The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-20

cases as to the source of infection, and
the authorities are busily engaged in
trying to find this out. When the in
spector, Mr.. Gilbert, called for All
Chong on Sunday he was told that he
had gone to church; Mr. Gilbert went
the premises, but saw nothing
Mr.. Gilbelt's Letter.
The following letter from Mr.. Gil
bert was received by Mr.. Manson yes
terday:
Honolulu, H. I.
Mr.. George Manson, Inspector Dis
trict No. 32.-Dear Sir: The China
man, All Chong, who was found this
morning to be suffering so severely
with fever, has been keeping quite reg
uAarly to his own premises, in the rear
of Wing Chong's store, and l am con-
WINGED that he has eaten some infected
food. This particular store has distrib-
uted quite a quantity of Chinese
goods. There has been opened within
the last month a room attached TO
Kong Wing KEGS, some seventy-fVe
yards this side of Wing Chong's, which
is headquarters for what appears to be
all new Chinese goods, and there is no
doubt in my mind that this same food
comes from the infected lot that came
about Christmas; and as there are
seventeen people on the place adjoin-
ing the store, think this new food
stuff should all be destroyed at once.
Very truly yours,
O. ST. JOHN GILBERT,
Sub-Inspector of Apana.
1t is almost certain that at least
one OF the victims, All Chong, came to
his death by eating infected food from
the Chinese store near the Waikiki
turn; it is probable that the case of
the woman can also be traced to infect
ed goods. A part of the block in which
the woman lived was suspected some
time ago and destroyed by fire.
The case of the woman came from
place in the vicinity of the South Sea
Island settlement and directly back OF
the small houses burned not long ago
by the Board of Health's order. One of
these was destroyed because it was
thought that German who died there,
before the plague started in Honolulu,
had really been a victim Of the disease.
DIR. Peterson's Account.
DR.. Peterson gives the following ac-
count of yesterdays cases:
Between II and ] O'Clock in the
morning l was called to see very sick
Hawaiian-Ch Chinese woman, Mary Kaai-
hue by name, living in a house back
of the coal sheds on the naval reserva-
| ton, near the foot of the proposed ex-
tension of Halekauwila street. 1 found
her delirious and exceedingly violent
she was running around the house, go
| ing from one bed to another. l examin-
ed her but could find no buboniS
swellings; there were none noticeable
| She was so violent that it was impoS
sible to take her temperature, she
would nave broken the thermometer
The surface of her body was cold an(
the extremities were also very cold
She was in a most extraordinary con
dltion of excitement.
Il considered the case as suspicious
and left her until O'Clock in the morn
ing; it was shortly after that hour sh'
died. / gave her treatment as far a.
possible, though it was almost impos
sible to do anything for her on accoun
of her violence.
DR.. Wayson had seen her at o'clocl
Sunday afternoon and at that time di'
not consider the case serious as h
found no glandular symptoms at all
consider it a remarkably quick case
and it took only from l o'clock in tn
morning until o'clock-four hours
for the disease to develop. Dr. Hoff
mann after the post norton examina
ton pronounced il a case of buboni
plague.
Between and O'Clock in tn
morning, while I was looking for
Chinese boy, reported as sick by w. I
Hopper, inspector in district 80, / cam
across the other case. This was in
house back of the Chinese store o
King street, near the Waikiki turf
makai side I found the boy / wa
looking for. he was up and aroun'
! mingling with his friends. | examine
him but found no symptoms of plague
; he was suffering from a scrofulous di'
/, ease in an advanced stage. There was
sick Chinaman lying in his bunk an
l investigated the case He was in II
semi-comatose condition that precedt
death: his temperature was 103. / col
sidered it a suspicious case, althoue
: no glandular swellings were eviden
I ana reported it as SUCH"
Health Board Meets
: About'half past two o'clock yesterda
afternoon the Board of Health held
J meeting at headquarters in the Jud
d ;iary building. Those present we,
S PRESIDENT Wood, DIR. Day and Messr
e Lowrey, Hatch, Smith and Brow
!, President Wood reported the cases
. the HawaiianChin girl. and Il
a Chinaman, All Chong. The Board w
}. at a lass to account for the infectiC
. in these cases.
President Wood said that he had SCI
the reputed husband of the half-nati
y girl.The man said that she had renal
. ed on the premises for a considerat
: time and was not in the habit of goil
y around. President Wood doubt
- whether the mans word could be reIi
= on. 1t was impossible to say wheth
. the infection lay in the premises fro
y which the girl was taken or somewhe
y else. The doctor went on to say th
uptothat time no buboes had been d
covered in the case OF All Chong a
that when he was removed he was q
" parently suffering only from hi