The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03
MAIL FROM
FAR SAMOA
News of Hawaii Plague
at Apia.
PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED
The Americans at Tutuila--German
Religious and Military Cere-
monies Held at MuIinuu.

Following are excerpts from the lat
est files of the Samoa Herald;
When the steamer Mariposa came
into harhor yesterday morning people
| on shore were alarmed at seeing the
yellow flag hoisted on the fore. The
| Health Officer found out that in the
last port of departure, Honolulu, some
cases of the bubonic plague had oc-
CURED, but were confined to the Chi
nese quarters. In view of the possible
danger which could arise from the yes
sci having communication with Apia,
| the Health Officer at once proceeded
to Mulinuu and went, together with the
President, on board the steamer to take
all necessary and practicable steps in
| the matter. After comforting with the
captain and the doctor and purser, the
President was informed that the Mari
posa arrived Off the port of Honolulu
| at 6 a. NJ. on the 4th inst. She was
boarded, by the pilot and entered the
harbor of Honolulu, but was not al
| lowed alongside the wharf. She re-
mained in the stream continuously
rom the time of her entering the har-
Dor until she left She discharged I44
tons of cargo into lighters alongside
and took on board 25o tons Of coal, also
from lighters alongside local is an ar
ticle exempt from quarantine provis-
ions). The discharge OF cargo and
loading of coal upon and from lighters
having been done by the ships crew
alone. none of whom came in contact
with any person from the shore For
lty-three cabin and thirty-eight steer
age passengers were disembarked in
lighters: no packages, papers or letters
were taken on board of any kind, with
the exception only of the regular mails
| for, Samoa. New Zealand and the Aus
ttralian colonies, which had been thor
oughly fumigated at the Honolulu
lpostoffice, certificate for which was
! lproduced to the President. Another
certificate was also shown stating that
! from the time the Mariposa arrived of
, the port of Honolulu until she left
= again she had been in charge of a spe-
/ cial agent of the Board of Health, who
3 allowed no other communication with
2 the ship except as above stated. Under
these circumstances the President die
/ not hesitate to give, with the sanction
/ of the Health Officer permission tc
| land all the San Francisco cargo. with
the one restriction: that the crew
: should not come in contact with the
: shore laborers. The mails were also
landed, but before delivery were thor
oughly re-fumigated in the hospital a
Sogi. The President, DIR. Funk and the
pilot, as well as two passengers from
> San Francisco, were also fumigated
10 not ho cIi irh N
7 any danger of contagion.
Il Health Authorities Act
Il The following official order has beer
issued by the President of the Munich
pal Council at Apia:
According to an official information
~ from Honolulu, bubonic plague made
. its appearance there on Dec. 18th an(
h Iup to Jan Cd twelve deaths have oc
: Cured therefrom, OF which the las
}. was on the 1st.
II By the power vested in me by Sec
t ton 20 of the Quarantine Ordinance
d 1891, hereby order and declare tbs
: port of Honolulu to be an infected port
:. All native boats and canoes arr
strictly prohibited from going along
SIDE OF Vessels COIuInS from the salt
port.
All boats, lighters and other craft be
: longing to Europeans, as well as boat
: carrying the Samoan mails are allowe,
to communicate with said vessels onl,
y by special permission of the President
which permission will be granted onl,
@ after the Health Officer has admittet
e the vessel to pratique.
q Mulinuu, the 18th day of January
: 1900 VIII. SOLE,
Americans at Tutuila.
: The T. S. S. Abarenda left Pago-Pa
go harbor on Tuesday afternoon at
: o'clock for Auckland, where she goe
/. for some material which is requiret
# by the contractor here; she win ais
: 90 into dock In Auckland. There wa
i a large muster Of girls from the differ
ent villages to see them OF and ''Tof
4 mai Feleni" could be heard all owe
4 the bay. The natives here are in grea
Y glee that America has taken over tn
: lisland instead of Germany. I ma
Imention that the Abarenda has buoye