The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-06

Dr. H0nmann- After arranging = the
injector and serum dose, which all
present decided should be twenty Gu
bic. centimeters only, followed two
hours later by similar dose, the ply
sicians proceeded to- room seven, in
which the patient was resting. He
greeted all with CHEEKY Good even
ing, gentlemen,' and removed the
Blanket from his limbs.
'sWell, what do you think of me,
Dec" he asked.
DR.. Hoffman, told him he had the
right grit, and was likely Ito pull
through
The patient smiled and said, Il Won
der what the boys at the Presidio
would say If they could see me here
Mr.. Hartmanfi is a horseman, and his
remark thad reference to the tracks
and stables in which he had been en-
ployed i'm San Francisco.
When the needle was about to be in
serted into, his right thigh, he drew up
his leg, saying he felt nervous, that
was all. After the needle had pricked
tho skin he relaxed his muscles, and
calmly watched the progress Of the in
jector piston as 1t forced the serum
contents under the skin. He assisted
in holding the wad of cotton on the
orifice, and then watched the arrange
nient of the second dose of ten cent?
meters. E
| do you think that is going to do
the business for me?' he asked as the
second injection was finished.
The physician answered that he
thought it would
| That's all right then; just tell the
! boys up town hope to see them soon "
i Upon leaving the gritty man, who
has the dread disease staring him di-
lrectly in the face, as it were, the ply
sicians bade him a goodnight, and
hope you will get we'll, Hartmann
/ "Oh, that's all right; goodnight
Doc And he calmly pulled the blan-
! ket around him and turned over on his
side to sleep.
with his fortitude and reserve
strength, said President Wood, II ex.
pect that patient to come out all right
He has the fortitude, and that is wha
will sustain him"
Hartmann arrived here on January
fth from San Francisco, and has since
been employed as night watchman a
the Pantheon stables.
Another from Stables.
As sequel to the startling develop
I 4eats about the Pantheon stable
@,sf5ad the plague deaths which hav
been traced there. another chap
; ter was added yesterday afternoon b,
; the discovery of a sick Japanes
; who admits having worked in tn
; Pantheon stables. This case was per
; sonally discovered by Will E. Fisher
; inspector Of District 26. He was o.
; his round of the buildings in his dis
trict and entered large two-stor
lodging-house at the corner of Sout
and Kawaiahao streets, in which wer
125 Japanese and a few Spaniards. Fl
} noticed one of the men making a plas
ter and asked him what he was goin
to do with it and received a reply tha
1t was for friend. Upon asking to Sc
: this friend, man was pointed ou
e who, upon examination was found [
= be suffering from a moderate fever
MIR. Fisher Immediately reported tn
- matter to the Board of Health, an
DR.. Jobe was sent to investigate til
case. The physician reported the cas-
: as suspicious, and later on DR.. Garvi
It saw the patient and classed him as su!
g picious, more particularly as the ma
stated that he had been working
o the Pantheon stables. The physician
say that developments by this morI
ing will reveal positively whether it
/ a case of plague or not.
q Nine guards %Upro Tn 10 TPnu
S, ises by E. r. Hendry of Presidel
l. Woods Office, who surrounded IL
building and its numerous back el
frances and managed to corral son
% eighty of the inmates. AS soon as Il
j. Board arrived at the Health Off
le from their tour of Kewalo distriC
- they were visited by delegation fro
- the Citizens Sanitary Committee, wi
p related the circumstances of the qua
N antine. Mr.. Fisher received authori
, from the Board to take charge of Il
at building and it's inmates and cor
y plete census was taken last evenin
N The Japanese had been in the buildil
ID but a few days, having domiciled the
Id under a permit issued him from t
at Citizens Sanitary Committee The i
s. guinal glands of the patient were foul
III enlarged, but not tender.
~ Disposition of Pantheon Stables.
ie Inasmuch as the Board had decid
10 at Sundays session to merely fun
he gate the Pantheon stables and arran
lg a new system Of drainage for the sta
o, and catch basins as a result of the fl
a. two deaths by plague supposed TO ha
" originated in the stables, the Boa
a1 will now be enabled to use mo
a drastic measures in Riding the bio
o. OF the dangerous structure. 1t is u
1d derstood that the last lease of I
1g property expired on January ST. T
in structure mainly consists of a seri
n of heavy timbers for the walls up
nd which has been laid a corrugated ir
as roof.
a 4 visit yesterday morning to t
ipremises in rear of the stables disclC
Cd the same ramshackly series of lea
tos and sheds as were generally fou
nt all through the Chinatown distri
which were considered sO dan porous