The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13
Many Deaths Have Occurred in
Honolulu.
NATIVES ONLY ATTACKED.
EVERY PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE
WAS TAKEN.
Queen LII Has Received Full Par
don, and is Probably Once More
Free BY This Time-About Fifty
Ot0cr Political Prisoners Also
See the Jail Doors Fly Open.


steamship Australia arrived this even
ing from Honolulu, bringing the fol-
lowing advices to the Associated Press:
HONOLULU, Sept. 5.-Forty-one
cases of cholera have been reported up
to date with So deaths. The disease at
tacks only the natives. Every effort
is being made to stamp it out. No
island steamers are allowed to leave
port without first remaining in quaran-
tine for five days Passengers must
undergo the same ordeal. The Austria
liza leaves today for San Francisco with
cabin passengers only.
The cholera, according to the gem
eral theory, was brought to Honolulu
by the steamer Belgic, which arrived
here on the 9th of August with 53S
Chinese immigrants on board. The
vessel had a clean bill of health, but,
following the custom, the Chinese were
placed in quarantine. On the 18th of
August it was learned that three of the
immigrants died-two from bowel COM
plant and the other from exhaustion.
Genuine Asiatic Cholera.
AS soon as it was publicly announced
that a death had occurred at the quar-
antfne station, people became alarmed
and declared that Asiastic cholera had
broken out among the Chinese immi-
grants. Doctors made a careful ex-
animation of the first cases and de-
clared that it was not cholera. More
cases broke out soon, however, and
this intensified the alarm. This time
the disease was declared to be genuine
Asiatic cholera. 1t was decided to in
augurate a system of house to house
inspection and other precautionary
measures were adopted to Insure, if
possible, the security of the COM
munity.
No cases developed among the
Chinese at the quarantine station after
August 16, and the immigrants have
since been released.
Up to August %, five cases of cholera
developed at Honolulu, four deaths.
On the evening of the 24th another
were no cases reported and people
breathed easier, believing that the dis
ease had been stamped out. but it
was only a respite. On the Both nine
cases were reported, five of which
proved fatal. One of the unfortunates
was a seaman on the Bennington
named W. H. Goebel. He was taken
ill while on board the vessel and lived
but a short time. He had bathed in
the disease in this manner. On the
following day four cases were re-
ported. On the third seven cases de-
Veloped.
Alice Same Children.
With the exception CT the Benning-
ton sailor, the scourge has attacked
only natives.
The chief difficulty in dealing with
har ic h0 Il
unclean habits of the Chinese. The
natives, of course, have no conception
of the nature of the disease, it's origin,
or the proper treatment of it. In this,
as in all other respects, they are mere
children and must be treated accord
ingly. The Bennington is now anchored
outside the harbor.
The physicians are generally locat-
ing the germ centres, but new cases
has not been a sufficient number of
facts to enable any generalization to
be made.
The steamer Miowera arrived off the
port last night from the colonies The
captain landed a passenger and pro-
ceeded on his way to Victoria without
taking either mail, press dispatches or
passengers.
The United States steamship Olympia
arrived on the 22nd, eight days from
San Francisco. She anchored outside
of the harbor. She will take coal here
and leave about the 18th for japan
The Bennington is at anchor outside
also. Her physicians report all well
on board.
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. The executive recon-
mended that Carl Widemann, Cupid"
the four Lane boys, Junius Kane. Joe
Widdlef1eld and thirty-nine others be
pardoned. The council adopted the
The Queen Pardoned.
At the same meeting, the queen was
pardoned also. She and the others
will be liberated as soon as the par
dons are made out. Bowler. Richard.
Walker, Seward, Wilcox and other
long term prisoners, will remain in
Jail.
The government will allow all exiIes
TO return to the country with the ex-
ception of the Ashford brothers. now
in San Francisco.
Permission has been granted John
Cranston and E. Muller to return to
pc present at an examination to be
held in the interests of the Canadian
Australian Steamship company Null
len and Cranston entered suit against
the company at Vancouver for carry
ing them away from this country
against their wishes.
RoOSEVELTS WORDS TO YOUNG
MEN,