The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-10
GOODMNSRONMHULU|.TH WORM TURNS At LAST. T.L
NO MORE PLAGUE, AND HEALTH
is GOOD.
DIR. Garvin Tells About the Fumigation
of Mails-Hana Wants Powers for
It's Sanitary Committee.

President Wood today received letters
from DR.. Garvin at Kahului, the latest
dated yesterday The specialist re-
ports that there has been no plague on
Maui since the Julia English case, and
that the health of the camp is very
good.
A rat-proof fence is being construct
ed around Kahului, as ordered by
the Board of Health. The work is in
charge of a committee consisting of
H. p. Baldwin, w. N. Lowrie and c. b.
! Wells. New corrugated iron is being
used, and the pieces are arranged per-
| pendicular, with the tops bent inward.
1t is stated that the iron will be sold
to the plantations after it's service FOR
| about its first cost.
The inspectors of WailulSu are making
a careful canvass and are preparing
new census to include the people re-
Gently released from the detention
| camps. Continuing DR.. Garvin says:
"I see by the papers that the Maui
mail has been refumigated at Honolulu.
! This seems to me unnecessary, for
have given special care to the matter,
and feel certain that all mail matter
| leaving here is well fumigated for
period of four to six hours.
"The general health is good and
there are no new cases of sickness In
either the camp or town. The Chinese
| freight on board the steamship Cleve-
| land will be taken back to San Fran
| cisco, but the steamer is loading with
sugar at Kihei. The greatest problem
we have to meet is the feeding of the
quarantined people But for the splen-
did cooperation of H. P. Baldwin,
matters would move very slowly at
times; but he appreciates the situa-
tion readily, and acts without hes1ta-
ton.
"The loading of the Centennial with
sugar was carried on in satisfactory
manner, and I think it will meet the
approval of the United States author
tiles.
Another dead rat was found near the
warehouse this morning, but I have not
had time to examine it yet"
The sanitary committee of Hama
writes to the board, asking to be given
the same powers as the Kahului COM
mittee representing that the commu-
nifty is Isolated and that 1t is neces-
sary to have some responsible authority
on the grounds. The committee wishes
to post guards at desirable points to
prevent promiscuous travel, to institute
a freight inspection and to carry out
various other sanitary measures. Hama
agrees ~ pay thin u of-the avranss~
and asks the board to pay the other
two thirds A bill of $500 for February
expenses is submitted. The commit
tee also requests that Hugh Powell be
appointed an additional agent of the
Board of Health for Hama district. This
letter will be discussed and acted upon
! by the board at the meeting this af-
, ternoon.
KAHTJLUI, Maui, March 9.-Maui
, has had no plague nor suspicious cases
> for eleven days now, and as there are
vet no signs of it outside of Kahului
! a feeling of security and relief has
spread.
? The report that the Kihei case of last
week was pronounced by the Board OF
t Health not plague, caused great salts
faction and much relief here. Two lit
4 tie Portuguese children at Kokomo
Z Makawao, are quite seriously i'll with
pneumonia, accompanied by n higf
fever, and the rumor got about that II
might be plague, but the doctors con
slider it not so. One of the children Is
: not expected to live and should she die
!, an autopsy will surely be held.
/; The island is again resuming it's nor
= NAL conditions, that is the central par
= of 1t, and travel is allowed untram
(; meled. Guards have been withdraw
from plantation camps, and the labor
ers allowed freedom again. On Sunday
last Paia and Hamakuapoko had gen
eral cleaning up of their camps. Eacl
house was emptied of it's furniture
- thoroughly cleaned and washed on
than dozen rats and mice were founC
in each camp.
The decision of the Board of Health
. in regard to the Kahului store is await
= here with much interest and some anX
: iety. 1t holds a large and valuable
: stock, and If burned the loss in trad,
will be great, though If not burned peo
n pie will rather fear the present stock
h so the store appears to be between "thI
devil and the deep sea-"
q The people originally placed in tht
4 detention camD have been discharge
and are not finding any difficulty n
= getting EMPLOYMENT the 1<ahului r. r
: Co. offering them $1.25 per day SOM
Il little hardship is being caused here, ant
especially on the plantations by the in
d ability to procure lumber, the stock o
e the Kahului r. R. Co. being tied nm II
quarantine, and none allowed from Ho
l. nolulu. People are wondering how lOnI
t this will last, and are hoping that tn
z, Island may soon be entirely cleai
again.
KAHULUT, March a-Of the $50 peo
pie quarantined in Camp Wood, 81
were discharged March 8, and the re
mainder Will be discharged within
day or two. The situation has worlSe
itself out cleaner and more quickly thal
was ANTICIPATED.
: MAKAWAO, Maui, March 9.-The la
dies of Makawao prepared a larg
1, number of garments for the children f
= the detention camp at Kahului.
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