Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-01
ChinatOWnS in Hawaii Are
All Being Burned. !
EPIDEMIC IS A BAD ONE
Nearly Every Case Proves Fatal
Some Large Sugar Plantations Are
in the Vicinity of One of the In
fected Districts.

Washington, March 1.-Two reports
bearing on the plague situation in the
Hawaiian islands have been received by
the marine hospital service from DR.. Car
michael, the surgeon in charge at Homo
lulu. They are dated Feb. Is. Regard
ing the appearance of the plague at Ka-
hului, on the island Of Maui, the doctor
says three undoubted and two SUSPECT.
Gus cases We're reported to the board OF
health at Honolulu and an examination
showed them to be the disease of a ma
lignant character.
Seven cases in all We're reported from
Jan. 80 to Feb. II. all occurring in the
Chinese quarter and traced to a store
in which Chinese food stuffs imported
from the Orient, via Honolulu, were sold.
The town was surrounded by a cor
don, the Chinese quarter destroyed by
fire and the bodies of those dead of the
plagu burned. The situation is we'll in
hand and the disease, the doctor says.
may not spread.
There are several large sugar planta-
tons near Kahului and it is Impossible
to say how much intercourse between
them ard the town owing to the condi-
ton of affairs at Honolulu vessels from
the mainland have been loading sugar
on the dates stated: Feb. l. the Lur-
line for San Francisco; the Viking from
Hua for San Francisco via
Feb. 9. the Edward May, from Kirei for
San Franciso via Makaweli; Feb. 3, lAe
Eva from Kihei for San Francisco. via
Haua; Feb. II, the Mary Winkelmann
from Kahului to San Francisco. Haul
qua is about 40 miles from kahului and
kihei IL miles distant. No note reha-
tive to the plague or suspicious cases was
made on the bill OF health by the consul
lar agent at kahului prior to FEB. III.
There are no means OF docking shlps al
Kahului and sugar is loaded by lighters.
If possible arrangements will be made
for it's shipment outside OF the infected
district.
Tn Honolulu the doctor says. one case
has been recorded since the date OF his
last report, that of a Chinese child on
the 18th inst. from the southwest part OF
the city. Hartman. the white man ON
whom the anti plague serum was used,
is recovering. 1t has.also been used with
good results in the case of Armstrong
Smith, a volunteer nurse whose Illness
was Looked upon as suspicious. DR.. car
michael says the facilities for disinfec-
ton of aggag at Honolulu are made
ouate. All the baggage, however. in
Guiding hand baggage. has been spray
GU Nltu iie 1 Pc NSH'
the contents Of buns. etc, being sprayed
in LAYERS ana then closed up at least six
hours. No passengers but first cabin
passengers. have shipped from Honolulu
since the plague was announced on Dec.
- last ard they are obliged to report at
the United states consulate lor 10 days
prior to their departure. Their resi-
dence in the city is recorded and they
are rejected if from any suspicious local
ity. There is no available place in Homo
lulu for a detention hotel where all in
tending passengers could pc connneo Tor
the time required and in it's absence the
plan outlined above was adopted. Only
the local boat between Honolulu and a
Francisco, of the Oceanic Steamship
company, has taken passengers from
Honolulu since the plague was reported
with one exception. the Goelic from Hon
oIulu to San Francisco on Dec. IL, after
the quarantine was raised by Hawaiian
authorities on Dec. 10.