The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-16
LOOKS Be TER.
No Further Record of
New Cases.
Koalii Not a Plague Case--Board
Rules on Fret hit Matters =
Ship Mcdonald.

Another clean record was added /
yesterday to a generally improved sit /
uation in health department circles,
and one case at the pest hospital, car
ried since February 5th as a suspect, |
was pronounced not case of plague. |
This was Koalii, the Hawaiian from
the kerosene warehouse camp. By
this announcement, nearly two hun
dred people will be released from that
camp today.
The specimens from the Waialua
cases did not reach Honolulu until yes
terday morning. When DR.. Hoffman,
opened the package small tube care
fully corked was found inside but adj
dressed to DR.. Alvarez. A subsequent
| investigation showed that a similar
mistake had been made in transmitting
a specimen TO the latter physician, and
it was late in the afternoon before a
change of specimens was effected. AS
| the specimen had been placed in alco-
hol, no opportunity was left to make
cultures, as the germs, If it contained
any, were thus destroyed.
Reports from the pest hospital pre-
sented an improvement in all the pa
| TENTS Both Armstrong Smith and Mr..
Hartmann are steadily convalescing.
The Board of Health.
Yesterdays meeting of the Board was
attended by AttorneyGeneral Cooper,
acting president; George w. Smith, DR..
Day, F. NJ. Hatch and F. J. Lowrey.
DR.. Emerson reported that the Amer
lean ship John Mcdonald, forty days
from Hongkong, had arrived in ballast
consigned to Irwin & Co., to take sugar
for the Coast. He stated that the ship
did not carry a clean bill of health,
as eight cases and seven deaths from
plague had occurred in the week prior
to her departure from Hongkong.
The yessel carries as ballast, broken
rock, such as is disallowed entry into
United States ports under the quaran
tine regulations. Coming from an in
fected port with soil, the Board felt
that it would be d dangerous practice to
allow such ballast to come into the
harbor. 1t was suggested that the bal
last be dumped into scoWs and then
towed to sea for disposal, and that the
sailors dunnage should be treated to a
thorough disinfection, after which the
vessel would be allowed practique.. DR..
Emerson explained that the vessel was
clean throughout and no sickness, had
occurred on board. One sailor had
buboes, not caused, however, by plague
infection.
Mr.. Hatch moved that the ship John
Mcdonald be allowed practique on con-
dition that personal effects Of the sail
ors be fumigated, the men disinfeeted,
and the rock and soil ballast be not
landed on shore, bat dumped into deep
sea. Carried.
The AustraIa's Cargo.
Mr. Giffard, representing Irwin &
Co, requested ruling in the manner
of discharging the AustraIiais Cargo,
which consisted mostly of plantation
supplies, which was to be transferred
from the Australia to scows, thence
into the inter-island steamers.
e Yesterday forenoon part of the cargo
4 was treated in this manner, but the
: workmen on the scows consisted of a
portion of the Australia's crew and
0 longshoremen from the wahrf; this was
technically a violation of quarantine
rules. and further work was suspended
Mr.. Gifard represented that his com
pany desired to assist the Board OF
Health in every way possible and haC
complied with the regulations to the
best of its ability. The Board stated
K there was no objection against island
steamers coming alongside the scowt
= and taking freight; but drew the linz
~NA IN Is II, or
vessels and lOngshoremen.
II was suggested that timed good:
: from the city, when disinfected. passed
It through the hands of longshoremeT
e efore being put aboard the island
e steamers. and yet were considered
e clean. The freight from the Australia
was infinitely cleaner from quaran
10 tine standpoint, and probably would
10 not suffer much from handling on th'
o Scows. The workmen used in the hole
"a of the Australia, while discharging
, were Idle crews from clean vessels ly
~ ing in the harbor.
Moved that the request OF w. G
Irwin & Co. for discharging freigh
20 on scows and into island steamers, b
granted on condition that the long
shoremen be inspected each mornini
by medical officer before being allow
ed on the scOws. Carried
= Koalii Not a Suspect.
lg Minister Cooper announced that d.
to Hoffman, had determined that Koali
s. the Hawaiian sent to the pest hospita
from the kerosene warehouse camp o
y February 5th, is not a plague suspec
IN The people held in quarantine awaIcin
u this verdict We're ordered released a
Is once.
Is Resolutions passed Wednesday b
r. the Citizens Sanitary Committee rels
n. tive to the prohibition of Oriental good
being imported into Hawaii from IL
fected ports, were read, and referred
the special committee having charg
- of such matters.
Gear, Lansing & Co, requested PEI
mission to ship 200 bags of coal frol
Inter-Island steamer coal yard to MI
unalei plantation by the schooner Go
den Gate. Minister Cooper said II
ii coal should be taken from the sh
er Kenny now lying in the stream, whel