The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-02

The Japanese declared Chat the
captain had knocked him down. and
that he shot in selfdefense. Mem.
bers of the crew take this view The
crew rushed, however, to the can
tain's assistance and laid him upon
the main hatch, where he died twenty
minutes later.
Second Mate Robinson took charge,
and worked the ship to this port, hav.
ing no authority to elevate the mate,
Hurst, again to his position.
Other items of abusive treatment
are many in the crews account OF the
captain. On one occasion, Robinson
declares, the man at the helm was
seen bleeding at the mouth. and said
that the captain had struck him be.
couse the vessel was rolling in a.
calm, and had split a sail. All unite
in charging him with abusive Ian.
guage and blows.
THE TRANSPORT THOMAS
Wireless news received at the depu.
" quartermaster's office states that
the U. S. A. transport Thomas will
arrive early Saturday morning from
Manila and Nagasaki, dock at the
oceanic wahrf and sail for Portland,
Oregon, at five o'clock that afternoon.
Among the passengers are Major
Mark L. Jersey, assistant to the
chief of the Philippine constabuIarv:
Colonel Frederick W. Sibley, Four
teenth Cavalry; Lieutenant Colonel
Henry r. Ripley, Second Cavalry;
Major John F. Finley, United States
Infantry; Captain Edward Anderson,
United States Cavalry; Lieutenant
John j. Fulmer, Seventh Infantry;
Captain w. H. Tobin, Coast Artillery;
Captain Peter Peterson, Philippine
Scouts; Captain Charles Famel, Phil.
ippine Scouts; Lieutenant George E.
Price, Fourteenth Cavalry; Lieuten-
ant Bert e. Nickerson, Philippine
Scouts; Lieutenant Sherbourne Whip.
pie, Third Infantry; Lieutenant John
K. Brown, Second Cavalry; Lieuten-
ant Max Sebald, Philippine Scouts;
T.ieutenan;-C Colonel Abner Pickering,
Ninth Infantry; Lieutenant-Colone
Edwin p Brewer, Fourteenth Caval.
ry; Captain Jacques de L. LATTE,
Twelfth Infantry; CAPTAIN John How
ard, Nineteenth Infantry; Captain
Samuel A. Purviance, Second Cavalry;
/ Captain Julian de Court, Philippine
Scouts; Captain Robert Dickson, Phil
ippine Scouts; Lieutenant Benjamin
Pope, Eighth Infantry; Lieutenant
John N. Reynolds, Coast Artillery;
Lieutenant John S. Young, Philippine
Scouts; Lieutenant Bernard A. Schaaf,
Philippine Scouts; Lieutenant Charles
p. Dority, Philippine Scouts; Lieuten'
ant Ewin l.. Zimm, Philippine Scouts;
There are seventy-five enlisted men
Of the Thirteenth Coast Artillery, 3S7
Of the Twenty-First Infantry, twelve
sick, ten general prisoners, six casua's
of the line, forty-eight of the scan
corps and departments; for discharge,
three infantry, two cavalry, ten Coast
Artillery and one Field Artillery
Eleven are en- route belonging to Or
CARNATIONS due to arrive in the Unit
ed States in three months.
ELDoRADo AWAY.
The tug Intrepid will take the
schooner Eldorado out of the harbor
today and see her off on her long trip
to the coast.
The vessel goes up in ballast and
will load there with return cargo
for this port.
TUG HERCULES BUSY.
The tug Hercules has busy time
ahead At the present time it is en-
gagged in towing the big gates for the
new floating dock of the Inter-lsland
company from the coast to this port,
Nothing is known yet as to when 1t
will get here but it is expected eiti-
err at the end of this week or early
next.
On arrival the Hercules will take
hold of the Edward Sewall, now lying
at the railroad wharf, and tow the
big vessel to Kahului After safely
mooring the windjammer the tug will
hurry back here and pick up dredge
for the Hawaiian dredging company
and take that over to Kahului also
Once more she will return to Homo.
lulu and take up a fresh tow. The
dredge California, that is now lying
at the Channel wharf being made
ready for sea trip, will be hooked
on to the hardworked little tug and
start off on the 1000 mile stretch for
San Francisco.
What the Hercules is to do after
this job is safely over is not known
but that should be enough for the
j present