The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-29
| kl@1E N HONOLULU.
50 s. srs nxrsTnScn THERE
n rnrN CONFIRMED.

= CAinese and strict
&. :! 1870. Preserved = omcisis
50. rrsncisco Tsking steps
!. Yssvsnt IT. introaa'''o-'
:. -, aNcreCo. Dec. @.--The trans
* .1zss-riai. which has reached mere
- g ,ssa.sss;n confirms the report thai
3 ~ S,,a exists In that city. There
eonS u ~ nav cases OF the disease
~ trcm December 10 to the time
y oss. ssl.scyt sailed, December Is. Ine
nssss 4 the port was to be raised
- There was little anxiety
~ Il" r.s,dents OF Honolulu, accord
fo1e Gsrt Earles, OF the Centennial.
~ ssc,,. Vac confined to the Chi
" a. the city. That part OF
80 under strict quarantine ana
$3.50 ar egress whatever was al
n "a the time Of the sailing OF
sss ee...srr,aI there had been six deaths.
S.ssSsrf pole. while realinSing the SER
Z Esss q IN situation, does not believe
i. . y cause for alarm. The presi-
~ .ss,rr there il no danger to those
~. houpen, persons and food are
~ rhvdcisns claim that the disease
~ Is. black plague. Public opinion
$1,000 also, Many believe that II
a,.sra we're present In Honolulu the
2.ssssrts az Chinatown would be car
$s N ~ the hundreds on account OF
"a Nithv condition Of the district. An
~ interesting phase of the case is the
- mat no Japanese have been attack
v Tbty live in large numbers IN the
msrantined district.
.isHs council OF state met In extraordi-
.s,v session on December ~ and appro-
sssssed sH.Ooo for immediate use Of the
k.sr6 n health in combating the plague.
~ sollowing regulation regarding inter-
s ~ steamers was adopted by the board
q health:
alan steamers will be allowed to leave
Nv peft Of Honolulu for any other port
Il tks Islands except the island OF oahu:
3fEouf ffst undergoing a quarantine OF
~, DAYS. No Chinese or Japanese
fcisht u any description viii be allowed
Sipped.'
~ outside islands have been notified
Y "a situation In Honolulu. All Of the
Snf},cts outside Of Honolulu are in a
seen condition, and there is little dan
w that the plague will get foothold
q the other islands.
re sixth artillery has been quarantined
senlnst Honolulu. There are 200 men at
IN Honolulu. They are confined strict
b 70 camp and not allowed to visit any
~ Centennial arrived at Honolulu
from this port with horses on December
Il but was not allowed to dock until the
III. Even then none Of the crew was
PERMITTED to land. All interisland traf-
d VA at full stop, as no steamer could
atsr the port. The citizens have sub
xrfbed $4,000 to fight the plague.
The transport Newport has arrived
tom Manila in ballast. with no news
d Importance.
News Of breaking out Of the plague In
Honolulu has created some alarm among
nate and city health officials mere, and
Ssfy precaution is being taken to pre-
vat the possible admission Of the dis
ne into this city. The transports Gem
tannial and Newport, which arrived last
night. and the Tartar, which arrived from
Manila today, are now at quarantine sta
tiou undergoing fumigation, and will Le
dstAined at Angel island for some time.
~ steamer Gaelic is due here tomorrow
nom Ia Orient. via Honolulu, and will
~ 1ubJ6ct to quarantine and held there
until all danger is past.
News from reliable sources from the
Orient states that the disease is prevalent
u China and Japan to an unusual ex-
tent, and that officers at Manila have
taken precautions to prevent the plaglie
nom getting q foothold there.
News from Bombay is to the. effect that
ne plague Is rampant In India. and in
Mn city ana at every port on the Pacific
coast VIII take strenuous precautions to
prevent n Introduction on this Coast.
Melbourns Guarding AGatnst II.
nELBOURNE, Victoria, Dec. pa
passenger who arrived here from Nou-
mea New Caledonia, where the plague
mglng, on board the steamer Aus
u u.k mas been quarantined, and eight
gsnen nave been placed under surveil-
Later Added Details.
.. ~! sdyiees to the Associated Press re-
e3ved late tonight from Honolulu give
sSsuuopal details of the bubonic plague
Mnca mas appeared there, and indicates
snst me conditions are not very alarm
~ FIVE deaths have occurred, one ma
we anc four Chinese. No deaths have
al:ease first appeared.
quarantine system for island vessels
~ 49, established and a district practically
intensive with Chinatown was put In
Ss S,a,,ssn s volunteer inspectors were
M M.ea for and the work OF clearing this
s,saict was begun, and tt is now pro-
y ~. The National Guard was CALI
~ y out and has been doing duty guarding
ws quarantined district.
~ w.smnasown, the seat of the trouble, ia
n \. InGergoing thorough cleaning, and
~ \ y ueiieved that the scourge has been
ss,r ped out. 1t is thought that the
hEs q the plague were brought from
T TSUvs, Japan, on the Norwegian steamer
nrs ,ha which arrived at Honolulu No
''rper with 700 Japanese Immigrants.
vsAtenAial Will he Guaranteed.
hs, me transport Centennial, which arrived
bonic 'a ~ mig night With the news OF the bu-
fsns plague scare at Honolulu, will be
i = quarantine until tomorrow. There
snd' Il !. ,1d zee. Of the disease on the vessel,
nhoad + - 1as been demonstrated, no like
thsrs h ., me plague finding Judgement
r rss'' ,b 6st stu there are many Hawaiian
stesmsr a. nave made a home on the
anS sI ss and they have all to be caught
s Ho sadc, y before the vessel will be
most tsp nr u aoek. Rats are said to be the
por fJ e They They carry the germs from