The sun., 1903-01-18

Effective Chinese Protest Against
Quarantine Regulations - Mexicos
Method In tho MazatlAn AFFAIR and
the Indictment She May Prcsent.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. io.-No city In
America had better sanitary officers in iSpo
than had San Francisco. Tho city board
Of health had for it's president Dr. John
Williamson, ono OF the ablest men OF the
city, a man Of infexible courage and hon
esty, acquainted with his subject and with
the particular needs Of the city at that
time. Three other excellent men com
posed, with DR.. Williamson. the board OF
health, and they had corps OF competent
subordinates. This board had tho loyal
support Of the enlightened Mayor OF San
. Francisco. Mr.. Phelan.
The United States Marine Hospital Ser
vice had stationed at san Francisco DR..
j. j. Kinyoun, probably the best man In
. the service for plague emergency. The
pleasantest possible relations existed be-
tween Dr. Kinyoun and the city authorities
They knew very we'll that plague WAS afoot
In the world and that San Francisco was the
most exposed Of American cities.
On tho 9th of March, 1000. the city ply
klClan, Ut. NlSOU, Raw WV pouy Va " e'eo
(hinaman whose appearance suggested
plague. He called the city bscteriologist
DR.. w. II. Kellogg, who did an autopsy
and concluded that the Chinaman had died
OF plague. They sent for kinyoun. The
post -mortem specimen, kinyoun said,
meant plague. How did plague get into
San Francisco Past Kinyoun's quaran-
tines Impossible. unless II arrived In some
other vehicle than a human body. DR.
williamson was informed. and It was agreed
not to make a public announcement until
all doubt had been removed by animal In
oculations. Five days suficed for this
The animals died. and died OF plague. Here
was q situation-a Chinanan, for thirteen
years q resident Of San Francisco, dead Of
plague, and not the slightest clue to the
source Of his infection. But there was not
a ray Of doubt about II. nor about the re-
sponsibility which lay upon the guardians
OF the peoples safety. There is compact
among health officials the world round to
furnish full and prompt information Of the
presence OF infectious diseases.
-. From the other side Of tho continent the
chief Of the United States Marine Hospital
Service wired advice to surround China
town with q double Gordon; TO forbid trans
portation OF Chinese and Japanese except
when certified by United States Marine
Hospital officials TO be free from plague
exposure; to HaTkinizs all Chinese and
Japanese. The commercial bodies de-
manded the absolute quarantine OF China
towns $4,000 inhabitants. and asked what
sHaffkinize" might mean. They were told
that to Hafrkinize II To Inject under the
skin small amount OF certain fiuid which
makes a man plague proof. This was an
irresistible proposition. and the commercial
Hlt too ANA nxta a.
man be forthwith Han kinized. The citi-
xens subscribed $50, 900 for the work OF i'm
mobilixing and HaTkinizing John China
man. The State board Of health OF Cali
fornia said that Chinatown must be her
lied. The city boaro Of hoalth thought
this programme 100 Grastic. Ihe Slate
board OF health said that unless Chinat own
was forthwith Qunran,ined and Hafkinized.
It would invest the city OF San Franc isco
was thrown around Chinatown. hut through
out the city John reported for duty every
morning at his club or hotel. y little late, a
- little dirty, having come through he sewers;
and every night after ,S work John John went vent
pumped sulphur fumes into the sewers
10 of Chinatowri TO kill rats. Then the houses
Of Chinatown evacuated into the streets
a mob OF coughing and i.vi ing
yellow mon. Kinyoun wired Washington
hOI hit hilu uo'y o'iN 'h'VV SssA '~~@~>'
OF forged steel sewer grating.
On the 2lst OF May, 1900, President
Mckinley promulgated drastic regula, ions
under which the Surgeon-Genera of the
United States Marine Hospital assumed
charge Of quarantine in and around Cali,
fornia. And the Surgeon-General cabled
10 the Past eur Inst itute, Paris: SEnvoy.s
agrande vitesse 10000 Half kline ct 2oo,00o
Danysz' Hafkne Is good for Chinese
and DanyRz u good for rats.
Thu Ghipnaa l-(s (s0parQl nj Nan Franz
cisco comp lained to WI Ting fang. the
Chinese Minister. who protested TO the
Sec cretary Of State against the propo sitton
TO HaEklnize the Chinese; and on May H.
1000, Mr.. Hay wrote for information 10
Gov. Gage Of California.
The Governor turned out OF ONCE three,
mcmhcrs OF his State board OF health
and put Winslow Anderson, NJ. D :, In their
places. In two weeks Winslov Anderson
discharged 30 many bac,eriologists that
hut one was left, and this one. most ven-
cradle sage, said that the Cinnamon we're
sick with chicken cholera. They. retained
this bactehologist for the term OF his natural
life. These things were barely accomplished
and Mr.. Gage. on June IS, wired back at
great length, saying that the ed to IA Of four
daily newspapers, the president OF the Cham
Ter Of Commer rec. the attorneys for three
coast, Mr.. Wong Chung Of the Chinese be.
nevo lent ASSOC iations. the presidents OF
two med ical colleges, and DR.. Mou ser, had
a.. all assured him that there was not, had
not been, and never would be, any plague
on the Par iflc Coast.
Meanwhile the attorneys for the Chinese
Six Companies had obtained from the Fed
eral Court an injunction restraining Sur.
keon Kinyoun from interfering with the
liberty Of the Chinese. The question
whether plague existed In San Francisco
was not raised In the injunction proceed.
ings Dr.. Kinyoun and the city board Of
health ceased operations. This was on
Nay %, and on the following day the Bur-
eeon-G General wired to Kinyoun an order to
procced - before the injunction. kinyoun
obeyed his chief. and was cited before Judge
Morrow for contempt. United Statea Dis
!. trict Attorney Coombs was assigned 10 de-
iend Kinyoun. Mr.. Coombs had been prom.
inent in the anti plague agitation. Kinyoun
submittsd to Mr.. Coombs all his official
correspondence. Mr. CoombS thought that
nothing 10 this mass OF papers would be
serviceable 10 Kinyoun's defence. but his
assistant dissented strongly from this view
Kinyoun implored his chief. the Surgeon
General Of the Marine Hospital Service, for
additional counsel. His request was denied
Knyoun took the papers TO Messrs. Mcclure
hU6 Shortrid1A ~ the nroaeraifion