The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-13
CHOLERA IN HAWAII
A Cargo Of Chinese Carried the Dis
ease There.
1T RESULTED IN IS DEATHS
Queen LII Has Been Pardoned and
All Exiles. Except the Ashford
Brothers, Are Invited to
Return to lhe Island.

San Francisco. Sept. l2-The steam
ship Australia arrived this evening
from Honolulu. bringing the following
advices to the associated press. dated
Honolulu. Sept 3: Forty-one cases OF
cholera have been reported up to date
with s5 deaths. The disease attacks
only the natives. Every effort is being
made to stamp II out. No island
steamers are allowed to leave port
without first remaining In quarantine
for five days. The cholera. according
TO the general theory, was brought 10
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 or
August 1t was learned that three OF the
immigrants died. two from bowel COM
plant and the other from exhaustion.
As soon as It was publicly announced
that a death had occurred at the quar-
antine station people became alarmed
and declared that Asiatic cholera had
broken out among the Chinese immi-
grants. Doctors made a careful exami-
nation OF the first cases and declared
that 1t was not cholera More eases
broke out soon. however. and this in
tensified the alarm. The disease was
then declared to be genuine Aslatic
cholera. 1t was decided to inaugurate
a system Of house-to-house infection
and other precautionary measures
were adopted to insure. II possible. the
.it - ha n
developed among the Chinese at the
quarantine station after Aug. l6. and
the immigrants have since been re-
leased.
Up to Aug 90 five cases OF cholera
developed at Honolulu and there were
four deaths. On the evening OF the
cath another case was reported. On
the 30the nine cases were reported. five
OF which proved fatal. One OF the un-
fortunates was a seaman of the Ben
nington named w. II. Goebel. He was
taken Ill while on board the vessel and
lived but a short time. On the follow
ing two days four cases were reported;
on the Sd seven cases developed.
The chief difficulty In dealing with
the cholera here Is the ignorance and
unclean habits of the natives and Chi
nese. The physicians are gradually To-
eating the germ centers. but new cases
arise in unexpected quarters and there
has not been a sufficient number of
facts to enable any safe generalization
to be made.
The steamer Miowera arrived OF the
port last night from the colonies. The
captain landed a passenger and pro-
ceeded upon his way TO Victoria without
taking either mail, press dispatches or
passengCSs.
The United States steamer Olympia
arrived on the end. eight days from
San Francisco. and anchored outside
of the harbor. She will take coal here
and leave about the 10th for Japan.
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 rec
commended that Carl widemann. the
four Lane boys. Julius Kaae. Joe Wild
dlefield and 80 others be pardoned. The
council adopted the Recommendation.
At the same meeting the queen was
par 'oned. Both she and the others
will be liberated as soon as the par
dons are made out. Boiler. Richards,
Walker, Seward. Wilcox and other
long-term prisoners will remain in the
Jail.
The government will allow all exlles
to return to the country with the ex-
ception of the Ashford brothers, now
In San Francisco.
Permission has been granted John
Cranston and +. Muller to return to
be present at an examination to be
held in the interests Of the Canadian
Australian steamship company. Muller
and Cranston entered suit against the
company at Vancouver for carrying
them away from this country against
their wishes.
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