The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-16

ing a skirnish in the Philippines. and
/ Barnes. who is a monster all ways, de-
| liberately stood erect while others
We're wisely crouching behind a lot of
sugar cane. and cut some of the cane
F.! to pass around among the boys TO
| eat.
! Some of the men of the Eighteenth
: are packing their own revolvers, in
/ addition TO the revolvers supplied them
! by the army, for what particular rea-
/ son is not known, unless they have a
/ special regard for certain shooting
| iron. One of the boys came ashore
/ Saturday night with his own revolver,
/ probably hiding il as he passed the
! sentry. for the regulation is that no
one shall leave the vessel with arms.
] He went to the Orpheum with four
others, and was called out by the po-
lice and asked to explain the presence
of the gun. which, upon being exam
ined, was found to contain d couple OF
bullets He stated that he had not
! wanted to leave the side-piece aboard
ship. Chief Taylor thought il would
be wise TO take the weapon from him
and did so, although the man was
sober. Still. there was no guarantee
that he would not get drunk or in
volved in some trouble where. having
the weapon handy. he might make use
of it, and he had no right to be car
rying it in any event. Chief Taylor
kept the poD-gun and the next day a
sergeant called for it. but Taylor would
give it to no other hands. than those
of the colonel, delivering it personally.
You can pack it all you like when
you get to the Philippines" was what
the colonel told the private, so the re-
port has it.
The men of the Eighteenth. except 4
very few who were kept aboard for
misconduct. have all enjoyed thirty i
ashore here. and since they We're paid |
off the day before they left San Fran !
cisco, they had some money to spend /
and spent it. The rush on picture
postal-cards was especially noticeable, /
thousands of these handy little souvS
Mrs of the islands being sold. Neces-
sarily, there was an increase in the /
sale Of postage stamps. 1t is a long
run hence to Manila. and the men hare
made the most possible of their stay
here.
ST. KATHERINE NOT COMING.
Yesterday the steamer Kinau was
the bearer of a consignment of sui
phur from the local Federal health au-
thorities to DR.. Stone, health officer
at Hilo. for the fumigation of the bark
St Katherine al Hilo, which neglect
I'd to fumigate before leaving San
Francisco. It was at first thought it
would be necessary for the bark to
come to Honolulu TO get smoked, but
DR. Stone found that, if sulphur was
supplied, the fumigation could be done
as we'll at the Crescent City as here.
FOOTING SUEY HAD BERIBERI.
On October the American bark ,
Foohng Suey. Captain willett, arrived {
1t Delaware Breakwater with sugar I
rom Honolulu and Eleele. III days
tut of this port. She put into San !,
Fuan, P. R.. on September Is. with :
seven of her crew sick with beriberi. !
they were sent to the military hospi-
al and new men were shipped. The G
Toohng Suey left this port April 19 /
md EIeele on May 2. Her time be- ]
ween Eleele and San Juan was 1877 .
lays. She shipped three Americans. \
wo Canadians and Jap at this port,
nd three men at the Kauai port e
RESTORER NOT HEARD FROM. S
Commercial Pacific Cable Company's
Restorer has not yet been ;
card from as having repaired the b
reak in the cable near Guam, and is 7
OF likely to be heard from for several y
avs. She was due at Guam on FRI ;,
ay last