Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
TRY US.
E. O. Hall & Son, Ltd
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CRUISER.
Continued from PAGE y

kCOntlnueO from rage W
curing the eighteen days since she left
tno coast. Naturally all Of the officers
and The men as well were particularly
suNious TO hear the news last night
Irt there is probably more than per.
-onal inquistiyeness mixed mp in theiI
anxiety,
From the first officer down to the
stokers in the engine rooms the men
seem 10 have been instructed not to
talk to strangers. And furthermore
lhe orders OF the captain, or perhaps
the Russian government, are being car
Tiei out 10 the second. A few of tho
officers will converse in broken Eng
lish about general topics but when il
comes to conditions in Russia, their
views Of the situation and the purpose
OF their cruise and their visit to this
port with the exception Of the coal.
ing question: each and every one Of
chem closes up just like a naval officer
IN foreign port. Even the paymaster,
who Is only busy once month. gets
away from Americans or visitors OF
the talkative kind with the excuse tina,
&c IS aWtully busy.
Captain Ginter spent much of his
time today in his stateroOm. 4 few
visitors were received by him but when
they left the ship, II they knew much
about the vessels purpose and its dcs
tination. further than the coal ques
ton, they refused to talk about it, OF
iicers walked the deck a good deal and
several of them with their wives came
ashore. There are four women aboard
ana two children, families of Othcers
The women came to San Francisco and
have been living there since the yes
eel was taken charge Of by the United
State naval authorities at the request
OF the President.
Along the shore and sailing around
the hgrbor in Eampans and other craft
We're Japanese in numbers. Some Of
them sat on the nearest wharves and
eyed the big three-funneled ship with
cageTne5s. And as for what they
thought 1t would be hard to say. But
they looked and inspected her for
hours. Others in the boats got as close
TO the Russia cruiser as they thought
best and although they were particular
ly interested in looking at her they act
cd shy and as il they did not care a
snap about her, or her crew or any.
body else But they did Just the
same, even II the Japan.Russian war
has been called off.
W. Pfotenhauer, Of II. Hackfeld q
laI
lhe captain shortly after 10 o'clock
this morning and was closeted with
him until nearly noon. Even Mr..
Pfotenhouer's card was inspected by
Two or three officers before he was
shown to the captains apartments
Captain Ginter received him warmly
Just outside of his rooms on the top
deck and Immediately the two disap-
'peared from view. Captain Lyon, o:
the Naval Station, will probably call
upon Captain Ginter some time this
afternoon.
Within two weeks, possibly in less
time, the Lena, according to the pay
master, will sail probably he says, for
Fladivostok, where many fatal dis
orders have take place lately. But"
replied the officer, after thinking, 81
don't know; you better see de cap.
tain" He was informed that that was
just what the reporter wanted to do;
see the captain. But you cannot ser
him. He Is too busy" and he walked
away with a shrug Of the shoulders
The three thousand tons OF coal that
are to be taken aboard the cruiser hero
will be obtained either from the Ma
val Station or from some corpora
ton. Before government coal can DO
loaded on the Russian boat 1t will be
necessary to get permission from the
Navy Department at Washington n
c. The matter is now being taken uE
by cable.
The officers deny and the members
OF the crew refuse to understand Eng.
,ish when the question was mentioned
regarding the report In San Francis.
co papers that two men were to DO
hanged as soon as the ship put to sea.
The officers intimate that the story is
all newspaper talk. The Coast pepers
at the time claimed their informa,
tlon mad leaked out through one OF
the ships officers.
When the Lena put into San Fran.
cisco on September u, 1904 she had
about 500 men, and q officers. Now
she has in the neighborhood of $50 In
the crew, During their stay on the
coast the officers admit that 25 or 30
men deserted, and are still missing.
Others, however. left the ship and
were captured, For what reason the
men left their own eountry's boat In