The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
TWOSUSPECTS
Probable Plague Cases
Yesterday.
John Hurley Of Vineyard Street Dead
--Yamasaka in the Pest
House.


without recording some case Of plague
or some suspicious case Of sickness ia
Honolulu. Ever since the presence OF
the disease was officially announced
on December u, 1899, Sunday has had
an unenviable reputation in regard 10
the history of the plague.
An anxious Guaranteed populace
count each clean day as it passes
through the week; six days days free
from plague they say, rejoicing; but
the seventh day brings the same old
story-more plague.
So was il yesterday; after a whole
week free from suspicious OF disease
came Sunday-and more plague. Two
cases, classed very suspicious crop
ped up yesterday-One. that OF a white
man on Vineyard street, the other that
Of a Japanese in KakaakO.
John Hurley, aged so, a Britisher,
who lived on Vineyard street, Just
back of the Queen Hotel, is the first
suspect. He had been sick for several
days past suffering with fever and pains
all over his body. As announced in the
Advertiser recently, Hurley had large
swelling in the side and had excited
little suspicion on the part OF the doc
tors. The case was carefully watched,
and, although Dr.. Wood did not, in the
beginning, say that the mans sickness
was suspicious" he thought 1t safe, as
a matter of precautiOn, to station
guard at the door of the house to keep
people from going in and out. This
was two or three days ago, and pres
ent circumstances speak much for the
foresight and cautiOusness of the Pres
ident of the Board OF Health.
DR.. Cooper was attending tie sick
man, who was supposed 70 have
sprained himself lifting a heavy
weight, the sprain presumably causing
the large swelling in the side. On Sat
urday night DR.. Cooper notified the
Health Office Of his patients death.
The body was removed to the mOrgue
early yesterday morning and Drs
Wood and Hoffman, held post-mor-
tenn examination. DIR. Wood Informed
The Advertiser reporter that it was real
" impossible for him to say definite
~ whether it was case Of plague or
not. 1T looks very suspicious, said
the doctor, and / am afraid that the
indications point towards plague. At
present / am unable to say certainly;
tomorrow we will examine into the
case further and decide definitely one
way or the other. ! hope il is not the
plague. though" The house on Vine
yard street, where Hurley lived, has
been placed in strict quarantine.
The second suspect yesterday was
Yamasaka, a Japanese, aged p, taken
from a lodging house on PunchDOwl
street in Kakaako. The case was dis
covered about o'clock in the after
noon and was reported by Paid-Inspect-
or Pang ing Yet. DR.. Davis went 10
investigate. He found that DR.. Mort
was attending the patient, and endeav-
ored to get DR.. Mort to visit the suspect
with him; not being able TO find DR..
Mort. however, he got DR.. Peterson to
go with him.
DR.. Davis reported: The condition
Of the japanese, Yamasaka, is very sus-
piciOus; the glands are all swollen,
and appearances Of case point TO
plague" The suspect was removed to
the pesthouse.
Dr. Davis informed the reporter that
Yamasaka had large swellings in the
neck. I'm my opinion he has the
plague" he said. The people a the
lodging house said that Yamasaka had
been sick for some time and that he
had had the swelling in his neck for
several days. DR.. MOri tod me, now
ever, that the swelling in the mans
neck had developed inside of twelve
hours and that Yamasaka was suffer
ing with the most virulent form OF the
plague"
All persons living in the lodging
house from which the japanese was
taken were removed 10 Kalihi yester-
day; there were about forty of them
altogether, and the premises are now
carefully guarded.
DIR. Wood considers the case OF the
Kakaako japanese very suspicious"
I'm very much afraid that il is a gen
uine case Of plague" he said. though
1t is impossible 70 be absolutely sure
at present"
II was reported at the pesthOuse this
morning that Yamasaka was in a very
critical condition; temperature 1O4. DR..
Holman had just examined the pa
tient and pronounced his case very
suspicious There is a strong proba-
bility OF a meeting OF the Board of
Health being called for this afternoon.
Stabbing ARRAY.