The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

local paper that the Collector of this
port had been upheld by the Treasury
department. in his action in regard to
| the Solace and her Chinese crew when
she was here on her outward trim This
seems to have created considerable
amusement among many aboard the
| vessel. 1t seems that the Solace was
also upheld and, apparently, no one
was In the wrong in the matter
| There are six officers and seventeen
men in the hospital aboard the Solace,
| sick and wounded. That is, fifteen of
| them are on the sick list, while the
| other two are wounded. They received
their injuries in the Tien-Tsin affair.
and have been in the hospital in Yo-
kohama for some time. They are on
| the road to recovery ana are both
members of the 9Th Infantry.
There are two passengers from
| Guam on the Navy transport
| The Solace arrived here on her out
ward trip on November or last year.
She expects to sail for San Francisco
and take mail hence on Monday morn
| ing.
The officers aboard the Solace are as
follows: Commander, H. WinsIow;
! Lieutenant Commander, George M
Stoney; Lieutenant, F. c. Bieg; c. H.
Mathews and H. C. Leopold, engi-
neers; Lieutenants, C. M. Mccormick,
Adelbert Aithouse, w. D. Brotherton.
b. K. Morris; Assistant Surgeons J.
! G. ThompssnS and Fl. II. Haas; Pay
master, j. S. Phillips; Chaplain, w. H.
III. Reamy; Boatswain, Patrick Deery;
Acting Boatswain, c. j. Christianson
Gunners, T. B. Watson and c. H.
Sheldon; Acting Warrant Machinists,
j. w. Murray, C. H. Hosung and A. T.
Dor ryx-eI II ,A.,A IN -.
tenhouse, Z. S. M. c.; Pay Clerk, F.
K. Hunt
The Solace will take on 400 tons of
coal before proceeding to San Fran
cisco. The illustration is a picture of
the Solace when she was regular
hospital ship.
The Transport ocpack Here.
The United States Army transport
Oopack, British steamship chartered
by the Government for the service
Captain Barber, arrived in port the
ffrst thing yesterday morning, having
arrived off port at l o'clock Notwith-
standing the fact that she was outside
of the harbor at that early hour, she
was not reported until almost day.
light
The Oopack brought $50 horses and
mules, which were Immediately taken
ashore to rest for a few days, after
the tediousness of the trip from San
francisco. They are on the way to
Manila.
Although the transport sailed from
San Francisco three days later than
did the last mail steamer she did not
bring any mail for this port. She
sailed from the Coast on the 5th inst.
and experienced very rough trip
ooWn. NO animals were lost during
the trip and nearly all are in fine
condition
Veterinary Surgeon Eugene Goss is
in charge of the horses and mules and
mas had great deal of experience in
the care of animals
The Ooopack and the kintuck fthe !
latter vessel was through here early
IN January, en- route to Manila with
stock are owned by the China Mutual
Steam Navigation Company and ply
between Glasgow and LIVERPOOL and |
the Orient
The quartermaster in charge of the /
Oopack is Lieutenant H A. Sieyert OF |
the 4th Cavalry. He was in this CITY
over year ago on the Aztec. Sfeyert /
was with Major Logan when the lat |
ter was killed in Luzon
The Ooopack will call at Guam on |
her way to Manila to leave an am
ptiance, some mules, lumber and sup
pies for the Governor. There are
nine stowaways on the Oopack.
VII iHui Sudy, the fth instant, at $50 (
p m the transport Oopack passed a
ships ooat waterlogged, and the next
morning quantity of rigging and two
spars were seen. The wreckage indi- /
Gated that sailing vessel had been
Iost IN the vicinity. When the trans
port encountered the boat she was two +
days out from San Francisco i.
Dr. Johnson, born on the Island OF +
MAUI, ana who left the Hawaiian ISL II
amos In 1879, is on board the Oopack
on MS way to Manila. He is a vet |,
erihary ana is assisting DR.. Goss with
the animals
The mule SINNERS on the transport
are quite notable crowd and con-
tam among them several men with in
lerestlng histories. One of them c. J. Il
clark, is going to Manila in the SER
wee OF San Francisco and Chicago pa
pers. Durlng the Spanish war he was
present at most of the fighting In +
CUBA, as volunteer, during which +
service ne lost hand. He was doing
newspaper work for metropolitan pa
pers In conjunction with his services
as United States volunteer.
One battleship. one sheathed pro-
tecteo cruiser, one monitor, three tor
pedo-boat destroyers and two sub
marine torpedo boats are under con-
struction at the Union Iron Works
San Francisco.
Two naval constructors and three
naval cadets are pursuing special
studies abroad, the former in France
and the latter in Glasgow, Scotland.