The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-11
Steamers
Not to Sail
Today.
Sheridan for Manila.
Barkentine Archer
Arrives.

TIME United States Army transport
Sheridan expects to sail for Ma
Mia, via Guam, at daylight today.
Since her arrival here on Saturday even
ing she has been taking aboard coal as
quickly as possible. Transports do not
remain in this port as long as they used
to; they rush in, coal and take on what
water, and then get off as soon as they
can. Three or four days used to be the
time that a troopship would spend here;
now it is more often two days. The rea-
son of this is that the work of coalng is
conducted in more businesslike man
ner than formerly Then the transports
are in hurry to get to the Philippines
and return with home-going troops
When the Sheridan sails she will prob
ably take with her several stowaways
men were observed in a small boat, hang
ing around the great vessel as she lay
at Navy wharf No. 2. One of the men
managed to. get aboard through an open
port without any difficulty. A little later
his comrade followed him, being assisted
aboard by some of the soldiers. At night
there We're several others, whose actions
clearly demonstrated what their inten-
lions were in hanging around. Two or
three of them were seen to get aboard,
while the rest either changed their minds
or were frightened away by the appear
ance of officers of the vessel. Those who
went aboard got on from the off-shore
side They took but little with them.
the stowaways were Porto Ricans; the
others were apparently sailors who had
deserted from sailing vessels arriving
here recently.
A big transport is a wonderful little
world in itself. II all the interesting and
sometimes strange stories, which could
be gathered on any one of she many
transports which have passed through
here, were published, they would make
entertaining reading. Romance and
tragedy. comedy and mystery have place
in the lives of the many men and women
who gather together on an Army trans
port going to the Philippines.
During the long, hot, monotonous days
of sea voyaging these people get &C
quainted with each other tell each other
things out of their lives, become friend
ly with those with whom they would
perhaps never think of being friends if
they We're next-door neighbors ashore,
and, SO subtle a force is there in the cir
cumstance of being in so small a world
at sea, are very often different people
afioat than they are on land. When they
reach their destination the brief exist
ence on the vessel is almost forgotten,
and they are again landlubbers.
Only the person who has been out Of
sight of land for considerable number
of days can appreciate the influence of
his life at sea, becomes used to it and
fails to notice the effect after a while,
although the effect is often noticeable
by others when he comes ashore.
Honeymooners on Sheridan.
Among the passengers for the Philip
pines on the Sheridan are two who, just
before the vessel sailed from San Fran
cisco, We're united in marriage They are
Franklin Fearing Wing and his bride.
Mrs. Wing was formerly Miss Sadie Rice
Jordan of San Francisco.
Wing is United States Army surgeon
DR.. Wings residence is in Chicago. The
wedding took place in the afternoon of
May 31st, the day before the transport
left the Golden Gate Justice of the
Peace Larue united the happy pair.
The passage of the Sheridan to Manila
should be swift and sure, for she is sup
piled with fine pair of wings
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The Next Steamers.
The next mail from San Francisco will
be brought by the Pacific Mail steamship
City Of Picking, scheduled to arrive here
on Thursday morning, the 18th instant /
There is a possibility of her making port
tomorrow evening. She will bring mail
and newspaper files from the I'd to the
9Th, inclusive-five days later
The next mail to the Coast will be TAX |
en- by the Pacific Mail steamship China. I
due from the Orient on Saturday. the /
18th instant and expected here in the aft .
ernoon of the previous day. She is like |
~ to sail for San Francisco about noon
of Saturday.
On Saturday there will also be a mail
from the Coast; the Oceanic steamship
lealandia is expected here on that day.
She will not arrive ahead Of time She
is scheduled to return to the Coast four
days later, on the 18th instant, a week
from tomorrow.
No Island Steamers Sail Today.
Az TODAY ic Iauol holiday ~ 49,