The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-20
THE PATROL STOPS
Quarantine Raised in
Chinatown.
Vessels Allowed TO 0epart-M Military
Withdrawn and Dismissed
Ethel Johnson.

Promptly az noon yesterday the
quarantine was raised, and the people
of Chinatown were again allowed the
freedom of the city. The military
guards were withdrawn, and later were
dismissed from a duty which has been
we'll done.
The scenes at the patrol lines as the
the noon hour approached, were char
acteristic of the Oklahoma boomer
days when thousand OF settlers waited
to rush the line, but in this case there
were no "sooners" for the guards were
aIert and no one was permitted 10
cross until the proper hour. Traffic
Immediately began, stores were open
ed, the street cars commenced regular
trips, and nothing suggested the form-
er quarantine and excitement in the
district except the piles of rubbish
burning in the streets, and here and
there a yellow flag hanging with a
military guard near by.
At the same time the Quarantined
steamers commenced preparations for
their delayed trips, and many left as
soon as ether passengers could get
aboard. Consul General Haywood at
noon sent the following notice to the
ship masters:
Honolulu, H. l., Dec 18th, 1899
To Masters Of American Vessels in
Port of Honolulu:
conference.-the been informed
officially that the quarantine agains
Chinatown has been raised by the
Board of Health, / beg to inform you
that my order of the 11.n instant pro-
hibiting the granting of shore liberty
is rescinded
VIM. HAYWOOD.
Consul-General of the United States.
Fully 10000 pounds of poi and sew
eral hundred pounds of salmon have
been distributed amongst the natives
in the isolated district since the COM
mencement of the quarantine, under
the supervision of Capt. George Ashley.
Not only natives were supplied but
Chinese and Japanese as well. Cou-
siderable comment was heard in re-
gard to feeding certain Japanese men
who never work but obtain their OF =
binary living from the denizens of the
YCshiwara section.
One case of death was an object of
suspicion yesterday morning, that of a
Chinese woman who was reported as
having fallen down stairway on Mon
day evening. Yesterday morning the
broke down the door Of the
woman'S room and found her dead. A
postmortem was held, but nothing was
found to indicate that she had died
from any cause other than her injuries.
AS usual the rumor was f1Oated about
the city that another case of plague
had been discovered.
The case of Ethel johnson, the young
girl who was attended by the physi-
clans on Monday night at Twiiei, has
had no change. She is yet alive and
the Board of Health physicians nave
been in constant attendance, and al
trained nurse was also sent out yes
terday The girl is very low, but moth
ing has developed by which the physi-
clans are absolutely certain as to
she has the plague.
Some quarantine passes were stolen
from the office of the Board of Health
4 couple of nights ago and were sold.
One of them was pass bearing Louis
Marks name which had been turned
in to the Board of Health office. A ma
tive employee about the building was
and is now confined in the
military guard-house in the Executive
grounds. Nothing definite has been
decided on as to what punishment will
be melted out to him.
Minister Cooper and Jack" Nc
Weigh were very busy yesterday morn
ing attending to applications and pny-
sicians' certificates for leave to go up
On the outgoing steamers. Freight bill
books were also given the usual D. X.
1t is estimated that $500 a day would
about strike an average for the ex-
penses of the quarantine, so far. The
soldiers will probably receive about
200 a day for their services, that is
for privates, grading higher for Of
icers.
Doctor Hoffmann's menagerie is
empty. All the live rats We're disposed
of yesterday, while the rabbit over
which so much discussion and worry
has been squandered, died the death
which Doctor Hoffman, has been
awaiting anXiously for SO many days
The physicians feel certain that it was
the plague bacilli which killed the
animal.
Colonel Ruhlen will notify the Quar-,
.ermaster Department at San Francis
20 by the steamer Gaelic of the raising
If the quarantine and recommend that
the transports again be sent by way
If Honolulu as usual
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