The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-04
5RxNfSS AMONG TROOPS.
s~ArY CASES OF TYPHOID HAVE
OCCURRED AT HONOLULU.
Meath Rate VIII De Low-Loea-
49, Of Camps 70 he Changed-A
s>laier Struck Dead BY q Wire.

ru~roRIA. Nov. 3.--Advsces per royal
-. stean.sr AoraHgi. which arrived here
s~s.v from Honolulu, are 10 the effect that
- was stepped on Camp Mckinley.
- the entire camp will be moved to the
ss1ssnalua tract, which Gen. Merriam REC
s<~.meutded a. the site for the permanent
ssruy port Typhoid fever was the cause
- she abandonment OF the camp. The
1900 Ia Camp Otis will remain there I'M
"a the ARRIVAL OF the transport Arizona.
s-an Manila Typhoid fever Was sown
ssoadcas, during the time the ordinary
,.>e Of sanitation were disregarded in the
-assarv camps. There are said to be fifty
.sses but trained nurses have been added
= the force "a the hospital, from the city,
IA II d believed the death rate viii be
~srv small Malaria Is on the decrease.
ssrh<o the Aorangi left there were 1ss pa
s..nfs IN the hospital, Atty showing typhoid
evmpsoms Gen. King says patients at
- hospital will be moved as quickly as
.o.uib,s 70 some place near the hills drter
- coo.sr. He says the hospital should
.1ver hive been located where 4 IL. The
40 for hospital Ia not yet chosen.
r.ng will sail with the troops at Camp
III. On the Arizona for Manila. The New
svorkers and engineers viii remain in Hon.
ssulu indefinitely for garrison duty.
rive deaths from typhoid occurred dur
~ the week previous 10 the <auEankl stii-
- The names of the dead are Charles
81 Thompson. OF the New York regiment;
4nornas Beaver and Private Tmberlake.
a. The Eighteenth infantry: Julius y. NIL
n Company -. Nebraska volunteers, and
IS " Dawson, Company F. Colorado re-
cults
Thomas Hannah. member OF Company
4. New York engineers met instant death
3, the night Of October p. He and anoth-
s prtyafe named Gertz were In a carriage
an. rrav
stormy and dark. They found the road
ehstructed in the heart OF town and saw
horte on the ground. a deserted hack and
ne body Of q man lying near. Hannah
n,scxd his hands on the body 10 lift Ii and
Gas struck dead instantly by a current OF
shout Loo volts Gertz. not realizing trou-
Sc. placed his hands on Hannah. and was
inHantly hurled TO the ground. His life
81 the shoes and pulled him away from
a. deadly clirreat. Investigation resulted
b the discovery of two men dead on the
ground. one a native hackman, the other
Hannan the deaths being caused by live
vie which had dropped in the street.
Hannah was a Tennesseean by birth. He
esms to the Pacific coast some years back,
VA pressman by trade and worked in
mast Of the San Francisco offices. At the
outbreak of the war he enlisted N the
Third battalion OF the Second volunteer
engineers. He was unmarried and about
= years OF age. Gertz, whose. life was
syed was also from San Francisco.
Brig Gen. King has had quite contru-
verxy with Police Judge Wilcox The trou-
bic arose over some remarks made by the
Judge while sentencing some priyates for
dlsorderly conduct. The Judge is reported
10 have said. IF there was any surety of
he men being punished by court-martial.
he would LET them of easy: but on prevf-
om occasions men had made disturbance,
and when complaints " ere made the COM
handing officer could not he found, hut
vas sick IN bed. although the same night
be gave a big dinner party. and the men
we're wsltewas she'd"
Ger. King wrote Wilcox asking him IL
he used that language. The Judge replied
TIE repor. was correct. King then asked
far an apology which the court declined
10 give. and there tbs, matter rests for the
present.