The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-09
lone SUSPECT
A Nuuanu Street Block
to be Burned,
|. [. la Pierre Resgns--Accident Il
Inspector Larsdale - New
Freigh, Orders,
ITrom snLnrlay-. AdNcrLL.orI

" ANAAN H'AAANHN itNf N ahNh'A NNHT'.i %
lone. the half Hawaiian and Chinese
uriyer Of one OF the odOrless excayat-
ors. was sent to .ne pest hospital yes
tcrday morning as a plague suspect;
his IL the only suspicious case reported
during the Gay.
lone had been laid up for a day or
two. and yesterday morning sought the
ADVICE OF Dr. Howard at the Govern
ment Dispensary. Upon examination
tie doctor discovered symptoms of
plague and ordered his Immediate re-
moval to the hospital whore his case
will be carefully watched. The dis
pensary and his home were immediate
ly disinfected and the whole corps of
men with whom he worked. was col
lected and provided with separate
quarters, where they will be under the
eyes of the Board.
The Jap from number ~ Beretania
street was considerably better last
night.
\ rumor of another case on Queen
near Nuuanu, was probably confound-
ed with the case of the Pake from the
Nuuanu street restaurant near by, and
who dieo on Thursday. as enquiry fail
ed 20 bring out any foundation for the
rumor.
A telephone report of a case in Block
number Z was investigated last night
DR.. Howard has been attending this
patient, a Chinese child, and reports no
plague symptoms.
The premises bounded by Queen
Nuuanu and Marin streets and com
t,la cd INV a limo nnnnpptipu Onppn "a nd
Marin streets, which were condemned
by the Board yesterday afternoon, will
be burned by the Fire Department this
morning. The stone building on the
Queen and Nuuanu street corner will
be saved from destruction.
The corrugated iron from the burned
DuIuings is being loaded upon scows
and thrown overheard well out at sea
A parry composed of John Neill and
Miss Jessie Neill, w. Stodart, with two
other gentlemen and one lady, are en-
camped on the shores of Hanauma bay,
just yAis side of Koko Head, in strict
quarantine. A guard is placed over the
party, which as usual, pays all eX-
penses incurred.
Kimokeo, the champion 100-yard
swimmer of Hawaii, is one of the
guards in the service of the Board of
Health.
l.. l.. La Pierre has resigned his posi-
ton under the Board or Health and
Sam Johnson is in charge of the odor-
less eXc..vators.
p. NJ. Lansdale, on Judge Carriers
staff of inspectors, met with very
Serio-' accident at Sans Souci last
evening. He was diving from The pier
head and struck bottom with sufficient
tut, mi Dr
Cooper thinks he had a very narrow
escape from injury to the spinal col
umn and consequent death.
Meetings of Inspectors in the Chin
csc quarantine district were held at the
hall of the United Chinese Society on
King street, on Wednesday, Thursday,
and last night In all thirty-five Chin
csc Inspectors submitted reports. A
resolution not to allow any Inspector
to pass any person from one district to
another was adopted by the meeting.
This resolution was passed, in view of
rumors to the effect that some of the
Chinese Inspectors were lending their
passes to countrymen, statement
which they Indignantly deny.
No freight from China or Japan, or
any freight that intermingles or mikes
with Chinese or Japanese freight, is al
lowed to leave the wharf until same Is |
fumigated by the Board of
Health and so marked.
The Collector General of Customs Is
to enforce the removal OF
all cargo from the wharves as soon as
discharged, subject to the rules of the
Board of Health, and if not so removed
within "a hours after the same is land
eu. he is authorized to remove it at the
expense of the consignee. He is also
empowered to remove any vessel from
tht wharf if she overstops the time al
lowance set by the Collector General