The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-16
FIGHTING THE PLAGUE.
Howaiian Authorities Make Deter
mined Effort to Stamp It Out


Correspondence of Associated Press.1
Honolulu, Jan. s, via San Francisco,
Jan. 16.-Since the first instant, nine
sases Of plague have developed, making
twenty-five cases to date. The board OF
health has adopted heroic measures
and It is believed that the work now
in progress viii stamp out the scourge
in a short time.
Thus far but one European has been
attacked. This case was that of Ethel
Johnson, a Norwegian girl, aged IA
years. The other tWenty-One cases are
divided as follows: Chinese, Is; Jap
anese, 2; Hawaiians, 8; South Sea Is
lander, I.
The following resolution was adopted
by the board of health:
1T is the sense of this meeting that
1t is a sound policy to remove to quar-
antine as rapidly as practicable the
residents of the Chinatown district and
TO take any and every step without limit
necessary to stamp out the plague, in
Guiding the destruction of buildings
and other property"
In accordance with the foregoing,
Chinatown is being rapidly burned out.
Within a week a majority of the resi-
dents of the plague spot will be re-
moved to new and cleaner quarters on
the outskirts Of the city. Thirty-one
small buildings are being erected by the
government. These structures will &C
eommodate about 5000 persons.
On the 3rd instant the board of health
declared the eIIlF6 JuQlClaI district Qu-
der quarantine. All persons are forbid
den to leave the district without per-
mission of the board of health. All per-
sons outside of the district are forbid
den to harbor any person coming from
the district without the permission of
the board of health.
The council of state has appropriated
$273, 600 with which to fight the plague
and place the city in a proper sanitary
condition.
Attorney General Cooper has resign
ed his position as president of the board
of health
Pressure of business in his regular de-
partment is said to be the cause. He
has been succeeded by DR.. c. B. Wood,
q member of the board.
Francis Hatch, formerly Hawaiian
minister at Washington, has been made
a member of the health board.
Some of the captains of the sailing
vessels leaving here for the coast are
relaxing from the strictneSS of the rule
Of taking no passengers from Honolulu
and there is now some chance of people
to 60 away if they are willing to go on
sailing vessels. The steamer Columbia
which leaves here next week is taking
passengers. She goes to Port Towns
end.
The bubOnic plague appears to be
spreading in Japan as shown by advices
up to December 80 received this morn
ing by steamship China. At Taihoku
four fresh cases and one death were
reported on the Z4LD ana on the IOllOW-
ing day there were four deaths and two
new cases. Up to the 26th there have
been fifteen cases at Osaka, and twenty
two in Kobe.
Sixty immigrants to Hawaii arrived
at Tennoji station, Osaka, on the 18th
instant from Wakayama, en- route to
Yokohama After sanitary inspection
at the station one of the laborers was
found to be suffering with a disease
supposed to be the plague. The patient
was conveyed to the hospital and the
other immigrants were taken there for
disinfection.
The Japanese papers do not say
whether they were allowed to continue
their journey to Honolulu, but it is not
stated that there were any detained,
so they are presumably on the China
or some other vessel
The authorities on the island of Kauai
have taken action that seems to COM
pletely cut the island off from com
munication with Honolulu on account
of the plague. Even mail can not come
from there while the present rules are
enforced and the island steamship
keauhou arrived this morning from the