The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-17
.LEPER SETTLEMENT
FATHER WENDOLIN'S EESIGNA-
TION ALSO WANTED.
Mile Marie Leurquin's Services are Not
Required-Another Supposed cure for
LeprOSy.

The leper settlement occupied much
of the time at yesterdays meeting of
the Board of Health In addition to
accepting the resignation of Superin-
tendent Reynolds and calling for that
of DR. Oliver the Board decided that
the interests of harmony and the vel
fare of the settlement demanded the
retirement of Father Wendolin as we'll.
The resolution to this effect passed at
the special meeting on Tuesday morn
ing, was as follows,
Resolved. That the harmony and in
terests of the Leper Settlement will be
promoted by the removal of Father
WendOlin and that the Right Rev.
Gulstan, Bishop of PanopOlis, be re-
quested to remove him forthwith, and
appoint some other priest to fill the
vacancy made thereby
The Board decided that it didn't want
the services of Mile, Marie Leurquin,
who wants to devote herself to the
lepers and wrote to Miss Alice Roose-
welt for assistance in getting permission
to settle at Kalaupapa. The inter was
referred To Acting Governor Cooper,
with the following letters received by
the Board in answer to its queries
Il have received your letter of the
3rd inst. with the copies of letters from
H. +. Cooper Acting Governor. from
Thomas Ryan, Acting Secretary and
| from Mademoiselle NJ. Leurquin.
In reply, l beg to say that l cannot
take any responsibility in the case of
| Mademoiselle Leurquin. Should she be
accepted she would be disappointed,
/ in not finding the work she desires to
| do. | consider it best not to accept
| her at present.
Respectfully yours,
(Sigm SISTER MARIANNE"
! A letter telling of another cure for
| leprosy was received from the acting
governor. This time it is from a Ger
| man physician who has curative with
| which he experimental in Brazil. He is
now i'm Germany, but wants to come
/ here and test the supposed remedy 1t
| is thought that this remedy, which is
/ also a plant extract. is quite likely to
| be Tua tua again. The Board decided
( that it would ask that some of the Gu
! rative be sent here for experiment, but
| didn't see his way to inviting the doctor
| to come here at the expense Of the ter
| ritOry.
After adopting the report Of the MOlO-
! kai investigation committee, the Board
/ passed a resolution of thanks TO Super
! intendent Reynolds, for his u years OF
| service. Attorney General Dole Dr.
| Cooper and others expressed their APP
| probation of his honest and faithful
! service, while saying that they regret l.
! ted TO accept his resignation, but felt
| that the Pilipo case left no other course
| open. Reynolds made a statement in
| which he said that he had nothing to
do with the police regulations, and had
! heard nothing about Pililo after
! he heard of the latter's arrest. The
man could get better attention, he had
! thought, in Jail than anywhere else.
! Applications for the position of super
| intendent were received from G. b. VIII
son and j. d. McVeigh. The board bal
! lotted secretly and McNeigh received
! all the votes.
! Drs. Sloggett, Moore, Cooper and
| Pratt We're appointed a committee tC
| select a successor to DR.. Oliver 1t was
! decided that the Board should visit the
{ settlement next month.