The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-01


quarantine was now enforced 50 strict-
y that no freight was allowed TO leave
Honolulu for uninteCted parts of tht
Islands except canned goods that had
been fumigated
On the morning of the 18th, which
was Monday, five more deaths and
four suspects were announced, one OF
these being Mrs. Boardman.
Citizens sanitsry Commit
There was only one new case that
day, and Mrs. Boardman was reported
better. The movement was put on foot
10 organize the Citizens Sanitary Com
mittee, and the same afternoon this
committee, consisting OF l.. A. Thurs
ton, A. w. Carter, J. II. Fisher, s. NJ
BaLou, ]. +. Co. burn, A. Perry, Il. d.
Tenney, j. A. McCand.ess j. G.. Roth
well and j. r. Cat, was appointed by
the Board of Health. The District OF
Kona was divided into forty districts.
all persons were prohibited from
changing their residence from one OF
these districts to another, the commit
tee was empowered TO appoint inspect
OTs and sub-lnspeCLOrs for each district,
with full powers TO enter upon any and
all premises in such district for the
purpose of sanitary inspection Of prem
i5es and persons.
Mrs. Boardman and Hawaiian died
on the l6th, when IL also transpired
chat a Chinese woman who had died
the day before was also plague vic
TIM. Wide areas in Chinatown were
condemned, and the Sanitary Connie
zee began its work, issuing full and
careful. Instructions TO inspectors and
5ub-ins spectors. Three deaths AMI one
suspicious case WAS the record for the
l1th. The presence and the work OF
The inspectors aided considerably to al
lay the excitement. The 18th brought
Cae death and four suspicious :dses,
the l9,h single case, and the Goth two
deaths and the great fire of Chinatown.
The Flie III Chinatown.
The Board of Health started in to
burn portion of block fifteen, as they
had been burning poIt.Ous OI otnar
blocks Tor the preceuing three weeks;
Dut Lne wind sent tne eMLeIS to the
spires or haumakdpuI cIul Ch ard
chinese joss house near by and present
ly The wind took the fire eAtl4ely out
o. the control o. the nIemen ana sent
1t roaring sh aight down towards the
waterfront. II seemed at oLe tlne as IL
the Honolulu Iron Works wo.4d have
to go; but at length this building was
saved. The loss of one of The fire en-
glnes hampe. ed the firemen a good
deal; and though they made a splendid
fight, nothing could stop the rush of the
haAies tn.ousn the Wooden snacks OF
Chinatown. though deploring the suf-
ferings of several thousand Urlentals
and natives who were suddenly burnt
out of their homes, people could not but
be glad that this horrible plague spot
was reduced to harmless smoude. ing
ruins; and while they turned out with
Will to guard the brown men and wo-
men and prevent them from attacking
the guards in overwhelm ng numbers,
they also did everything in their power
to make them comfortable and to. pro-
vide them with food, clothes, and other
necessaries. Noarly forty-fve hundred
OF these unfortunates were sheltered
and cared for in the spacious grounds OF
kawaiahao church and tho building it
self, until 1,080 of the Japanese could
be removed to the drill shed and the
Hawaiians could be taken to other
premises. In spite Of the great excite
ment the Aslatics behaved In the main,
admirably. taking their misfortunes in
a ph'losophical srlrit; and the manner
In which the peorle of the citv devoted
themselves to ministering to their nee
essities Saturday and Sunday reflected
the h'"heet credit upon their matter of
fact altruism.
Business Houses Close Early.
Three deaths ard one suspicious case
was the record Tor the 2lsL. On TINS
day the Cltlzens' Sanita4y Committee
passed lesOl.t.oR requesting the bust
ness houses OF HonoIuiu not TO open
untll ~ a. m. and TO close at p. M,
in order to give the fullesl opportunity
for the sanitary inspection. This rule
Was generally complied with.
There were no deaths and no new
cases on the following day. and the
chief news OF the day was the opening
of labor bureau for the relief of Orien-
tails forced out of detention camps.
This bureau did much good in the sue
ceedlng weeks. / he I'D of January
also saw the initiation of the corres pom
dence with President Mckinley about
a court of claims 60 provide for the
payment of property destroyed in the
fires in Chinatown and elsewhere.
One case and one suspect were dis
covered on the 23Id of January, making
in all forty-one deaths and forty-nine
cases to dare. The next day there were
two more deaths ana one case, on the
next still another death and on the 26th
a case and death. All through this
week the work Of providing accommo=.
dations and food snd other necessarieg
for the homeless ones went rapidly on.
and so did discussions as to the policy
OF the authorities and the losses OF the
fire. There was another plague death
and suspect on Sunday, the 2Sth, but
none of either on the last three DAYS
of the month. ard January closed with
affairs in hopeful condition.
A Gloomy Situation.
The gloom and sameness OF life In
n Quarantined city were somewhat
lightened by the visit of Mrs Loeben-
stein. the agent" of "the Board of
Health OF Hawaii" who bobbed up
serene'y with ''If not. why not?" for
his motto. and changed It, after receiv-
ing communicate from the Board, to
"Veni, yidl. and they fired me-"
Dasa a,1 ,ho pIa 49,.