The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1900, Page 1

e e VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 190. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOARD OF HEALTH CONFESSES TO A FAMOUS EXPERT WHO CROSSED THE CONTINENT AT THE INSTANCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD AND THE CALL THAT THERE IS NO BUBONIC PLAGUE IN THIS CITY —— | @ soeiesioie M S e e e e o [ 4 %4”’0‘%""’%“ | b i e DI‘ Georg‘e F Shrady b S far as I can learn from a conversatfon held this morning with the president of the Health (: Loca}l Healtn Oifi.- . 4 o) (] ® A Board there is at present no case of bubonic plague in San Francisco. ¢ Bofl'ams an Inve\w"l‘i_ . I have asked to see even one such case and no one in authority is able to produce one. cials Caued UpOn Us A J . There has not been reported, either oficially or otherwise, a suspected case since May 15. | 4 ' These ere the facts as far as I have been able to obtain them up to the present time. to Resion Their Positions or Sub- mit to Summary ration of the Sen- sational Rumors Which Have In- From such a point of view there is evéry reason for congratuiation, not only on account of the great interest at stake from the commercinl side of the question, but very much more from that which pertains to the otherwise possible wholesale sacrifice of precious lives. Several prominent citizens with whom I conversed were almost unanimous in the opinion that the scare here was without a particle of foundation; that it was precipitated through some of the QrO+000 0006099050005 6000 * sensational papers, hurriedly, unadviscdly and without due investigation on their part. jure& S Pral- | e R e Removal by the State Board of Health Issues Federal Judges Have En- Orders That the Chinese 3 | joined National and Lo- Quarter Be Quarantined ? | cal Authorities From to Satisiy the Demands + Refusing to Asiatics of Other Excited Com-|: | Their Right to Enter { munities. | and Leave the City. to tk citiz: appeared o e S S S B S A A AR A 0 S S SO S A an : 1a [ Marine Hos * cal off Y . . . @ . P > - @ e kS 2 | Chinese connected wi | the pratective ymph | speak later, most | town have been | there was an encc - 4 | suming busimess in hape of the m: | jority of the better stores being ope | for customers, but there w3 =1 impression ot - | of " something u . There was an idea | an air of desolation { & the Chinese who were { { & | pearance of apathetic gave one the idea t holiday as the result * k calami he community. . it all was a smothered feel . . ‘ ance in the expres . DR GEORGE . SHRADY o+ et et e o eteieso® : 7 THE EMINENT NEW YORIK - ! 7 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ® . / ~A’ -/”94.& g ps -Q’ ; 3 4 ¢ o B AT sy Moserde~s, . ? A= - L READING THE » - ¢ AN ] By DEF/S/QN--~ ¢ 7 = ' * - S | L4 decision of the Federal judges | $ : ¢ Board of Health decided 3 . first to warn officers of neighboring | . ? : ) § - ire was manifest | ] > |® h 3 In order, how- | { ) 4 . SOGLE A inst San Fran- t o 4 | cisco 3 Y Y. [PE fIAVE \\ 6| co b e ( 4 | instructed the local board to quarantine | ¢ )1 § EE \ @ | Chinatown | & b e . =7 4| Under the decision of the Federal |4 ® . 4 | judges the Board of Health of this city | ¢ . ¢ ¢ | has no authority to qua ne a district, | ¢ ® ® & 3 * ; the power being v ; the char- | > ¢ ) b ter, in the Board of Supervisors. The| ] . © G ek 4 : o | Board of Health adopted a resolution | . P ) & | therefore d g that plague had % Pt existed in Chinatown and that to pre- | * s & | vent its recurrence the district should | . . \ ¢ | be quarantined. This resolution was | * - © | submitted to the Supervisors for adop- | . ¢ | tion, but after a long discussion the | é * @ | board postponed definite action until ) ’ ¢ | this morning at 11 o'clock. At the same | : $ | time a resolution denouncing the Board | )3 ? & | of Health for its unwarranted actions in P ! + | the entire matter and calling upon the | { bt 3 & | members to resign their positions was | & ® ® ¢ | introduced and referred to the Health | ¢ . * © | and Police Committee." If the Health | & @ ¢ | Board refuses to resign the Mayor is | 4 ¢ : | called upon to remove them. | : o BTy ! + . pt ; 3 . THE PLAGUE IS ‘ 2 . A TR 2 )4 < & B4 rchants Appe Board of Health to Injur ifornia nwarranted Action. ¢ Posiesesr o ol | NOT IN THE CITY|{ Mere ppeal to the State ot njure Cal y ¢ $ that p | 2 at it would not at, i o @ s far as he can learn | says that 't would not be tolerated in any | Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Publishing | . o here is not a | other i as long as it re- Company. i this in the Interests of the public health, | that most 6f the people do r{)ot t?xnlk sulch | Sense of absolute safsty would seemingly C(lc‘il:fiman lyoubv{oulddmeet. m’r 'l“ de- G el e = g — | ana b procedures are necessary, but it Is also | guarantee. | cidedly noticeable and made one feel most ie or the sus- | mains it wi e to be a district of S far as 1 can learn from a con- | subjet i San el to: cave onmre | Apparent that the pubiic is in a very un- | °In my conversation with Dr. Willlam- | uncomfortable. I was ot surpeised to see S ¥ isco. the greatest /‘\ - § held this morning with fx he 1 b | certain state as to whether the plague in | son this morning I was pleased to hear | this in view of the former attempts on the s Vhil 2 L3\ versation hel g W ves, three times the length of the Jour-| the first place ever appeared at all; that | that not only in his professional but in | part of the Chinese residents to de by such an| While Dr. was pursuing his the president of the Health Board, | ney would be gladly made. | there were ever any well authenticated | his officlal capacity he would do every- |resist the authority of the Health r significanbe | investigations, yesterdiy: ofher incidents there is at present no case of bu-| My first aim in the Course of the In- | cases fpon which legltimate conclusions | thing in his power to assist In the propes | Board in enforcing the sanitary regu- ; o o 2 = 1 Francisco. av e o sed, an at the expectation | line of inves on. also understoo t! s e . After weeks| of moment were happening. Judges| Pomic piague in San Francisco. I have | vestigation was to secure a conference | A D gal ations; hence it was considered 1 = | that any plague will make its appearance | from him that the Federal quarantine offi- ' advidable that an attendant from the of- 5 N A asked o see even one such case and no | with the president of the Board of Health | s SMRanE foonantion: o ook 3 wit e of - - - sensationai- | Morrow, Hawley and De Haven placed | one high in authority is able to produce | of this city, Dr. John M. Willlamson, who | ’c'}nl:]:}, 1‘:};.‘;;:"1 v:;'skgv:l‘ mm;n c;:\s:;gx v?‘x]\ fiean‘;?r::g t';t‘ell"ecc:;s :‘S?ozmfim:‘condfin Qfifio‘.}fpé’éi Lu};h‘:gnngmprm;nar:ihs’.m;gdq“:‘vt;\!s{x al quar- | an injunction upon the local Board of | one. There has not been reported either | was in a position to give me data at first | about the existence of the plague ap- tion of harmony of purpose which was | the doctor remarked that there was an- tics of many| Health and upon Federal quarantine cially or otherwise a suspected case‘ hand. I had not been long in the city | peared to speak the mind of the com- | in every way encouraghg in the efforts | other reason for wearing an overcoat it 2 . 4 : ' % before I became impressed with the fact | Munity when he said that no one knew | to arrive at the real truth. I took occa-| was understood to be for the purpose of € comes to the | officers, ordering them not to attempt s b | i what to belleve; and that the public mind | sion to remark to the Health Officer that | carryin, be used f: - g | : .| as I have been able to obtain them up | that the public mind was very seriously | 7ag in a deplorably chaotic condition in | it was of the utmost importance to state | toripin® (& TeaPon (o be used for pro 7d of Health con-| to inoculate Chinese or Japanese with | to the present time. From such a point | disturbed concerntag the possibilities of | Tegard fo reconciling directly confiiciing | one way OF the other ‘whether or not | loouon- In fact. care was . es t it t a single | prophylactic or to prevent them from | of view there {s every reason for con- | the existence of this dreadful scourge,|facts. He remarked that the doctors were there was a single case of the plague in | attention on the part of the Chinese, who since May 15. These are the facts so far e 2 L 1 . el 1 3 z gratulation, not only on account of the | possibly hidden somewhere in the Chinese | not apparently sure of their diagnoses. | San Francisco at the esent time, and | scat - - g ‘ leaving z_:‘e city ’al w |I: 'Il'ne mm?cllml great interests at stake from the com- ‘ quarter. O!heli-' la!& the rpéa,fluem:as ag];h}ten in | Lhat }f\e was h'tl hl!l:mtc al ca ncnl capa- | :,':::(;,‘: gfingfifffio;ufiv‘:r}'er'.‘mf},"yfih:;’ Dr. gun his inves- ne urely on legal grounds a .y side e Ques . certain sections of China N and its ex- | ble of answering that question directly. | v z e . ; n his inve ‘l hp y 0 I ‘;‘z ]: s 1:““ merclal side, of the question, but very | Scare Without Foundation. {stence, although known to the autorl. He gave me to understand that It was D e e e e i g ke the in- ed the proposition that the Su-|much more from that which pertains to Several prominent citizens with whom | ties, was not published. Altogether it | not possible for a case of plague to eXiSt | worl and very often the sanitary inspec- Saleli sors of this city and not the Board | the otherwise possible wholesale sacrifice | 1 conyersed were almost unanimous in the | Would be very assuricg if some one in | in this city and he not know it. tors In atempting to enforce health or- 5 bitispodlci s be placed s | - he | of Health alone have power to place a| Ol Preclousiives. . ! opinion that the scare here was without | SiemCo I e wiat s the actunl conie | Willing to Assist Cases. | ders are quickly surrounded by a danger. o e laving been asked v ihe Herald to|a particle of foundation: that it was pre- | tion of affairs. Irresponsive of party, In answer to a suggestion from him I 0uS and threatening mob. Tt was to avoid trict in quara - | vistt San Francisco and give some views | cipitated through some of the sensational | Health Board or any other consideration | signified my willingness to visit any | this kind of force that it was neceseary The State Board of Health was short- | on the plague question while on the spot, | papers, hurriedly, unadvisedly and with- whatever. In fact, San Francisco at pres- | plague case which might show itself or (0 2ppear as if we were donly tmlre visft- Iy after in session and in conference | I can perhaps show no better apprecia- | Out due investigation on their part. There | ent is in great ddubt in which direction | even meet any of the physicians in con- | OrS, Demt on an errand of ordinary with merchants, local and Federal healgh | Hon of the importance of the mission than | 1,50, G0UbL that there Is 4 stronk publlc | fo move” whether e is hest totake pret | suitadlon, on private Cages that might b | curtosit. with mer 3 : ealth - 3 5 | s of | caution which the recent scare might | suspec! as such, whether in hospital Dodging Serum Injectors. the trip across the coutinent for its ful- | procedure on the part of the health au- | seem to indicate, or to be resigned o | in Chinatown, and to state the farts of . 1a i 1 o an T . | officials and railroad men. Upen hear- | fiiment. I am more than willing to do | thorities. Possibly this s due to the fact {'that desirable tranquility of mind which a | the existence or not of the scourge as| Being attracted by a store that had