The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-29
DENIED THAT IT CAME FROM
HONOLULU.
Merchants and Physicians Point out
That Such is Impossible-The Only
Plausible Theory.

Medical and business men resent the
suggestion that plague may have reach
ed San Francisco from Honolulu. Mer-
chants especially are sensitive on the
point, They are heartily supported in
their view, by members of the Board
of Health and physicians in general
The intimation of DIR. Kinyoun at San
Francisco that the Australia would
probably be placed in quarantine for
fifteen days indicates that he is fearful
that the plague may have come from
here, and that has started the discus
sion.
A prominent merchant, voicing the
expression of The Star some days ago,
said: The cases in San Francisco have
been confined to Chinatown and that
appears to be the infected district AS
is well known there is absolutely no
connection between Honolulu and the
Chinatown of San Francisco, farther
than certain stray shipments that have
come into the Islands from there at
times. There is no travelling of Chi
reese from Honolulu to San Francisco.
1.-THE only freight that has gone from
Honolulu to San Francisco since the
local outbreak in December was freight
taken aboard vessels in the harbor
! from inter-island steamers. None of it
was landed in the city and none came
from the city. All of it went to refin-
cries and white firms-none to Chinese.
All the passengers have been white.
They have been subjected to full quar-
antine and their baggage has been
most carefully fumigated before leav-
! irg."
DR.. Wood of the Board of Health Is
! quite positive that the plague did MOI
! so from here, and his view is shared In
| by most, If not all, of the members o!
the Health Board. While not positively
! expressing the opinion, on account oi
his official responsibilities In the mat.
ter, DIR. Carmichael is known to be in.
clined positively in the same way.
However much doubt there may he
on the part of the San Francisco papers
and Mayor .PhelRn as to the identity OF
the disease there, no doubt is entertain
ed here. From the descriptions of the
appearances in each case the physician:
of the local Board feel next to posi-.
tive that it is plague of the same kind
as exists here. In all Of the cases the
well known local symptoms and ap.
pearances are recognized.
"I have no reason to doubt the exist
ance of plague in San Francisco" says
| DIR. Carmichael. There has been one
case, certainly, and probably the others
were the same thing. Being one there
will be more, or the outcome will bt
most singular"
Physicians prominently identified
with the plague here are of the opin.
ion that San Francisco will have {
hard time of 1t. Some of them go 81
far as to predict that in a few months
San Francisco's Chinatown will b'
where Honolulu's Chinatown now is. I
is noted that, as far as possible, the
methods of the local authorities are be
ing closely initiated and followed.
The almost unanimous opinion is tina
San Francisco's plague came from tn,
same source as Honolulu's plague. Tht
II plague came to Honolulu in Chimes,
/ food from HonRlSong 1t reached SaI
Francisco from China in the same way
Passengers from San Francisco affirt
in most positive terms that plague ap
,peared in Chinatown of that city abou
ten months ago and that the fact
were suppressed.