The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-01-19

r. T. Wilbur, bookkeeper at Ka-
malo plantation, died last week.
The police station is not quaran-
tined, guard Patrick to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Bargains in all depa 'tments at l..
B. Kerr's this week, be sure and call
and examine them.
Don't fail to ring up Telephone
444, American Messenger Service, If
you have any messages or packages
to deliver.
Yesterday there were 529 persons
detained at the kerosene warehouse,
26l at the battery and 1860 at the
Kalihi camps.
The police had lively time with
q Portuguese last night. This
morning the man was sent to the
Insane Asylum.
When you want hack ring up
191. On that stand you will get
reliable and good driver, fine hack,
and no overcharging.
The teachers in the Government
Schools are happy to-day. For some
mysterious reason they received their
January salary this morning.
The case at the kerosene ware
house camp to-day will prevent
large number of quarantined persons
to be turned lose upon the town.
The good work of destroying Chi
morning when the balance of the
shacks in the block on Pauahi, Nnu-
anu and Smith streets was burned
down.
Attention is called to the order of
the Board of Health which prevents
packages and bundles to be deliver
ed to persons at the Kalihi Station
except between the hours of 9 to IL
a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m.
The N. S. Sachs Dry Goods Co,
call special attention to large as.
sortment of travelling rugs. They
are needed now especially by pas
sengers booked for Lorrin Andrews
domain. There are no "cold feet"
in those rings.
There we're several collisions be-
tween carriages aud bicycles yester-
day. Marshal Brown will adopt
drastic measures to stop accidents
and teach the drivers of horses and
riders of wheels lesson in regard
to the rights of pedestrians.
The fishing smack Malolo has
been offered by the owners to the
Board of Health for the modest sum
of $4,000, to be used for the towing
of garbage scows. Has the Malolo
gone out of the Fishing" business?
What has become of the Kaimiloa.
A white man tried to sell lady's
gold watch to a well-known Japa-
nese yesterday. The Japanese look
ed at the watch recognized it as one
stolen from his wife, and the white
man now regets that he offered his
booty grined through fire and
quarantine in the quarantined dis
trict.
The Peck cottage at Kewalo in
which a plague victim was found
was burnt down yesterday. The
Boardman house will probably he
destroyed tomorrow. A possible
attempt to save the building will
undoubtedly be answered by DIR.
Woods stern rsply-"no discrimina-
ton"
The Australia will sail for San
Francisco on Tuesday next, effort
will be made to give the steamer a
clean bill of health, she having been
anchored in the stream since her
arrival and the passengers hooked
having been in quarantine for the
last fifteen days. The steamer will
take full cargo of sugar.
The United Chinese Society now
wrestling with the problem of help
ing the homeless Chinese, have re.
ceived the following welcome dona
tions: From G. M. Cooke $500, from
= w. r. Castle $3.50, and from p. G.
Jones 500. 1t is hoped that other
people who have in days gone by
benefited by the Chinese will follow
the noble example of the philan'
tropists named.
During the fire to-day sparks fell
into the yard of e. B. Thomas, on
the corner of Konia and King street,
and pile of lumber, some hay and
barrels of lime were ignited Mr.
Thomas was fortunately on the
nramiaaa and succaadad with aouoe