The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-18
THOUGHT II
An INSUL 7
"A British Officer
Is Hit BY
Hobby.
Exciting incident on the
Deck of America
Maru.
Alteration Caused by Alleged
Slurring Remark of Passenger
Toward Americans,

A bit of a scrap which took plac
aboard the America Maru yesterday
morning looked for time as if it NIGH
| have serious consequences, but fortu-
nately was settled by apologies. Wher
the vessel was close to the islands or
Saturday night tne order was given te
all passengers to be ready at as yes
terday morning for inspection by the
United States Marine Hospital board
ing surgeon.
Every passenger was ready for the
surgeon at the hour appointed, with
the exception of Captain A. W. War
wick, of the British army Dr. w. c.
Hobby was the boarding surgeon. A
request was sent to Captain Warwick
to arise and stand the inspection The
captain is said by the passengers to have
paid little attention to the request A
second request was sent, and finally the
officer arose, but instead of donning his
deck clothes, he is reported to have
sauntered to the bathroom, had his
morning dip. returned to the stateroom
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When the captain emerged on deck if
was about three-quarters of an hour
behind the time set
When he and DR.. Hobby met, the
Britisher is reported to have said that
he did not intend to hurry around for
amy - American, as they were too
fussy. The tone in. which the state
ment was delivered was said to have
been of the supercilious kind DR..
Hobby, as everybody knows, is a South
err1er and from Kentucky at that. There
was thought to be insult in the tone.
AT any rate, the doctors long right arm
shot out, his fist landed somewhere over
the captains jugular, and the Britisher
went down.
Afterwards it is said explanations and
apologies were made and the inisun-
Outstanding corrected Captain War
wick called on the British consul yester-
day, but not to make complaint He
gave Consul w. R. Hoare his version
of the affair Mr. Hoare said last even
ing relative to the little unpleasant
ness:
captain Warwick, who arrived in the
S. S. America Maru, called on me this
morning to pay his respects and IN the
course of conversation stated that there
had Deen some unpieaSantHeSS IN con-
nection with his being required to pre-
sent himself for examination by the
quarantine officers at an early hour this
morning. He said that he understood
from those on board the ship that the
time for examination of the passengers
was fixed for 8 o'clock, and that he
was in his stateroom preparing to go
on deck or into the saloon, which ever
it might be, at that hour. That about
half past seven or twenty minutes to 8
O'Clock he was told that the quarantine
officer was ready to examine him. He
said he would get ready at once, but
was not then in a condition to present
himself before other passengers, but
would get ready as soon as he possibly
could When he saw the quarantine Of
hcer, he said some words passed be-
tween them, by reason of the officer tell
ing him that he was delaying the examin-
alton, but that he, Captain Warwick, en-
tirely disclaimed any intention of doing
so, stating, that there was some misap-
prehension in regard to the hour set for
the examination. From what Captain
Warwick said to me it seemed that apol-
ogies had been made and accepted on
both sides, and that there was an end
of the natter