The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-26
HARD BLOW AT TRADE
STUPID QUARANTINE REGULATIONS
HURT PUGET soIsD.
Cksnese Ae4ers at Dfs1ona Poass
Unable - FIJI Thssr Contracts
Their Fine Costumes Damaged by
Fsmfgadoa NO D~s~nn"" IN
British Colsn sfs--En~mtes Of the
Northwest Already Actively Cir
e.infi.s rnJarf0xs Rerorts-

s,~cssl Dispatch 20 the PoSf-inteiiizsnesr.
gs1HT TOWNSEND. April 2s.-The Chi
r.s.e actors al Diamond point have pesn
order.d into QCxrantlHs for fourteen days.
which viii not terminate before MAY .
TAO days after they are due a. tue Nash
VILE exposition All OF tie actors are
uyovsd@d with expensive silk COSTUMES.
which a.azt be subjected 20 steam fanai-
cation IL In estimated that the setnA4
dansere 10 tnefr warerooes VIII srnoant
10 sonnet ming over tlS. 40 Their toss VIII
Ia faryEsr Increased b, the cancellation
81 their contracts by reason OF their non-
appearances 81 Nashville On next satur-
day.
ne facts seem TO warrant the assuunp-
ton that the United States government
il unwittingIy discriminating against the
interests OF Puget sound Oriental steam
ship Inca Originally there were over
100 Chinese actors engaged AZ H0ngkens
for the sashville exposition. Two hun
dred took passage on one OF the Eni~
presses To Vancouver. They were bfisf-
IL dsfaInsd at Williams Head. Victoria.
where their baggage Was subjected To a
suiphursc fnmigation. and after careful
examination by the health officers. pre-
United to proceed across the continent
and enter the United States al point In
North Dakota. and without further delay
reach Nashville this week.
A part OF the same contingent which
had taken passage from Hongsong two
days before arrived here on thf steam
ship Victoria and arc now Ia quarantine
at Diamond point Between Hongkong
and Yokohama a case OF smallpox deyel-
opea. AT the latter port the patient was
landed and the rest Of the passengers
ver. subjected 10 a thorough yaccina-
ton. The American consul gave the ship
. bin OF health and she sailed for the
Pacific coast. A couple of days later the
ships doctor for q second time vaccinated
those whose vaccination did not take. Six
teen days later the vessel arrived at Vie
toris. where the ships baggage and
freight were fumigated with sulphur
fumes and many passengers allowed TO
land Arriving at Port Townsend. and
acting under instructions from the de-
pArtment. Health officer stimpson order
ed the steamer into quarantine The Chi
nese passengers and baggage were land
ed and the ship and crew allowed TO pro-
coed to Tacoma. That the crew is liable
to contract contsgion II evidenced by
the fact that some months ago. under
similar circumstances. the health officer
passed the crew OF the steamship Taco
ma. and n few days later the second en-
ginecr was taken M with smallpox.
Under the existing rulings Chinese can
come across In the Canadian Pacific
steamers and secure entrance into the
United States without delay and without
having their baggage ruined by steam
fnmiRation. The agents OF the opposl-
ton lines In China and Japan are active
~ circulating these facts. to the great
injury ~ Puget sound steamship lines
To illustrate more forciniy how ridicu-
fous some Of the rulings are. n Is well to
cite a recent instance where the authority
OF the quarantine officials came into con-
fiiet. One Of the SamueIs' line OF steam
ers arrived ut Astoria with fifteen Chi
nese passengers en- route 10 Victoria
They were subjected 10 the usual quar-
antine regulations and then sent 10 Puget
saund and put aboard the City OF King
ston AZ Tacoma- At Victoria they were
refused admission because their head tax
had not been paid. Collector Saunders
declined 10 allow them 20 land. saying that
the transportation companies had given a
bond TO take the Chinese out Of the coun-
try. and II must be adhered 10 strict
~. Then Or. Simpson appeared and or
dered the Chinese into quarantine at Ola
mond point where they remained sew
eral days and were then sent across to
Victoria.