The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-12-31

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islxsive sesSso1 hEs charge & tins matter
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The H,da-.s MASTER. Which was looEalng
ID Ss 4 prccahle complication with Crest
Rri.zi-. has taksn that furua- he British
Government have instructed their repre-
sentative ksre 70 STATE that they thcrucSnly
suvccr- the clairzS q the cE-srS q the
h.fai.-is. x-li thzt the manner II which thst
vessel WIS t-eased : regs-Ssd BY then as
a --nsrisrCilv act As sccn as c1Z CSt-
met ean Serspe money enough together,
he clzin VII un,i5Gbteily be pad The
esiehrused yE3sa sxpe6son. Which was
risSs . TIE SoC-h Pacific, turned cct, a Il
deserved % &. q DISMAL failure the ves-
sci VS. wrecked md the only results were |
ezpsnse and 4 nrnhsr q The uacss ricisci1-
Ic1s letters. Coached n grsrchloque1s Ian
SuzSe. t-un the petty island chiefs.
The u-cst important portion q Cur For
si-r relations has been z regard - the |
ReeIrrocIsy Trsatv with the tinted States;
ucs much Gs1srtion has been given 70 II n
the States. the Presidential election having
kspt al minds upc1 that great question
AsSzckS however. kzTe been kept Up N the
San Francsscu Cirga5zs and the " SshIng-
tor Ssclsffy Gr-rsg. On agents have been
busy however. and Is the yeG- closes. news
has arrived that ths extension OF the treaty
for seven wears lunSsr has heen signed by
the Secretary Il State How the Senzss
WI act n regard 70 Il Is predetermined
/ There zrs q zwhE Of similar treaties On
the szgts and Il Is quite On the cards that
they nav -kiek= a TIE lot. We are By no
means CIT Ct the woods
"a
Board Of Health matters tave occupied
eursidsrahie pubic attention especially
II regard 70 leprusy- This dread disease
winch has claimed and / claiming - uAry
| victims which ezeeps InS1duCUsly INTO
u krr,as hI=- zz-s t--vr Ez-t ard cC1c1ted aS
4 sh,,ul5 have beer In February last 4
number u the tnrsiEu residents pstIloned
Their Representatives 20 urge upon the
I Government the necessity OF ssgreg1rlcn-
L was found necessary 70 e1Emns the
| pghl1c schools. and anoug the children
| Lspers were found This led AZ once 70 the
L eonsitsrztlou Of ssgTsszrng o. children
Examination q the Hospital AZ kakaAko
proved that Il wzs not i proper place for
children: an sE1rt has been uads 70 r1ISs
money for home for thss urfurtunAtes.
and tHng the coming year Il L to bs
hoped that the idsg VII taxa definite shape
L has been found that ygry bad cases q
lsprusy have been retained II hzkaako.
which should have been sent 70 Molokzi
Lspers have been Cn~the permission OF
/ the President q the Board Cf Health.
allowed 10 leave the Hospital: have been
put II charge Of qEAcks- In fact the mat
ter has continued 70 Be grossly niSnan-
aZed II suite OF every protest and appeal
During the year the Board has lost the
ssrTlcss OF Dr. TrUusssEa- who resigned II
consequence q the manner n which he
was treated By the President. Dr.. MckIb-
biz Al authority On lsprusy-, WIS requested
70 resign not beng N -aecurd Of course.
and the COUNTY, has lost the Use Of yalu-
able nan Dr.. Fitch has resigned his 20
slri0n at the Lepsr Hospital and has been
replaced By Dr. Webb. a gentleman who,
whatever his abilities nay Be. has had 1T
lie experience with tie disease.
One bright ray there /. and that : the
} ur.=sarisd research u Dr.. AruiuZ. This
gentleman arrived run Germany n No
vsnber Of 1855 HIS chief work has there
f7re been done dining 1851 Up to The
present be has been unsuccessful II his
Efforts 10 cultivate the lsprous germ but
II uerssversrcs car oTsreoue al obstacles
BE VII surely succeed Experiments have
! been and are beng cpudRcted On an eIten
srvs scale. besides the ordinary methods
) a murderer has been reprisTed and has
: been inccaIztsd With lsprusy. In such
: Eurk as d.. Awnings there Is hope Ii
: the ursysseuztie uetEOds Of the Govern
; rlaut there l. none: that Is how the leprusy
qzsstign stands On the threshold Of 1855
| would that Standing On the Threshold d
1885. Il nay be possible for this Journal q
: write and the plague vas stayed.
: he year has seen considerable addition
p 70 ozr population and much has been Of I
! peculiarly undesirable class Theuumbel
+ q petty r0bberies- and bJrglzriss have II
! creased largely. a. VII Be seen n on
! Yearly resume II another column Thl
has shown two things the importation o
a bad class Of people and the utter IneE
? eieney Of the police The town L mos
! lIuzieuuzrely guarded and large sections
l q Il are EFT entirely without protection
: The appointment Of Mr. S0per TO tie pos
: ton % Marshal II place Of Marshal Park
I / has caused little chznge-but that L 10
: the Marshslis fzult-shs means at his dis
! poszl ara Inadequate The mot alarming
: crime Of violence occurred November 1.
] when man named Bridges shot down Pa
! tel al eIupl0ys q Aessrs- WatsrhOdse, L
5 the gpea street. Ii vas the first Instzne
7 q 30 daring an assassination that had &C
cuued within twenty years
Fl The mounted police force from which
4 az one time. Il was hoped q useful body Q
D uen might have been formed but vhici
? vas diverted from It's original aim and va
E tending 30 become a cavalry guard std
!, | toned n Honolulu was disbslded az Il
e close Of the Legislature, that body hzTin
, refused to vUte nancy f0T keeping up Il
I i1ree-
s Business during The yea has been dull
7 though the price Of cur staple prudac
has been extraordinarily low, still durin
2 the first nine months Of the year, OWN
g 70 the large increase II production, OF q
= Z7sD70 pounds, and IN spite Of falling o
Z 1.A6l-5O pounds N the export Of rice, u
Z value Of the eIpUTtE rose from -5o3f
o b ST0Z7112 q, making gam n value {
: Sl545&61 The depression has been fe
+ however. N the yalus Of imports and
z VII be seen when the Customs Statistic
I for the year are published that the rev
e me from this source has fallen at lea!
Il $4,000
4 Retail dealers have felt the depressic
7 very seriously, and all are looking fOFTEs7
2 TO brighter future N the coming yea
The business depression has not BEEN g
4 tireIy Dire to the decline II the value
: the staple, but l. II great measure dr
q to feeling OF insecurity and distrzZst
2 The Government Large SUNS Of none
; which world ordinarily have been inyeste
I either N business enterprises q n Gu
I eminent bOnds, have been allowed 70 |
idle and eonslderzble quantity has sOugi
o iu-estneu1 In the States
. There has been but one addition to Il
Z Inter-Izlznd steam feet the y. g. h
! which vas built for the Inter Island Stea
: Navigation Co while two new schOoue
/ have been addei to the sailing feet u
= firm Of s g. Wider L. Co have bought 7
h Captain HohrOnIs StezmsE and RsilEi
\ interest i0rthe Island 81 Nam: the EiLau
: Hsu has been taken Of the route and
/ replaced By the LiFziizz
1 ANEW telephone Company l. IL the hel
g and VII early e0na into competition VI
: the old company: the posts and eabl
n e =