The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-26
TWO CERTAIN CASES p FOUND
YESTERDAY.
One Was Particularly Aggravat,ng.
Foreign Consuls Notifed-Action in
Regard to Shipping.

Plague has reappeared. The an
rOuncement came late yesterday as a
most unfortunate despoiler of Christ
mas cheer. Rumors flying around and
official reports were in strong contrast
to the merriment then at it's height.
There were two positive cases yester-
day. Both We're Chinese. The first,
Chong Mon Dow, aged "a, was brought
from kewalO-Pawaa, north side of
sheridan street between King street
and the sea. He was attended by
a Chinese physician, DR.. Chow Ying
Ching, who pronounced the case "feV-
err An Interpreter wrote out the GER
tittcate and signed the doctors English
name to it. An autopsy held in the
afternoon disclosed all the evidences of
hubonic plague.
The other case, All Fong. aged 81.
came from Ahis rice mill in Palama.
1t appears that the Chinaman died
Sunday night but the fact was not re-
ported until Monday noon. or nearly
noon. All the Chinese deserted the
neighborhood and refused to have any
thing to do with the body. DR.. Garvin
and others, despatched to the mill, haG
the body removed to the morgue where
an autopsy proved the existence Of
plague.
The latter was an especially aggra-
waiting case. 1t seems that the man had
left Chinatown on or about the time
quarantine was raised and gone to Ka-
neohe, where he was taken sick. Last
Sunday he walked over the Pail to
town and went to the rice mill. There
he died that night. AS soon as possible
after noon yesterday, the body was
taken to the morgue, A short time
later 1t turned black. This was another
strong indication. The case was con-
sidered by the specialists one of the
most certain yet examined.
Ethel Johnson the Iwllei patient,
died about ! o'clock Saturday after
noon. After the post mortem DR.. Hoff-
man reported that there were evidences
OF plague all through her body. No
alarm was felt on account of this case
as 1T was one of the original ones. Miss
johnson was taken i'll on the afternoon
of December 13 and fingered exactly
ten days. In the meanwhile the house
in which she lived and the people there
we're strictly quarantined, military
guard being kept constantly about the
premises.
The remains of Miss johnson were
placed in plain coffin and burned in
the new crematory on quarantine ISL
and. This was the first body consum-
ed there. In one hour and forty min
utes the door was opened and only a
bit of ashes remained
SStciudN AFTERNOON tne DOdleS of the
two Cinnamon were cremated at the
same place and in the same way
Inter- island traffic will not be inter-
rupted today, though strict rules with
respect to ii will be enforced Vessels
VIII he allowed to sail on schedule
only first class passengers will be TAX
en- and they must be examined prior to
departure. Only approved freight will
be taken. No Aslatlcs nor Oriental
T. a n a Nt.i1I L., all !
Mail will all be fumigated
The Australia's mail closed at noon
and will be fumigated. The vessel will
be allowed to sail but without a clean
bill of health. Passengers must be ex-
amined before embarking. No mail nor
packages will be taken on the steamer.
All must go through the post office and
be fumigated. Nobody except passen-
gers will be allowed on the steamer
prior to her departure.
DR.. Hoffman this morning submitted
a short written report to the Board of
! Health respecting the two cases of yes
terday. This is being copied and will
be sent this afternoon to all consuls,
with notice of temperance of plague
in Honolulu. Dr. Carmichael, United
states Marine Hospital service. is I'D
VisinS his department at San Francis
co, by today's mail, of the situation.
1T was stated by DIR. Day as singu-
lar fact that all the cases reported in
Honolulu since the plague began two
weeks ago, with the exception of the
woman Maria, have shown inguiral
buboes, and that it was logical to as
sumo that the infection came through
the lower eXtremities. because the in
guinal gland was nearest the seat of
the infection. 1t was apparent to him
that the infection must have come
| through the feet. The bookkeeper at
| Wing Wo Tai's and the victim on Mau-
nakea street both were barefooted
Ethel Johnson was also barefooted, and
ii seemed that they must have taken
the infection from the ground.
DR.. Day quoted DR.. Kitasato i'm re-
gard to cases of Japanese barefooted
men, where the inguinal glands were
swollen, and in the women who wore
sandals. the aXillary glands under the