The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-02

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Minister Hatch was apprised o
this and made the matter known a
a special meeting Of the Cabinet
w. o. Smith at once accepted the
offer with thanks, on behalf Of the
Board of Health. Soon after the
following order was dictated by
President Dole:
To Colonel MILAN, Commanding
First Regiment. ". q. II.
You are hereby ordered to aid
the Board of Health in guarding
localities subject to quarantine
regulations as the Board of Health
may require, using therefor such
members Of the garrison at the Ex-
ecutive Building as can be spared
therefrom.
The President desires to express
his qualification at learning that
the men of the garrison have already
volunteered for such service.
BY order Of the Commander-in-
Chief.
J. H. SoPER,
Adjutant- General.
Executive Building,
Sept. /, 1895.
Capt. John Good, Jr., with his
company, had the honor of first
being called into service. They
marched to the King street bridge
and guard of eight posts was
placed around the square bounded
by King and Maunakea and the
water. Civilians in boats watched
from the stream and bay sides.
Several cases had been taken from
these houses and very strict quar-
antine was maintained, There was
resort to all manner of devices to
get through the lines, but none of
them succeeded.
AUGUST MORTALITY.
The August mortuary report of
c. b, Reynolds gives total Of 81
deaths for the month"; of chole-
ra. Consumption, S; fever, heart
disease, old age, unknown, 3 each.
Unattended IL. 1t would have
been a very healthy month, but for
the plague.
There were just 81 deaths i'll the
same month i'll 1891, 1892 so, 1898
46, 1894 81. The rate is 3I.S2 to
the 1000. Nationalities: Hawaiians
3S, Chinese 7, Portuguese 6, Jap
anese ?, Great Britain I, United
States 7.
TWO IMPORTANT MOVES.
The Board of Health was in ses-
sion from 3 to S Sunday afternoon.
This resolution, on the evidence i'll
a report by DR.. Emerson and I. +.
Lansing, was adopted unanimously:
WHEREAS, In the opinion of the
Board of Health, all the buildings
or structures abutting on or drain
ing in the Nuuanu stream or har-
Dor, from Smiths bridge to the old
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cause of sickness and are constant
menace to the public health, it is
ordered that all such structures and
buildings be removed forthwith.
On the recommendation Of Drs.
Day and Howard, the Board adopt
ed a plan offered by Geo. w.
Smith for the disinfection of Nuu-
anu stream. This is to place a
couple of tons of an acid waste
from the Pacific Fertilizer Works
above School street and turn on
the water. The fish will be killed
as well as the bacilli. This is be-
ing done today.
President Smith spoke of the
decision of the Cabinet to open a
new thoroughfare along the water
from Queen street to Smiths bridge
and probably to Vineyard street.
DIR. Wood and others endorsed
the scheme for walling in Nuuanu
stream and having a road on either
side.
NOTES.
1t was decided to allow the band
concert tonight.
Captain Zeigler's Company has
the quarantine guard duty today.
There was lime on the Warrimoo
after all. The amount was four
sample barrels.
Drills of volunteer companies OF
the N. G. H. are suspended till
further notice.
VIM. Henry was over from
Kaneohe today. There is nc
cholera in Koolau.
| Ex-Marshal Hitchcock makes
his headquarters at the Board Of
Health office.
| Secretary Wilcox. Assistant
Hennessy and DR.. Monsarrat were
busy with passes this morning.
No cholera in Eva, Waianae OF
Waialua. False reports have been
current. Every precaution is being
taken.
Chinese form very large pro
portion of the applicants for permits
to travel between Honolulu and
outer districts.
One of the recent cases was with
in fifty feet of the cholera hospital
Salmon and beef are being solo
at the new fishmarket.
Gen. Thomas Jordan declare.
that when he was commanding {
: force of Cuban insurgents in 1865
he cured every case of cholera will
diluted chloroform taken internally
The proportion was one spoonful
, of chloroform to eight of water
The doses to be small but frequent