The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-23
THE WAIKIKI QUARANTINE
MIR. BROWN TOOK THE SIGN or
DANGER rNMOLESTED.
Removed an Obnoxious Card Also
Minister Cooper for Quiet Bicycle
Ride-Doyle and Macintosh Seen.

Editor Star.-From the interview
which appears in the morning Daily
Advertiser. it would seem that those
in quarantine at the residence of Jas.
Castle, Esq, at Waikiki, lay to my
door all the rumors that have been
flying about town for the last week or
more. After the quarantine had been
established, | did not bother my head
about the matter until one day, as |
was coming home from San Souci,
after having had a bath. AS | neared
the quarantine grounds / noticed
Macintosh and Doyle, who were N
quarantine, outside of the hedge near
a line of trees, talking to Mr.. Peter
son and the paymaster of the Phila-
delphia. Upon my approach they re-
tired inside of the hedge and contin-
ued their talk from there. / stopped
and got off of my wheel and made the
remark that / did not consider what
they had been doing to be strict quar-
antine.
While | was standing in the road
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cooper
came towards me riding on his wheel
and, instead of stopping at the gate,
he continued out into the public road,
turned around and returned to the
quarantine premises. This he repeat
ed two or three times, and as last l
said l did not think this was quaran-
tine. Whether Minister Cooper heard
me or not | do not know, but l do
know that he did not repeat the ride
into the public road while l stayed
there. Mr.. Doyle made some of his
funny CD remarks while l stood
there and said: well, what are you
going to do about it?" l replied that
if they did not observe the quarantine
better that l thought 1 had seven
votes in the Board that would let
them know what they had to do.
On my next trip to San Souci not
iced that they had put ropes across
the driveway, and had attached large
piece of yellow or orange cloth to the
same, and in the center was a large
paste board, on which was printed a
: c. Boss Brown" in red and blue lead
pencil, the word Boss" being heavily
underlined. When | came up. Mr..
Doyle, who was sitting on a chair in
side the grounds said: "Well. Cabby
how do you like that?" | did not
make any remark as / remember, but
passed on. | considered it. an insult
from the party who made it and put
son inside the grounds, who knew OF
its having been placed in the position
e it was, and had not ordered it taken
down.
e AS member of the Board of Health
and one of two on quarantine com
mittee, | then considered it my duty
and still consider it so, to call atten
ton to any infringement of the quar-
q antine rules, as explained to those il
quarantine, especially when it occur.
right before my own eyes.
q At a meeting, the above infringe
ment of the quarantine rules were lait
, before the Board by myself. / alst
+ said that | had heard that some o
the parties were out canoeing and hat
landed at Mr.. Cunha's place near tn
S. bridge. There were other charge
10 brought before the Board, some O
r which / had not heard of before; bu
N all of the latter have since been trace
and found to be false with the excep
h ton of the bicycle incident which ha
r. come to 'hand shake" instead o
riding into the yard and out agar
What l have seen l am positive of an
there are witnesses to ,preve IN
charges. But proof is not necessary
as in the interview in the ADVERTISE
this morning the charges bee
admitted by the parties who brok
the rules.
My trip out there Tuesday evening
% was to take away the card above re
- ferred to. And l succeeded in dom
o so without the guard seeing me, a
r y though it was placed between tw
- large lanterns. After having seen
III guard allow three members of tn
a. quarantine party go outside of tn
= premises in full daylight while he wa
sitting within twenty feet of them,
&c did not consider that the guard wa
III following his instructions or doing hi
- duty, and naturally, when l steppe
~ up and took the placard and flag In
ie guard being presently 1 did not thin
y the guard was doing his duty ther
r But since the explanation of Mr.. Cas-
~ tie in the paper this morning, I al
NJ satisfied that the guard at that tim
was not to blame. But l would ad
y that when the conversation took plac