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On several occasions Stevens had been recalled to Japan for temporary service in connection with public business, and on two occasions, in [[1900]] and [[1901]], he was sent to Hawaii to assist in settling the claims of Japanese subjects for losses occasioned by the destruction of their property on account of the prevalence of bubonic plague in the Hawaiian Islands in [[1899]].  

On several occasions Stevens had been recalled to Japan for temporary service in connection with public business, and on two occasions, in [[1900]] and [[1901]], he was sent to Hawaii to assist in settling the claims of Japanese subjects for losses occasioned by the destruction of their property on account of the prevalence of bubonic plague in the Hawaiian Islands in [[1899]].  

Stevens was assassinated by Korean nationalists in 1908 while working for the Japanese ministry in San Francisco for advocating Japanese control over Korea.

While working for the Japanese ministry in San Francisco, Stevens was assassinated on March 23, 1908, by Korean nationalists including Chang In-whan, for his role in advocating Japanese control over Korea.

==References==

==References==

* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''

* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''

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