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VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 26.
MORE TROOPS
REQUIRED IN
PHILIPPINES
General Miles Advocates the
Sending of Reinforce-
ments to Otis.
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Miller Also of the Opinion That
a Large Number of Men Are
Needed to Pacify Islands.
Special EHKpatoh to Th« Call.
CALL, HEADQUARTERS. WEL
LINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON,
June 25. — Major General Miles is a
strenuous advocate of the dispatch <>f
large reinforcements to General Otis in
the Philippines.
The general declined to discuss the
military situation in the Philippines
other than to say that it was "serious,"
nor would he give his Idea of the num
ber of troops he thought should now
be sent to the Philippines to place the
archipelago under American control.
From tho War Department it is learn
ed that General Miles, as far back as
April, recommended that ten of the
volunteer regiments which the Presi
dent is authorized to raise under the
army reorganization law be organized
and sent to Manila. At that time the
officer? at army headquarters believed
this force sufficient to crush the rebel
lion, but in view of the strength de
veloped by the insurgents they are not
now so sanguine that ten regiments are
enough.
There, will be 15,700 men in ten regi
ments, the advisability of raising which
the War Department is now consider
ing, but well-Informed officers pay the
force of 50,000 men which General Otis
will have when reinforcements are
; 1 at his disposal will not be suffi
cient.
General Marcus P. Miller, who recent
ly arrived from the Philippines, where
he was Governor of Iloilo, has been liv
ing here since his return. General
Miller's views as to the number of men
required for the subjugation of the
glands is very different from that of
.General Otis. He believes 65,000 men at
least are required, 30,000 for the control
'^f Luzon and the remainder for the re
storation of peace and order in the
other islands. General Miller's views
. coincide,, .jvith^ i Qejneral,JL»awtqn<'s_ and
other olflctf'rs subordinate to General
•Otis.
There is no truth In the story that
General Miles has applied to be sent to
Manila, It is equally untrue, it is as
serted by Acting Secretary Meiklejohn,
that General Otis has cabled that he
will will bp compelled to retreat unless
promptly reinforced.
DENIAL OF REPORTED
CABLEGRAM FROM OTIS
ADAMS, Mass., June 25.— Mr. Cnrtel
you. acting secretary to the President,
authorized me to state to-day that
there was not a word of truth in the
report that General Otis had sent a dis
patch to Washington, which was re
peated to the President, stating his in
ability to conquer the Filipinos and to
hold the ground already gained.
"The story," said Mr. Cortelyou, "is
a pure fabrication." Ho added the re
port that the President had sent a
message of thanks to Governor Roose
velt for his offer to furnish troops for
the Philippines was equally false. He
Mid the President had no official
knowledge of Governor Roosevelt's of
fer.
President MoKinley passed a quiet
day. He attended the < 'ongrogational
Church in the morning and listened to
a sermon supporting his Philippine pol
icy. He stayed through the Sunday
school exercises, but did not Bpeak to
the children. In the afternoon ho went
driving with Mr. Plunkett
TRAILING THE MAN WHO
ROBBED THE ALAMEDA
Conclusive Proof That the Purloiner
of Gold Has Escaped to'the
Orient.
HONOLULU, Jan.- is.— it is almost
certain that the chest of $25,000 in gold
lost from the steamship Alameda left
the ship at this port. Jn fact. Marshal
Drown has in his possession to-day al
most conclusive evidence that such was
the case. The man who, it is believed,
robbed the ship is also known, but has
fled beyond the pale of Hawaiian law.
He is now in Japan, and eventually
may be caught, for the Oceanic Steam
ship Company has a powerful detective
agency on his tracks.
.. The man is supposed to be Wilson, an
Australian. He has been suspected of
other such robberies between Sydney
and Auckland. When the Alameda
gailed from Australia, this man was a
passenger for San Francisco. He left
t.he boat here on the 2iJth. On June Ist
he sailed by the Gaelic for tho Orient.
.Marshal Brown does not know just
h<>w the thi-f brought his treasure
ashore, but the transfer is admittedly
not a hard matter. It is presumed the
thief had accomplices and they brought
It «>ff on a number of visits aboard the
Khip at the dock. The coin would
weigl) abo-ut 100 pounds.
The loss of the money was discovered
when the Alameda was within two days
of San Francisco. The densest cloud of
mystery surrounded the disappearance
of the box. Chief Lees of the San Fran
cisco police too-k a chance shot and
wrote Marshal Brown the bare particu
lars. The latter immediately began an
investigation with the success here re
ported.
By the steamer to-day the San Fran
cisco Chief of Police will be advised
concerning the suspected man and that
he has gone to the Orient and probably
a detective will at once be sent to
Japan and Chita. The supposition here
is that the man will double back and
in a few weeks will be ranching or do
ing something else in an out-of-the
way Australian district.. J
The San Francisco Call.
WILL THE
NEW CABINET
BE UPHELD ?
Frenchmen Show More Sur-
prise Than Hostility Over
Its Composition.
OFFICIALS DISMISSED
President Loubet Signs Orders
Making Some Most Signifi
oant Changes.
Fpe«-ial Cable to The Call and the New Toric
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor
don Bennett.
PARIS, June 25.— At the Cab
inet council to-day M. Loubet,
the President, signed orders
making the following changes:
M. Bertrand, Procurator Gen
eral to the Appeal Court, and M.
Feuilloley, Public Prosecutor,
are both removed. M. Bulot,
Advocate General, Is appointed
Public Prosecutor. M. Lombard,
whose dismissal on account of
the Deroulede trial has been
much criticised as unjust, is
appointed Advocate General. M.
Bertrand's successor has not yet
been appoint 1.
General Hartschmidt, General
Roget, Colonel ~Saxe and Colonel
Cobertln are transferred to other
garrisons.
The Premier, M. Waldeck-
Roussc-au, will read a draft of
his speech in Parliament to
morrow, -which will be very
brief, merely announcing that
the new Ministry has no aim
hut to follow out the order of
the day voted on June 12, on
the motion of Joseph Ruau,
Democratic Radical, represent
ing the Second District of St.
Gaudens, which was as follows:
"The I'hamhiT is determined
to support only a Government
resolved to defend vigorously
republican institutions and to
secure public order, and passes
to the order of the day."
PARIS, June 25.— 1t is like building
upon quicksand to try to prognosticate
the fate of the new Ministry tomor
row. _' Still, .the wind seems blowing 1 in
favor of supporting it. As a matter of
fact, surprise at the rather hetero
genuous composition of the Cabinet has
been the much more pronounced senti
ment than hostility toward it, with the
exception of the virulent Dreyfus
section of the press— that is to say,
those papers that are pledged up to the
neck to keep Dreyfus guilty. Even the
opposition press has regarded the min
istry with more sorrow than anger.
If you take the vote of the Paris
morning journals as a whole, the result
will be decidedly for the Waldeck-Rous
seau Government. Fourteen papers
support it, eight oppose and three
straddle the fence. Those who favor it
are the Amore and Le Siecle, both re
visionist organs; Le Figaro, conserva
tive; La Fronde, Le Matin, Le Petit
parislenne (which, by the way, be
longs to Jean Dupuy, the new Minister
of Agriculture), and Le Petit Bleu, all
Republican organs; La Lanterne, La
Petite Republique, Le Voltaire, Le So
cialiste, Le Radical, Le Rappel, Le
Dixneuvieme Siecle, all radical papers,
and Le Solell, organ of the Conserva
tive monarchical party.
Those opposing the Government are
LAntorite, Cassaignac's Bonapartist
sheet; LEcho de Paris, Le Petit Jour
nal, L'lntransigeant, all of which dub
themselves Nationalist papers, what
ever that may mean; L'Eclair, Repub
lican; Le GauW,-is, monarchical; La
Libre Parole, anti-Semitic, and Le Jour
nal dv People, which is openly anarch
istic in its doctrines.
The straddlers are L'Evenement, Le
Gil Bias and Le Journal. Therefore,
even if the undecided papers should
I throw in their lot with the opposition,
the Government has three majority in
the morning press. This is not so bad,
and at any rate disposes of the claim
of the Nationalists that the whole press
regards the new Ministry with stupe
faction. The evening papers are di
j vided upon fairly the same basis. Le
I Temps and Le Journal Dcs Debats, be
ing Conservative, support the Govern
ment, though without enthusiasm. La
Pa trie and Le Soir are enthusiastic
enough, but against it.
General De Gallifet's letter to chiefs
of the army made a noticeable impres
sion. Le Siecle says he has laid down
the law in very clear terms. He should
ers the responsibility for the chiefs, but
reminds them' they are personally re
sponsible to him, and he is not the man
to let them forget.
If any officer feels Inclined to reply to
the journalist through the medium of an
order of the day, read to the assembled
troops, with a brass band just lined up
for the ceremony, he may be sure that
punishment will be set rolling down the
line by General De Gallifet until he
lands on the offender's head. Officers
who sinned in this respect have already
had an illustration of this and have
been transferred to other posts in the
provinces as a warning. /
"Spare the rod and spoil the child."
The army is Gallifefs child, and he will
not see it spoiled.
BREST, June 25.— The French first
class cruiser Tage put to sea this even
ing, the official explanation being that
she has gone to experiment with car
rier pigeons. She is, however, a much
larger cruiser than the Sf ax, which is
bringing Captain Dreyfus, and the dis
patch of a big vessel with carrier pig
eons is quite unprecedented. Usually a
torpedo boat is sent, and the opinion
therefore gains ground that the Tage
has gone to meet the Sfax and to take
Captain Dreyfus on board. The pigeons
can be used to announce the transfer,
and the Tage might proceed to another
port to land the prisoner. As against
this theory and as an indication that
the landing of Dreyfus will be effected
here, there is the fact that a large num
ber of gendarmes , from the -■ country
around Brest are arriving or expected
to arrive to-night. The treasurer of the
.famous league of the French. Father^
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SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1899.
KRUGER TALKS PEACE,
BUT BUYS GUNS
THE BOERS' METHOD OF FIGHTING.
(From a Sketch Made During Their Last War With the British.)
LONDON, June 25.— The
Government of the South
African republic, according to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Rome, is ordering large quanti
ties of rifles from Italian firms for
immediate shipment.
The firm attitude of Great Brit
ain appears to have the desired
effect on the Transvaal complica
tions. The latest cablegrams
from South Africa talk of various
semi-official missions for negotia
tions between Cape Town,
Bloemfontain and Pretoria, aim
ing to arrange a franchise com
promise on a basis of five or six
years' past residence.
President Kruger is repre
land reached Brest this evening from
Paris, and as this organization has
heen at the bottom of the anti-Dreyfus
movement it is thought he has proba
bly come to organize a demonstration.
DE CLAM TRIES
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
NEW YORK, June 26.— The Worlds
Paris special says: It la common talk
among officers and politicians in a posi
tion to know that Dv Paty de Clam has
tried to commit suicide twice since put
In the Cherche-Mldl Prison a fortnight
ago. The accuser of Dreyfus and Pic
quart is still held in absolute solitude.
Neither his wife nor his attorney has
been allowed to see him since he was ar
rested.
Notwithstanding the precautions, it has
leaked out that De Clam sought to bribe
the guards to get him a pistol or poison.
A subaltern immediately reported this to
his superiors, who changed the whole
guard, placing in charge oid and tried
soldiers, considereu proof against tempta
tions. Later, it is .said, De Clam wrote
to a kinsman that he had always acted
in the Dreyfus case according to the
best information and in strict loyalty to
the orders of military superiors. Never
theless he declared himself a prey to a
harrowing doubt since the revelations to
the Court o f Cassation, and begs piteous
ly for means to end his life like a soldier
and escape the odium of a criminal trial.
This note was intercepted and detained
five days before being delivered to the
person addressed.
AUTOMOBILISM IS
SPREADING IN PARIS
Machines Can Now Be Ordered as
Readily as a Horse and
Carriage.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor
don Bennett.
PARIS, June 25.— Not every one who
takes a fancy for automobllism. desires
to own a machine at once. ; This fact has
been taken advantage of by what may
be call "the modern livery stablemen,"
who ' let out automobiles to the public.
It is marvelous how this industry has
spread in Paris. . .'
If you wish to go out for a ride in the
Bois or shopping "en automobile," all you
have to do is to telephone for one of the
"lovers," and In a few minutes you have
a well appointed and luxurious automo
bile at your door, with a smart conductor
in charge, who will whiz . you through
the street ,to whatever place you desire
to go. -■ ■'■ ' .: ' .. : •'• ■''■' ''.■*■ ;■'■■.•
Giving lessons >to beginners is another
feature of tne automobile business. "We
have about twent-v pupils now," said one
dealer,. "and this is about the average.! » ln
five or six > lessons the pupil can - manage
the" machine very well for. himself. We
prefer the morning for lessons, as there
are ! not . so' many neoplo la the Bola at
Ahat tlma ol day."^ — ■j* " «? ','zj'-*~* "*■ *j" r ■*"'■■
sented as agreeable to some ar
r pc me-, 1 , v - r 4 -is >> fi ncl i £. AiCMi
siderable' difficulty . in handling
his own. conservative elements.
In a reported interview, he is
alleged to have said regarding
the war rumors, that mountains
were heing made out of mole hills
and that he was firmly convinced
that Queen Victoria would never
allow "letting loose the dogs of
war" over South Africa.
BOERS HAVE SHOWN
THEY ARE FIGHTERS
The Boers are not only \ expert horse
men, but unexcelled marksmen as well.
Their practice In war. as in hunting lions
and other wild beasts,. Is to ride rapidly
up within good , shooting distance, dis
mount quietly and fire deliberately, keep
MINERS MUST
SIGN AWAY
THEIR LIBERTY
WALLACE, Idaho, June 25.—
Before any man may seek em
ployment in Shoshone County he
must sign the following:
Application for leave to seek em
ployment In the mines of Shoshone
County.
To Dr. Hugh Prance, State Repre
sentative — Sir: I hereby make ap
plication for tesuance to mo of a
permit allowing me to seek em
ployment in the mines of Shoshone
County. I am a by occu
pation. I am a native of and
am a citizen of the United
States.
I last worked at the mine. In
. My shift boss was .
Heretofore I have been a member
of Miners" Union. I did not
participate actively or otherwise in
riots which took place at Wardner
on the 20th of April. 1599. Believing
that the crimes committed at
Wardner on said date were actively
incited, encouraged and perpetrated
through and by means of the influ
ence and direction of the Miners'
Unions of the Cover d'Alenes, I
hereby express my unqualified dis
approval of said acts, and hereby
renounce and forever abjure all al
legiance to the said Miners' Uulon,
of which I was a former member,
and I solemnly pledge myself to
obey the law and not to again seek
membership in any society which
will encourage or tolerate any vio
lation of law.
Permit to seek employment No.
, 1899. This is to certify that
. a by occupation, is
qualified under the proclamation is
sued by order of the Governor of
Idaho, May S, 1S!»0, to seek em
ployment In any of the mines in
Shoshone County and has permis
sion by virtue hereof to do so.
This card is to be deposited with
the manager or superintendent of
the mine where the person above
named is employed, and must be
held for purpose of periodical in
spection pursuant to the terms of
the aforesaid proclamation.
Witness my hand this day of
, 1899.
DR. HUGH FRANCE,
By , Deputy.
ing thfir horses at hand "knee-haltered"
to mount again and away as occasion
mr,y ■ "
; How effective" and fatal this method of
fighting and their skill as marksmen has
proved was well attested by the British
officers and troops , who were engaged
with them in the several fights during the
British-Boer war of 18S1.
In the first battle at Bronkhorst Spruit,
near Middleburg, Colonel Anstruther's
column of 250 men on the way to relieve
Pretoria were beaten and surrendered
after ten minutes' fighting, in which the
British commander and all of his officers
with half of his men were either killed or
wounded.
Later at "Laings Nek" and Ingago Sir
Oeorge Colley and his men struggled
bravely hut vainly to make, head against
the Boers who, from well-chosen positions
and unerring niarskmnnship. poured
upon them a murderous tire under which
officers and men fell helplessly. Otli ;er
after officer nf a rpgiment would be shot
down while trying to rally his men. I't
ter annihilation was only prevented by
retreat. The British fire did comparative
ly little damage.
Majuba Hill, the last fight of this
seven weeks' war, was the most fatal of
nil to the British arms, and the British
commander. Sir Evelyn Wood, was forced
Continued on Second Page.
HONDURAS MUST PAY
THE PFARS INDEMNITY
United States Government Is Deter-
mined to Brook No Further
Delay.
WASHIOTON, June 25.— Official
Washington is waiting with some im
patience for a reply from the Govern
ment of Honduras to the demand of
Minister Hunter for $10,000 for the heirs
of Frank Pears, killed by a Hondurian
soldier in February. Unless the reply
be forthcoming within the next few
days instructions will be sent to Mr.
Hunter to call for an immediate reply.
The administration does not propose
to permit Honduras to be dilatory in
this matter, believing that determina
tion and constant pressure will not only
result in the payment of the indem
nity, but in better treatment of Ameri
cans there in the future.
Honduras sought the good offices of
Guatemala to persuade the United
States to accept arbitration several
weeks ago, but arbitration was not ac
cepted. It js presumed that Honduras
is trying to find a loophole through
which she can escape compliance with
the American demand, but the admin
istration is determined she shall pay
the money, and pay soon, even if it be
necessary to send a squadron to com
pel action.
So far as Nicaragua Is concerned, the
authorities are satisfied that with the
gunboat Vixen at Bluefields the Ameri
cans will be given fair treatment. The
authorities are daily expecting to re
ceive from Nicaragua a demand for the
money the Managua government as
serts was rightfully collected by her
agents from American merchants at
Bluefields during the insurrection, and
which has been deposited with the
British Consul pending a settlement of
the controversy.
STRUCK BY A CHINAMAN.
M. Fliche of the French Legation
Assaulted in Peking.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gor
don Bennett.
PEKING. June 25.— M. Fliche, interpre
ter of the French Legation here, has bean
struck by a Chinaman and is suffering
from bruises. The French Minister de
mands a public apology from the Sung LI
Yamen.
Operation for Appendicitis.
HIGHLAND SPRINGS, June 20.-Dr.
George H. Palmer of San Francisco per
formed a successful operation for appen
dicitis on the young son of Colonel J. M.
Litchfleld at this place last night. It was
a severe case, but strong hopes are en
tertained for the boy's recovery.
ROOSEVELT IS
HONORED BY
ROUGH RIDERS
Presented With a Medal by
the Men He Commanded
in Cuba.
REVIEW OF REGIMENT
Memorial Services Also Held, at
Which the Deeds of the Brave
Troops Are Extolled.
Sr>ecial Dispatch to The Call.
LAS VEGAS, N. M., June 25.—Memo
rial service was the first thing on the
Rough Riders' reunion programme to
day. They were held at 11 o'clock this
morning at the Duncan Opera House,
and Rev. Thomas A. Uzzell, pastor of
the People's Tabernacle of Denver, Col.,
preached the memorial sermon. He
said that the soldier who is forced to
remain behind is worthy of praise and
recognition as well as the man who is
at the front. The Rough Riders, he de
clared, have by their acts at San Juan
and in the fighting around Santiago
succeeded in writing one of the bright
est pages in American history. Their
deeds would be read by coming genera
tions and would enkinale admiration for
true heroism.
Lafe Young, editor of the lowa State
Capital, then delivered an address. Mr.
Young served with the Rough Riders
and his recital of the regiment's experi
ence at Tampa and San Antonio found
a responsive echo in the hearts of the
assembled Rough Riders. "The Fourth
of July," he t said, "is our national
Christmas, commemorating the birth of
the nation, but the Rough Riders' cele
bration should be its Easter, for it
marked the resurrection. It remained
for the Spanish war to bridge the
bloody chasm, to put Old Glory every
where, to wind up the late unpleasant
ness with the new battle hymn of the
republic, "There Will Be a Hot Time in
the Old Town To-night."
"On the plains of Cuba," he conclud
ed, "when I saw the sons of veterans
marching beneath the flag which their
I fathers died to save, and the sons of
Confederates clothed in the same uni
i form, bearing the . same arms and
I marching under the same flag, and the
I sons of former slaves accoutered and
I armed like the others, with, the flag
I above them and. the same nun,.
their hearts, and lUO native-burn ruti
i blood Indians selected in the same lines
and aiding the same cause when I saw
these I made a vow to high heaven
never to be a partisan again, that
henceforth and forever all Americans
should look alike to me."
The regimental parade took place this
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The regiment
formed at Camp Cochran and marched
to the tournament grounds, six blocks
away. Colonel Roosevelt rode as com
mander, accompanied by a staff of offi
cers. At the tournament grounds Colo
nel Roosevelt occupied a box reserved
for him and the guests of the regiment.
As the Rough Riders passed and re
passed the grand stand in performing
! their evolutions, Colonel Roosevelt
stood with bared head. Each troop was
preceded by its respective captain, as
far as they were present, on the occa
sion. The scene was witnessed by fully
10,000 people.
While the review was going on rain
clouds were banking heavily in the
north, and Chairman Whitmore of the
local committee on arrangements re
quested the colonel to hurry the move
ments of the Rough Riders, ostensibly
on account of the approaching showers.
Colonel Roosevelt complied with the re
quest, and in another instant the troop
ers were standing at attention in front
of the grand stand. This was a neat bit
of strategy, and before Colonel Roose
velt could realize why he was being
spoken to Hon. Frank Springer, acting
on behalf of the people of New Mexico,
began his speech, presenting Colonel
Roosevelt with a medal.
The medal is pendant from bar
chains, V shaped, with ends attached to
the bar and joined to the medal at the
center. On the bar is the wording,
"Colonel Theodore Roosevelt." Between
the bar and the medal the coat of arms
of New Mexico is engraved. On the
medal proper are crossed sabers, and
above them is the monogram "R. R.
R." Below the sabers is the wording,
"Presented by the citizens of New Mcx»
ico, Las Vegas, N. M., June 24, 1899."
On the circular edge of the medal
proper are the words "San Juan," "Las
Guaslmas" and "Santiago." The dia
mond in the center is just below the
sabers.
The presentation was a genuine sur
prise to Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Spring
er handed the medal to his young
daughter. Miss Eva, who pinned it on
the lappel of Colonel Roosevelt's Rough
Rider blouse. The recipient was visibly
affected and responded as follows:
Justice Springer, and to you. Miss
Springer, and to you, my fellow-Ameri
cans'of New Mexico, 1 want to say I can
not express In words how deeply I am
touched by what you have done. I prize
this gift more, than anything else that
could have oeen given to me, coming as
it does and In the way it does and from
those from -whom it comes. For it comes
on the anniversary of a day fateful in the
annals of the West. Twenty-three years
ago Ouster rode to his death with his gal
lant men at the Rosebud, adding his
share in the "winning of the West"— in
the upbuilding of the West, which you
have, all of you upbuilt— bringing up your
section level in patriotism, level in high
ness of purpose, with all that there is in
this nation. I cannot say how glad I have
been to come here. I never was in New
Mexico before, but I have never felt like
a stranger for one moment among you.
(Applause.) I claim the same right that
each of your sons claim of "lory and take
pride in the name and fame of New
Mexico. I am an American as you are
Americans, and you and I alike have the
right to claim as our own every acre and
rod of country from Maine to Oregon,
from Florida to California. (Applause.)
All I shall say is if New Mexico wants to
be a State you can count me in, and I will
go to Washington to speak for you or do
anything you wish. iLong and continued
applause.)
Colonel Roosevelt's address was cut
short by the rain, which put a stop to
the amusements of the daylight pro
gramme- _______^^___
Spread of Yellow Fever.
OAXACA, Mexico, June 25.— The rapid
spread of yellow fever in the towns of
Tehuantepec and Coatbaooalcos and
other places on the Isthmus has caused
great uneasiness among the people of this
State, The health authorities are taking 1
active steps to stop the spread of the epi
demic
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DEATH FROM
PLAGUE ON
NIPPON MARC
Appearance of the Scourge
Causes the Steamer to Be
Twice Quarantined.
is now aThomulu
Japanese Vessel First Detained at
Nagasaki, and a Second Case
Occurs After Leaving.
Ppprlal Corrpsp^ndpnce of The Call.
HONOLULU, Juno IS.— Bubnnio
plague is held by the local health
authorities to exist in tho corpse of a
Chinese steerage passenger on board
the steamship Nippon Marti, lying since
yesterday morning off the harbor of
j Honolulu. For this cause tho Board of
I Health ordered the vessel into quaran
tine for seven days. The alternative ia
I to have the Nippon Maru refused both
I admission into the harbor and the land-
I ing of passengers arid freight.
When tho steamship China arrived,
from San Francisco on Thursday with
out any cable advices regarding the
Nippon after her departure from Hnns;
kong on time, conjectures upon the
cause of the steamer's being six days
overdue were balanced between quar
antine and breakdown. The vessel's
arrival here early yesterday morning
proved the quarantine guess correct. It
als'i brought the community face to
face with the stern duty of self-protec-
I tion against the black Oriental scourge.
The Nippon Maru Balled from Hong
kong on May 21. and Shanghai on the
24th. She arrived at Nagasaki two days
later, and there dispatched all of her
business without. impediment. The
steamer was leaving the harbor of
Nagasaki under a full head of steam
when a Chinese steerage passenger
died. Captain Allen put the ship back
to port rather than take any chances
of having it become a plague ship or
detained under suspicion of being such
at other ports of call ahead.
Although the ships doctor did not
consider it a case of plague, the body
was sent ashore at Nagasaki for exam
ination. The Japanese port physicians,
however, pronounced the death as hav
ing been caused by plague. They de
clared the corpse infested with plague
baii"i. t and by tlvir on )»r ft was cre
matea. Trie Nippon Maru wrai ;.t. the
same time ordered into quarantine for
seven days.
Having fulfilled her prescribed term
of quarantine, the steamship sailed
from Nagasaki on June 8. She made
Kobe and Yokohama all right, having
had no further case of sickness.
I and sailed from the latter port for
! Honolulu on June 8. The Rio de. Janeiro
| had sailed for Honolulu the previous
day, but was not sighted here until
yesterday evening — about twelve hours
later than the Nippon Maru. The Rio
| brought a clean bill of health and was
admitted to dock in the harbor. Sh*
sailed at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Upon the arrival of the Nippon off the
harbor she was boarded by Dr. F. R.
Day, port physician and member of the
Board of Health. She reported the
death of a Chinese steerage passenger
on June 14. The man hud been ill but
twenty-two hours and the ship's physi
cian gave the cause as uraemic convul
sions, due to kidney troubles. The body
had been kept on board embalnird.
Dr. Day at the same time received
an official report of the quarantining
at Nagasaki from Dr. Rokkaku. medi
cal inspector at Yokohama for the
Hawaiian Government. Taking into
consideration this report frmn Japan,
together with the fact that the victim
had died after only twenty-two hours'
illness, he ordered the Bteamship into
quarantine until he came ashore and
reported.
Having made his report to the board,
the port physician returned to the
ship, taking with him Dr. Carmichael,
inspector of the United States Hospital
Marine Service. The two doctors made
a post mortem examination of the dead
Chinaman. They found the condition
of the lungs, the bronchial tubes and
the kidneys, as well as that of the
pericardium and peritonital cavities,
strongly suspicious of the plague. Some
specimens of the fluids and glands
were brought ashore for microscopical
examination, which being made strong
ly supported the diagnosis of the phy
sicians. The only absolute proof, how
ever, is to be found in the cultivation
of the germs. This pro* ess will take
three or four days. As the matter
stands, though, the appearance of the
bacillus is identical with that of speci
mens of the plague bacillus brought
from Japan two years ago by Dr. C. B.
Wood.
These facts were all laid before a
special meeting of the Board of Health
yesterday afternoon. The board pre
scribed a strict quarantine for the
Nippon Maru. It proposed a period of
seven days after disinfection. Should
the proposition bo declined, the ship
will not be allowed to land either pas
sengers or freight.
There are eight saloon passengers for
Honolulu, including Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Wichman and Dr. W. T. Monsarrat.
Mr. Wichman is the leading jeweler of
this city. Dr. Monsarrat Is the
veterinary inspector of the Hawaiian
Government; who left here in a trans
port carrying army horses and mules to
Manila, under engagement by the
United States military authorities. The
ship has 750 tons of cargo for this
port.
Dr. Wood, a member of the Board of
Health, said to The Call correspondent:
"The necessity for quarantining any
passengers landing here being decided,
the possibility is thereby admitted that
the disease may develop among them at
quarantine. Unlike some other dis
eases to be guarded against. th*»
plague is known to be communicable
through the medium of rats and other
vermin. It is absolutely impossible to
disinfect tho ship properly with about
800 people on board. If, however, the
ship accepts quarantine, it must bs
afforded. The passengers would be
fumigated before and after landing at
Quarantine Tsland, and there treated to
the chemical bath, etc., and the through
passengers returned to the vessel when
she had been completely disinfected.
The captain of the steamer does not
admit that it was the plague of which
his steerage passenger died, but the
Board of Health physicians are almost
, positive that it was nothing else."