Show SAN FRANCISCO IS FREE FROM PLAQUE PLAGUE Declared That the Disease Was Vas Never Prevalent There REPORTS WERE UNTRUE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON INVESTIGATES 4 F I Washington March 11 nIn In l w of the he persistent publication of the report that bubonic plague existed in San Francisco the treasury department some weeks ago appointed a n commis commission commission sion slon of experts to examine into and andreport andreport report t upon the situation there That report has been received at the treas treasury treasury ury department but the tae authorities are not disposed sed to make it public at this time Almost simultaneously with the receipt of the report a delegation of prominent citizens of San Francisco ar arrived arrived arrived rived here and have since had a num number number number ber of conferences es with treasury of officials officials Semis in regard to the matter This Thin committee gave out the following state statement statement ment Some disputes having arisen between the authorities as to o the health condi condition condition condition tion in California and the quarantine at San Francisco a commission was appointed by Governor Gage and Mayor Phelan to confer with the health au an authorities authorities at Washington Meetings have been held with the secretary of the treasury Lynian Lynnn J Gage Assistant Secretary of the Treasury O 0 L Spaulding Spaulding Spaulding ding and Surgeon General Wyman at which it was elicited that no single case cane of disease had ever been found in California of the type and that ull nil cases examined d none being of white people were of a non contagious character The federal au authorities authorities have expressed themselves as ns amply satisfied that California is able to protect the other states of ot the Union and herself from any species of epi epidemic epidemic demic and instead of a condition ex existing exIsting exIsting that calls for federal interference Interference Interference ence the report of the surgeon gen generals generals office now in San Francisco Francico is ism in m hearty accord with the city cIt and state health authorities California Is doing her duty she has no epidemic now and never has nad there has not even been a report of a supposed case of plague for tor Liven twentythree twentythree days and the death rate in Ia Chinatown is now the lowest it has for ten years Any statement that the treasury De Department department department or surgeon generals depart department department department ment has taken charge of the health affairs in San Francisco is absolutely and unqualifiedly false Assistant Secretary Spaulding also gave out a statement as follows The published reports of the existence ol of bubonic plague plaue in San Francisco should excite no alarm there or in the coun country country country try at large The plague is not ep epidemic epIdemic there and I da do d not believe it will be I would feel as safe living in San Francisco as In Washington The traveling and business public I can communicate as safely with San Francisco oday as a year ago The treasury de do department department is fully advised of the situa situation tion and speaks with confidence in denying that any occasion for alarm exists on account of health conditions in San Francisco |