The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-02

the lodging house and adjoining build
ings where Kee Mung died on Tues
day and other matters of importance.
The members of the Board present
were President Wood. DR.. Day, DR..
Emerson and MessTs. Lowrey, Smith
and Hatch.
Dr. Wood commenced business by
reading a communication from the Ha-
waiian Carriage Man lfacturing Co., ar
plying for permission to erect build
ing on Queen street, makai Of the Ju-
dietary building. The company ex-
pressed it's willingness to comply with |
any necessary regulations which the |
Board might institute. DR.. Wood stat |
ed that where the carriage company de- |
sired 10 build was right on the site OF
the h01se where the German lived. |
which was burned on suspicion of the
cause of mis- death possibly being
plague. This death occurred before IL
was known that bubcnic plague existed
in Honolulu; the case was suspicious
and when afterwards the Board ordered
infected buildings burned. the house
formerly occupied by the suspect was
barned also, as precautiOn. The rep
resentative OF the Hawaiian Carriage
Manufacturing Co.. who was present at
the meeting here addressed the Board
saying that the case spoken OF had only
been one of suspicion and that he stood
ready to take all and any precautions
in the erection Of the proposed build
| ing. which the Board saw fit.
Mr.. Hatch: "I move that the apDlica-
| ton be placed on file for the investiga-
\ tion and consideration of the Board at
some future time" This motion was
carried. The carriage company's a0ept
expressed the hope that the Board
would come 10 some decision In the
matter very soon and then withdrew.
Very Suspicious Case.
DR.. Wood: "a very suspicious case
OF sickness was reported to me this
morning; 1t has not yet been pronounc-
ed plague; there is still some question
about Il: yet the indications are such
that we are prepared to expect It to
develop Into another case of plague.
DIR. McGrew was called to All Sans
store at the Hopkins switch. Waikiki
road. about s or 9 o'clock this morning
and found there Chinaman, Yong
Loo. by name, about 60 years OF age,
| woo was in a very serious condition.
He had temperature OF lO4 and was
! completely out OF his head.
The patient was Immediately re-
moved TO the pest house; he was in an
. uncoaseious condition when he arrived
there. There was a large swelling In
the right femoral region and smaller
swelling Ia the left femoral glands
Altogether the general conditions were
| very suspicious. The house from
, which Yong Look was removed has
been placed in quarantine aud the In
mates removed to the kalihi detention
camp"
The following concerning Yons
Look. Is the sta cement of Il. s. Boyd
sub-lnspector, Apana 4, District 50, the
locality from which the suspect wal
taken:
yong Look came TO my apana OF
i, Saturday, February "a. / saw him
L my afternoon inspection at the Chimes
2 store On the Waikiki road, makai SIDE
lust beyond Hopkins house, belonginl
: to All Sam. He had discharge from
\ the Kalihi detention camp dated tn
23rd. His wife and three children wer,
c with him, all from the same camp. II
: was we'll then; l saw him every after
noon up to and including yesterday
: February 2Sth. i saw him yesterda,
4 a..ernoon about 4:30. He was sitting
BAND the counter leaning against II
toward me. He appeared well. laughed
i and said. This Is not plague that II
Hongkong they had plague and ther
they died at the rate of one hundred
l. day. He said when ne first came her
he worked for G.. T. Gulick for $500
d month and had been here for 35 year;
y This morning about $3.50 All Choy
a Chinese boy from this house. repo-te
that Yong Look had been very sic
/ since last night. He did not state tn
hour or wnetner they had sent for
II doctor. / Immediately went over ther
a and found DR.. McGrew; he stated tina
,ne case was suspicious. / ordeTe
e them 10 close the store mediate!
3 ana I stood guard until DR.. McGre'
came out. then asked him to stay o
e guard until / could telephone to n
: Board OF Health. He did so and l tel'
Ihoned. Guards arrived at a. m. Pei
i sons who belonged in the house are
l. Original residents. All Sam. owner
the store: All NOV his wife; All IA
u his daughter: All Sun, his son: a
a. Choy, his storekeeper. From the az
tention camp. Yong Far Sue, Yon
Look. Mrs. Yong Look and thre
D. children. All were secured and al
now under guard"
l. Or. Wood: "Since the 23rd o. Fe'
n ruary. therefore. Yong Look and n
family have been out OF quar1ntin
having been discharged from KAN
If camp on that day. We have receive
!. no report from Kalihi yet as to no
IL long Yong Look was there. question
n ed one of the children OF the sick ma
in regard to how long they had bee
D. at the camp and she replied, Ey'
o. since the big fire. I examined all u
tL-ngs which they brought with the
lie from Kalihi camD: everything was re
IN ana consisted only OF what had bee
given them at the detention camp, g
es cept the clothes which they wore. ar
II those had been thoroughly fumigate