The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

The United States Army transport
at o'clock yesterday after
noon, was several hours late in getting
away. When everything was In readi-
ness for her departure about IL o'clock
in the morning, it was found that sew
eral of the soldiers were conspicuous
by their absence. A provost guard was
despatched to search the
city for the missing warriors but re-
turned to the transport after a fruit
absentees could be found and the sup
position is that they are either attend
ing continuous luau over the Pail
somewhere or around Diamond Head,
that they took a tramp up Tantalus
and got lost, that they had journeyed
down the railroad and missed the re-
turn train or that they are in hiding:
About twenty men were consequently
left behind they will be sent on to the
Philippines by the next transport, when
rounded up, or, possibly be shipped
back to San Francisco.
A great crowd gathered on the naval
wharf to sees the Thomas sail. The
women aboard the transport were pro-
fusely decorated with leis and the
Army band aboard played vigorously
and well prior to the vessels departure.
The soldiers cheered Honolulu and all
the good things contained therein while
many bashful maifens on the wharf
Il to va-ox oil "a
with their dainty pocket
to the men in khaki. az
Beautiful leis were thrown from the
wharf to the decks of the big steamship
as souvenirs of Hawaii mel. Kisses
were thrown, too, though not as pro-
miscuously as were the leis. Amid the
strains of martial music and the mighty
shouting of the hundreds from the
transports decks and the cheering of
the people on the wharf, the Thomas
was pulled away from the wharf by the
Fearless and Eleu and was soon outside
the harbor, starting on her journey
across the sea-
GOING TO THE COAST
| The following persons are booked for
passage on the Australia which sails
/
noon at o'clock:
I. F. Stevenson. DIR. c. F. Bingham
Mrs. Simpson and two children. C. N
Weaver and wife, Col. and Mrs. Hodge
| Capt. Greig and wife, ]. G.. King
wife and son, Mrs. Mcpherson, Miss
Porter. B. Tucker, Mr.. Remysberger
Mrs. Berger, Miss A. Lindemann, VIM
Fink, w. G.. Green, B. F. Cooke, Miss
A. Rallins, Mrs. G. II. Dasher, Mis-:
Sumter, Miss Averdam, Prof. Berger
Will Law, Mrs. s. 1. Shaw, Miss E. T
Smith, J. G. Rothwell. L. S. Abraham
T. S. Young, Miss E. Alexander Mis-:
L. Allemann. Mrs. r. S. Hoogs ant
daughter, DR.. H. Hayes, L. A. Rostin
Harold Mott-Smith. E. w. King, E. K
Wood and wife, 1. Rubenstein, A L
Shaw, A. C. Paulsmeier, NJ. NJ
lO'Shaumnessy, r. Reergard, II. A. AL
len. Col. Macdonald and wife. Mrs
Corbett and child, Col. and Mrs. de Il
Vergne. Mr., and Mrs. Richards, Mrs
Rle and daughter, e. H. Offley ant
wife, Geo. Rodiek, c. s. Hall, Miss NJ
Taplin, Miss A. Twombley, Maj. Greg,
and wife, Miss Gregg, Miss Bard, Mis-
Matthewson, Mrs. Stafford and child
Mr.. Richmond. Mr.. and Mrs. Thirkield
TURK ACCUSED.
w. Bradford, sailor, yesterda.
swore to a complaint against Frank j
Turk of Lewis and Turk, Limited
charging him with larceny in the sec
ond degree. The complaint allege
that ION or about September q, Fran
Turk did feloniously steal, take, an
carry away one seaman's chest con
l tot - he
containing bedding and sea-clothes, tn
property of complaint and valued a
$685."
Frank Turk was arrested and take
to the police station where he was re
leased by Deputy Sheriff Chillingwort
to appear IN court this morning an
answer to the charge.
A BIG STORM ALOFT.
Those who go down to the sea
ships, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. al
beset with many perils, but none e,
coed in horror and dramatic intensit
the effect produced by the wrecking
a ship in a dead calm. This uniql
experience fell to the lot of the GOO
ship T. G. Pfiuger, under Captain Ho
yer, who. with crew of sixteen me
and a cargo of 10000 bags of flour, ar
bound for Queenstown, was overtake
in typhoon at sea off the coast
California on the 18th day of July las
Although the captain and crew Gnclut
ing a pet pig) came out of the tang
alive, the wreck of the bark, as 81
lay out in Mission Bay. ave eloquel
testimony to the terror of the exper
l ence. In detailing the wonderful e
] cape from disaster and death CAPITA
:, Hoover said:
I'VE were going along finely at Il
knots an hour. 1t was about o'cIoc
In the morning, and the second ma
Z was on watch. The sky was light, Wi
few fleecy clouds, and there was
steady breeze that sent us along
great shape. There was no saspicic
OF danger from any quarter. We we
steering south by west, half west, vii
the yards braced up. All at once, wifi
the second mate, Mulleitner, was stan,
ing on the quarter deck, there was 8
awful crash and noise, which sound,
louder than a ten-pound cannon.
The mate looked aloft and saw Il
. mainmast was dropping towards hir
and everything above twisting ar
turning and flying in all directions Wi
terrible clatter. On the. deck the
was no indication of trouble of al
kind, but most terrific rumble al
roar. In the midst of all this hubbI
and confusion out came the ships pi