Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — FRISCO HAS A PLAGUE SCARE. [ARTICLE]

FRISCO HAS A PLAGUE SCARE.

Strange Disease Makes Fudden Appearance in Chinatown. Asiatic cholera, or the bubonic plague, has been discovered in Chinatown, San Francisco, and the entire district is under quarantine regulations. Every effort is bring made to suppress the facts. Health authorities refuse to discuss the matter, the police are reticent, and local papers have agreed to suppress information—for the present. There have been a number of mysterious deaths in the Chinese section. Orientals have dropped off suddenly, in most cases having been sick only a few hours. This led the health department to make an investigation, with the result that there are, several suspicious cases under quarantine. The city physicians reported they were not certain ns to the nature of the disease. Some think it is the bubonic plague and others think it is Asiatic cholera. With this alarming report the board declared a quarantine. There are something over 20,000 Chinamen living in the district known as Chinatown. It is without doubt tlie filthiest spot in any American city. and is just the place where the plague or cholera might thrive.