The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-02

waterfront yesterday that the steam
ship Enterprise had put into Hilo dis
nbled II was said that this was the
reason for the sudden call Of the tug
Fearless to that port and not because
Of any necessity of towing the tug In
trepid to Honolulu. Inquiry at the Of
flee OF the agents, Irwin & Co., con-
firmed the rumor that there was some
difficulty aboard the Enterprise. but no
particulars had been sent As word
was sent, however, that the steamer
would sail for Honolulu today, the
agents were not disposed to consider as
anything very serious the pilikia OF the
ship.
SIERRA ARRIVED.
The Oceanic S. S. Sierra arrived
sarly Tuesday morning from the COLO
uies and resumed her voyage to the
Coast before four o'clock In the after
aeon. She brought small amount OF
freight, some fifteen tons, for Homo
lulu, consisting for the most part OF
sresh and canned meats. and carries
through 423 tons to the Coast. Three
cabin passengers arrived for TINS por.
and there is a fair-sized list OF
through passengers.
The Sierra sailed from Sydney on the
18th, arriving at Auckland on the 18TH
and at Page Page on the 23rd. arriving
here in fifteen days and thirteen hours.
Throughout the voyage was pleasant
,ne, with no unusual Incidents.
The S. S. Sonoma was sighted on
Tuesday morning, about a day out
left that port on Monday at noon, hav-
ing lost over day since leaving
Honolulu. She win be laid UP for
suick repairs at Sydney and will be at
least week late in sailing on her re-
turn run.
Among the through passengers OF the
Sierra was NJ Robinson, a New York
broker, who has visited the Colonies
to place on the market q 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
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Investors there.
From here the Sierra carried n good
cargo Of island products, taking on
1000 punches OF bananas, $50 tons of
rice, As cases of fresh pines and 6OC
cases of canned pines, 60 tons of cof-
Zee. $50 tons of coal and between Al
und SO tons of miscellaneous freight
From here twenty-one passenger
sailed nearly all cabin passengers. 4
auInber of others who had booked fol-
she second cabin could not be accom-
modated that part of the liner being
booked full.
The liner got away at 1886 p. m.
being delayed short time in taking
an her water supply.
MOUNT DAJO VICTORS ON
THOMAS.
With the members of the Sixth In
fantry aboard, the army transport
Thomas arrived from the Far East
yesterday morning, docking at ths
naval wharf No. 3, where she will be
discharging coal for some few days.
The Sixth are returning from ar
active eighteen months in the Philip
Piilsr. uuI "hiNH tiity loubht Vic vi
the hardest engagements with the
Moros ever engaged in by American
troops. This was the famous Mount
Dajo crater fight. in which the Amer,
nans dragged their field pieces up the
precipitous face of rough mountain
and in the teeth of a storm of bullets
from the entrenched enemy back OF
the craters rim. There We're COO
Aoros, including some women and
children, and the entire band was ex,
terminated at cost to the attacking
force of eighteen killed and fifty-twO
wounded For their success General
Leonard Wood was congratulated by
President Roosevelt
These Moros had been a thorn In the
countryside for some time, having es-
tablished themselves in what they con-
sidered an impregnable position, near
Jolo, from which they raided THEN
peaceable neighbors. They issued
boastful challenges to the Americans
burned some government buildings anC
destroyed a rifle range, bearing off as
a trophy to their crater home the red
streamer flag used as n danger sigma
by the soldiers during their rifle prac-
tices. This streamer they mounted or
the lip OF the crater and dared the
Americans to come and take II from
them.
But they reckoned without their host
On the morning of March the troops
came, infantry, marines and some con-
stabulary. Up the steep hogsback OF
the crater they climbed hauling up
their guns with ropes, Within their
stronghold the Moros fought like tlends,
their women, dressed as men, fighting
as desperately as the others and at
the last holding up their children be-
fore them as shields while they
charged
There was no other way for the
troops but to deal out death to all, II
being impossible To distinguish between
man and woman. After the fight some
Aoros, feignins death, stabbed unsus-
pecting members OF the hospital corps
who were seeking the wounded to hell
them.
With the regiment on the Thomas IL
their regimental band, which will give
concert to the citizens while the
transport is in port.
On the way from Manila a cargo OF
coal was taken on at Nagasaki, to b
discharged here, Part OF this will bt
loaded directly from lighters on TO the