The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-02

4 the vessel would come in. The inspec-
| tors donned their Sunday best uni
| forms, polished up their badges and
| were fine looking body of men when
/ they reported ready for duty. The I'm
migration officials were also in their
| nattiest uniforms. The officials march
ed up and down the stairs leading TO
the roof of the Custom House and took
| turns gazing at the hoaizon off Barber s
Point looking for the first sign of
smoke. For two and a half hours the
glass was levelled but no sign came.
All were patient, however, and kept up
the vigil until late in the afternoon.
The United States Marine Hospital
office was full of expectancy, and the
shoulder straps of the officers glistened.
Then came dash of color as Lieut..
Wesley K. Hamilton. Artillery Corps,
u. s. A. Captain Sam Johnson ano
Lieut.. T. P. Cunlmins, in full artillery
regimentals, displaying plenty of gold
braid, their scabbards flashing in the
sunlight, came down to board the y. S.
quarantine launch.
In fact the whole town vas buzzing
with expectancy. Flags were hoisted,
the Young Hotel displaying with the
American and Hawaiian standards. the
sun flag of Japan. The sampan fishing
fleet, moored makai of the Channel
wharf, was a gay mass of flags and
streamers.
But time wore on and the watchers
from the Custom House and the Young
Building saw no trace of the huge bulk
of the Manchuria on the horizon.
Diamond Head" Charley was as mute
as the proverbial oyster. A Customs
inspector, weary with answering tele-
phone inquiries, replied to one curious
person: yes, she's sighted, but she
isn't in sight,
The Hackfe1d wharf, where the Man |
churia was to dock. held a dense mass
of people. The enclosed portion was
for Japanese and local officials
and persons in general not Asiatics, ex-
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Japanese.
A company of United States artil-
lery in khaki from Camp Mckinley, in
command of Captain Nichols, came to
rest on Queen street near King. The
Guard companies, commanded
by Lieut.-Col. zeigler, rested on King
street near the bridge. Three companies
Of Japanese war veterans, all wearing
white caps with black visors, with
medals adjoining their breasts, Were
drawn up in line on the outer approach
to the Haekfeld wharf. In the line
we're also the members of the Young
Mems Buddhist Association, carrying
Japanese and American flags. Their
inform consisted of dark green blouses,
White trousers and white caps. +
Hacks were at premium and did
-ushing business. They were eternally :
IN the move and idle spectators had
,lenty to do lodging them. Whole Jap
Lnesa families had but one motive, that ,
# reaching the wharves where they :
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It was an ensemble of nationalities,
fright color and picturesqueness that
as seldom been seen here.
Then the afternoon papers came out ;
he Bulletin had big head lines-''Prince
'ushimi VIII Land Tonight''-and the !
initial paragraph started more people :
IF to the waterfront, when it said: :
The Manchuria was sighted off Wal :
nae at $50 o'clock this afternoon and L?
ill be at the dock at about $50 this
vening.
But it was reserved for the Star to :
ap the climax. In its second edition it :
the following headlines: :
Prince Is Here Distinguished Visitor {
rom Japan on the Steamer Manchuria
If the Harbor." Then followed a state
lent that the vessel would be in the ,
arbor before dark unless sickness was
scovered on board.
In the article following the above the :
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