The record-union., 1895-09-13

| slant There Had Been Thirty Eight
Cases and Thirty-Four Deaths From
the Plague, All Natives, Except
One whites Seaman of the United
States Gunboat Bennington and
Three Chinese in Quarantine.
San FRANCISCO. Sept 1.-TWO letters
were received this afternoon from your
correspondent at Honolulu by the
steamer Australia, which show that the
cholera situation Is much worse than was
supposed, and entirely disprove the al
/ legged Auckland dispatch sent out yester-
day stating that the deaths attributed to
cholera had been traced to poisoned food.
The first letter, dated August 10Th, is as
follows:
"Siuce the 18th three deaths have oc-
Cured in this city, believed TO be from
ASiatic cholera. The last one was on the
18th. Three deaths also occurred prior to
the 18th among Chinese immigrants per
Belgic on the 9Th on the quarantine
island. None later. All the cases were
| thoroughly isolated and diSlnfected.
| only person scared has been the Captain
of the MCuowai, who was in such panic
! that he ran away without taking the
mails or even a scrap OF writing TO tell
| the actual facts.
The facts prior to the 2lst are briefly
stated in the following official report:
'H0NoLULU, Aug. y, 1875.
"'Of1icial statement of the Hawaiian
! Board of II eaitn TO the Unlted States Con-
| sul-General, Ellis Willis.
"'The steamer Belgic arrived at this
port August 9th, eleven and one-half
days from Yokohama. having on board
| for this port 53S Chinese immigrants.
| She reported three deaths on the voyage,
| giving as causes of death pneumonia one
/ case, heart disease two cases. The Chi
nese were landed in quarantine, one being
sick with gastro-iutestinal disturbance at
| the time. He died the day after being
/ landed. Two other cases OF gastro-intes-
/ tinal disturbance developed the day the
| first case died. OF these one recovered.
| and the third, an old man, died of ex-
haustion four days later one young
| Chinamen became sick the third day after
| landing, and died the following day. All
these cases presented the symptoms OF
CASTRO enteritis and were considered
/ cholera morbus. No other suspicious
cases have developed since the last case.
which died August 10th. Five cases OF
I cholera morbus, with one death. have
developed in Iwilei, Honolulu, since
! Sunday the 18th. WM. q. SMITH,
president Board Of HEALTH
mo more suspicious cases have de-
veloped on quarantine island since the
10th. The four cases did not present the
| rice water symptom of cholera, all the
excreta being colored. 1t is further proof
| that it was not cholera, that for ten days
no more cases have occurred among the
! 53S Chinese.
! 1.-The quarantine is upon low island
of thirty acres, half mile west OF the
harbor 1t is separated from the point OF
/ Iwilei by half mile width of shoal
water. Careful inquiry disproved a re-
port that a native woman who died had
| waded over to quarantine island and
gathered crabs. She had only gathered
! sea moss near the lWilei shore. All the
excreta of the quarantine patients had
/ been carefully disIniected, also the bodies
! before burial.
"All of the five cases named in the fore
going report as at Iwilei were natives. On
the list another native, man from lWI-
lei, was attacked and died that night.
| Two more cases occurred on the 9TH.
! One WAS at Iwilei, a native man, who is
! couya!escent. The other was native
laborer near the Government buildings
He died that night. Three deaths in all
occurred in the city. The city cases pre-
sented the usual symptoms of Asatic
cholera, including collapse, and rice
water discharges. Careful meteorological
( examination was made, and the bacillus
was found The doctors are nearly
unanimous in the opinion that IL is Ash
attic cholera.
! "Much doubt is still felt in the COM
munity on account of the immunity OF
| the Chinese immigrants by the Belgic.
M rod ct
/ eight days upon the presumption that
cnoera is present. No passengers have
/ been allowed to leave for the other
islands, although frei.ht is still shipped.
! Vigorous measures have been employed
/ for the thorough sanitation OF the city.
/ One hundred mon are actively at work
/ cleaning and disinfecting uuder medical
direction. An extremely unsanllary con-
| ditlon exists IN Chinese quarters, ana
/ frequently among Japanese, and less
among Hawalians.
although five thousand deaths from
/ cholera have occurred IN all Japan dur
| ing the past two months, y Yokohama,
where the Belgic last called, was not
/ rated as an infected port.
/ THE special session Of the Legislature
/ closed OH the 10Th. The Hawaiian star
/ advocates a general amnesty 10 political
/ prisoners. The American League has
| passed resolutions in favor OF snch a
1 measure. The AdeeTtiSeF recommends
caution. The Government Is in favor OF
such amnesty, so far as it can be seen to
I be consistent with public sately. Greig
! and Marshall, rebel prisoners pardoned
| on condition OF leaving the country, left
/ this week for San Francisco"
The second letter, dated september 5th,
the uay the Australia sailed, announces
! that the ex-Queen is to be paroled, and
all the political prisoners except the lead
ers are to be pardoned. The correspond
/ ent then goes on as follows:
'1he attack of cholera has much in
/ creased in force II is still confined en-
tirely to the native Hawaiian population.
| Up to the morning of the Sd there had
been twenty-four cases and tweuty-one
deaths in the city, not including tho pre-
vious four cases and three deaths of Chi
/ nese in quarantine. All the cases were
! native Hawsiians, except one white sea-
/ man on the United States gunboat Ben
nington.
The cases occurred as follows: On
the 18th to 2lst, in Iwilei, six cases, five
! deaths; 9th, TWO cases. one death; 29th TO
Septemb ber lst fourteen cases, thirteen
/ deaths; September "a, two cases, two
deaths; September Sd, eight cases. six
| deaths; September 4th. two cases. two
! deaths. Total to morning of 9th, thirty
/ four cases, twenty-nine deaths. Septen-
Z beT ONAli II n. NJ, iOdA Lew CdotS, tuICo
deaths-all natives.
Zine normal six-Gay periods OF ircu ba-
ton OF cholera appear plainly in The lore-
going record. Going back we find like
period after the cases on quarantine is
land, which lasted from the 9th TO the
10th. 1t therefore is probable that infsc-
ton from the island in some way reached
| the lwilei shore across the half mile OF
shoal water. One hypothesis is that the
/ crabs penetrated TO the bodies buried in
! the sand, and afterwards crossed to the
Iwilei side, and were there gathered and