The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-14

.9E steamers America Maru and
Colon arrived yesterday. the for
mer from the Orient after very
fast trip and the laker from Port
Los Angeles the morning Of the 9Th
inst
The America Maru brought but two
for this port but her cabin
accommodations through TO San Fran
cisco we're taxec to their utmost Be
sides ia Chinese and II Japanese the
Maru had over six hundred tons Of
freight for Honolulu. Her trip 70 port
was uneFentful. fine weather being ex-
perienced the whole way. Like all
the Japanese boats the America had
her complement Of Japanese aboard
and twenty Of them who were discov-
cred between Yokohama and this city
we're locked up in her strong room on
arrival here. They were an Japanese.
The officers Of the America had an
experience with a stowaway the last
time she was here that is making
them very careful with their japanese
free passengers. X was thought that
as a result OF their obeying a writ of
habeas corpus issued from the Circuit
Court here the vessel would be
fined by the Collector Of Customs on
arrival. A Japanese resident of %
nolulu Ito TakaiiFo. was removed from
the steamer on a writ He was on his
way 10 Japan as a rejected immigrant
from San Francisco. On arrival here
his friend discovered his predicament
and went 10 the territorial court for
his relief At the time the Collector
OF Customs claimed that the officers of
the vessel had no right 10 obey the or
der OF the territorial court in releasing
the man. but as tha vessel was here
yesterday and no fine was levied it IS
thought that on the advice of the au-
thorities at Washington the Collector
here will drop the matter of a fine for
q technical violation OF the law of the
United States The America Maru
sailed for San Francisco last evening
As soon as the Federal quarantine
physician had passed the Colon yes
terday she was taken charge of by the
local board of health Her immigrants
who were a much better looking lot
than have ever arrived here are to be
washed and their effects thoroughly
disinfected before they are allowed
10 land. This action is under a recent
ruling of the Board of Health specially
made for the purpose of giving the
Porto Ricans who arrive here a clean
start In Hawaii. AS a rule the immi-
grants are very dirty and their clothes
unclean. From the fact that of the
several cases of small pox that have
made their appearance on Kauai with
in the last several weeks il is thought
best that In future ali Porto Ricans
be put through the trial by water.
Early this morning they viii be taken
90 the quarantine station and made
10 hathe and their clothes viii be put
through the smoke room. By the time
the next batch arrives place for their
accommodation will be provided on
the Pacific Mail wharf Special agent
Charlock Of the Board of Health will
have charge of the ablutions of the
newly arrived laborers and the fumi-
cation OF their baggage. The steamers
leaving for the other islands today
will take most Of the laborers while
some OF them viii be sent away on
the railroad to plantations OF this isl
and.
On Sunday night the usual quiet OF
the waterfront was disturbed by a
small sized riot which started among
n few men over a game of craps. A
trio OF gamblers from Kakaako arrived
on the Esplanade with several sets of
loaded dice. They engaged a lot OF
the sailors from the Kinau and Clau'
dine I'm a game OF rolling bones and
won all their money. The sailor men
az last awoke TO the fact that they
had been huneoed and were wrathy
thereat. As several bottles of gin had
circulated freely among the players
the losers started in TO become quar-
relsone with the result that the Ka
kaakoites were thrashed These mer
went back to their district and gather
ed together about hundred OF theiI
fellows and started hack looking for
trouble. The sailors were ready for
a row and they got all they wanted
before their opponents got through
with them. II was beautiful ruetion
while Il lasted but the timely arrival
of the police put stop to the trouble
before anybody was seriously hurt
Some stones and hillets OF wood were
used and yesterday there were several
sore heads in evidence on the wharf
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