The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-27
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JAPANESE
Ly 0kabe and
his Wife We're
InsuIted.
! COFER'S
rDeI0N Of AFFAIR
Did Not Reveal
he Identity Of Himself
and Wife.

~ outcome of the medical exami-
Of the persons of Mr.. and Mrs.
arst-class passengers aboard
tsmer America Maru, which ar
At this port on Thursday from
rdent the Japanese Legation at
a,gton may be called upon to
hr an official investigation. Mr..
/ is the new Vice Consul for ia
the Hawaiian Islands, relieving
nnaka, who has been assigned to
rlar position in New York city.
ma Ter in which Mr.. and Mrs.
we're subjected to an examina-
Il their persons on account of the
very Of a suspicious case of
4 aboard the America Maru has
he cause Of several meetings of
iiuential Japanese of this city,
a, lead to unpleasant results.
y the America Maru came into
ESor the yellow flag was at her
Eni DR., Cofer, Federal quaran-
Erer. had discovered q Chinese
ri who was a suspicious case,
vessel was placed in Quaran-
kding the results of . microscop-
X While the steamship lay at
b the harbor the steerage pas
! we're examined critically and
The cabin passengers, among
we're number of high-class
@ men and women. were called
AlOon. where the names Of the
ssrs we're read aloud and check
BY the surgeons. No physical
nation vas made Of the white
zefa
Otsbe. his wife, Mr.. Imei. Miss |
ald Mr.. K K2maAsFe, the |
irse of whom have proceeded |
Coast On the America Naru,
dgsed statements behind, have
aa which they claim is conclusive !
m surgeons Disseminated against |
japanese cabin passengers because |
" being Asiatics.
meeting OF prominent Japanese
fhVrsday evening the following
ss given by the parties xamed
days prior to the arrival at
@on Of the America Maru there
suspicious case of plague dis
amongst the steerage passen-
was a Chinese who came
al Hongkong, where the ma
u Inc cabin passengers also en-
There was a suspicious SWELL
ne glands, 50 the ships surgeon
,se matter was reported to the
q quarantine officer upon arriv-
NOT waiting until the sur
"und out for a fact that the
saiiy had the plague, DR.. Cofer
Nv 70 examine all the passen-
ne hrst looked after the steer
~sengers and was very strict.
'.e several European passen-
4 \, 'ne steerage, whom the sur
y. ~ not examine so carefully.
.s &re NE 'he turn of the cabin pas
lhey were called into the
~ 'asFs .s one Of the ships oricers
s,s n mo names. After they were
~ a. d. cofer called the Japanese
a ngers to one side and be-
d AM ANIMATION of then. The men
|s,, iea1 e1love their coats vhil. the
/ tss .'Aed s. for swollen glands. Then
ol,,. urn OF the ladies'. Besides
EsS aOs vas there was Miss rmsi. a
s,soo5 soong :; lady, recent rraduate
b cblo, ~ tokio, who is on her
yobasais to attend a uniy.r,ity
b ssr s'al s,. is en- route TO Mont.rsy
,o u. before the meetinr +se res .s,'thee thee
. naioosSolutely no reason for m pr
bs roos. a 'ne ladies'. They were |
a.lr. 'VOIn and ba -,
had done ,oIgh ~ the inquiry tust
- = Ia have ordered St5sss. ths S.o,s. He is is
Inst as as.ot 81 this they submit II
= a.nD Dssd ,ss why he should ',ra. eT-
ss's is asi; pt: cofer or his r.ppe. ppen
s ius; sss sorry to have have replied re a.s that
sssr. II Tss. account of one steeresa 20 es
se.sS blinking sl that an 9n'S +sa statement
se'e e5ami,aDs D examined. After
sAs, % % this tra,te the only ones
: Ss',' g. s saisss5 a5iSss5''s'' .a 5ss: Rss
% tss ,spaa..Do S point almost er.,uo,,.
eials, sss sse against tba wi, wni
rage A.