The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-13
VESSELS IN QUARANTINE
FIVE ANCHORED OUTSIDE THE
HARBOR.
Instructions from the Board of Health
to the Shipping ompanies-Suspect
on the Hall.

BY noon today five in all steamers
were anchored outside the harbor, held |
in quarantine One was the transport |
Warren Colonel Beck having changed
his mind about starting for Manila aft
er consultation with the physicians on
board. 1t is a question why he is wait
ing, as if the plague should break out
among the 800 negroes on the vessel,
Honolulu authorities would not be
very anxious to have him put back
into this port. The other steamers out
side are the Helene, Claudine, Mika-
hala and w. G.. Hall. The Noeau and
Lehua will also go out before night.
The steamers are to wait at anchor
for seven days, after which if no sick
ness develops on board they may pro-
coed to their destinations. Before they
left the docks DR.. Garvin made an eX
animation of the crews and passengers
giving them certificates of health after
a careful inspection. Only one man was
rejected as suspiciously i'll among those
examined. He was a native employed
on the w. G. Hail. DR., Garvin did not
order the man to the hospital, as he
was of the opinion that the case was
nothing serious. The native was slight
teverish and it was thought best that
| he should not go.
The crews were lined up on the
wharves and the doctor felt pulses and
| looked at their tongues one after the
| other ordering them on board as soon
as he was satisfied that they were all
| right. DIR. Garvin found two among
| those on the Claudine that required
| special examination and he ordered
| them to stand aside. One was a native
and the other a Chinese. They had a
| bad scare when the doctor refused to
| pass them, and both looked ready to
collapse with terror. DIR. GarVin look
ed at their cases more carefully when
he had finished with the others and
| decided that they were not suspicious
cases. Both men ran aboard with faces
wreathed in smiles They looked as If
final rejection would have been as good
as a death sentence.
No Japanese or Chinese passengers
and no freight from persons of either
race is allowed on board the outgoing
steamers. The instructions given to the
| inter-iSland steamship companies is
contained in the following letter from
President Cooper of the Board of
Health in answer to inquiries from
President Wight of the Wilder Com
pany.
No steamers will be allowed to leave
the port of Honolulu for any other port
4 In the islands, except the island of Ca
hu, without first undergoing quaran.
tine of seven days, to begin from the
time the ship crew and passengers
have been inspected and the ship an
chored in such places as may be direct
ed by the harbor master No Chinese
or japanese freight of any description
will be allowed shipment. By Chinese
and japanese freight is meant all gro
ceries, supplies or goods of whatever
description carried or sold by japanese
or Chinese merchants.
No Chinese or Japanese passengers
are to'be taken and all other passen.
gers must obtain permit from thf:
office before being allowed to embark
Vessels which have not yet arrived
at the port of Honolulu will be consid
cred free ships if they do not enter tn,
harbor, their freight being discharged
from lighters. Such vessels will be al
lowed to take from this port lumber
machinery, building materials, rice o
domestic growth, flour feed for animal
and coal, provided the same is taken +
the ship in lighters and put on boar'
under inspection by an Agent Of tn
Board of HEALTH
Only a few passengers went on tn
island steamers, to spend seven day
at the entrance to the channel. Their
We're none at all on the Helene. o.
the Claudine were Mrs. Jane PaDaia
r. w. Filler and wife, Clarence Allen
James Hatcheon, f. j. Silva, j. j
DrummOnd, A. Aalberg and wife, T.. j
Silva. The w. G.. Halls passenger
We're Frances Gay, w. T. Lucas, H. n
Crabbe, j. j. silva, +. Miller and wife
Fl. Isenberg. The passengers on tn
Mikahala were S. H. Comstock, A. 10
hansen, Mrs. Scott, Miss Alice Wright
f. Powell and wife, John Thompson
NJ. Graves, j. Tennan. O. Miles.
Weeks may elapse before the officer
and crews of the island steamers tina
have gone out set foot in Honolulu
again. When they return they vii
probably keep outside, unless tn
plague has been stamped out and tn
quarantine declared off. During tn
quarantine against cholera island YES
sells We're out as long as forty-siX days
Island steamers that are now away vii
probably take advantage of the oppor
tunity to get away again quickly, b,
staying outside, and thus keeping thei
standing as free vessels
The transport Sherman. which wa
due this morning from San Francisco
will probably not enter the harbor. Tn
Centennial, having horses on board
will have to do so, but she may kee
away from the dock, allowing tn
horses to swim ashore on the Eva sid
of the railroad. Coal could be loade
on to her from a scow. The Sherman
will probably be coaled by use of scow
outside the harbOr.