The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-07


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charter 10 load d cargo of coal for San
Francisco Captain Colly reports
continuation of fogs and heavy wealth
er from the time he left the Islands
until he arrived at the cape.
81. Dav1d's Sick Crew.
The crew of the American ship st.
Davio. now en- route tGPuget, Sound
fiont South Africa via Newcastle and
Honolulu and which carried a cargo of
lumber to South Africa, has been meet
ting with bad luck, according To reports
received last week. The lumber was
discharged at Port Matilda, on the east
ern coast of the continent, at point
about six miles up the river. The coun-
try at that place was low, swampy and
extremely unhealthy. and during the
time the st. David stayed there most
of the ships company sickened with the
fever and many We're disabled from
duty. On arriving. however, at Loren
tzo MARQUEE where a purer atmosphere
and more healthy conditions existed.
the members of the crew rapidly re-
covered and sailed on May l.
The St David while at Lorenzo Mar
uuez lay alongside the British hospital
ship on board of which were several
hundred of convalescent fever patients
! from the military forces operating in
the Trarsvaal. 1t was not until ten
days out of Delagoa Bay that the fe-
yer again made its appearance on the
shin and ii was therefore evident that,
although they We're apparently well,
| the disease was still in their systems
| The relapse came suddenly ana the
symptoms were severe shaking With
chills. followed by fever heat. with
mains in the back dizziness in the
head and vile taste in the mouth IL
was true malarial or intermittent fever.
| CAPTAIN Pearson knew the Treatment
men should receive and prescribed ac-
Irordinply MANY recovered quickly
hut relapses were numerous. and he
| had experienced a very anxious time
first in navigating the shin with very
| few hands and secondly in attending
land nursing patients day and night. On
arrival at Sydney the vessel was quar-
iantired. because of six cases on board.
Naval Vessels Now Being Built
The Springfield Mass Republican com
niles the following from an official state
iment just issued by Rear Admiral
Bowles, chief of construction. which
gives a list of the vessels now building
or under contract and the degree of com
in
Iupon which as yet nothing has been
ldone are those recently authorized by
Congress- The table is interesting as
showing how the American Navy Is
growing, and it acquires an additional
interest from the pending strikes:
Degree of
| Completion.
] MISUNDERSTANDING at per cent
ITllnois-NeWport News observation-disclosures 80
Maine-Cramp & Sons Observation-Disclosures. o.
Acknowledgment News .........-,.... 81
jOhio-Union Iron Works ,.-............. 45
Acknowledgment News .......-.......- u
ADMINISTRATIONS Bros. Co........-----.. y
Georgia-Bath Iron Works. .-............ O
New Jersey-Fore River S. e.. e. CO.. y
Rhode Island-Fore Rivers. & e. Co.. q
Armored cruisers.
Pennsylvan Sons............ q
West Virginia-Newport News ......... y
Calfornia-Union Iron Works .......... Q
lColorado-Cramp & Sons .....-..-.......
Acknowledgment News .........,.....
!; South Dakota-Union Iron Works 49,.
| Protected cruisers.
tDenver-Neahe & Levy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4
Des Moines-Fore River S. & E. Co... 81
tChattanooga-Lew Nixon .............. 81
, IGalveston-William r. Trigg Co... 81
lTacoma-Union Iron Works ....-.......
tCleyeland-Bath Iron Works .,.......... S
40 e.
Milwauk ee-Union Iron Works ........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News .......,.....
Monitors.
: Arkansas-Newport News ............... b
, Nevada-Bath Iron Works .....:....... s.
Florida-Lewis Nixon Observation-Disclosures. 8
Wyoming-Union Iron Works ........... u
Torpedo boat destroyers.
Bainbridge-Neafle & Levy ............
tBarry-Neafie & Levy Observation-Disclosures.
: iChauncey-Neafie & Levy .............. q
: Dale-William r. Trigg Co.............. 9
! Decatur-William r. Trigg Coz. 81
l Hopkins-Harlan & Hollingsworth 80. q
$ Hull-Harlan K Hollingsworth ':.........F
2 Lawrence-Fore River S. & E Co... 9
2 Neutrality-suspicious. River S. & f. CO.. 9
!, Paul Jones-Union Iron Works. ........
l lPerry-Union Iron Works "............... 8
( | Preble-Unon Iron Works .............
t iStewart-Gas E. & P. Co.................., 5
f Truxton-Maryland Steel Con-. s
t MISUNDERSTANDING Steel Co..........-.. s
g MISUNDERSTANDING Steel Con- 8
| | Torpedo boats.
Stringham-Harlan & Hollingsworth
= iGoldsborough-Wol & wicker ........
= Biddle-Bath Iron Works .............-.. 9
Y | Blakely-George Lawley &, Son.
: De Long-George Lawley & Son .....-..
= lNicholson-LewiS Nixon .................
r OBrien-Lewis Nixon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
= lThornton-William r. Trigg Co...
s tTingey-Columbia Iron Works ......... 6
: tWilkes-Gas E. &. P. Go.................. s
e Submarine torpedo boats
o Plunger-Lewis Nixon ................... /
s Adder-Lewis Nixon NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Z
n Grampus-Union Iron Works ...........
d | Mecca in--Lewis Nixon .............-... 8
:, Pike-UnCn Iron Works ..-............. )
/. Porpoise-Lewis Nixon NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q
Shark-Lewis Nixon Observation-Disclosures.
L, The Fort George and the bark Prego