The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-09
FROM HAWAII
The HiIo People Take
Precautions.
Citizens Committee Acts - lnstruc-
tons ReCeiyed--WII be no
Famine--0ther News.


the Hilo papers Of latest date, the Her
aid and Tribune:
The Kinau arrived in port about S.. 30
o'clock on Thursday morning after a
rather extended trip from Honolulu,
not without incident and more or less
friction between the officials on board
and the people and their representa-
tives on shore. She carried no passen-
gers from the point Of view of COmmo-
dOre Beckley. but still had something
like a couple Of hundred Japanese des-
tined for various plantations, over the
landing of whom, under the guise OF
freight, some difference of opinion took
place, as Sheriff Andrews had sent Off
cial notification TO the various deputy
sheriffs and other officers to allow no
one to land. In spite of this a few
were put ashore at LaupahOehOe. Up
on arrival at HilO the Pride of the
Pacific was held up in the stream un-
til the citizens committee OF health
should have decided what TO do with
her.
Quite an animated discussion took
place over the question of allowing the
landing Of the japanese. Although
they came with the permission of the
Board of Health, there seemed to be g
lack of disposition on the part of the
people to put the utmost confidence in
that body. Mr.. LOebenstein said, how
ever. that If the plantations insisted
upon bringing in Japanese under the
circumstances and the Board of Health
connived at it, the only thing to do was
to aHow them to go to their destina-
tons and then quarantine the planta-
tons TO which they had been sent. He
was followed by Messrs. Desha and
alfonso. who spoke of the unwilling
ness of their peoples respectively that
any communication should be had with
/ Honolulu. Ii was finally decided. how
ever, to allow the Japs to land under
an eight days quarantine. and the
freight after fumigation in the hold of
/ the Kinau. II was deemed unwise to
cut the town off altogether from inter-
/ course with Honolulu. as no means
were yet at hand for securing supplies
h from other sources. and no adequate
supply was on hand for an extended
quarantine Most of the freight was in
/ the line Of food stuffs, and all of it had
l been sent out under the regulations Of
the Board of Health in Honolulu. Fol-
+ lowing is the official report of the
meeting:
The Sheriff read various letters from
/ the President of the Board of Health.
among other matters stating decision
of Board Of Health not to issue com
missions To- the committee elected by
/ the citizens as agents of the Board of
Health
The Sheriff also read his commission
delegating to him the powers of the
President of the Board Of Health in re
quarantine matters on Hawaii. The
permit 70 embark Jap immigrants on
Board Kinau was also read.
/ \ motion of Mr.. Alfonso. not to al
. low the Japs on board of Kinau to
/ land. and to return them TO Honolulu
was laid on the table.
Motion carried that Kinau be permit
/ ted TO discharge freight, provided said
/ freight he fumigated.
Motion carried that freight be fumi-
gated on Board of Kinau.
Motion carried that mules on Kinau
. be landed and placed in quarantine for
eight days.
Motion carried that Kinau be allow
ed alongside of wharf after fumigatiOn.
Amendment by Mr.. Turner. that XII
nau be not allowed alongside of wharf
but that all freight be discharged in
lighters. was lost.
Motion of DR.. Rice carried. that Jap
immigrants be allowed TO land placed
in quarantine for eight days, and that
all baggage be fumigated.
Motion carried that the sheep on
board Kinau be landed. %
Motion carried that any passengers
from Maui and Hawaii be allowed to
land.
Motion carried that officers and crew
of Kinau be allowed on shore.
Motion carried to reconsider the mo-
Of Mo h, IN, n
tine
Motion carried that all live stock be
allowed to land.
Motion carried that a committee Of
five be appointed to attend to the fumi-
eating of freight. Committee appoint
ed: Dr. Grace. DR.. Moore. Capt. Bob
Andrews, F. w. BOsworth and Rev. ,.
l.. Desha.
DR.. Rice read report OF committee
appointed to look into the matter OF
procuring food supplies direct from the
coast. Report accepted.
Precautions Elsewhere.
The following from a letter received
by Sheriff Andrews from the President
of the Board of Health in Honolulu
will serve TO allay any apprehensiOns
that may exists in the minds Of citi-
Zens on account of the action Of the
sanitation committee here in allowing
the landing of passengers and freight.
Mr.. Cooper says:
'As the disease is not epidemic the
Board has decided to let the inter-isl-
and steamers leave this port. We feel,
that, under the circumstances. you
should have no fear of cOntagiOn from
the vessels or freight or passengers.
Immigrants from the Quarantine sta
ton will also be allowed to go; special
permits being issued for this purpose.
Il am in receipt Of letters from vari-