The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-15

TO have gone TO Hilo in his dual capac-
lty as Attorney General and as a mem
Der OF. the Board OF Health. After the
Board meeting Mr.. Cooper had i'm I
portant conferences with President /
Dole. Minister Young and Marshal
Brown, and the general feeling is that
Mr.. Andrews official head as Sheriff OF
Hawaii will fall into the basket F.
Whether the Sheriff has any intention
OF allowing a second attempt at land
ing, even with Attorney General Coop /
er on the Kinau. was a much discussed .
question about town yesterday.
1t Is reported that the Sheriff. fol-
lowing out the regulations OF his most
wonderful BY Authority. which is fOuni
elsewhere in this issue. went so far o.
TO dump all the Chinese and japanese
mail on the ground and deliberately
destroy It by fire. Some American mail
Is said TO have been included. P0s--
master-General Dat said be had heard
the rumOr. but had not Seen Officially
notified. He stated it was a seri lus
matter. One OF the Sherins ridiculous
regulations was 20 have each lester
opened at the window and the envp,-
ope was then destroyed by fire. the
Sheriff having passed a regulation that
a'.t-N VI NAaA El'a-NAAA 10 A-aA AAla AEasNlA. Oh
Oahu would be allowed in Hio 5g Fa-
wall. Many of the citizens were iufi-
nant that such regulations shoull 81
put in force. and delegates from va.
GUS parts OF the island are understood
20 be heading for HilJ 10 protest against
his actions. When the Kinau arrived
at this port she had only five gll.ors OF
fresh water LEFT.
Drastic Measures.
The Board of Health may pass a res
OlutiOn today by the terms of when the
entire city of Honolulu viii be divided
into sub-districts, each under a head
inspector with sub-inspectors under
him, and people prevented from passing
from one section into another. follow
ing the same course of action pursued
in the cholera epidemic. This will work
a hardship in every department of bust
ness. but from now on the Boards
policy will be 10 take no half way
measures in stamping out the disease.
The street car lines would Of necessity
be stopped.
L. A. Thurston is now in charge of
placing guards around infected houses,
ascertaining the history of cases ard
ferreting out sickness. Judge G. +.
Peterson is assisting him in this work.
5. NJ. Ballou also will aid in this work
from today if the Circuit Judge does
not insist on holding court. So many
cases of sickness are reported that g
large force is absolutely necessary f1r /
the work
Judge Carter is about worn out with |
his duties and has gone TO Waikiki to ]
recuperate.
Of ar !
" issue a call for more volunteer in /
spectors, realizing their work over the /
paid inspectors. who are in general ir- /
responsible men. More physicians ase /
also needed. The physicians now 81 /
duty are kept on the jump constantly /
and many cases of sickness lack a'tel- /
tion from want OF medical assls anoe. \
More of the large force of physicians Of /
Honolulu should volunteer their ser |
vices at this critical stage of the plague. !
as the disease is spreading fast and IT, ]
so many different sectors.
J. 4. Kennedy has taken Mr. Thurs /
tons place in pushing the cOnstTu 'tir7 /
Of the Kalihi camp. The carps1-oIs I
yesterday received double pay.
Work was commenced early yez-er-
day morning on the military FUN sa-.
ing plant and The frame work was r8's-
Ell Dy nlglfi4ll. Inc Uu4.t-N-- III
located on the open space Eva Of th0 /
drill shed and almost adjoining tho
Adams property. Estimate Of the cost
is now placed at $500.
The Board held an executive g. z.1r
yesterday morning
Jack Atkinson has succeeded Mr.
Gait in charge OF the Kerosene ware
house camp. where coo persons IRE
0uarantined. At the Battery camp arc \
200, and at Kalihi 600 more are hJused. /
BY tonight there will be accOmuOd1-
tions at Kalihi for ! 200 more.
The following letter from Sheriff An ,
drews to a gentleman in this city. is mi
dicative Of the formers intention 70 !
proclaim himself superior TO The Board I
Of Health's cautious judgment:
I'VE are now receiving no passengers
from Honolulu for ten days as perregu- |
1ations published in Hilo Herald this !
day. Jan. 18th.
After Jan. 10. we may receive pas
sengers on eight days quarantine here |
or we may continue to refuse them per !
mission to land. it will depsn5 upon
circumstances. I am sorry Jha- | have
70 be so severe.
Yours truly,
L. A. ANDREWS.
Sheriff of Hawaii"
A very suspicious case was brought
TO light on King street last night near
the river: that OF an old Chinese wo-
man. who was removed to thr pest hos
pital. Hers was the most serious case
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