Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — PLAGUE GETS TO HONOLULU. [ARTICLE]

PLAGUE GETS TO HONOLULU.

Two Deaths from Bnbanic Fconrge in Hawaiian Harbor. The steamer Nippon Mam, from Houg Ivong, which has reached Honolulu, has been quarantined in consequence of a death, believed to be from bubonic plague, having occurred on board three days before her arrival. One Chinese passenger died on board just before the vessel reached Nagasaki and the Japanese health authorities had the body cremated and held the vessel in quarantine for several days. Three days before reaching Honolulu another death occurred among the Chinese. The Honolulu health officers made a bacteriological examination, resulting ia the finding of bubonic plague baccili in the body.