The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-08

h Lawton arrived from Nagasaki
Z Yesterday afternoon. She had in
tended going through from the
Orient to San Francisco but put into
this port on account of the presence of
smallpox among the troops aboard the
vessel.
1t was about l o'clock that the Law
ton was sighted About this time Dia-
mond Head telephoned to town that
there was a foreign" steamer off that
point and everybody on the waterfront
ithought that it was TO transport Bu-
ford coming from San Francisco. That
which was telephoned as the foreign
steamer off Diamond Head, however
was nothing more than Wilder's steam
Ter Maui. The Lawton came from the
lwest and was not off Diamond Head at
any time.
When the Lawton arrived OFF the mar
Dor she dropped her anchor and wait
led for the quarantine doctor She was
flying a yellow flag at the fore and was
high up out of the water, looking as If
Ishe needed a great deal of coal.
A large crowd gathered at the Navy
wharves and on the Pacific Mail wharf.
1t was Sunday and the coming of
transport was great entertainment for
the crowd. They were doomed TO dis
appointment, however, for the doctors
launch returned from the transport
without any sign of the vessel COM
ing in.
When the doctors launch reached the
wharf the transport was still outside
and the crowd noticed that the quar-
antine flag was still flying. Many
Questions were asked of the doctor
xIol tI,a ~ hut I,a rAJll1
make no answer to them. 1t was evil
dent that there was serious sickness on
the vessel. Dr. Carmichael went out to
the transport personally.
After a second trip had been made to
the transport by the doctors launch
the Lawton steamed towards the har-
Dor She anchored in the stream near
the lighthouse, next to the big Ameri-
can ship Arthur Sewall. Arrangements
were Immediately made for coaling the
transport by means of barges. No one
was permitted to go on board and no
one was allowed to come ashore from
her. The vessel was placed in strict
quarantine and the two cases of small
pox among the soldiers ON board We're
removed to the Quarantine Island
premises.
Many small boats lowered around the
Lawton after she had come into the
harbor, the occupants of which We're
curious to know all about the trouble
Eaboard. 1t was not generally known
what was the matter; many suspected
that there was plague among the SOL
oilers
The Lawton has aboard the whole of
the Thirty-ninth infantry from China
General Bell is the most prominent man
on the vessel. Colonel McGreggor of
the Ninth cavalry and Colonel Hayes
of the Fourth cavalry are also among
the Lawton's passengers.
A very pleasant trip was enjoyed
from Japan. The Lawton sailed from
Nagasaki on the oath of last month
She will take on large quantity of coal
here and will proceed to San Francisco
in a day or two.
The boys on the Lawton We're very
anxious to get the latest news of the
outside world and asked concerning the
last mail from the Coast. They had
heard all about the capture of Aguin-
aldo, Of course; in fact they got the
news in Nagasaki on the day they sail
ed from that port.
All the accommodations on the Law
ton are taken and the soldiers are pref
ty well crowded. 1t would have been
a serious matter for the vessel to go di-
rect to San Francisco from Nagasaki
as the disease aboard would have the
greater opportunity of spreading. The
Lawton is one of the smallest trans
ports in the service of Uncle Sam and
she has a pretty big load of passengers
aboard with all of the Thirty-ninth in
fantry.
The Lawton sailed from San Francis
leo on February 1 for Manila, passing
through Honolulu. She arrived in Ma
Mia on the 1st of March and later sail
ed from that port for Nagasaki. Cap
tain Magune is her commander.