The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-28

ISM by making Washington's birthday
holiday for all its employees.
j. X. Wilson is the posseSsor OF
twelve story fiagpole, which is to float
the American flag on the q ounds of his
new Reeds Island residence
The game of football played on We'd
nesday morning between the elevens o.
the Union and the Foreign schools re-
suited in victory for the former by a
score of q to 0.
Oahu plantation will turn out crop
of from twelve to fourteen tons to the
acre this year, according to statement
made in a private letter received by
gentleman in Hilo from Honolulu.
A large column of smoke was seen on
Sunday last arising from Mauna Loa,
at a point between the head of the 81
flow and the cgg(e of the '99 outbreak.
This had disappeared however on
Tuesday.
According to a letter received by a
member of the Hilo Board of Health,
the Council OF State very highly recon-
mends the prompt action taken by this
board in dealing with the outbreak of
plague here.
P. Peck, who went down to Honolulu
On the Kaiulani, is tied up there for the
quarantine period. He went ashore
when it seemed the plague was pau,
but it broke out again before he re-
turned to his steamer.
X. G. Abercrombie, who has been
kept IN Honolulu during the whole
time of the plague by quarantine, is
acting as o1e Of the sanitary inspec-
tors in the "house to house" system
inaugurated by the Board of Health
| in that city.
The ladies OF + 10 have been devoting
their time this week to the manufacture
of garments new for the Serrao family,
| who would otherwise emerge from their
Cocoanut Island quarantine in the
primitive state of the Garden of Eden.
| A rafting good minstrel show is adj
vertised for tonight under the manage
| ment OF Jackson Hearde, who has got
ten together considerable local talent
and some specialists Off the transport
now here. Hearde himself is a whole
show when he gets started and the at
| fair promises to be a first rate one.
| The Father of His Country passed
very quiet birthday in Hilo. Even the
usual bali given on this occasion was
! lacking. On the whole we are not near
| ly such rabid Americans as we were
before annexation. Herein we resemble
our brethren in Honolulu. Though in
| this as in most other things we fol-
low long way off.
On Thursday of this week, Mrs. Lii
liam T. Balding, of Wainaku, gave a
most delightful afternoon tea in honor
of Miss Willis. Pink was the color
scheme in the decorations and was most
daintily and gracefully carried out.
Mrs. Balding was assisted by Mrs. Sew
erance, Mrs. Scott, Miss Severance,
Miss Richardson and Miss Sumner.
The Serrao residence was reduced to
ashes on Saturday, together with all it's
contents, except the family, who We're
considerably removed to Cocoanut ISL
and, where they will pass fifteen
days quarantine. The inventory made
of the total property destroyed amounts
to not far from $4,000. The figure set
on this matter by Mr.. Serrao differs
but slightly from that OF the Govern
ment.
1t would seem that Hilo might be
now safely declared a clean port.
Twenty-one days have elapsed since
the appearance Of our first and only
case of plague, If it was plague, and
all sources of infectious danger con-
nected with that have been destroyed.
There is not the smallest probability
that another case will occur, connect
ed in any way with the first one, and
we have no occasion to suspect any
other plague centers.
Sunday evening the fire alarm was
sounded at just about the time the Hilo
worshipper was sinking into his favor
| lite pew for rest and recreation. The
charms Of fire proved more seductive
to some than the beauties of holiness,
but when they arrived at the supposed
scene of the fire, Cunts store on Bridge
street, they found 1t was a false alarm
and returned to the house of worship
to find the best boxes taken. In spite
of 6 per cent insurance a fire is a
hard thing to start in Hilo.
New bill at the Orpheum tonight. .