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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-28
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mated by tho surgeon OF the ship 90
percent took. And out OF % Japan
ese emigrants 8 took
Smallpox is, however, SO little
feared in China and Japan that its
presence on board is deemed not a
ground for quarantining ship-the
sick are removed and the ship pro-
ceeds with her business.
With careful inspection and dis
infection of clothing at the original
port Of departure, and additional
inspection at Yokohama, which is
the final port OF departure for Ho-
nolulu, the danger is very much re-
duced. Moreover from eight to ten
days elapse from the time of sailing
from HoDgkong or Annoy, before
final departure from Yokohama,
which covers the period of incuba-
ton of both cholera and plague,
1t was for this reason that we in.
structed the Inspectors that, until
further orders, ships with emigrants
for Hawaii, sailing from Chinese
ports must come via Japanese ports.
The following named inspectors
have been appointed:
DIR. Stuart Eldridge at Yokohama,
Japan.
DR.. G.. M. r. Graham at Kobe,
Japan.
DIR. M. Paul at Nagasaki, Japan.
DR.. Gregory 2. Jordan, at Hong
kong, China.
DR.. Hugh MacDougall at Annoy,
China.
1t seemed to us that the inspector
at Yokohama should be made In
spector- G eneral (or Chief IRspector)
for the japanese ports; the Others
to be subordinate to him; and in
China the Inspector in Hongkong
to be Inspector-General for the
Chinese ports, so as to insure uni
formity of action. And furthermore,
the inspection at Nagasaki and
Kobe, of ships in transit, to be dis
pensed with excepting in special
cases.
Il y X
There are no proper facilities for
disinfecting the clothing Of passen-
gers at Hongkong or Annoy. There
is small plant for disinfecting with
heated air and steam at the Civil
Hospital in Hongkong but it is not
available.
Under the circumstances we in
structed the Inspectors at those
ports that until further order fumi-
cation with sulphur for twenty-four
hours might be substituted.
We did not insist for the present
upon quarantining of passengers
prior to embarkation at Hongkong
chiefly because of the facts of local
sanitary inspection being enforced
by the Victorian Government, and
of the fact that at Hongkong and
vicinity the plague had diminished
to q very few cases.
But we instructed the Inspector
at Annoy that five days quarantine
before embarkation must be enforced
because of the entire lack of sani-
tary measures on the part of tho
Chinese Government, and the great
prevalence of plague in that neigh
borhood.
ACT TO MITIGATE.
While at Toxic DR.. Yamane afford
ed us opportunity to observe the
working OF the regulations relating
to licensed women, of whom there
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-28

The city prison and the new gen
eral prison were of great interest.
In Japan the Police and Health
Departments are very intimately
associated, and the system OF sani-
tsry inspection is admirable. The
system has been improved since the
cholera epidemics of late years, and
now it is claimed that a general cpl
demic could hardly occur.
AT Police headquarters the appli-
ances and conveniences are very
complete even to chemical labor
atory for testing milk and food.
The system Of registering prison
ers, the management Of the great
workshops, where in six large two
stored brick buildings 1920 prison
ers are working at more than
twenty-five branches of work-from
making buckets and shoes to the
finest inlaid bronze work-ant the
discipline maintained, as well as
many other matters relating to the
prisons and police, will be of greater
interest to the Marshal and his de-
partment.
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ACT TO MITIGATE.

While at Toxic DR.. Yamane afford
ed us opportunity to observe the
working OF the regulations relating
to licensed women, of whom there
are about 5000 in Toxic. Toxic is a
city of about 100000 permanent
residents, and floating population
of about 100000. 1t is divided into
divisions" or wards, under the
supervision of special officers. Dr.
Yamane took us to the headquarters
of division where $500 women are
required to report weekly. A corps
of physicians and nurses are en-
ployed at the large examination
building and at the hospital con-
nected with it.
Il Y X X
DR.. Yamane took us also to one
of the cgsmatories, where we wit
messed the process OF cremation.
This crematory has thirty furnaces
arranged in two rows with passage
way between them-the bodies are
placed in the compartments through
doors opening into the passageway;
the fires are built upon CRATE sur
faces in small furnaces in the rear
wood is used for fuel. About twenty
pieces of wood two feet long and
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-28

Learning that the water supplied
to the city of Hongkong was fill
tered, we obtained permission to ex-
anime the works. In company with
DIR. Jordan and the Superintendent
we visited the fltering tanks and
saw and had explained to us the
whole process. There are number
of cemented reservoirs about five
feet deep, separated by division
walls, in which layers Of gravel and
sand are placed. The water is adj
mitted to the depth of two or three
feet and filters through the beds OF
sand and gravel and is discharged
automatically through gate into
the pipe which carries it to storage
reservoir.
AS the surface Of the upper layers
of filtering material become covered
with deposit from the water the
tanks are cleaned successfully by
running the water off and removing
the deposit with shovels. The fl
tration was very complete, but it
seemed to mo that the process in
volved considerable labor and ex-
pense.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-28

We feel more than ever convinced
OF the wisdom of the principles of
the new quarantine law and regula-
tions. With increasing commerce
the danger of exposure to conta-
gious and infectious disease will be-
come greater. Prevention is better
than cure. A strict but reasonable
enforcement of the regulations
should be insisted upon subject,
however, to certain discretionary
powers in the Inspector in Chief.
Without cable communication oc-
cassions will rise when questions
will have to be decided by such In
spectors upon their own judgment.
Slight notifications OF certain OF
the Regulations will be suggested
to apply to the conditions at Jap
anese and Chinese ports.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
A BLANK CARTRIDGE.

Congress is unquestiOnably, at least
its senate end, stirred up over the
much-talked of Davis resolution af-
firming in somewhat new light the
much overworked Monroe doctrine.
The resolution on its face cOmpre-
hends an American primary or pro-
tectorate by the United States over the
two continents. 1t is Pan-American
with the handle of the pan in the
hands of the United States. The resO-
luton has a lot of whereases, but it
also has a string, which seems to have
been very generally overlooked. While
it is an "up to date" Monroe doctrine,
and abreast the experiences of 1896, it
contains a clause which renders it as
much of bark as a bite. Davis load
ed his cannon to the muzZle but not
exactly with shot and shell. There is
lots of powder and flash and terrific
detOnatiOn but very little blood. The
saving clause is in the body of the
resolution itself and greatly limits and
softenS the enunciatiOn. When it
comes to territorial encrOachment by
any outside power it declares that
"any case or instance as to which the
United States shall deem such attempt
to be dangerous 10 its peace or safety"
With this most excellent and sensible
proviso we are almost tempted to re
gard the resolution as being as harm
less as a pistol without lock, stock or
barrel. Stripped of all its whereases
the resolution simply affirms the pos
session of the United States of the
natural and inalienable right of self
protection and self-defense enjoyed by
all other nations. Sifted down the
Davis resolution is principally harm
less buncombe and something for Eng
land to talk about and worry over.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
oLNEY GETS TIE CREDIT.

When. ia December. the explosion in
the Venezuela matter came, the Eagle
made the conjecture that the aggres-
Sive stand in that particular matter
was Secretary OlHey's and that the
strong language used to Ambassador
Bayard in which America was de
clared sovereign Oh this continent was
Olney'S language.
How far the Eagle was right Is
shown in Walter Wellman's eXplana-
ton Of the inside facts OF the stand
taken by this country In the matter.
This Washington correspondent says.
The true history II the rise Of the new
Monroe doctrine = interesting a. well
SIS important Last April fEeslde1i
Cleveland decided - take up the ques-
ton OF TIE Venezuels boundary dis
Dute. 10 which h.s attention had been
directed by a resolution OF congress.
At that tine Judge Gresham was net
in very good health. snd was- besides
hard pressed with work; AID a. the
preliminary stages Of the Venezuelan
investigation involved patient ezaEli-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
WESTERN KANSAS

It is a difficult matter 10 draw the line
between eastern Kansas and western
Kansas. When the hot winds blow and
the rain fails to fulfill its advertised per
fOrmance, the newspapers and statesmen
of Wichita, Newton, F,mporia. Abilene
and Salina, declare their sorrow for
western Kansas" and eUhort everybody
to remember that I'VE are in eastern
Kansas"
But when the convention meets 10 nom
mate state officers, or the legislature as
sembles to elect a United States senator.
the cry goes up from Wichita, Abilene
Emporia, Newton and Salina, we west
ern Kansas fellows must stand together.
Vote for our man"
When the boom was in progress and
western Kansas was the center toward
which all roads converged, there was no
abuse Of western Kansas, but the cities
to the east of Us tried 70 get IN al the
end Of the procession. When the slump
came. they held up their hands and pro-
tested that they never did go much on
western Kansas.
In about three years when the irrigated
farms yield their hundreds of dollars per
acre and the immense fields Of wheat and
corn in western Kansas put Kansas at the
head of the producing states Of the cOun-
try, the fellows who now claim that they
are in eastern Kansas VIII swear they
never said % and tell the men of the val
Ieys and prairies that 1--WE did it"-Hutch-
n veor
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
POSTOFFICE REVENUES.

There are several new bills before
congress for the regulation of the pos
tai revenues. among others, two or
three proposing to increase the postage
on newspapers 10 that degree that the
publishers could no longer pay the
postage only by adding it 10 the sub
scription price. This would prove IN
improbable measure. The steamship
subsidies and railway charges, added
to the free delivery system and the
franking privilege, have piled up a big
deficiency. The report for the fiscal
year last past shows that the postal
revenues from all sources amounted
10 about S7T. 100000, and that the eX-
penditureS amounted 10 nearly SS7,-
100000. This comparative statement
exhibits an excess of expenditures
over receipts of nearly s1O.O090cO.
The excess of expenditures for the
previous year amounted TO S9.244O 600.
In comparing the two years, however,
we omit the outstanding liabilities and
the earnings of the subsidized Pacific
railroads. e
This result is a surprise. II is as
unwelcome as it IS unexpected. Those
most competent TO speak on the SUB
ject have long predicted that the pos
tai service would be self-supporiing
within a short time. On the contrary
the country is confronted with the
stern fact that the government has in
creased its expenditures two and a
half times as fast as the increase Of its
revenue from this source. IL is diff
ficuIt 10 comprehend how the expendi-
lures Of the department should run
- far ahead Of its revenue during the
period which included the greater part
of the worlds fair. and especially
when the panic Of 1888 had taught The
business world q severe and practical
lesson in economy.
L IS an unqueslionahle fact that the
administration knew last year that &,
was running heavily behind in other
directions The fiscal year OF 1895
should have been marked By economy
IT every point consistent with the ef-
nciency Of The service. But instead
OF this prudent course. 4 most ex-
Jravasant policy seems 70 have been
adopted n every branch of the postof-
fee deDartmenr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
A DOMINATING PERSONALITY.

Reed is the favorite son OF the Repub-
Hcan party in New England But he Is
something more.
In all sections Of the country there are
men who profess TO be for this man or
that man as candidates for the presi-
dency, but who sincerely hope in their
hearts that Reed may receive the nomi-
nation.
Reed has ardent admirers. not only in
New York. the home OF Morton. but also
in Indiana, the home Of Harrison; Iowa.
the home Of Allison. and Ohio. the home
of Mckinley. These states VIII give their
local favorites a lukewarm and perfume
tory support. but Reed is. after all, their
choice.
The plain truth is that Reed. az present.
through the sheer force of his abilities,
is the dominating personality OF the Re
publican party. Even the support OF a
Quay does not seriously handicap his
boom. Day by day it becomes more evi-
dent that the trend Of events IA bending
very strongly toward the nomination Of
Reed at st. Louis-Boston Daily Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

There are just 10 Enid people At Cripple
Creek and Victor
Homegrown new tomatoes are On the
market at Oklahoma city.
Kingfsher wants the convention which
will select the national Republican dele
gates.
1t is said that Leslie Niblaok while east
became badly tainted with the olney
presidential Tad.
II IS about time for the II. o. and O.
10 begin its great beginning 20 build at
once" act again.
j. F. Keepatrick OF Concord. In western
Oklahoma. Is advertising for his deaf and
dumb son, who he thinks has been kid
mapped
If the eastern papers become too raw
in their anita sonism TO new western states.
Oklahoma VIII become unanimous for
statehood
Hole Smith is not very popular in the
west. but he Is popular enough IN the east
20 make the road for the free homes bSn
a mighty rocky one.
Il Is understood that II the government
does bounce Nix. it will be useless for
him TO apply for the position OF baAin 81
Judge AicAtee's court.
Arthur Percy Daniels ~ exhIhftinx n
letter from Dennis Flynn IN which Den
MS says he Win paVs both ne free homes
and the statehood bin.
While visiting in Missouri recently.
Henry Ferris. living near Guthrie. had a
tcn-acre orchard stolen. The trees were
taken up and carsed away.
The Oklahoma city Republican claims
that that color race war a; Perry n only
an excuse Of the towns 20 close the
schools until the. taxes come In.
The Guthrie Leader claims that Reed
has an irOn-bound promise that Okla
homa's six delegates az St Louis VIII ~
for him. or course that isn't 90.
Geronimo. since coming TO OkLahOna.
has never broken loose and KILLED any
body. But Fort Supply Is clear cut Of
reach OF that Perry correspondent
The Purcell Register predicts that tho
Flynn t.U VII pass the house and so 20
the senate conmlttee. whore % viii -
50 changed that its author won't knOv n.
Governor RsnsrJw recsntly telerraF,hsd
20 a -, Louis paper thar me Oklahoma
militia Wa ready But 30 far the 81
Louis paper has not ordered the militia
out
The Arapaboe Zee thinks ;hss hs rsAs0a
England g. 80 fresh - mat she knows
Oklahoma h. helpless he lat legislature
having repealed AL 0f OSlabonA's marine
has.
The Texas papers are publinhing as
patch about a aasht Bll Doolln has jBst
bad Il the Chlcsassw nation n would
he a JOKE z Bill DoOl.a had not bs@s CAP
tured az a.
Sterling =. King % E,lllwats-. - writ
ink 80 pare book on ths tarfh. Ths
oklahoma code doesn't preBcrtDs p---l-
atty f9r This but the next ieg,si2tBrs vii
remedy The matter.
The neEspaDers thst are not Of the
sans parry a. tb@ county coosmzs~boneTs
are row bowling a. tbs o0Tfasn4ssloHsrs
% let ~ pr1rfieg 90 tte boWest ssd6-T -
u tbslr men wese in taey ~0ui1a't A0~i
tnat way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
DEAR DELAGOA BAY.

There is much sailing towards and
more talk in Europe over Delagoa bay.
Every question seems to have reached
international Importance of late and
DelagOa is no exception. The trouble
about Delagoa is nobody seems 10 IN
derstand just what is and what is not
involved. One day we are told that
Cecil Rhodes was concerned in the
project of an English syndicate to pur-
chase from Portugal this point of van
tage for the sum OF $60.0O0.090. Again
this report is emphatically denied by
the Portuguese minister at Paris, who
asserts that his government will never
sell this or any other part of its colon
ial holdings. Russia, Germany and
France, it is known, would not calmly
witness the transfer of this African
bay to Great Britain. Yet it was
positively announced last summer, on
the occasion of the king of POrtuga's
visit To England in search of a loan,
that the latter had made an offer for
Delagoa bay.
Nothing came of the negotiations,
but the attempt, made in advance of
the Transvaal invasion, plainly indi-
Gates appreciation of the bays value
as the only road to the sea for the
Boer republic without passing through
British territory. That she sought its
acquisition makes plain her desire to
hem the Beers in upon every side.
Whether this plan was due to a realiza-
ton that she must some day face the
other European powers on the ques-
ton of absolute control in South Afri-
ca must remain in doubt, but it is at
least significant that her offer to King
Carlos was coincident with the birth
of the Kaffir mine sensation and the
great influx of British subjects into
the Boer territory in search Of the
hidden wealth which the Dutchmen
did not coyet.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
BAYARD'S BABY ACT.

Bayard's response TO the proposed
impeachment resolution is not very
satisfactory to America, and it did not
strengthen his case as is evident from
the tone of the American press. Ii
has been met by sneers and smiles Of
commisseration. The English papers
even admit that had one Of their plen-
ipotenuaries or ambassadors given ex-
preston TO such sentiments in a for
eign country he would have been call
ed down. If ever since the days of
Ben Franklin, America stood in need
of patriotic and discrete representa-
tives abroad it is now. Especially do
we not want a trucker at the English
court Bayard in his explanation vir-
tually pleads guilty, but says he didn' {
expect to be found out. He declares
was present when he denounced the
American people aS OftimeS violent. re-
quiring a strong man 10 govern them.
Bayard never was a loyal American,
anu uc ulttItu Nudt Ic duu int WI Au
knew TO. be an untruth in declaring
that Americans were violent. This
is an accurate reflection Of the man
who publicly advocated secession i'll
Delaware at the outbreak of the re-
belliOn, and who for many years re-
garded a senatorial seat as the peculiar
and inalienable right of the Bayard
family. His defense Of his vicious
assault at Edinburgh upon the policy
of protection is no defense, except So
far as a virtual pleading Of the baby
act may be so designated. The body
before which this speech was deliver
ed, says Bayard, was nOn-pOlitical in
character; no political canvass was
pending or approaching in Great Brit
ain at the time, and therefore 10 po-
litical Interference could be construed:
and in addition, he expressed merely
his personal opinions, formed after
careful deliberation."
Bayard, in the absence of a recall.
might well resign and come home, or
rather resign and remain where he is.
as it is given out that he proposes TO
take up his residence in England.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
appeal of the grain men of south Kan

appeal Of the grain men Of south Kan
sas, seconded by Galveston exporters
and shippers The distance TO the
| gulf being exactly the same as that
to Chicago the same rate per hundred
| pounds was asked. Last week the
figures, which were furnished the
Eagle by the superintendent Of the
Galveston Elevator company, were
published, showing that an extensive
grain movement had set in to the gulf.
Kansas City, whose graders, lockers
and tollers had for years forced the
rOuteing of all southern Kansas grain
products via Kansas City, have of late
been raising a concerted howl against
the Galveston rate. They at last sue
ceeded in forcing meeting of the traf
fic managers of twenty or thirty roads
at st. Louis, which was held on the
20th inst. A majority of the roads
represented at that meeting are east
of the Missouri river, but which are
interested in forcing all Kansas and
oklahoma grain east and north. OF
this fact Kansas City has taken ad-
vantage. The case was, it seems, duly
submitted on the date mentioned
Now for the result A letter received
by the editor of the Eagle, from Gal
weston, yesterday, under the date Of
January Dist, says that the writer had
just been informed by large exporter
of grain, that an increased rate on
Kansas corn had been put in, and that
where the exporter had been warrant
ed in paying the Kansas farmer 1712
and IS cents per bushel last week, that
now the best his buyers could do was
to offer 145s cents.
This being true it is damnable. 1t
simply means robber- tribute, by the
Kansas producer, shipper and miller,
10 Kansas City elevators. Ii means
that Kansas has become the victim of
the city which she has built up and
made strong. If it means anything
else will somebody please explain. In
the meantime we may be permitted TO
observe that three cents on every
bushel of tifteen-cent corn raised in
Kansas, paid as tribute to Kansas
City, TO say nothing of her elevator |
tolls and steals, is a pretty high price |
for the privilege of being robbed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-25
A HOPELESS CASE.

In cases of desperate disease doctors
sometimes call 10 their aid desperate
remedies; heroic treatment is the tech
meal term, but it often tranSpires that
the disease is OF such a pernicious
nature as to battle the most aStute and
skillful physician and he is compelled
10 make final surrender TO the grand
receiver. death.
That political paradox. the Demo
cratic party. is in a state Of hopeless
decline. and all the political doctors
in the universe cannot save it. 1t is
beyond the reach Of experts and spec
ialistS. the grave * already yawning
ike a hungry monster FOR its victim.
Twice has the life of this patient been
prolonged by those quack noSuums.-
anaeSthetics-known as tariff-reform
and retrenchment, but these were sim
ply palliativeS and can no longer be
administered with any hope of bene-
fetal effect. The disease in this in
stance is anaemia, of the most v.ru-
lent type and incurable.
The political doctors who look more
II the fee than To the welfare OF the
patient may at their coming Chicago
conference. attempt the foolish expert
ment Of young blood infusion into the
impoverished sluggish veins of the
efIete Old body polite. but may have
SeaSe enough by that time 10 deSiSt. for
the death-rattie viii be in its throat.
the banShee howlinS at the door and
the undertaken gleefully chuckIins
over prospective funeral expenses.