The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-04

out, D." said the soldier, leveling his re-
volver, and the negro put it out.
Every effort is being made to keep
the great encampment in sanitary
condition. The board of health meets
in the park lodge, and the military is
there to enforce all orders on the dot.
Hundreds of barrels of lime are needed
and needed badly.
DREAD OF SICKNESS
FRIGHTENS PEOPLE.
The dread of epidemic hanging over
the earthquake and fire zefugees is be-
ing realized. Smallpox and typhoid
fever in most virulent form are now ag-
gravating the panic and torture of the
unfortunates huddled in jefferson
Square, Golden Gate Park and the Pan
handle.
The authorities have been haunted
by the fear that pestilence would ap.
pear ard hasty preparations have been
taken TO establish rigid quarantine.
If conditions become worse this will
mean that none may leave o. enter the
devastated city and the sick and help
less must be cared for by the soldiery
until trained nurses can arrive
All persons familiar with tue horrible
,,na nna,o;dolio M ,u"' a;. .a;n4oJ
,r;th +ha oorn,n oe h,,pdnods oe n' Iaao,
;na hoJ;os anI tto.nanls -,
The water sunnlv is reeking with chem.
icals and every form of refuse. The
survivors, weakened by exposure and
hunger, unable to take the slightest
sanitary precautions. will fail easy prey
to any epidemic.
Thousands of women who all their
lives have known only luxury are
forced by necessity to herd with tramp
offscourings from Barbary Coast, the
slums of the underworld and the riff.
raft of every description.
The denizens of the submerged tenth
are able to shift for themselves as they
can accustom themselves to any condi-
tion, but people who have been reared
in luxury, are the sufferers and the
News that typhoid and smallpox had
appeared spread even faster than did
the flames and aroused the survivors to
fresh panic. They fear that this new
terror will serve to shut of or delay
much of the assistance now on the way.
Most of all they fear it will mean their
virtual Imprisonment in the city of
horrors and the stopping of their
friends and relatives at the gates.
INNOCENT PERSONS
SHOT FOR I,OOTING
NJ ,. ~ ,;...1 ,,,.,
/. 80 r. I,aams nf -. 80
~ 80 aLa. 49,, h., r. r.
lie .5 u sai1;a.a nOI ~ ',it ,s
.%aa. ahnsS !. - ,o;i .hn. ~ ~ ~
sno'e enai SOU .nat do 'oon as
any sehuianoe Ui 'iuei ies'oIe''
oou, 'iai 'iai VIII oo ueni"hueu ioI 'he
s1''ss s1n hW,S ~ .Sa ""oon a;,; .i"s "ee'
III ~ nn "su nuoot;n, ,,;,oa, "n.,
mno .sen nv" aie SGis .;nta ''iufne1
soy ''"'
Scanua.1us r % o. anu norriytns @ 3t crimes, ata $40
,ai t,InI wv ' p".S ~ ~ noIo.;,' r
s"nn u'ha hawo Ioan shot II rms. ho
9o.S "nu nav ue.n SUI. "u'. oe
saiu III e, uelense VI Ine soi'.'a .,, 'na' .neS
n"'' psi ~ "'eu 49, ~ p,.I'n
ls ioo'i"s, pe9, .ns - a. "na 90
sls..ns !" 'rys M Wy w t",n 'ne i%n h,',
,"s toopS la nav" some -,
siy w" .ne i.'' a"u a. 90
ter ,ta,es "nnuntpae th' , W u,S'pi,n;, ain,y
oihoeis " say -neS "eioonno an ihN'stis",
been sho, were JetoatcJ mntilating or
robhing the dead or attemnting to rob
banks and other places.
1t is true there has been no temporiz.
ing. and commands not instantly obeyed
have been enforced by the bullet or
baYonet hut the officers say eNtraordi.
nary conditions require stern measures.
As far as the spread of the flames is
concerned, the outlook is much more