The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-12
MAUI bulge
A Rat Crusade Ordered
At KahuIui.
Inmates Released From Quarantine
No Case Of Plague Since
The 25th UItimo.

KAHULUI. Maui. March s.-No new
developments in plague matters are
recorded since the 25th of February.
Most of the people who were confined
in Camp Wood have scattered and
those remaining are almost all en-
ployes of the railroad company. The
company supplies these men with food
three times a day at its own expense
and has the store at the camp in full
swing.
VIII Make a Rat Crusade.
The mail from Honolulu yesterday
brought orders from the Board of
Health with regard to a systematic rat
crusade, the outcome of DR.. Garyin's
discovery in regard to the rats from
he Kahului store. Early this morning
start was made with the work of
erecting a seven-foot galvanized iron
rat-proof fence around the railroad
property and until this is completed all
business is suspended. The next move
will be to construct buildings between
The site of the present detention camp
and town and remove all the inmates
Of the cottages occupied by railroad
people, with their furniture and effects.
20 the new buildings, where they will
remain during the period occupied in
exterminating the rodents shut IN in
the corral, after which the homes will
be thoroughly fumigated and cleansed
and the ex5les returned to their old
quarters. 1t is proposed to surround
the entire town with this fence and fol-
low the same program until the rats
are wiped out of existence. When this
has been done it is expected that the
port will be declared open. and with
his end in view, strenuous efforts are
being made to get the work through
with as little delay as possible.
Inc local commission met this morn
ing and, after discussing the situation.
agreed upon plan of campaign.
Kahului Cleans Up.
On Sunday general cleaning up was
undertaken in the town. Bedding, ETC..
was exposed to a full days sun-bath
1nd the buildings treated to a generous
\ disinfectfon. On Monday morning the
Work or emptying Camp Wood of its
| occupants was cOmmenced,t heir period
Of quarantine having expired. The ma
jority went by train to Wailuku and
Spreekelsville, but a good many still
remain at the camp at night. Most of
these are labOreTs in the employ of the
railroad company. Two of the five cot
tages are reserved for their accommo-
dation, and a branch of the Kahului
store has been established at the camp
under the charge of w. G. Chamberlain
Of the railroad company.
| Every morning the men are marched
down to the railroad yards and are not
allowed to stray beyond the barbed
wire fence surrounding the scene of
their operations. At the close of the
day they are again returned to the
camp, where they remain till the fol-
lowing morning.
1t is expected that all trouble IS now
over and plans are already being con-
sidered with view to the early lifting
OF quarantine from the port and the
resuming Of business.
Maui Wants a Mail.
Since the arrival Of the Claudine on
the 18th no news of any kind has
reached Maui, and people are wonder
ing If the plague has decimated the
Capltal City. 1t seems hard to be-
ieVe that no opportunity to forward a
mai from Honolulu has arisen since
the 24th OF February, but the fact re-
mains. A steamer landed Japs at
Maalaea bay last Thursday but brought
no mail.
The Centennial left for San Francis
co on Saturday with 1,737 tons of su-
gar owing TO the confinement in
quarantine of Bob English. the local
pi OF, j. a. W. Zumwalt took the yes
sci out.
The Dora Bluhm, from Kihei and |
the Nuuanu, from Honolulu. both ar
rived on Sunday morning.
vessels remaining in port are.
Scnooners Novelty, Dora Bluhm and
Helen y. kimball; barkentine Che
nails, bark Nuuanu, ship Antiope.
WAILUKU. March 9. 19OO.-From
another correspondent Mr.. and Mrs
Z. II. Dickey of Haiku go to Honolulu
THIS ?. m. to attend the funeral of Hem
ny Waterhouse, Jr., their son-in-Iaw.
Inc many Maui friends of Mr.. Water
house deeply regret his untimely death
and extend much sympathy to Mrs.
Waterhouse, his father, brothers and
other relatives.
Released From Quarantine.
Yesterday, the 5th, about 200 Chinese
ana japanese were released from quar-
antine at Camp Wood, having complet-
Cd twenty-one days of segregation
from the outside world. All of them
reused work at Kahului offered them
Oy the kahului r. r. Co. at s1.25 a day
ana they also refused to go to Paia
Where work on the plantation would
nave been given them. Each was pro-
vided with printed pass showing that
ne mad been regularly released from
quarantine.
Four car loads went to wailuku by
railroad and last evening were noticed
seeking places in which to pass the
night. II Is reported that they or some
or them are after legal advice In re-