The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-25
TH[ CHILDREN ARE FREE MKY READY 70 BUILD BOARD Of HEALTH MEETS
TWO APPLICANTS FOR POST OF
SUPERINTENDENT.
w. l.. Eaton and ii. Cobb Adams Wish
to Go to the Settlement-F. f. Port
er Wants to Buy Affected Cattle.

ct wants. 10 Duy Affected OaUule.
w. L. Eaton and Henry Cobb Adams,
a resident of Kaneohe, have made
formal application to the Board of
Health for the position of superinten-
dent of the Molokai leper settlement.
Mr.. Eaton's application has been en-
dorsed by George w. Smith, w. A.
Bowen, G. p. Castle, d. B. Smith, and
j. n Weight. Mr. Adams informed
the Board that DIR. Alvarez, DIR. Oliver
and Senator j. A. McCandless would
speak favorably for him. The appli-
cations were placed on file at yester-
days Board meeting.
Mrs Emile Macfarlane notified the
Board by letter that she had deliver
ed to Dowager Queen Kapiolani, the
president of the Hoola Lahui Society,
all the funds and papers in her hands
as treasurer of that society, including
the $1,000 realized at the Kapiolani
Maternity Home luau. Mrs. Macfar-
lane stated that she regretted leaving
an institution with which she had
been associated so long, but resi-
dence in California of two years or
more necessitated it. She hoped that
the home would continue to receive
the liberal support of the Government.
f. f. Porter submitted a proposi-
| tion to the Health Department agree
ing to purchase all cattle condemned
on account of tuberculosis at So per
head. Mr.. Porter agrees to cook all
carcasses for a period of eight hours
under pressure of thirty pounds of
steam. This system is now in vogue
in California.
Some one of the Board inquired who
would get the money, the owner of the
cattle or the Government. President
Smith was not quite positive about
the matter. but he believed that in
cs,se the Board received the money the
| Government would not be liable for
indemnity for more than SO a head
DR.. Monsarrat was requested to make
| full report on the matter at the next
regular meeting of the Board.
From the expression of the members
it is quite probable that Mr.. Porter's
proposition will be accepted. He will
be requested to slaughter all affected
| 10 b.
keep all healthy meat SEPARATE
Ambrose Hutchison the acting SUI
perintendent of the Molol1ai settle
ment, submitted a report to the Board
on matters pertaining to the settle
ment. He mentioned the landing OF
| twenty-five head of cattle during the
week
Letters from DIR. Eldridge at Yoko
hama and DIR. Jordan at Hongkong
on the condition of the public health
in their respective districts were read
DIR. Eldredge says that the Infectious
disease is being rapidly eradicated in
Yokohama, Nagusaki and Toxic. Dur
| ing the past month there nave beer
but six cases reported and one death
No cases have been reported from
Toxic
In DR.. Jordan's report mention i,
made of the appearance of the blacl
plague in that vicinity. The Chimes
officials are considerably alarmed. A
Macao, forty-five miles up the rivel
from Hongkong, several cases have de
veloped. There were three cases II
Hongkong.
a. K. Laumana, superintendent o.
the Sunday schools on Molokai asked
permission to visit Kalawao and Kal
aupapa leper settlements to make in
vestigation of the Sabbath schools
there. He was denied this privilege.