The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-01
Suicide AT
Sea From
S. S. Dix
MAN REFUSES TO BE SAVED
QUARTEBNASTEE GAEBITY
HERE AGAIN.

lblNk AGAIN.
From Manila where a brolug sun
baked oll hands and Nagasalu into
which port they shivyrcd to- find The
land covered with snow, thence to- Hoo |
uolulu To- arrive in the rain. the people
of the United states Army transport |
Dix are getting an the weather taoy
want and have yet more uncertain me. |
tcorology To- mix m their climate cup
whom they reach the Coast
Tho Dix moorcd at the naval wu1Jf
ot $3.50 o'clock This morning havjns loft
N0EasaN ON February 10. she hal
s. 800 tons OF coal aboard whom she put
Japan astcru ana now has about 100
tons below, 5000 of vhllh viii be dis.
charged here the work Of unloodng
beginning tomorrow morning,
Tho trip from the Orient was not
without incident A few days out of
Nogosad one James Brain, mule
skinner, sought solaco from sickness
and worry In the ocean, water ON
the Brain" Is the CHASTITY Joke sorho
of the boys cracked when the shock
OF the first shock of the tragedy was
over There seems to- have been no
doubt Of the mans temporary insanity,
neither was there any doubt OF his
having much to suffer through sick
nCssi he merely fastened his end auG
cut short his pain It was I'm broad
doy-garc that Brain sought death,
About the middle OF the forenoon over
he won't with all his clothes on even
TO his hat. MAN overbo ard" was
crod about the ship and llfo-buoys one
pttcr the other like rapid-nre, won't
after him from hurryng hands lie
spurncd the salvation that fell within
his easy grasp, swan away, threw ur
his hands TO sink the quicker and ais
appeared with a lcer Tho vessel had
| backed and a boat had been lowered,
but there was no saving a man with
his determination TO die, Tho trans
port went about her business ana thg
backward glanccs Of those an Nrl
caught the sight Of wheeling ava de-
sccndng sca-birds In at the death.
No cleaner vessel than the Div ever
gaced Honolulu harbor. Tomorrow
she viii take ON the dirtincss Of tho
dlacharglng collier ana win Wear this
pail for over a week.
In charge OF the Dix Is Quartcrmastcr
George Clarity whom Honolulu well
comes again. Many times has he pass.
ed this way, multiplying friends on
each occasion. In 1883, 1900 1901, 1904,
1906 1906, and now, has he come In
1899 ne went through with the 2Gth VOL
untecrs In 1906 he was twice here he
Is lieutenant OF the Second Cavalry and
may soon rejoln his comrades. lie was
detailed as quartermaster OF the DIX
len account OF an injury received q n's
left knee during an cncampmeut az
Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana, when his
rear proximity to the spot whore
lightning struck 80 shocked him as TO
hurt his leg He IS recovering from
thlg. The Dix people don't want him 90
20 back TO the cavalry. They Ike him
too well
there Is but one passenger aboard
the Dix; he is Clerk Colman bound 20"
Now York. The Dix took horses and
mules down TO Manila from the Coas,
ana r. now going back. She landed her
ANIMALS I'm splendid shape. She holds
.hc record among horse transports for
1 least Is soof animal life. From the
Coost she Is destined TO take to the
+ Philippines the horses OF the Tenth
d cavalry. She may go TO san Francisco
or Seattle; this has not yet been de-
tcrmincd.
Speaking Of the Japanese situation,
Quartermastcr Clarity declares that IN
Nagasah the Japanese appear TO have
the highest regard for Americans ana
they are on the best Of terms