The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-12
He DOESN'T
WANT MUCH.
"AguinaIdo Smith
Has Come to
Town.
CLAIMS $4,000
FROM GOVERNMENT
He Did Woman Service in the
Philippines May Labor in
Temperance Field.

L v
naldo Smith," evangelist, friend of sea-
men, temperance advocate and hero of
hair -raising adventures in the distant
| Philippines, has just come back to
town. He arrived on the Mariposa,
after an absence on the Mainland of
six months.
| Mr. Smith, it will be remembered,
was formerly manager of the Seamen' S
| Club in this city He went away with
| the ayowed intention of going to an
evangelical school in the States for the
purpose of further fitting himself for
| work in the mission field of the world
| Mr.. Smith told an Advertiser report
er yesterday that he might remain
| here for good or go back to the States
shortly to attend the Moody School at
Mortified, Mass. He remains firm in
his resolution to qualify for an evan
gelist
He stayed in San Francisco until
President Mckinley visited the city,
with the intention of calling his atten-
ton to little claim for $4,000 which
he has against the government of the
United States for services rendered in
the Philippines during the war against
Spain. On account of the sickness Of
Mrs. Mckinley, Mr.. Smith considerable
ly refrained from seeking an audience
with the President.
The matter is now, according to Mr..
Smith, in the hands of lawyers a.,
Oh; nd ha To-
of receiving a handsome reward SOON
er or later for his services.
Following is written statement, on
which Mr.. Smith bases his claim made
by Captain Henry Glass, of the U. s.
S. Charleston:
U. S. Naval Training Station,
San Francisco, Cal, May H. 1901.
Mr.. c. E. Smith, of Honolulu, H. l., ap-
piled to me, on the recommendation of
Hon. Harold E. Sewll U. S. Minister to
the Hawaiian Republic, about the last of
May, 1898, for enlistment on board the
| L, S. S. Charleston, under my command,
| then at Honolulu, H. l., en- route to join
| the U. S. naval force under command of
Rear Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N,
| off Manila, his object being, as he stated
| to do anything he could in the war
| There being no vacancy in the allowed
complement of the Charleston at lne
time, Mr. Smith could not be enlisted in
| the naval service, but he went to Ma
| Mia in one.o the U. S. Army Trans
ports, and 1 saw him there some time in
| August.
| Some time after the capture of Manila
and while / was on duty as Captain of
| the Port, Mr. Smith appeared at my Of
fee and reported the presence at Batan-
gas, in Southern Luzon. of the steamer
| Abbey. discharging arms and munitions
of war for the use of the Filipino insur-
gents. This important information
which led to the seizure of the Abbey,
was brought to Manila by Mr. Smith,
through his desire to be of service to
the Government, and at considerable per-
sonal exposure and risk, as at that time
Southern Luzon was entirely in the
hands of the insurgents, through whose
lines he was compelled to pass.
HENRY GLASS,
Captain, U. s. Navy.
Il may resume my work among sea-
men, said Mr.. Smith, for 1 think I
am the right man for the job, and
am of the opinion that efforts made
along that line will be productive of a
u
faring men need counsel and help, and
when an interest is shown in their
spiritual welfare, soon get to be self
respecting men,"
Asked as to his opinion of the pres
ent temperance crisis, Mr.. Smith said:
Il have not been here long enough
to be thoroughly familiar with the sit
uation, but / may decide to assist the
party which / consider to be most
worthy of support. Francis Murphy is
a strong, persevering worker, and does
well enough the task which he has set
himself to do, as a temperance advo-
cate. a.
Il don't seek to make myself consplc-
uous," concluded Mr.. Smith, but my
mission and aim in life is to do all
the good in the world that 1 can
And so saying he hied him to the
humming. wharves to renew acquaint-
ance with Longshoreman Jack and
Stevedore Bill