The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-05
[a AND AEH YEAR.
errY or FRIEsDLY FEEL
- sueWx ~ AMERICANS.
neu6Assts C~iebrste ~ Aoes-
81. nsss1sy with All The Sin
- = ohSwn In . Local Ohsesv.
Sve~fn~nt Gsests Present.

- ss..s.. for the brofasrsy feeling
&Gx - an. residents os Seattle fog
49,. sx Jaran which has been ss'-
Hnre sss f~opsS OF the AssanO-
800 &C visit nsfe. the 5asa 49, ~
~ nfxat ard yesterday Afternoon
y esl1gxmtlng fsse American New
s 4 i ot@srved here, The fessif-
Nj on The Nippon S'4s~.s kaf-
s-ehsr, famaruchl Aaru. lying al
ssss~tors dock which recently arrived
- nrtsns. aa1 viii leave TO return
~. rsnr,a@ were attracted 10 the water
rhs display Of pyrDtse1ns~s tsi4s
an This commenced early IN
@2n~ when numerous bombs @are
zzSs.A and ttl@sts rising into iae SKY,
1881 And eft ar unfuried flag Of either
+! SI1ed States or japan Hosting ia the
~ these slowly descsnded 10 the
ex<,v Eere chsersd "a only Americans
- Gould cheer them.
was every preparation 10 ma he the
e.serezee. as tas visitors dill not wish
seSrscassx 70 surrass thsm IN ore OF
~ ~ celebrations. The IaFssaglcst
~ 81 nagg japanese lanterns were
- % the lover rigging and rails, IL
5ssslrr sis shsp ard dock. These gay
s~s1d9as were continued rnroug bout fae
~ nnsiI every coneelvaDls nook and
- AS covered with ne natioaA col
n H. fNl Gs5AG4fz%A sffsHElsiaEt<S.
q - ksensng there was a more formal
sserier. This opened on the after deck.
~ tSere was u canvas sYsftsld 10 shield
~ ~ cid Attorney O. Yafnaoka, who
S,e,Sy arrived from Japan, vas the mas
4 e cefsmpsssss. lie began the speech
~ With an sddfeas complimentary to
~ chancellor OF the imperial jap
v s6uauiats I'm Tacoma, who has aslab-
~ branch consulate III this elty and
f2Ux1iy open his Office Ia the Dexter
krs7n bank building tomorrow. He spoke
sss growth Of Puget sound commerce,
q aid IL WAS now recognized across the
Xs{x ~ one az tne chief pls.ces OF entry
! ~ coast. and The fact thar the imperial
uexramess had considered Ii wise 10 es-
6s1sa j hfansh consulate here was 3lt A
RsAsf demonstration OF lis developing i'm
xTaass
ii. 5onsya replied Ia kind. His theme
~ ~ enormous growth OF Japan. Fifty
|1nrs Sku Japan Was almost "a Doneniity
essnYared with other nations. and Per-
.xG Vas To only customer, In a traffic
|xas the imports and exports together
kacaasiag To barely $3n0, 60 a year But
ss 4 had grown TO thirty or forty times
u her SIR. and was re-koned Smong
E.As mast advanced nations OF the earth
|Ts stsGl vas hound 10 astound all the
rid, - japan did not intend to cease ex-
ssslrx xifh the present advanced sievel-
|Imsn,.
Later In the evening there was banquet
nd. Nhssh vas prepared under the eff
tshi dirtstaon OF Il. Furukawa. the chief
Sea ard Of the Yamaguchi. The national
kfs u Great Britain. Japan and the Unit
III Ssaiss were sung. and later In the even
rs the srss sssps were taken 10 organize
Il Nlppnfn Hal, or Society OF Japan. TO
|ee.ude AZ the Japanese residents If the
|Fy. Ihe objects Of this organization are
Fssr'nals and fra,ernai. the assistance OF
|sseef japanese being especially com
nc fusIowing We're among the honored
'r1esA o. the evening: S, Som.ya. Atior-
fF y Iamaoka. n Tsukuno and X.
'ssaf VAC eTn Seattle restaurants. r
as'ss 7. Takahashi. japanese SIN.
|ksi H. 1 kufo, secretary az the Seattle,
assasse !. III, G. A.; X Tomiya. a Sc
~ nsIagrant man; O. FoJii, manager
- 1n % one Of the most celebrated
sx<sa1en Of japan.