The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-30
QUARANTINE UPON CHINATOWN
Has Been Placed by the San Francisco
Board of he aIth

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Board OF He attn.
San Francisco, Cal. May 29-ln accord
ance with the power vested in It py the
board of supervisors Of this city today,
tbs board OF health has quaTantlned chi
natown and that section of the city Is
now surrounded by Gordon OF police
who refuse to allow any one TO pass IN
or out Of the district unless he is proYid-
ed with a proper permit The quarantine
order also includes the street cars, which
are. not allowed to pass through the dis
trid. 1t was only after spirited meet
ing Of the supervisors that il was de-
cided to quarantine Chinatown in order
to protect the residents OF other sections
Of the city ard the country at large from
the plague, which, it is alleged, is lying
dron ant here The'meeting of the super
visors was attended by the board Of
health, the Merchants association and
Sles board of trade and other interested
citizens, and a resolution was adopted and
ordered passed to print. empowering the
board Of health to quarantine Chinatown
or any other infected section OF this city
and county. The resolution wos passed
by a vote Of Is to l, the dissenting vote
being cast by Supervisor Mccarthy, who
stated in emphatic terms his belief that
plague does not exist nor never has ex-
lstSl in the city and county OF San
Francisco Previous to the submitting OF
the resolution the board listened to state
nlents by DR.. Williamson president Of
the board Of health, and by a)r. Bazet,
0 the same body, and DR.. Kinyoun. the
federal quarantine officer, all OF whora
we're positive in their declarations that
plague has existed in this city and that
it may exist now, though no cases have
been reported to the authorities since
May Is. DR. Williamson stated ttat the
first case was brought to the attention
Of the board on May 6. and since that
time eight more cases have been report
Cd, all deaths and all Chinese. DR.. Will
hanson said that meteorological examin-
ations had been made by Dr. Kellogg,
the expert OF the board Of health, by
Dr. kinyoun and by Pref Mont gomery.
of the University Of California and by
the doctors Of the Cooper Medical COL
iege, and that the gentlemen named were
positive that the bacteria were those of
genuine plague. Dr.. Kinycun reiterated
much that DR. Williamson had said and
went into the details OF the spread Of
the disease in Sydney n. S. w, and at
Honolulu and other places known TO
have been visited by the pla que
Mr. Thomas. representing the canning
interests Of California. and Mr. Srlbbs.
o6 the Southern Pacific company urged
that everything possible hs done to pro
tect the citizens Of California and to
care for the interests of the residents Of
the counties and states outside of San
Francisco in an endeavor to restore con-
fdence in the ability of the local author
tiles to properly handle the disease and
TO prevent its spread.
The action Of the supervisors was TAX
en- simply to reassure the residents Of
other sections Of the country that there
IS no danger of the spread of the didsease
as Chinatown will be so thoroughly
searched and cleansed and the quaran-
tine so tightly drawn that should the
plague still exist 1t will be impossible for
it to spread. In this connection Mayor
Phelan has issued the following state
ment TO the Associated Press:
1.-THE situation in San Francisco is as
follows: Between March and May Is
the Chinese quarter showed evidence Of
bubonlc plague. Since the latter date no
person sick Of plague has been found nor
have there been any deaths. The city
board Of health keeps up a constant in
spection in Chinatown, and, In conse-
quence Of the decision of the federal
courts preventing incubation Of Chinese
about to leave the city. the Chinese dis
trict itself will be quarantined in order
to protect outside territory from even
the remotest possibility Of contagion
There is no fear whatever among the
people Of San Francisco. nor is there any
danger There has been no infection in
the city proper. although China town has
been opn during this period. The meas
ures adopted are merely precautionary.
No fact is concealed and no danger need
be apprehended."
The Chinese residents Of the quaran-
tined section will carry the matter into
the courts, with the view Of having the
quarantine either dissolved entirely or at
least so modified as to apply TO specific
nlaces which are alleged to be infected.
The method Of procedure has not yet
been determined. They contend that
there is no plague in the district.
Chicago, May 29.-Nearly half the Chin
csc population of Chicago must leave its
present quarters and secure havitation in
buildings whose sanitary condition will
satisfy the scrutiny of the health Of
hcials. Health Inspector Young's bubonic
plague detail reported today that with q
few exceptions every basement occupied
by the Orientals was unfit for residence.
The underground abodes were described
as inviting the pest germ should il escape
the vigilance OF the san Francisco au-
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