The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-19

Microbe Of the Plague, magnified 10000
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and this wet earth dug out and put
into the streets. Outhouses have been
torn out and destroyed by fire and thus
the work has been carried on.
The inhabitants have helped the in
spectors willingly, as they are anxious
to break the quarantine and be at lib
erty once more. Great assistance has
been rendered by the Chinese consul,
Mr.. Goo Kim and the Japanese Meth
odist minister.
Mr.. Gilfillan has been able to take
a complete census Of his block and
roll call Is held twice day. He Is,
perhaps, the only inspector who has
been able to perfect a census system
in the district. His diligence in this
respect was rewarded yesterday morn
ing when white man was discovered
who had gotten into the district the
night before without a pass. The man
boosted of his achievement and Mr..
Gilfillan promptly sent him under
guard to Col. Jones at the military
headquarters.
Mr.. Civilians block is rapidly be-
coming cleansed and purified; the in
terror of the block being thoroughly
whitewaslsed and disinfected and the
street cutters flushed by the fire n.y.
drants.
In George Potter's two blocks the
rubbish and garbage have been remov-
ed and many fioorings ripped up and
the ground underneath well scraped
A. w. Carriers block has been white
washed, disinfected and entirely rem
ovated.
All along Nuuanu street the stores
were closed and the inhabitants kept
inside, none being allowed to walk
along that street. All the connecting
streets as far as Smith street were
guarded by sentries SO that none of
the inhabitants could come near the
edge OF the quarantined district.
NEW PASSES ISSUED.
At noon yesterday Minister Cooper
called in all the old white passes and
issued in their stead passes printed on
green cardboard. There was consid-
cradle annoyance caused at first by the
discontinuance of the white passes, but
the guards stuck to their orders strict
ly. The green passes were not so nu-
merous as the whites ones, Minister
Cooper deciding that too many people
were passing In and out of the tabu
district. The Advertiser Is the only
newspaper which has kept reporter
almost constantly within the quaran-
tine lines on pass, where he has been
able to report conditions exactly as
they have been brought to light by the
inspectors. Several II the autopsies
were thus witnessed by the reporter
and faithful details thereof were given
the public.
On Thursday the reporter heard the
complaints Of the wharf laborers and
Island steamer sailors who had been
shut In, and made public their wants.
Yesterday morning, In response to the
published request OF the men for their
wages, the Oceanic Steamship Company
sent paymaster to the junction of
Nuuanu and King streets. with instruc-
lions to pay as many OF their wharf
laborers as could be called In. A
health ofiicer assisted the payments by
carrying the money across the lines.
The wages averaged from 81 to II, and
was gratefully received by the natives,
who hurried away to the shops to pur-
chase necessary articles of food.
FAMINE RELIEVED.
At 8 O'Clock yesterday morning q
wagon carrying 1900 pounds Of poi
and barrel OF salmon was driven into
the district. The distribution was
made In central locations. and by noon
the entire amount was disposed Of.
Again at 2 o'clock the wagon brought
another 1900 pounds Of pol and = bar
rel OF salmon. which was eagerly asked
for by the long strings of Hawaiian
men. women and children lined up at
the end OF the wagon. Pals. large and
small. were brought into reQuisition and
Into each was weighed about six pounds
OF poi The natives were In high glee
at the famine relief and hurried "a
their homes TO get square meal" the
first that many have had since the
Quarantine began,
THE GUARD SYSTEM
There has been leak or two In the
palr0lling line of the regiment, not ths
fault ~ the regiment Itself, but In ths
ohasaoter NJ tbs district thcy have b.
patrol IN some districts have beef
found people who belonged outside
but Who worm.d their way Within th,
lines IN some unaeeouniablo manner
expecting "a roiurn W tho Hams r0Jie
but we're captured before tho returi
irlp could b. made a few forsss
uasse. enabled tueir noldsrs "a uas,