The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-26

7 H& LII the Om1nOuS-lODk1ng yellow
" flag flying from the halyards al
the foremost, the japanese liner
America Maru steamed into the harboI
yesterday at noon. The yellow flag was
indicative of illness of a serious char
acter aboard the vessel, which was
further evidenced by the scurrying
back and forth between the ship and
the Pacific Mail dock of the launch OF
the United States Marine Hospital sur
geons. The news at length reached the
shore that there was a case of plague
crowds waiting on the dock could not
ascertain.
The America Maru steamed down to-
ward the Wilder wharf and dropped
her anchor, swinging around in such a
manner as to prevent the use of the
harbor. Her stern lay near Naval Row.
The agent of the steamship company
went out on the tug Fearless but was
not allowed aboard. The hospital
launch came over to the dock and left
an order to have Putting Billy" the
nondescript steamer lighter go along
side the Nippon Maru to remove the
steerage passengers for Honolulu to
Quarantine Island.
| DR.. Cofer, the surgeon in charge of
the Federal Quarantine Service, as
sisted by one of the doctors, made
personal examination of the steerage
passengers and located a Chinaman
who came aboard the vessel at Hong
kong supposedly suffering from an af-
lection strangely resembling bubonic
plague. The initial examination was
made while the vessel was outside the
harbor. A further examination took
place in the harbor. The case was so
suspicious that the surgeons reserved
their decision until a microscopic ex-
animation could be made in the labora-
tory. The vessel remained at anchor in
the harbor, an obstruction to general
traffic, until about O'Clock, when the
yellow flag was hauled down and the
steamer warped over to the Pacific Mail
dock. The microscopical examination
showed that although the mans sick
ness resembled plague there was moth
ing conclusive, and the ban was remov-
ed at once. The steerage passengers,
numbering twenty -ciSHl III an, Will NC
fumigated on Quarantine Island be-
fore landing.
DR.. Cofer made the following state
ment of the matter to an Advertiser re-
porter: IN
the Nippon Maru which we did not like
the looks of and wanted to make sure
about it before permitting the vessel to
n "a a mil " m
ination and the result was such that
there was no reason why the vessel
should not be allowed to dock and for
her passengers to land. The case was
that of a Chinese who claimed to have
been i'll about two weeks, but tive never
take that kind of statements"
At o'clock the vessel was alongside
the dock and the first-class passengers
allowed to come ashore. The passen-
gers took their enforced detention
aboard the ship while awaiting. the
surgeons decision, good naturally.
Among them is Mr.. s. Okabe, wife
and child. Mr. Okabe comes to Homo
lulu to succeed Mr.. T. Tanaka as Vice
Consul for Japan under Consul Mkt
Saito. Mr.. Okabe has been in the con-
sular service of Japan for the past five
years, most of the time being spent in
Korea and China. This is his first visit
to the Hawaiian Islands. Mr.. Tanaka
has been promoted to the Vice Consul
ate at New York City, for which place
he will depart on the Sonoma. He has
been here two years and has made
host of friends who will regret his de-
rarture. Among the other passengers
for Honolulu was Mr.. Asada, who
comes here to take over his brothers
mercantile business, the latter return
ing to Japan shortly. The following |
lay-over passengers now here will pro-
coed on the steamer to San Francisco: |
Captain Thompson, B. Henry. The fol-
lowing are the passengers: c. s. Arm
strong, D. Brine, c. G.. N. Byvanck, |
Mrs. W. T. Biddle, G. w. Bramhall |
Master w. o. Bramhall, Prof. Alfred |
E Burton, Olivier Care, Mrs. Olivier |
Care, Admont G. Clark, w. D. Cor
coran, Mrs. w. D. Corcoran, Captain c. |
H. Grain, Mrs. c. II. Grain and child |
Miss ]. Cullen, J. Cunningham, Mrs. J. |
D. Davis. J. Fryer, j. Crimes, Mrs. E. |
NJ Harrah, Rev. B. c. Haworth, Mrs. |
B. G. Haworth and child, Miss Frances |
Haworth Master Porter Haworth, Mas |
ter Wallace Haworth. Miss Chloe Ha-
worth, Mrs. M. Herr, George J.. Hos |
mer, F. L. Hutton, Mrs. F. L. Hutton, |
Miss Tame Imai, r. Isaacs, Miss Bella
Isaacs, Miss Mabel Isaacs, e. Jones, |
K. Kamahara, H. F. Korte, Miss A A. |
Lewis, C. P. Low, Miss B. Marley, Col.
Meissner, j. Moreau, Lee Kong Nj, A. |
P. Niewkamp. Miss Masuye Nobechi.
DR.. D. Parr, Col. Pavloff, w. c. Patter-
son, Mrs. w. C. Patterson, Miss Pat
terson, Miss Rice. Col. Chevalier de la
Serre, A. Sydenstricker Mrs. A. Syden-
stricken and two children, F. NJ. Tuck
err Miss A. B. West.
The vessel will sail at 10 o'clock this
morning for San Francisco.
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