Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1899 — IOWA TROOPS ARRIVE. [ARTICLE]

IOWA TROOPS ARRIVE.

Transport Senator, Bearing; the Regiment, Reaches Port. The transport Senator, bearing the Fifty-first lowa volunteers, came creeping through the heavy mist of the Golden Gate, San Francisco, just at noon Sunday, and in a moment the cheers of thousands of people, the screeching of whistles and booming of cannon rent the fog and cloud banks, and the gallant soldiers steamed into the offing. The arrival of the Senator is the cause for double joy. lowa and the nation are glad to welcome home the men who made such a splendid record in the Luzon swamps, and there is great relief in the knowledge that the boat escaped the great typhoon, out of Yokohama, which so nearly wrecked the Canadian liner Empress of India. Doubts as to the fate of the transport had been aroused by reports brought by the Empress of India, which arrived at Victoria after a thrilling experience in one of those typhoons which are the terror of seamen in the East India seas at this time of the year. The Empress reported that the Senator was right behind her leaving Yokohama and probably felt the full force of the storm. The Senator delayed sailing two days on account of the great storm at sea. The lowans were given a great reception as they steamed in through the Golden Gate.