The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-13
FROM MINISTER SMITH.
Arrives With DR.. Wood at Yoke
hama May Both.
pleasantly Received by Hawaiian Con
-nI-BIack plague Epidemic.
ImmIgratiOnG suspended.

IElflli-Iei Nipi4 49,
Minister Cooper received a communi
cation from Minister Smith YESTERDAY
regarding the voyage TO Yokohama
which port was reached May 30.
The Minister states that DR.. WOOD
and himself were pleasantly received
at Yokohama by the Hawaiian consul
Mr.. Howard. They also met Dr. w. +,
Arnold. U. S. y, who has been detailed
nv his Government to Investigate the
black plague in China and Japan.
The deaths from the plague in Can
ron for the month ending May 80,
averaged 25O per day, and the disease
was epidemic in Annoy and Hong Kong.
On learning this Mr. Smith at once
cabled the authorities at both those
places to refuse passage to all steerage
passengers to Hawaii until further or
ders.
The plague has been taken to Formo-
sa from Canton or Hong Kong, and is
ravagiTg there.
The suggestions received from DR..
Arnold regarding the disease were very
valuable and enabled the representa-
tiyes to secure information regarding
the condition of affairs in other parts
of the East.
Directly on Mr. Smiths arrival at
Yokohama he cabIed the Chicago
TimesHerald of the death of Kate Field.
A private letter from Mr. Smith to a
friend here contains the following ac-
count Of the voyage:
eve sailed from Honolulu Tuesday,
May 18th, at 6 p. m, on the Occidental
and Oriental Steamship Company's ship
Doric, Harry Smith, commander.
From Honolulu we passed to the
south of Kauai and between Kauai and
Niihau, passing Niihau at 3 a. m. next
morning At II a. m. we passed Bird
Island, sailing close to it. 1t is higher
and larger than | had supposed, but
looked desolate, all by its lonely Sail
ing westward, we passed to the north
of the chain of islands running north
west from Niihau. After leaving Bird
Island behind we saw neither land nor
sail till we sighted Japan at noon today.
THE following is a memorandum of
the distances run: May goth, 27O
miles; May 21st, 347 miles; May 22d,'
353 miles; May 23d 333 miles, May 25,
324 miles; May &c, 349 miles; May 27,
362 miles; May %, 343 miles; May %,
343 miles; May 30, 3S2 miles. Total,
3,406 miles.
Saturday, the 23d, we crossed the
1SOth meridian, so had to skip Sunday
the oath. We have had no Sunday for
two weeks, which will offset the two
Sundays we. had in succession on the
voyage home from New Zealand last
year.
with the exception of a head sea
and current on the 23d and 25th, and
light fog the past two days, we have
had fine weather and smooth sea. At
ter the first day the air was perceptibIy
cooler, and the temperature for the
past week has been from 6S deg. to 5S
deg.
THE DOric is truly a fine ship, adj
mirable in all her appointments, and
sets an excellent table. The captain and
officers are courteous gentlemen and
have contributed greatly to the pleas
ure of the voyage. We have enjoyed
dancing, sports, games and music
These were all promoted and partici-
pated in by the captain and officers.
1T has been a pleasure to travel on
such a ship. Enclosed you will find a
track chart showing the way we came,
which may be of interest.
''Dr. G. B. Wood has also enjoyed the
voyage very much, and joins in warm
Aloha"