The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-02
THE PLAGUE
SITUATION
Not a Death Recorded
In Two Days.
A FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
Merchandise Question May be Settled
by a Percentage Arrangement
With Chinese Merchants.
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CFrom Wednesdays Daily
The progress of Improvement in the
plague situation from one of danger to
one of apparent safety since the death
of Assagura on Sunday afternoon Is
viewed by prominent men connected
with the Health Department as a sign
of cessation of the present epidemic. Ii
is also very significant that where the
health officials most expected an out
break of plague, where thousands of
people are in quarantine under the eye
of the Government, few cases have APP
peared. This seems to indicate that
President Woods theory, that it is the
locality and not the people that is re-
sponsible for the spread of the plague,
is the correct one. SO far all cases OF
plague which have occurred in the out
side districts of Honolulu, with one or
two exceptions, have been traced di-
rectly to the infected Chinatown dis
|, trict.
One death yesterday was viewed with
suspicion until postmortem eXamina-
ton showed the cause of death was
typhoid fever. This was Mimi, the
wife of the Japanese who died at ka-
lihi Sunday afternoon. None of the
symptoms of plague were revealed in
this examination and the body was al
lowed burial in the Makiki ceme-
terry.
OF the hospital cases of plague none
are serious, and the opinion prevails
among The nurses that all will recover
The little Chinese boy from King
street All Cum, has been the only
case which alarmed Dr.. Hoffman, to
any extent. However, the maXillary
bubo, which was opened a few days
since, has been drained of its pus, and
an early recovery is looked for. The
odorless eXcavator driver, Aiona, seems
fully recovered, but will be kept under
the surveillance of the physicians for
some time to prevent a possible re-
lapse. The Japanese woman and boy
from Merchant street are we'll along
toward complete recovery, together
with the Arlington Hotel Japanese
woman Mrs. Franz is greatly i'm
proved and the physicians are hope
full of her ultimate recovery The
Portuguese soldier, Antoine Medeiros,
i'll with pneumonia, is very low at pres
ent.
Board of Health Meeting.
The Board of Health meeting yes
lerday was attended by President
Wood, George w. Smith, Attorney
General Cooper, f. j. Lowrey F. NJ.
Hatch and DR.. Cooper.
Previous to the meeting the mem
bers met by agreement at the Wing
IN Tot vy,i oh tbnrn1rub
ly inspected. Comment was made on
the amount of foodstuffs remaining in
the building, which the Board later de-
cided 10 destroy. In the rear of the
building are several lean-tos and cor
rugated iron sheds, which have been
used as kitchens and small store-rooms.
The yard itself is filled with boxes and
rubbish and food stuffs which were
in rotting condition.
On the second floor the sleeping
apartm ents were visited. The room in
which the bookkeeper died on the
morning Of December 18th was of spe-
cial interest to the members. A large
amount of Chinese goods consisting of
cloth, shoes and wearing apparel re-
mains on this floor and will undoubted-
ly be destroyed as it is in a part of the
room formerly occupied by the book
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have already been removed at the In
stigation of Attorney Henshall and
after being fumigated were stored in
special warehouse provided by the
Chinese company.
Upon motion the Board decided that
the rear buildings and fioorings shall
be torn out and DESTROYED and the
ground be disinfected by sulphuric acid.
Also all partitions upstairs shall be re-
moved and the floorings upstairs and
down treated with sulphuric acid. A
large quantity of beans were also or
dered destroyed.
Queen Hotel Premises.
The question of the Queen Hotel lease
was brought up by President Wood.
The Board has the lease of the entire
hotel premises which were not, how
ever, engaged for any length of time.
When the arrangements were made the
proprietor verbally answered President
Wood that he would agree to whatever
price committee from the Board
should set upon the premises. COM
munication T. ON Rev. Azbill, the pro-
prietnr, was read In which he asked
the Board for $500 rent in advance for
the continued use of the hotel.
There are It present in the hotel
only five persons, white family which
was sent there when the Union square
block was burned. In the cottage ad-
joining Mr.. Boardman, Miss Board
man, Fred Dat and the two nurses have
been Quarantined. Their time has eX-
pired and they will be permitted to
leave the cottage tomorrow morning.
Under the circumstances President
Wood fe,t that the Board would be run
ming an unnecessary expense In retain
ing the hotel. As soon as the premises
and buildings are thoroughly fumigat-
ed they will be turned over to the
proprietor motion TO this effect being
carried by the Board,
The Merchants Committee.
representatives of the Merchants
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