The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-06

spectors had been placed at Ashland
Ore; Reno, New; Yuma, A. T.; Need
les, Cal, and Nogales, A. T., with in
structons to allow no Chinese or jap
anese from this city to pass who did
not have a certificate OF inoculation.
The incubation Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22- At a
meeting OF the State Board Of Health
thls afternoon it was decided that il
would De useless to attempt to force
tne Cnlnese and japanese residents of
tnis city to submit to incubation to
prevent possible spread of plague II
was decided to withdraw the physi-
clans from Chinatown, but a house-,o-
house inspection will be commenced at
once and all disease-breeding snots
viii be thoroughly cleansed.
Alameda Guaranteed.
oAhLAND, May 22.-At the meeting
or the Board of Health this morning
Heaith Ofiicer Todd was authorized to
conIer with the officials OF Berkeley
Alameda, San Leandro and Haywards
ana the supervisors for the purpose of
preventing Chinese and Japanese from
coming TO this side of the bav from
oan Francisco without having certifi-
Gates showing that they have been in
oeuated, as a means of preventing the
extension OF the bubonic plague which
Is said to exist in San Francisco
conference between the Board or
heaith and the officials mentioned viii
De neId tomorrow at 9 O'Clock.
Inis AFTERNOON employees of the Roarn
vi Health were placed on the ferry boat
between this city and San Francisco
10 prevent Chinese and Japanese from
crossing into this city from San Fran
cisco and other points.
A Texas Quarantine.
Ell PASO. Texas. Nav % oc+o..
HuaIantihe StsS onicer Nolin fully estab-
IIsneu the quarantine against San
.i. aneIsco on account of the bubonic
prague yesterday. camp has beon
established mile west of the civ ana
guards stationed there to stop ali trains
ana prevent people, freight and express
parcels from entering the State. ITnit-
gu states mail will go through as well
DIS express matter destined for Mexjco
History of the Plague
SAN FRANCISCO. May 22.-What-
ever may be said officially or otbar-
WISE IL Is a fact that there are at least
-FOUR cases of possible plague under Oh
serVation and suspicion. They arc In
the city-front hospital.
inirty white physicians are on dutv
IN CHINATOWN, inoculating those who
consent, while three physicians are On
duty at the autopsy room. Sacramento
ana Waverly streets, where post NOR
tenn examinations are held on every
Chinese body. eiS
Ut. Kellogg, with several assistante
is on duty in the ARCHAEOLOGICAL Iabor'
htory In the City Hall. where all tests
are made. 'e'''
Physicians are on duty at all outIets
Oh tna city. and no Chinese are permit
ted to depart. -''''
Federal Quarantine Officer Kinyoun
uds ISSUED an order to front
voa.inen ana city cabmen to the effect
Sn1t any one who attempts to take a
Celestial out of the city will snffor ,ha a
Federal penalty. '"'
Medical inspectors are being swor,, l.
daily by the Board of Health " ="
The Chinese knew of tho inoo,,,..,
plan before any attempt was made ~
carry II out ANONYMOUS hu11o,;no
Mere posted throughout Chinatown last
Friday that the white doctors intandaJ
70 Inoculate the Chinese with noison
r1sh, poisoned with arsenic ana nhos
pnorus, were thrown into the sawers
70 XIII tne rats. An anonymous bulIa-
TN was then posted to the effect thai
tne hsh were infected with bubonic
plague germs, and had been thrown in
10 the sewers so that the rats would
eaten the disease and spread II amona
the Chinese ~ ''nioiis
After that came the mohs +ha =.
iaek on the Chinese consulate the don,-
nation OF the highbinders and tho ar-
citement that still continues.
Some OF the papers still denv tho,
any plague cases have occurred IN Gar
francisco. but the official history -
them which the State Board of Hea1tb
acted upon is this: A
Inc hrst case was discovered in Feb
ruary by DIR. Wilson. assistant civ
Physician. Oi'S
Wing Chue Cling. aged Al. sixteen
years in California, died at 1901 Dunont
street. February 7th called ON Dr
Ching Blu Bing. complaining headache
pains back head and fever. February
18th. lump on right groin. Glands