The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-12
Russian Has What May Prove to
Be Enthusiastically
Guaranteed.
OFFICIALS ACT QUICKLY
Physicians Will Make No Definite
Announcement Until This
Evening.
(From Mondays Advertiser,


to be smallpox was discovered yester-
day afternoon in the Russian camp at
Iwilei, and after many hours Of anxious
elaboration on the part Of the authori-
ties, the patient was isolated on quar-
antine island.
This evening the physicians may be
able to determine whether it is really
case of smallpox or not. If it is
determined to be an actual case, the
Russian camp will be declared in quar-
antine and placed under strict guard.
President Mott-Smith of the board of
health left Quarantine Island last
night about nine clock, after the
physicians had observed the patient
closely, and announced at that time
that while it was highly suspicious the
case lacked some of the usual symp-
toms of smallpox.
The patient, a well,bult mddle.aged
man, has been afflicted for four days,
but during this time he has had no
| pains, his temperature is hardly above
normal, and he has been able to move
about the camp with the Others with
| out any difficulty. Two other men,
whose countenances Ore slightly dis
| figured with eruptions, have also NOV
| ed in and out of the camp, and they
also, have been sipgularly free from
the usual constitutional symptoms ac-
companying a bona fide case of small
Sheriff Notified First.
| Yesterday afternoon about three
| o clock Sheriff Jarrett was notified that
there was man lying in the Russian
camp who appeared to need assistance.
| Just what assistance, was not mention
ed. The sheriff drove to the camp and
found the man lying under the made
quate shade of scraggly kiawe bush,
] exposed to the hot rays Of the sun. He
was lying upon piece Of mating of
! the kind which arrives here as casing
| for tubs of Japanese foodstuffs. His
face was n mass of eruptions, his eyes
were pulled and closed, and his hands
| blotched.
He Immediately drove back to town
| and endeavored to get in touch with
board of health officials who were near
| ly all out of town. He notified Doctor
Emerson, the police surgeon; Doctor
Wayson, in charge of the Kalihi deten-
ton station; and Doctor Sinclair of the
| United States quarantine service. The
| three physicians went over to the camp
| and examined the man. Doctor Sim
clair expressed the opinion that the
| man was suffering from molluscum
congestiorum. Doctor Wayson thought
it was a suspicious case, resembling
smallpox. Doctor Hobby of the board
of health, and formerly in charge of
the quarantine service here, was called
and he stated that it appeared suspi.
cious, and that were such case aboard
steamship he would order the vessel
| in quarantine.
An effort was made to locate Presi.
dent Mott-Smith of the board Of health
and he was found at Waialae. He re-
sponded as soon as possible, and Doc
tor Pratt, executive officer of the board
and @. CharIock, also of the board of
health, were located as they drove into
town from Haleiwa.
Ordered Out a Guard.
Mr.. Mott-Smith telephoned that 9
guard had better be thrown around the
camp, food supplies obtained and sent
over to the people, and all precautions
taken until a decision was reached as
to the real nature of the patient IS all
| ment.
AS soon as Doctor Hobby had stated
that the case was suspicious, police
officers were sent to the camp. Through
out the day the camp had been the
center of attraction to large number
of curious people, including haoles, Jap
anese, Chinese, Portuguese, Koreans
| ~ hn tni, nj xusf Pms
slams, many Of them sitting under th'
rude shelters erected by the squatters
The sheriff had ordered the police Il
clear the camp when he first visited it
believing that the Russisns would be
better off without so many eyes pry
ing into their semi-prlyacy, and be
cause he felt IL was health preeau
ton.
Objected TO Restraint.
Late in the afternoon while the
physicians were uptown consulting and
waiting for the president of the board
OF health to arrive by auto from Wal
alae, the sheriff made another visit Il
the camp. He arrived Just Ia time h
find one Of tho police officers, guarding
the main road leading from town q
the camp, almost surrounded by Rus
sian men. They appeared to be angrs
and intimaied that they were hungry
having been prevented from going Oul
20 obtain tho piilful amount Of food
supplies they lave been living upon
sinea leaving (usTsntino IglHnd, Tia
sherin, with his bland smile aud good
naiuTed appeaFatea, gave them 90 90
dersland, BY panlomine, that food would
DO brought Into the camp slibiu az
hanE Tbs wohen Refe especially peT
slsisnl 10 eEpialnlag by aga iansuage
that they seie hungry, H. bnally pafl'
ned them