The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-14

San Francisco. Aug. 13.-The United
! States transport Centennial arrived
from Manila today after a most excit-
| ing round trip. She narrowly missed a
couple of typhoons; was ashore on a
coral reef, where the entire crew barely
escaped capture at the hands of the
FilipinOs; one of the sailors was killed
by a parting hawser, and one of the
quartermaSterS was stabbed by d
colored cook
Because of the stabbing. Charles
Wilson of the Centenniars galley staff.
arrived here in irons while Herman
Brevy, the transports quartermaster.
will have a soiourn in some hospital
until he RECEIVERS from the effect of the
cooks knife.
During the tightening process neces-
sary to get of the coral reef near
Manila on her outward trip, a quantity
of government stores to the value of
$13. 600 had to be jettisoned and were
eagerly appropriated by the FilipinoS
who swarmed around the reef, and
made more than one attack for the pur-
pose of capturing the vessel and crew.
On her return TO this port. the Cen
tenniaI brought a number of invaded
officers and men from various regl-
ments The wives Of a number of Of
ficers are also on board.
Invalid Officers On Board
Major 3. c. Lockwood. Captain Kell
and Lieutenant Hawkins are invaded.
Lieutenant Parker has been promoted
10 be a first lieutenant in the sixth
cavalry and comes back to join his
lieutenant ]. B. HabersOn was
wounded in the leg at Parandque.
Lieutenant A. W. Yates was the victim
of a sunstroke and is paralyzsd on one
side. Lieutenant w. 5. Overton Is
wounded in the leg. DIR. KEN has been
ordered to Fort Hamilton. N Y. The
sick were in charge of Surgeon j. Is.
Darling and Captain j. f. Evans Is
cOmmissariat.
Captain c. F. Spear, of the Minnesota
regiment. started from Manila on the
transport, but left the ship at
Nagasaki. -
nv the Centennial comprise the follow
ing: Lieutenant James p. HARRISON,
Twelfth infantry. L. ;. ~: Frankln
NJ KEN. United States engineer; "a
win F. Hawkins, South Dakota Voluh-
teers: James :. Parker. Sixth cavalry
I. s A; - Yates. Ninth infantry, L
{ A. w. :. Overton, Third artillery.
= A. Major ]. W. Hannay. Third
infantry l.. s. A.: Captain w II.
Keu Twenty-second infantry. u =
A. Major f. {. Lockwood. twenty
hrst infantry. L. s. A; Private FRANK
kinney. Second Oregon: Private AIRED
plant. company y. Twentieth Kansas
Private Verson Stires. company ~
Colorado regiment: Private e. u Hai-
lacher. company \, Minnesota reg
ment. Sergeant Theodore Dangernelu'
r. Iowa regiment; private
George Bristol. Wyoming light arul-
,e,y. CORPORAL Robert Ormiston. COM
Many I, Montana regiment, and Inc
fo1Iovving privates of the Montana
regiment: Iobn
g Rullard. company \; William
Rhodes. company n; John NlcL-eou,
company B; Charles b. Kerr, company
G. George ID. Nickers. company
r. 3. Nickers, company u .,.s se-
sippreu. company d; Walter Powers,
cannanv p: John Jones company r.
Ed,vin Bowen. company F; A j. MFr-
ION company I; w. A. Bonham. COM
many 7. Fred Jones, company l. Joht
clinton. company X; Joseph r. Jet.c.
company X: Seifert Johnson, coilp"AS
+. George Hynes. company l.; g ~
steinmetZ. company NJ
The majority of the soldiers VINO Ie
turned on the Centennial are suHerhs
froI,o oar troubles. Deafness in various
ages of severity Is prevalent III 'ne
stands. it is said, and the medlcaI men
here do not seem TO be able to Srappie
,.;,b the malady. All the Montana men
we're suffering from the ear complaint
some of the soldiers attribute TO the
,hange of altitude and climate. others
N the constant roar of artillery, anu
,thers to the exposure while IN the
-rencbes. The Centennial will at once
-eturn to Manila with cargo Oh horses.