here February g. and
after coaling. sailed for Manila February g.
The Morgan City arrived February and
sailed for Manila February I.
The Scandal carried orders to bring back
the First California Volunteers to San
Francisco. The transports Ohio and Sena-
tor arrived February .. They took on coal
here and left 100 collins for remains OF SOL
diers who have died here The two trans
ports left together on February IS. On
the evening of the first day out from San
Francisco the transport Senator lost
soldier overheard. Corporal Abbott, of
Company B, Twentieth United States In
fantry, was seasick and was on deck at
the rail There was heavy swell on. and
when the ship lurched he lost his balance
and fell overheard A sergeant was close
by and grabbed one of Abbotts feet as
he went over the side, but was not able to
hold on. LifebuOys were quickly thrown
over. a boat was lowered. and the steamer
stopped at once but no trace of the man
could be found. Abbott was a native of
Kentucky, and had been through the
Cuban campaign. Private Harrington, of
the Twentieth Infantry, while riding a
bicycle on the second day after the Scandal
arrived here, was run into by a hack. The
shaft of the vehicle penetrated his abdo-
men, infiicting injuries from which he
died the next day.