The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-05
PLAGUEDEATHS ANDGASES.
BAD RECORD IN THE PAST TWO
DAYS.
One Case Today and Two Yesterday.
Mr.. Robertson Dies Of Plague-Na-
tive is Stricken.

There has been one suspect plague
case today. The patient is Koalii, Ha-
waiian man, aged 30, from the kero-
sene detention camp. He went to the
camp in one of the last lots, at the
time of the big fire, and came from near
the corner of King and Kekaulike
streets. DR.. Bowman adjudged the
case as suspicious and asked the Board
of Health for a consulting physician.
DIR. Hoffman went down and agreed
that the case was one of plague. The
patient was sent to the pest house
where he is now under treatment.
superintendent Atkinson expected to
release 723 people from the camp today.
Just what effect the new case will have
! is not known, as it is a matter for
the Board of Health to consider this
afternoon. However, as the people to
! be released were in separate corrals it
| is not likely that they will be stopped.
1t is understood from the camp, how
ever, that not over half of the people
will accept the chance to go as they
have no homes and no places to stay.
They will be allowed to remain until
they can make arrangements. When
| this batch is gone only about 450 people
will remain at the kerosene camp.
A case of plague was taken from the
Kalihi camp yesterday afternoon to
Kakaako. The patients name is Ke-
temperature was 104 and pulse 130
Drs. Howard and Garvin both consid-
cred the case very suspicious.
Frank de Mello, Portuguese, living
a short way up Pauao valley
has been under surveillance since yes
terday evening. DR.. Peterson consider
ed the case suspicious and established
guard. This morning he found the
door barred and was told that he could
not enter. In response to a telephone
message DR., Wood, President of the
Board of Health, instructed DR.. Peter
son to summon policeman and break
the door if necessary to gain an en-
trance. Fortunately harshness was not
necessary. This afternoon the case is
not considered very suspicious. Tenn
: perature 1O2h; pulse 70; inguinal bubo
small
j. Weir Robertson died at the pest
: house in Kakaako about o'clock yes
terday afternoon of plague. In the
forenoon he was reported better and al
IL was thought to be no worse The
first examination in the afternoon, how.
3 ever, revealed more serious symptoms
After that the patient sank rapidly anC
he died at the hour stated. The body
was removed to the morgue where al
autopsy was held at o'clock last nign-
in the presence of several physicians
among whom was DR.. Carmichael, OF
the United States Marine hospital ser
vice.
The death of Mr.. Robertson was {
great disappointment to the Board O.
Health and produced considerable an
; noyance in the community. 1t was tn
first patient upon which the plague
serum had been tried. The result wa
not satisfactory. The post morten
showed, however, that Mr.. Robertson
case was a very bad one and he wa
) PROBABLY too far gone when taken II
hand.
Mr.. Robertson was employed at tn
Waterhouse store of Henry May & &c
in Bethel street at a salary of S1OO
= month. He sent $50 of this to his sicI
= wife in hospital in California. Tw
Il little sons in Bishop Willis school cos
IS $500 year more leaving $4OO a yea
e for the support of himself and daugh
= ter, aged IA. A year of this strain ha
i impaired his constitution notably an,
:. left him an easy prey to disease.
/, Mrs. Robertson is a daughter of tn
late George Emmes and a sister of Mrs
John Cassidy
Gee Mui, Chinese girl baby, aged on
T. year, died in one of the detentio,
houses at Kalihi yesterday afternoo
= OF plague. The child had been sic,
ABOUT day. There was no doctor un
TIL after death. The body was brougb
10 the morgue where an autopsy wa
held last night. Gee Mui was the littI
J. daughter of All Chuck, the Hotel stree
restaurant keeper. The family live
:, at one. time on Pauahi street beloy
II Smith, but about the time of the BIZ
tire moved into one of the building
racing Kukui street which was not de
stroyed There they were found an
sent to Kalihi. At the camp the famil
occupy special house set apart 70
those who wish to pay the additlona
= expense.
n Saturday afternoon DR.. Garvin re
: turned a verdict that Wong Chin, tn
man from the Pantheon stables VIII
died at the Chinese pest hospital in Pa
lama, had the plague. There was a.
unmistakable showing of bacilli in tn
cultures made.