The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-06

h1S6 TIVE S8N0
he man who recently committed sui
eide in the villa" had done SO be-
cause he realized that he had the
plague. The following is DR.. Hon-
report:
Examinations of the cultures from
the body of the suicide, which were
made on April 4, 1900. show me no
plague baciili, nor were any signs of
internal sickness, especially plague,
found macroscopically or microscopi-
cally in the rat killed in the burned
district on low ground near Kaumaka-
pill Church, sent in by Towse.
"DR. w. HOFFMANN."
Purchasing Agent Question.
The Council OF State is considering
the matter Of a purchasing agent for
the Board of Health Councillor A. v.
Gear was present at the Board OF
Health meeting and spoke on the sub
ject, saying that the committee hav-
ing the matter in hand had consulted
with DR.. Wood and Mr.. Hatch, and
that IL had been referred 10 Mr.. Alien.
The necessity of such an officer for the
Board had been argued in the Council
OF State, but the matter had been de-
ferred until the opinion of the Board
OF Health had been ascertained. Gear
thought 1t would be a wise idea to
have a thorough business man to take
the matter in hand. IL would mean
the saving of a great deal of money.
Il would be the purchasing agents du-
ty TO supervise all buying in every
branch of the Health Department.
of
cox if he could state to what extent
buying for the Board had been done
by tender. Gear thought it would be
impossible to cover all necessary pur-
chases by tender. DIR. Wood learned
from Wilcox that almost all OF the
buying was done by tender. The
President thought it would be best to
have the bills of the six months pre-
ceding the outbreak OF plague, gone
over for the purpose of finding out
definitely just how much business was
done by tender and then report the
facts preparatory 10 any action being
taken concerning purchasing agent.
The Drill Shed Camp.
DIR. Wood said that he had several
matters of importance to bring before
the Board. the first of which was the
reading of the reply of the Minister of
the Interior to the petition concern
Ing the inmates of the drillshed camp.
as follows:
In the matter OF the petition referred
to the Executive Council from pea sons
at present detained at the drill shed
camp, praying that they be allowed to
retain their quarters in said camp, until
May 1st, 1900, or until the quarantine
L. F,.l1, t..s IL
to seek employment outside of Homo
lulu, / desire to inform you that, at a
meeting of the said Council, IL was vot-
ed to allow said petitioners to remain
in said quarters until May LIST, 1900"
Petitions From Kalihi.
The following petitions from Hawai-
ians and Japanese at the Kalihi deten-
ton camp were next in order:
I'VE. the undersigned Hawaiian sub
jects who are living in the Kalihi de-
teption camp ordered by you to prepare
to leave the place, become homeless
and without the support of the Board
OF Health, beg the Board to allow us to
continue in the camp. We hope the
Board will carefully consider this petit
tion and help us. your humble servants.
as We hope God will also help you"
Signed by about hundred Hawaiians.
We, the undersigned Japanese per-
sons. do hereby respectfully show that
we are now living in Kalihi detention
camp as our only place of shelter.
where we have been since January last
or thereabouts under quarantine reg
ulations; that our time under such
quarantine having expired, We have re-
mained. as the remnant OF about 1900
60 Ia hat
been unable to find any other place to
live in or to shelter us: that large
number of us are without money or
means. and that among us are about
sixty-five women and children; that We
have been refused quarters at the re-
lief camps:
Therefore. we respectfully ask that
we may be permitted to- remain where
We now are, in said Kalihi detention
camp until on or about the - day
OK May, a. ID. 1900" Signed by about
l75 japanese.
Both of the foregoing petitions were
referred to the Executive.
Finance Committees Letter.
A letter from the Finance Committee
Of the Board OF Health was then read
as below:
81 beg 70 report. on behalf Of your
Finance Committee. that FIVE payrolls.
dated January 31st. 1900. amounting to
s5.474.S5. appear to have been paid by
warrants 100. 161. and 10. dated Feb
ruary 9th. 1900. without having been
previously submitted to this committee
for audit. The committee believes
these payrolls to he correct. but consid-
ers 1t important to mention TO you this
informality. which affords an instance
OF the difficulty attending the efforts q
the committee TO lay before the Board
accurate statements of their exr
ture in the suppression of ths bur'nic
plague. and to frame for them csdmatcs
of probable requirements.
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