The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-08
Diphtheria Breaks Out Again in
Ranks of the Russian
immigrants.
THEY RETURN TO QUARANTINE
Some Few Are Off to Maui to
Work as Railroad NavvieS
at Good Wages.
lTrom satnrday,g s Advertiser.l }

(From Saturdays Advertlser)
Diphtheria has again come to the re-
lief of Honolulu 8 Russian guests and
rescued them from almost inevitable
work for week longer at least.
On Thursday, two of Andre Lozen.
sky's little children complained of i'll
feelings and Bert Lghtfoot, who with
his father is representing the immi'
rrants. carried the little ones down to
the dispensary. There it was discovered
that their ailment was the dreaded dis
ease.
Lozensky is the obstreperous one who
got into disfavor over on Quarantine
Island last week and would not be
pacified until the spell of little Mrs
We'll was brought 10 bear upon him
the police station. The Lozensky fam
ily was then taken to the territorial
quarantine station and kept under OBJ
servation for the full period without
any symptoms developing.
Many Cases Found.
Mr.. Mott-Smith was notified of these
new cases and yesterday the medical
staff of the Board of Health invaded
the dock dwellers' settlement and ex-
amined every throat in sight. The net
result was three more cases of the dis
ease and ten prospectives. One young
woman had such a high fever and weak
heart that she had to be taken away
on a stretcher.
Back to Quarantine.
The fve who had developed the dis
ease and the ten who appeared in
fair way to have it were conveyed to
the territorial quarantine hospital at
Kalihi for treatment. The rest of the
Russians were ordered hack to the fed
eral quarantine station on the island.
The government steam barge Pioneer
took on about two hundred of them at
feur- thirty yesterday afternoon, with
all their luggage. and steamed over to
their island home which they love SO
well. At fve-thirty the same crafi
transported some one hundred ana
forty more.
Some OFF for Maui.
Eleven of their original number went
over to the enemy on Thursday and
spent the night in the immigrant shed
SO the authorities did not compel them
TO 90 back to the island These eleven
bearded the steamer Claudine which
sailed for Maui at FIVE O'Clock yester
dav afternoon bound for Kahului where
tbcv are to 90 to work on the railroad
Labor Procurer Mead said for $l.2o
day.
These deserters from the ranks o.
the Russian GROWERS, Mead declared
wonld be put to work at once on th'
railroad and he could have placed thir
ty more in like positions but they woult
not have it so.
Aside from these eleven there are
about fifty more who had left the Chan
mel wharf before the diphtheria wa'
again discovered. Some of them have
secured work around town and otherI
are Just wandering about.
Mr.. Mott Smith said last night thai
all these scattered ones would be looked
up and a close watch kept on them tt
isolate every case of the disease tha
might develop. The diphtheria germ
had invaded Honolulu before the Rus
slams came, Mr.. Mott-Smith said, anC
there was a germ carrier among the I'M
migrants as we'll. There were seven
teen cases in this city in January, fou
last month and five cases have develop
ed in the first four days of March.
The Russians will be kept ON tn
island from seven TO nine days an
all cases that materialize during thn
time will be transferred TO the terr
torial quarantine hospital. Mr.. Mot
Smith said last night that d:phtheri
was good deal like typhoid, in thf
il some times turks in the system quit
while before disclosing its indentit
Broke News Gently.
The authorities are learning TO pr
ceed with great caution in dealing vii
M1an "a Rrng a
cided that they would have TO go haC
10 the island, instead of going rigl
10 them and rudely explaining in En-
lsh what was what, Mr., Mott-Smii
communicated the verdict 10 their ne
resentntiye, Mr. l.ighifoot, who inv
eh a deputntion of his constituents
confer with him al his office In 4
McCandless block There he explain
Co the delegation that IL was the plel
1fe 0f the health board that they shOu
again retire to Quarantine Island,
this they graei0usly aequietcod, whe
upon the deputation retained 10
wharf and Mr, IAghtfooi heel footed
down there later aud remained "
~ clients until he hr, boat load j
dfnnrlfd.
A noon Time : A, Rall and asfl
ants appeared on The scene With
l0uuilful supply NJ bot soup, hfsad,
nanat and other supplies ~ gladden.
hearts af tho unforiupaief.
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naf lffi Nar drfoaIod hy the hlu
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