Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-13
CHoLTnsIS HAWAII.


Among ,h. Natives.
San FRAScIsco. Sent l9.-Ths
steamship Australia srrivsd this even
INK rom Honolulu, bringing the fol-
loving advlres TO tho Associated Pres,:
Honolulu, sept. 5.-torty -0uo cases
OF cholera nave been reported up 10
dHte, with So deaths. rho disease
alta cks only the nativos. Every effort
Il being made 10 stamp II out.
The cholefp, a-cording to tue general
theory, was brought TO Honolulu by
thv steamer Beige, which arrived here
on the 0.h OF August with 63S Chinese
Immigrants on board. The vessel had
clean Till OF health, but, following
the custom, the Cbinoss were placed
Ia guarantee. On the ism OF Angus
Il was learnod that three OF this imm'-
grants died, two from bowel complaint
and the other from exhaustion.
AZ soon as II was publicly announced
that death had ccuftod az The
quarantine station, people became
alarmed and declared that Aslatic
cholera had broken cut amoug the
| Chinese immigrants. Doctors made n
| careful examination Vi the hrst anu
| declared that 1t was not cholera. Moro
| this intensified the alarm. This time
| the disease was declared TO DO genuine
Aslatio cholers. IL was decided 10
inaugurate n syBlem OF house.to.house
diRinfectiop, anu other precautionary
measures were adopted TO in,uIe, II
possible, the security OF the communi-
~.
No cases developed among the Chi
nete ut the quarantine station after
August 10Th, aud the immigrants have
since been released.
Up to August card, i've cases OF
cholera developed at Honolulu, with
four deaths. On the evening OF the
2ilh another CAGE was reported. For
| five days there were no caseB reported,
aud people bresthed eagior, believing
that the disehas had been stamped out.
| But II was only respite. On the 30ih
nine cases were reported, i've Of which
proved fatal.
| One OF the unfortunatos was sea-
man ON tho Bennington named W.
IL. doebel. lie vas taken III while ON
board the weasel, and lived but short
time. He bad bathed In tue hAIO0r.
and, IL IL thought, contracted the dlt-
case Ia this mnuner.
On the following day four cases were
reported; on the Srd seven cases do.
voloptd. With the exception OF the
bennington sailor, this soOurge has at
Tackled only natives.
Fhs chief difficulty In dealing with
the cholora hsre 10 the Ignorance aud
uuclesnly habits Of the Chinese. The
natives, o; course, have no conception
OF tho nature OF the disease, Its origin,
or the proper treatment Of II. In this,
IA In all other Respects, they sro mere
children ana must be treated accord-
ingly. The Bennington Is now an
chorcd outside the harbot.
The physicians are gradually loeat-
Ing the germ oentoro, but new cases
aTise In unexpected quarters. and there
has not beon u sufficient number OF
facts 10 enable any safe generalization
| to he made.
The steamer Miowera arrived OF the
port last night from the colonies. The
captain landed q passenger aud pre-
c-eded on his way to Victoria without
taking either mail, press dispatches or
| Dlsseugers.
The UniteI States ship Olympia sr.
rived on the 22nd, eight days from San
| Francisco. She anchored outside Of
tue harbor. She will take oual here
i
The bennington 10 at anchor outside
also. Her physicians report all we'll
on board.
PARDON POLITICAL PRISONERS.
The council OF State had a meeting
yesterday afternoon, and after appro-
| priating $4,000 for expenses incurred
by the board OF health, the matter OF
pardoning political prisoners came up
for consideration. THIS executive rec
commended that Carl Widermann,
"Cupid," the four Lane boys, Junius
Ksae, joe Widdleileid and thiriy-nine
Others DO pardonsd. The council adopt
cd the recommendation.
At the same meeting the queen was
pardoned also. She anu this others Will
DO liberated as sUon as the pardsns are
made out. Bowler, Richard, Walker,
Seward, Wilcox and othor long.Ierm
prisoners will remain In jail.
| sIUugH DEAD.