The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-14
NAVAL PLAGUE SHIP
CRUISER BENNINGTON WAS INFECT
ED WITH AsIATIC CHOLERA.
SIX Sailors III with the Disease on
est Glass of Hawaifans.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13.-Dr. Rupert
Blue. of the marine service of this city.
received two letters this morning from
his brother, Victor Blue. who Is an ensign
on board the United States steamship Ben
nington, now stationed at Honolulu. In
One letter bearing date of Aug. %. Ensign
Blue states that cholera broke out In the
islands two weeks previously. and it was
constantly on the increase. On Sept 2,
two days before the sailing of the Mari
posa, Ensign Blue wrote a letter. in which
he stated that six men were down with
the disease on board the Bennington. and
the ships surgeon feared that the disease
had hardly begun. He made careful mi
croscopic examination OF the execretions
and pronounced 1t to be a virulent type of
Asiatic cholera. I'VE all feel very blue
here at the present. writes Ensign Blue.
''and the excitement here is intense, and ii
is not to be wondered at, for the disease
Is spreading with alarming rapidity. The
Bennington has left anchorage off Honolu-
lu and gone southwark one hundred miles.
We Will return once week after mail and
orders. In one day thirty-five cases were
reported at Honolulu. and nearly every one
resulted fatally. 1 hope to be able to give
you better news when L write, but fear
1 will not be so Fortunate"
Advices from Honolulu, under date OF
Sept. 5, say: There was a good deal of
uneasiness when the sailor on the Benning-
ton became affected with cholera. and that
alone caused many to believe that the dis
ease would spread TO the whites. and many
families hurried-y packed their belongings
and ned to the beach a few miles from
town, likewise large number going to the
outside districts. So many took advantage
or this that the Board of Health issued
an order fo-bidding any connection with
leave town without pass from the health
authorities All the houses along the
Nuuanu stream have been condemned and
burned and the stream thoroughly disin-
fected. as well as the harbor.
The Bennington was thoroughly disinfect-
ed and the ship went 10 sea the day after
outside the harbor. where she has been for
several days. together with the Olympic.
which arrived early Monday morning and
several of the interisland feet. There has
been no connection with the other islands
since the first outbreak. the people refusing
in some instances to receive the mail.
ing the people there. Meats and provisions
are very scarce, and at one place flour
and rice are selling at S11 per barrel and
sack. 1t was decided 10 place several of
the local steamers in service. and the Hall
was dispatched to ports on Maui with pro-
visions and maik, and the tourists that
arrived by the Australia are being. trans
ferred from the Australia TO the Hall, no
connection having been made with the
shore.
The cruiser Olympia is anchored I'm the
stream, Captain Reed refusing 10 have any
communication with the Bennington or the
shore. The companies of the National Guard
are doing patrol duty in the quarantine
district This was found necessary TO fully
carry out instructions issued by the Board
OF Health. During the pest three days there
have been numbers OF instances wherein the
natives have hidden the sick people, and
only made report when they. have died.
Many curious and false notions prevail
ment has introduced the disease to kin or
the Royalists. and, by the aid Of several