The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-31

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The Oceanic s. S. Sierra arrived
early yesterday morning from the Colo
MES and resumed her voyage to the
Coast before four o'clock in the after
noon. She brought a small amount of
freight some fifteen tons. for Homo
lulu, consisting for the most part OF
fresh and canned meats. and carries
through 423 tons to the Coast. Three
cabin passengers arrived Tor this port
and there is fair-sized list OF
through passengers.
The Sierra sailed from sydney on the
18th, arriving at Auckland on the 18TH
ana at Pago Page on the 23rd, arriving
here in fifteen days and thirteen hours.
Throughout the voyage was pleasant
one, with no unusual incidents.
The S. S. Sonoma was sighted on
Tuesday morning, about a day out
from Page Page. The Sonoma had
left that port on Monday at noon, haV-
ing lost over a day since leaving
Honolulu. She will be laid up for
quick repairs at Sydney and will be at
least a week late in sailing on her re-
turn run.
Among the through passengers of the
Sierra was M Robinson, a New York
broker, who has visited the Colonies
to place on the market a quantity of
stock in the Marconi Canadian Wire
less Mr.. Robinson had expected to
visit ali the principal centers of Aus
tralia and New Zealand, but was so
successful in Melbourne and Sydney
that he disposed of all his stock in
those two places He reports money
easy in Australia and is regretting that
he had not other wares to offer the
investors there.
From here the Sierra carried a good
cargo of island products, taking on
1000 punches of bananas, $50 tons of
rice AZ cases of fresh pines and 600
cases of canned pines, so tons of cof-
fee $50 tons of coal and between 40
and so tons of miscellaneous freight.
From here twenty-one passengers
sailed, nearly all cabin passengers. A
number of others who had booked for
the second cabin could not be accom-
that part of the liner being
booked full,
The liner got away at 1886 p. m,
being delayed a short time in taking
On her water supply.
MOUNT DAJO VICTORS ON
THOMAS.
With the members of the Sixth In
antry aboard, the army transport
Thomas arrived from the Far East
morning, docking at the
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coal for some lew days.
The Sixth are returning from an
ctive eighteen months in the Philip
zines. during which they fought one OF
he hardest engagements with the
Ioros ever engaged in by American
roops. This was the famous Mount
)ajo crater fight in which the Amer
cans dragged their field pieces up the
face of a rough mountain
nd in the teeth of a storm of bullets
rom the entrenched enemy back of
he crater's rim. There were 600
Ioros, including some women and
hildren. and the entire band was ex>s
erminated at a cost to the attacking
orce of eighteen killed and fifty-two
Wounded. For their success General
Wood was congratulated by
Roosevelt
These Moros had been a thorn in the
countryside for some time, having es-
abIished themselves in what they con-
idered an impregnable position, near
olo from which they raided their
eaceable neighbors. They issued
oastful challenges to the Americans,
urned some government buildings and
estroyed a rifle range, bearing off as
treamer flag used as a danger signal
Y the soldiers during their rifle prac-
ces. This streamer they mounted on
ne lip of the crater and dared the
mericans to come and take it from
lem.
But they recl,oned without their host.
n the morning of March 8 the troops
lme, infantry, marines and some con-
abulary Up the steep hogsback of
lie crater they climbed, hauling up
!eir guns with ropes. Within their
ronghold the Moros fought like fiends.
eir women, dressed as men, fighting
desperately as the others. and at
lie last holding up their children be-
re them as shields while they
larged
There was no other way for the 81
oops but to deal out death to all, it
ing impossible to distinguish between =
an and woman. After the fight some
oros, feigning death, stabbed unsus-
citing members of the hospital corps,
40 were seeking the wounded to help
en-
With the regiment on the Thomas is
cir regimental band. which will give
concert to the citizens while the
lnsport is in port.
On the way from Manila cargo of
n was taken on at Nagasaki, to be
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