The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-29
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The above are the contents of a let
ter which President Cooper addressed
to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and
to all the foreign Consuls in Honolulu
yesterday afternoon. DR. Carmichael
embodied the letter in his official re-
ports to San Francisco and Washing
ton in which he declared Honolulu an
infected port Consul General Hay
wood also notified the State Depart
ment at Washington.
From now on until the quarantine Is
again raised the shipping will be care
fully watched by the United States
authorities, and vessels cannot clear
with a clean bill of health The Aus
tralia. which left for San Francisco
yesterday, carried clearance papers
which will place her in quarantine at
her destination. Pursuant to the Or
ders of the Health Board. all the Island
steamers yesterday moved away from
the wharves to anchorage and pasSen-
gers and freight were lightered out to
them after careful inspection.
One or two cases of death were inves-
tigated by the Health Department yes
terday. One of these was a Spaniard
from Punchbowl street near Queen. An
autopsy revealed the fact that the man
died of brain trouble and had no symp-
toms of the plague.
Another case was reported by the
agents of the Board of Health. this
time a Chinaman "a years old, who
was struggled out of Chinatown and
sent to the Chinese hospital at Palama.
Agent Johnson of the Board got wind
of the removal and accompanied DR..
Scaparone to investigate the patients
illness. DR.. Ii, a Chinese physician,
also went out and made careful eX-
animation of the old mans condition.
The patients temperature registered
1882 and his pulse 100. He was I'M
conscious and only when the right
groin, which was badly swollen, was
pressed, did a sound escape him. DR..
Scaparone, who has been rather skep-
teal in pronouncing suspicious cases
as plague cases, stated his belief that
the old man had plague symptoms. DR..
Ii also expressed similar opinion,
basing his statement on cases he has
observed in Hongkong. This is anoth
er case which has bafIied the previous
Chinatown.
This state of affairs, where sick Chi
nese were carefully concealed in China
town and then smuggled to some out
lying district as in the case of the Chi
nese who died yesterday at Pawaa, led
President Cooper to ask the Chinese
Consul, Vice Consul and representative
Chinese merchants of the city to have
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day afternoon. At the hour appointed
the two officials and about a score of
Chinese merchants came to the Board
OF Health Office to listen to President
Cooper. VIM. Crawford acted as inter
prefer.
1t was an important meeting in that
many of the Chinese have lately be-
come eXasperated at the condition of
affairs under quarantine restrictions,
little thinking that in some instances
their own action in concealing the sick
has been responsible, and they have
also stated that the Board of Health
had Disseminated against the Chinese
in the matter of cremations and autop-
sizes as against the Japanese, and evil
IDENTIFY have been greatly wrought up
over 1t.
President Cooper's Statement.
President Cooper, speaking through
an interpreter, said to the Chinese
present:
II called this meeting for the pur-
pose of devising ways by which we can
assist each other at this time. The
quarantine will be very great incon-
venience to every one, but the Board
will assist in every way to make 1t as
light as possible. / want you gentle
men to exercise your influence over
your countrymen so there will be no
more friction between the Board of
Health and those OF your people who
happen to be put to any trouble.
1T has come to my notice that there
are certain Chinese who have posted
notices around town derogatory to the
Chinese Consul and Vice Consul, hold
ing them responsible for the conditions
which the quarantine brought upon
them, and for cremating them. / wish
to state, gentlemen, that has nothing
to do with the Consul, but rests entire
ly with the Board of Health.
1T Is charged against the Board of
Health that we are making discrimi-
nations against the Chinese in favor of
the Japanese. That Is not so. There
have been no cases of plague amongst
the Japanese. If you will remember, 1t
was only last Saturday that white girl
died of the plague, and we cremated
her just the same as we did in the cases
of your countrymen,
You may be sure, gentlemen that
there Is no intention of the Board to
discriminate against the Chinese. That
Is not so. 1t is unfortunate that the
disease has appeared almost entirely
in your people. That Is all.