The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-16

3d. All mail matter Ihp owners uf
Z IH .yDrs lI which VIII Immediately re-
MOTE tlo Wr rIUr and destroy Doe 1U.
/ bv fire ln the presence OF the p0st-
/ master ur ,.Itr officer IH Charge.
A'i other mail matter shIIl be Ic ug1-
ed ,1 Honolulu by nrst opportunity
l. A. ANDREWS
/ Special Agent appointed by Ihe Board
OI Health for tla purpose of Is abe
fishing Quarantine ON the Island of
Hawaii,
From Private rcos.
The following lcter from a resident
20 a friend In this city shows what HI
Ioi.es can do when they really get eX-
cited:
W0rDs are inadequate to dcscrlne
conditions here. Was present az NEE
/ ing in Sherin's office until a. m. last
night They ad0p,ed quarantine regU-
| lauCns % week ago closing all ports but
| IlIIO. Merchants sent for food supple.
per Kinau; in the meantime Peep g
! learned of several deaths in your ci.yI
and 1900 signed petition in one day toI
close the Island ports against every
thing from Honolulu til "lhirty days
aEer last case had disappeared. Then
Sheriff Andrews was notified that they|
We're prepared to resort to violence i'll
anything, or person, from the Kinaul
was allowed ashore. Mr. Wilson of tn
Volcano Stables Is the ringleader OIL
indictments. 4 new set of regulations
closing the port for ten days and longer
If the news continued unfayorable went
into effect yesterday. The Kinau was
ordered to return at once. At the meet
ing last night Mr.. Scott, a plantation
manager, and representatives of Hack
field d Co., Davies 4 Co., Hilo Mercan-
lille Co., and other plantation managers
represented that their visible food sup
ply would last about two weeks. They
were reckoning on no change in the
regulations and planned accordingly.
The Kinau Is loaded with food sup
plies which by the new regulations will
be returned. There was hot time in |
the meeting. They finally agreed to
quarantine the rice on Cocoanut Island |
and fumigate 1t there. Threats of vio- |
lence fill the air and morning is awaited |
with some trepidition. All law abiding
citizens will stand by the Sheriff but |
Firebrand Wilson is Leading the
Ignorant rabbe. ! obtained about |
two hours sleep last night At a. m. |
parties tried to sound the fire alarm |
and thus get their crowd together, a !
watchful Deputy promptly cut the con- |
nections and the agreed upon signal !
was not given. At daylight crowds of /,
excited people were on the street, but |
cooler counsel began to prevail. The |
kinau was allowed to unload rice into |
lighters. Mail has been fumigated six !
hours. The Post Office is roped of, |
every person has to remove envelopes |
and wrappers and burn them ere leav- ,
ing office. Charcoal fires are provided |
under control of police for that purpose.
Mr.. Andrews told them last night that
order must prevail and his instructions
he carried out, peacefully If possible,
torcibly if necessary. If necessary % /,
shoot he would shoot"
The crisis is passed til another boat
comes from Honolulu. Mr.. Andrews told /
me this morning that 1t would prob
ably be ten days or two weeks ere an
other boat would come over. or that he
would request the authorities not II
permit one to leave for that length Of
time. He is one of the coolest men I'M
der pressure | have ever seen, yet Ordin-
arily of fiery temper / admire the man
for the wisdom displayed when Others .
lost their heads.
The Hilo Post Office.
y
have gained the impression that some .
volcanic assures were giving vent 10
their sulphurous fumes from the con-
dition of the atmosphere, but such was
not the fact. 1t all arose from the
fumigating department of the Post o.
flee. The bright and intelligent search
ers for microbes employed in that de-
partment on the arrival OIL the 'Kinau"
from Honolulu proceeded to fumigate
the letters and this is how they went
about it: Each envelope was cut oper,
the contents placed in one pile and the
envelopes in another. The same course
was pursued even in open packages |
such as newspapers, the paper in one
pile and the wrapper in another.
When Che fumigatlng was completed
the fun began. The letters had be-
come mixed, and so had the brilliant
officials, and all day was spent
over the mail trying to find which let
ter belonged in this, or that, envelope,
Meantime merchants, doctors, lawyers,
beggarmen and the rest were lowering
around waiting for their mail and it is
needless to repeat, If possible, what
was the burden of the song of that
bowling populace. For long ears and
an asinine intellect the Hilo postal
force are number l in official cake
walks. When the "Kinau" left for your
port the muddle was yet in long way :
from settlement.
NEWS BOILED DOWN.
No fever patients are admitted into
the Hilo Hospital during the prevalence
Of the plague in Honolulu, {
Major Purdy, who Is TO have charge OF !
fne Hilo branch of the First American
Banh OF Hawaii arrived by the Kinau.
Attorney Carl Smith Is officiating as ;
deputy attorney general in prosecuting
criminal cases during this term of
court. !
Surveys for the extension of the Wal l
lnuenue street sewer have been made
and men are engaged making the eN-
,ayatlons.
Health officer Vincent of the police
department. is confined to his bed with .
an attack of fever the result OF the
mp crusade, |
The officers of the steamer Pathfinder !
ire making surveys of the bays in this 2
vicinity for the purpose OF correctly !