The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-16
PLAGUE NEWS ABROAD.
TIE Surgeon Genera, and E. e. Me-
farlane Talk.

T.. -.
farlane Talk.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine Hospital
Service expresses no apprehension
about the introduction of the plague
into san Francisco from Honolulu. The
quarantine in the Hawaiian Islands is
not under the control Of the Marine
Hospital Service, but is conducted by
the Hawaiian Government proper. and \
Surgeon Carmichael has been stationed .
there at the Office Of United States
Agent Haywood more as an observer
than active agent.
Surgeon General Wyman says the
plague is essentially a filth disease, and
the Marine Hospital Service having
made a study of its treatment and his
tory. is confident of its ability to stamp
out the disease at any stage. The bu-
reau is about to publish an extensive
! review of the history of the plague,
with a mass of material gathered from
/ the best sources. Surgeon General Wy
/ man says the bureau already has
prophylactic, a discovery of Hafkine,
which. when injected into the system,
cOnfers immunity from infection by
1 the plague. 1t has also another COM
bined prophylactic and remedy which
affords not only temporary immunity
from contagion but is also a powerful
curative agent. Both of these ingre-
dients are now being manufactured by
the Marine Hospital Service as a pre-
cautionary measure.
Ed. Macfarlane on Plague.
;, SAN FRANCISCO. January A.
Z. c. Macfarlane of Honolulu, a
brother of Colonel Macfarlane. who
= was formerly chamberlain and adviser
to ex-Queen LiliuOkalani. arrived here
on the Australia and is at the CalifOr-
mia. Concerning the supposed bubonic
. plague in Honolulu he said last night:
Whatever the disease is. it is a
I blessing in disguise to Honolulu. Chi
J natown, which lies apart from the city
, contains a population of about 25,OOC
: Asiatics. counting Chinese and Japan
ese. for they all live there together. II
q has been a filth spot, with its staSnan
/. pools and unsanitary conditions. Now
o it is being thoroughly overhauled anC
purified. Old shacks are being tori
down in some places and the owners o
= the property have promised to cree
!, better buildings. The trouble up to tn
y time | left was confined to the dwell
;. ers in this dirty district. There hav
= been only eight deaths, counting tn
!, first. which occurred on November 1Ith
= and the last two on Christmas day
: One of the later cases occurred in Ma
! kiki. an outlying suburban district nea
= the mountains back of Honolulu, but
: was learned that the Chinese had fle
!, from Chinatown some days previously
\ as he feared the fate of the others VIII
- had died and been cremated to proven
= the spread Of the disease.
Honolulu is not at all alarmed a
: the disease. 1t is confined TO the Asi
! atics. None of the natives have de
m veloped symptoms. The natives ar
m very Clearly and constantly battle
ID the sea. The community is not dis
IS posed to believe that it is the plague
The medical profession in Honolulu
- about evenly divided as TO the chara'
a ter of the disease. DR.. Alvarez. WI
~ was Government bacteTiOlOgist fC
9 years and has seen bubOnic plague
!, the Far East. declares that this is M
as bubonic plague He has made culture
,r and maintains that the germs are NJ
a the same. DIR. Hoffman,. a yOung'
n practitioner who is supposed TO be we
.: up on the matter but has never sec
lIf cases of bubonic plague elsewhere. ju
or as stoutly declares that this is the re
ar bubOnic plague"
It Turning to other matters Mr. Ma
de farlane volunteered the infOrmatiC
,r- that there are good sugar croI
e throughout the Islands this seaso
n There was not the slightest break
lie Hunolulu's sugar market when q
er- news arrived of the bad break in 4
on New York market shortly befo
ST, Christmas. Honolulu stocks do n
or follow American conditions. The pc
u pie of Honolulu and the Islands TO
Del affected by the service evince con
OF dence in the proposed wireless tel
on graph system that is to connect all &
10, Islands. The stock was subscribed
IS; a hurry and Marconi himself is expeC
ID ed to help place the terminals.