Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-17

braltar was made.
Death did not begin to stalk among
the $50 Portuguese and 500 Spanish
the Harpalion had cleared Gibraltar
The transition from cold to warm.
or climate is believed to have brought
on much of the sickness.
Captain Pope stated this morning
that inasmuch as he had a sufllcienCy
Of coal when rounding South America
he saw no necessity for calling at
Puma Arenas merely to report,
which accounts for no word having
been received from the ship since her
departure from Gibraltar.
Few Complaints Registered.
The immigrants are divided into l2l
families and a. single men from OpOr
to, making a total of 59' Portuguese
while at Gibraltar were taken on
board i6j families and 1l0 single men
n total of 1893 Spaniards.
Those who visited the llarpalion
this morning declare that the vessel
presented a wellkept appearance. Her
fittings are pronounced satisfactory
and the prediction is vcntured that
when the vessel comes under the rigid
inspection demanded by the Federal
Customs department but little, If any.
objection will he found to the vessel
and the sanitary arrangements for the
care of so large a number of passcn.
gers. The Harpalion Is especially I'll.
ted to accommodate fully 1900 immi.
grants.
Special Agent Silva Accompanied
the Party.
Special Agent J. A. Silva, acting Ms
deputy for A. J. Campbell, returned
to Honolulu as passenger in the
Harpalion. lie declares that the pres.
ont lot of immigrants are the best
that have been forwarded here in
some time. The Harpalion party IL
accompanied by two physicians, one
a Britishor and the other Portuguese
medical man. Two trained nurses
have been looking after the sick.
Cleanliness wag matter that re.
"Civod strict attention at the hands o'
the British officers under the direction
OF Captain Pope. The Harpalion ar.
rived here presenting n very clearly
appearance.
Segregation Attempted.
Spanish and Portuguese were scpar.
ated so far as was possible to do so
on tho voyage II is believed that ow.
ing to abundance of space devoted to
The quarters for the immigrants max.
ing such segregation feasible went
long way toward preventing any mark.
ed display of ill-fecling between the
two nationaities, n condition that
prevailed nOticeably on former immi.
grant steamers on the voyage to the
islands.
Harpalion Brings Small Cargo.
The Harpalion brings a cargo of $50
tons pig iron. fire brick and general
merchandise to this port. Her hold is
also partially filed with the varieCat.
ed effects of the immigrants. Immi.
grant baggage viii have to undergo
thorough fumigation. which work is TO
be carried on at the quarantine sta.
tion plant.
The Harpalion is large freight.
carrier of $500 tons register with q.
length of 1913 feet. breadth 80 feet and
depth 32 feet. The vessel has been I'M
trade between English, Australian and
South American ports.
HarpaIion and Passengers in
Quarantine.
The Harpalion and her passengers
are still in quarantine, and the vessel
is to be brought to Quarantine wnarl
this afternoon. The immigrants are
now under the jurisdiction of the Ter.
ritorial Board of Health and will re.
main so until passed by the medical
officers. The Federal doctors are
through with the ship and passengers.
The Harpalion sailed with 14Sil
aboard, j9l Portuguese and 500 Span.
iards. OF these, 1885 were full fares,
the remaining $40 being children of
twelve or under. The Territorial I'm.
migration authorities consider the rec
ord of seventeen deaths low one.