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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29

When the committee in England
read this magnificent report" they
refused to accept the conclusions
arrived at on the subjects of con-
tagion, de novo origin and segre-
cation, on the ground that they
were based on insufficient evidence.
Is it surprising? Suppose three
obscure medical men from New
York should be constituted a COM
mittee on leprosy, and that they
should make a flying visit to Ha-
wall; suppose further that they
should be joined in Honolulu by
two of our local physicians, who
would help them in their investi-
cations. We will assume that
they spend three days at the
Kalihi receiving station, and three
days (the average time spent by
the Indian commission at any one
pldCCJ dG NhOlOhdl, SAdI1ILlllIS CdIC-
fully 81 lepers e per cent. of our
leprous population), inquiring into
the family history and habits of
the patients, their sanitary condi-
ton, the amount of salt and fish
they had consumed, land many other
matters. Suppose also that they
should spend another week in Ia
boratory work in pursuit of the
bacillus lepre, and should not find
it. Then suppose they should
make a voluminous report to the
effect that (D leprosy is not con-
tagious; (2) leprosy is not here
ditary; (3) in the great majority
of cases, from combinations of
causes at present unknown, it
arises de novo; (4) inasmuch as
we have not yet found the way in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29

DR.. Trousseau has, on the
strength of this report, announced
himself as a non-contagionist and
an unbeliever in segregation :;
though what bearing the report of
the commission in India has on the
subject in Hawaii is difficult to see,
the conditions are so totally differ
ent. To quote the words of DR.. A.
Mouritz, in his report to the board
of health in 1886: whatever else
may be said of its being non-con-
tagious in other ancient countries,
where the disease exists endemic
ally, these statements do not apply,
or should not apply, to the dis
ease in the Hawaiian islands.
There is very little compari-
son justifable as there is
no true parallelism existing.
Even in other countries where the
disease has existed for centuries,
the question of contagion or non
contagion is not definitely settled,
the evidence tending in many
cases to affirm contagion in many
others to negative this conclusion.
How any competent observer con-
cludes that leprosy is non-conta-
gious in these islands is, to me,
only accountable by presuming
that previous views from extra
neous sources have clouded his
powers of observation"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29
esD Embellishments
80
TmLy Il, 1898.

The arrival of the IS. n.
Castle" in a day or two will be
the occasion for rejoicing by
the 497 people who have been
coming to Us every day
for brass bird cages. These
are among the articles we have
been waiting for and which
should have arrived on the
Australia. If you want a cage
and it is presumed you do,
wait a day Or so longer and we
will show you some beauties,
built on the most approved
styles of bird cage architecture.
The word about washing
machines was just in time to
add years to the lives of three
society ladies, who for econo-
my sake, decided to dispense
with their Japanese wash
ladies and do their own work.
The western Empire" the
best washing machine of this
or any other age, will do the
washing for ten people in as
many minutes; they cost very
little and you should have one
now.
A toilet set Of eleven pieces
for four dollars, strikes you
as being remarkably cheap for
a good article-dear enough
for a poor one. Ours are good
ones-the best the English
make for the money. You'd
pay $40 for the set in San
Francisco and think you had
a bargain; what do you call it
at 81 =?
The HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co.,
3O7
Fort STREET, HONOLULU.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29

Leprosy has existed in India for
centuries, and during. that time
may have lost some of its violently
contagious properties. Other in
fictitious and contagious diseases
part with their virulence with time
and changed conditions why not
so with leprosy 2? Had it spread in
India during all these ages as it
has in Hawaii during the last fifty
years, that country would have
been devastated ere this. But sta
tistics show that it is now station
airy. During the last twenty years
about as many new cases have de-
veloped as have died of the disease,
so that the ratio of five lepers to
every 10000 inhabitants has been
maintained. In THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS THERE ARE TODAY $50
LEPERs TO EVERY 10000 INHABIT-
ANTS, OR THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE \
RATIO AS EXISTS IN INDIA. Had
the disease spread in India with
the same rapidity that it has in
Hawaii during the last fifty years,
instead of 100000 lepers there
would be three millions there to-
day. Perhaps in the course of
ages it will lose some Of its viru-
lence in Hawaii, and the Indian
ratio of five lepers to every 10000,
or As lepers to the present popu-
lation, be established. But we
have to deal with the present, and
at the present time it is spreading
in these islands, as is shown by
the following figures:
NUMBER OF LEPERs SENT To MO-
LoKAI.
From January, 1866, to March,
1876 40 years months) ...... 1870
From March, 1876, to March, 1856
90 years. ...... .........-13O7
q years 8 months) ......... 49,. 49,. 1851
Within twelve months II of the
17S (9.5 per cent? of the previ-
ously healthy kokuas at Molokai
were pronounced lepers. VIII the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS please arise and
explain this pertinent fact?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29

DR.. Trousseau in his letter OF
resignation mentions DR.. Awnings
name so that one might infer that
he also is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. This
is what DR.. Aiming says on the
subject: 81 advocate segregation"
81 may be asked first to
prove the actual power of con-
tagion in leprosy. To this reply,
that from what we already know
of the nature Of the disease we are
entitled to enforce segregation
even without the question of actual
contagion being definitely settled,
we know that leprosy is dependent
on the invasion Of the human
body by a microscopic germ which
has the power to increase indef-
nitely IN the tissues. Therefore we
must look upon every single leper
as hot-bed of disease, quite indie
pendently of the exact conditions
under which he can transmit it to
others
Shall we accept the weird and
extraordinary" report of the Indian
commissioners, based on notorious
ly insufficient data, and reject the
testimony of conscientious special
lists and students, who have lived
for years in our midst, and who are
not blind to the conspicuous facts
taught by the disease here in Ha-
wall?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29

which it spreads, we do not believe
that it does spread, and hence COM
pulsory segregation is unnecessary.
What value would such an investi-
cation and report have? Yet that
is exactly what the report of the
leprosy commission amounts to.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-29
THE QUEENS HOSPITAL.
List of New characterization
of $4,000 to EndOw a Bed.


of $4,000 TO Endow a Bed.
The undersigned, on behalf of
the Queens Hospital, takes great
pleasure in acknowledging the re-
ceipt, through the Hon. H. A.
Widemann, chairman of the solicit
ing committee, up to this date, the
sum of $3.50 for the life member
ship fees of the following named
gentlemen:
F. NJ. Hatch Alex. Young
H. Waterhouse +. s. Cunha
John Ena w. c. Peacock
Paul Isenberg a. J. Campbell
II. +. Glade Morris Hyman
J. F. Hackfeld w. H. COrnwel
G.. Q. Berger r. A. Hopper
Robt. Levers James a. King
Claus Spreckels Geo. \. Wilcox.
H. ]. Nolte
F. A. Schaefer, Esq, executor Of
A. a. Carnot, deceased, has this
day handed the treasurer a Hawai-.
ian government per cent. bond
for $4,000 for the purpose of endow.
ing a bed in the Queens Hospital
which, by the terms of the will Of
the decedent, shall always be held
at the disposition Of the represent
ative Of France.
JOHN H. Patty, Treasurer.
Honolulu, July %, 1898.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
NO o

TN
Germany Gives Notice That Meilo Myst
Not Stop German ships.
NEW York, Dec. 22.-The Herald's
Montevideo cable says: The Herald's
correspondent in Rio sends word that
the officers of the German ships in the
bay have given the insurgents to .unmis-
takably understand that Germany will
not permit the slightest interference
with her vessels i'm unloading their car
goes ON the wharves of Rio by means of
lighters flying the German flag. Eight
masters OF American vessels in Rio,
holding special permits from
the Brazilian government to dis
charge their cargoes there have sent a
telegram to Secretary of State Gresham,
asking for protection from the insur-
gents. Unless this is given they say they
are barred from the privileges ordinarily
enjoyed even in blockaded ports. Cap
tain Picking of the Charleston has also
agreed to give them the same permission
that British ship captains enjoy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

skins the 'usnrper'' and hangs the hide
upon the fence TO dry Paramount
Blount is evidently proven to be the par
amount falsitier and tool OF the age,
That Dictator Cleveland ON q fair and
impartial trial could be ~impeached and
convicted OF unconstitutional acts goes
without honorable controversy, but that
he will be protected by q paaty which
claims the protection Of the constitution
on every issue, only TO violate it, goes
also without controversy. As the Sand
wioh islands are now In q fair way TO
govern themselves properly the sooner
the matter is dropped in congress the
better for any good that will come out
OF it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

The follow ing names sent by the
president to the senate for confirmation
on the Goth inst, sound very familiar TO
South Dakotans. To be receiver OF
public moneys: Austin B. Hill, OF South
Dakota, at Huron, s. D.; John B. Han
tan, OF South Dskota, at Watertown, 5.
d.; Richard d. WEIGH, Of South Dakota,
at Mitchell, S. D.; C. Boyd Barrett, OF
South Dakota, at Aberdeen, S. d.
To be registers Of land offices: John
w. Ferguson, OF Nebraska, at Lincoln.
Neb.; Mark w. Sheafe, OF South
Dakota, at Watertown, s. d.; Abraham
Boynton, of South Dakota, at Mitchell,
S. D.: John NJ. Davis, of South Dakota,
at Huron, S. ID.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

Sioux Falls Press, 81: Said a gentle
man from Yankton yesterday: "Yes, we
are going to have that brewery. The
fact is no opposition came TO the surface
until too late to harm the enterprise.
Most OF our citizens take a common
sense view Of the matter and think that
inasmuch as Yankton consumes three
carloads OF beer every week, she might as
we'll make it as send the money outside.
One Of our churches is issuing a small
paper against the project, but I can
hardly think sentiment a be changed,
Most OF our beer now comes from Sioux
Falls"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
Argus-Leader, 10: Henry w. Smith

Argus-Leader, 10: Henry w. Smith,
one of the leading Populist in this part
of the state said to-day that the Popu-
lists movement was growing and that
next summer and fall the third party
people would make things lively in this
state. Mr.. Smith then added: But /
agree with the Hartford Plain Talker
that there is yer. little hope of getting
this county away from Senator Petit
grew next fall. The Republicans have
already been doing quite a good deal of
fruitful work in the county and the
presen. outlook is tkat theyzwiH carry
things here in Mr.. Pettigrew's home..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

The heat to which the present contro-
yersy in congress over President Cleve-
lands actions In the Hawaiian matter. 10
being famed, shows quite c~onclusively
that the outcome will be a purely part
Izan contest. The present administra-
ton started into the settlement OF the
Hawaiian difficulty with a purely parti-
san object 10 view. namely: the casting
OF odium upon a preceding administra
ton. The merits u. the case were entire
ly ignored by it. Its agents were in
structed to make out a case against
President Harrison and his ministers,
regardless OF either the facts or merits
of the strife in Honolulu, and by a perver-
sion Of evidence, and all just and inn
partial rules of obtaining it, the presen,
administration secured the BIASED re
port upon which Grover Cleveland bases
his accusations 10 his message. 1t is te
expose the faIsity Of this position thai
the republicans in congress aim, and x
ward it of appears to be the determine
ton OF the democrats. The democrats
being in the saddle no impartial verdicl
can be expected. But one thing 10 Ger
tain, the American people are going u
know the facts from al sources and draw
their own conclusions which viii NOT ID
far from the truth nor very ~fattering {,
the cowardIy conduct OF Paesiden
Cleveland andph his personal agents. Tx
Minister Stevens latest criticism OF ia
Presidents message metaphoricall
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

st. Paul, dispatch q: Three men CIV
ing their names Arthur d. inman, John
Casey and John Murphy are under ar
rest here, under complaint Of NJ. G. Eos.
ness, postal Inspector, charged with hav.
ing robbed the ~postofice at Wentworth,
S. D., on the night Of November 10. The
men are being held in $1,000 bail each
pending the arrival OF witness from
South Dakota. Mr.. Fosness believes
that the defendants are chargeable with
other p~ostoffice burglaries in South Da-
kota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
An order to n. r. Receivers.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 22Judge Jenkins
made an order authorizing the Northern
Pacific receivers to surrender to the
st. Paul Union Depot company $50. 600
worth OF its stock upon payment to them
of VII 1850. The Union depot was
Originally owned by fve roads, the
Northern Pacific being one of them.
Other roads were taken In, and IL be-
came ynecessary to inersa1s the capital
stock from 4s5O,00o Is 500, 900 andto
make . redistribution Of stock.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

Inc ADsurulLy TO WHICH the Woulu 10
leaders Of public opinion 10 South Da-
kota can carry their editorial writing 10
finely illustrated in the ridiculous posi-
tion which several OF these papers find
themselves. When Judge Edgerton in
the Huron bond case decided that a con-
testant OF the validity OF bonds issued
by a city could go behind the general re-
citals of the bond to see whether the
bonds had been legally issued or not, he
enunciated a principle Of great import to
the people. But the would be patriotic
critics took the position that the decision
was injurious to South Dakota credit
and would have a very injurious effect
upon the state. They made the decision
applicable to all kinds OF outstanding
bonds, and while ~asservatlng that their
own respective cities would pay their
bonds and interest with scrupulous
fidelity, they predicted wholesale ruina-
ton to the credit of all other cities hav-
ing issued bonds in o similar way. To
E FH
such an extent have they kept up the
silly clamor, that now they stand aghast
al the evil report their own twaddle
hath wrought and exclaim that it must
be stopped or the states credit 10 ever
lastingly ruined. So much for hyper
criticism. It may be put down 40 q fact
that any city which issued bonds in
good faith with the people OF that city
will honestly meet the legislations OF
these bonds. The principle involved in
Judge Edgerton's decision 10 simply one
thst permits the calling in question the
legality OF the preliminary steps taken
in issuing bonds and whether or not
these successive steps were taken to
cover up fraudulent designs in the issu-
ing of bonds and misleading the people
into voting for bonds that will surrepti-
tiously used Cor purposes other than the
people were led to believe they would
be used for when issued. The decision
OF Judge Edgerton simply permits the
people who may desire to contest illegal
ly issued bonds to enquire into the
OF their issue, and as such it 10
one OF the most wholesome decisions for
the protection Of the people that could
well be made. Instead Of casting dis
credit upon Dakota bonds and cities it
viii simply establish their credit in the
future all the mere strongly. 1t will
have a tendency to check the subterfuge
OF SO many city schemers to delude the
people into voting bonds whose real
object and purpose is not honestly and
fully set forth before the people vote
upon them, and e~nioins upon those pur-
chasing bonds the greater caution to
see that every legal condition to protect
the people has been honestly complied
with. In the meantime the best thing
these garrulous critics who are crying a
halt on their own stupidity, can do is to
let the matter rest. Otherwise the Da-
kota people are not complaining at the
declsiun. 1t is right in their favor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
The Tramp Nuisance.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-G. F.
Crocker, vice president of the Southern
Pacific, denies a published statement
that the directors Of the company here
have determined to put an armed force
OF men on their freight trains. He says
the company has not determined what
course to pursue in combating the
tramp nuisance,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

Brown county has held a rain con-
vention and decided to correspond with
rain makers and in the meantime town.
ships W II take the necessary steps to
vote on the proposition OF raising funds
at the March election.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

Senator Pettigrew has returned to
Washington t O spend the holidays. Con-
cress will not be in session then. he
can return to business here wheE con-
Sress resumes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
DAILY LEADER
FRIDAY EVE, DEC. %, 1898.
I.aral 1Canae Tahae.

aaTAe AfWE@k WHN @%
Chicago. Milwaukee II 81. paul Railway, which
took effect, sunday, Nov. %, isss:
TRAINS eogNG EAST.
Passenger, No. Z, departs i0;i5 .. m
Freight. No. %, departs SEQ O.. m.
Freight, No. "a, departs 6:35 p. m.
TRAINS come WEST,
Passenger, No. q, departe $50 p. n.
Freight, No, VI, departsT 100 .. m.
fRArSs FRom THE EAST.
Passenger, No. 3, arrives s'ss p. m,
Freight No. n, arrives As =. m.
Freight, No. 70, arrives 80 p. m.
t.sesffEze TRAaNe FR0M TIE wEsT.
Passenger, No. 4, arrives 1910 0. IN.
Freight, No. w, arrives D 90 p. IN. =.
An the above trains carry passengers; out
frei0hts only when passengers are provided win
tickeks.
passenger trains going east make eonnection
at Ryan for oil points south, and passenger train
golng weet, ut Wocneocket for oil points NORTH
MADISON Il BRHeToL LIZZIE.
Passenger going north. departs M:S0 Q. m.
Passenger from north arrives. $50 y. m.
mo. LARKINs Local Agent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
Mother and Child Fatally Burned.

ASPEN, Colo, Dec. GA lamp ex-
ploded during the evening in the resi-
denee of Thomas Devore, a plumber,
and fatally burned Mrs. Devore and an
infant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
George Magoun Dead.

New YORK, Dec. 22.-George G. Ma
goun Of Barring, Magoun q Co., died at
9:15 p. m. of q complication Of kidney
disorders.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22

OTTUMwA, Ia, Dec. ED Walton,
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree, was sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary. He killed Amelia Cook.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
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~vertisers OF every class.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-22
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-01
SAVED BY AMMONIA.
How a Little Vial Of It Was Used
by q Hunter.

In 1884, after two years prospecting
for the delusive metal, I found myself
in the little mining town Of Clifton,
Graham county, ArizOns, IN that hnan-
cial condition known as busted" II
IS true that I still possessed about
twenty dollars in Long green
cayuse plug (pinto and aged, Win
chester rife, a six-shooter and q tur-
quois complexioued burrO, named for
his Castilian prototype Santa Anna,
but saw no way in which to invest
these belongings with any nope of
large aud speedy returns While
bordering over the fearful uncertainties
OF prospector's lire and fortunes
was approached by tall and bearded
pard, who suggested that ! return
with him 20 the mountains and IL
stead Of hunting for silver apply nv
talents to hunting wild animals He
gave as his reasons therefor that there
was always 4 market for jerked
venison. as well as q demand for
bear and other pelts; besides which
the territorial bounties for destructive
wild amin ais scslps were a consider
alton not 20 De overlooked bis a-Eu-
nent in favor o: the game against
silver had It's effect and n twelve
hours had invested fifteen dollars q
nv twenty dollars il grub, sznuni-
ton, etc, and become the running
mate and '.pard~ OF Charley Johnson,
ex-ranger and professional hunter. He
invested . Ike amount and packing
Santa Anna and JohEsoc's burro, a
companion piece to Santa Anna with
a. cur property. including dog teat,
we left Clifton one bTsZh: October morn
in- for the hills Of Graham cozuty.
After about two months % wander
inx IN ne mountains nea- the Eew
Mexsco lie vze crossed over .ato that
terri:o-r. ard made camp within ter
miles of thsa border. The place chosen
WAS IN xell-gvater-d canyon. Irclose,3
CT either side bv ;A4czly Wooded aiiLs,
on whose sides and SUBMITS we hoped
% ind everything zvsslzble for
s.auxht--. uo- were verr far wrong n
our expectations Il tIree weeks ~
had killed. bz1tSsere3 and '.jerked''
tvventy-three deer. and had re: and
mastered seven bears AID TARA NOSE