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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
AT LOOSE ENDS.

We get it on fair authority that the
Government has asked permission at
Washington to convene the Legisla-
ture in extra session. The aid of ISL
and law makers is needed not only to
help fight the plague but to provide the
There are other pressing matters
which would make it highly desirable
II one Legislature could be got togeth-
er soon; yet, under the anomalous
political condition which prevails We
must sit around and wait the slow pro-
cesses of communication with authori-
ties living 5000 miles away who are
not in cable relations with us.
This is all wrong. An lnsular coun-
try ike Hawaii should have the full
resources of its administration in hand
to use in meeting emergencies. 1t
ought not to be compelled, in dealing
with a crisis of pastilence, war or the
effects of natural commissions, to ask
the consent of Washington before do
ing "udL lue CdSe utmauuS. luutSu,
we are not sure but the usual require
ment that the laws enacted by Te:-
ritorial Legislature must receive the
assent of Congress would of itself be a
drawback. But even that chance to
get anything done is now denied to us.
We are in the air, needing as rarely
before the solid ground under our feet
and are compelled to send to Wash
ington 10 ask If We may alight on 1t.
Is not this condition strong plea
of itself towards the establishment OF
stable and permanent local authority
here? Ought We not to be given Ter
rtorial powers at once with some
provision for local legislative enact
ments in cases of emergency? Should
we be left to deal with plaques minus
the aid which fully-empowered
Legislature would give us? We hope
the friends of Hawaii in Congress,
seeing the point will now press 1t for
all it is worth, not forgetting that the
existence of the bubonic plague here
not only Expresses us but lnperils
mainland interests.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
BLAINE CoNaUERs A COUNT.
Nephew of Statesman and Titled
Russian Figure in a Row.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 20
James +. Blaine. nephew of James
G. Blaine, and secretary of the Mime
apolis Wholesale Grocers' Association,
Friday marched Count Meyerdorf, of
Prussia, out of his Office at the end of
a revolver.
The exact cause of the trouble is not
known, as neither party will discuss
the matter. but is said the Count
slapped Mr.. Blaine in the face and the
forced march followed.
The Count later challenged Mr..
Blaine to a duel at Minnehaha Park at
sunrise in the morning, but the person
to whom he entrusted the challenge
tore IL up.
DULUTH. Mimi, Dec. 20.-Meyer-
dorf was a resident of Duluth for some
months, having a position in the land
Office. He was discharged last May,
the reason not being made public, His
temper got him into several scrapes
there,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
NOTES FROM EVA.
Hardships Caused by Quarantine
Regulations.

1t is exceedingly dull down the line
now that quarantine restrictions have
been extended to the railroad. There
are Dut two trains per day, with no
through passengers and but little
freight. The newspapers are received
one day old and to keep up with the
times people have to use the telephone.
Inc action Of the Board of Health
in stopping the shipment of all proyls-
ions will soon work an actual hard
ship upon the plantations unless the
regulations are speedily modified.
They will permit "fumigated sugar
bags" to pass through the lines, but
will not allow the railroad to forward
any flour, even when discharged direct
from the vessel onto the drays. This
certainly seems an unjust and unWise
discrimination. Flour is selling as
high as $500 per bag at Waipahu
while Eva and Waialua are entirely
out.
All the parts for the new crusher ar
Eva have been received and the work
of setting 1t in place is being pushed
night and day. 1t is expected that by
next Monday all will be in readiness
to begin grinding,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

Tie general Improvement of bust
ness has revived the shipbuilding in
dustry of Maine which was, for long
time, in moribund condition. Last
year Maine builders launched new yes
sells aggregating 50,0S5 tons valued at
about $3,000,000, and they have more
than double that amount of tonnage
and value on the stocks. Included in
the fleet launched last year We're two
steel ships and steel bark for the Ha-
waiian trade; two fine steel yachts for
millionaire New Workers; two torpedo
boats, training ship and troopship
for the United States Government, two
fve-masted schooners and other less
important craft, The fleet to be
launched this year will include three
steel merchant ships, n cruiser, three
torpedo boats, number OF four and
five-masted schooners and novelty In
the way of a siX-masted schooner. The
latter will be 345 feet long, A feet
beam and 20 feet deep. She will have
steam heat and power, electric lights,
a telephone from the cabin TO the fore
castle, piano, altering plant and re-
'frigerator The cost of this unique YES
sci will be $4,000,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

The Board of Health has not yet
found time to deal with the tramcars,
though these filthy conveyances never
needed cleansing or disinfection more.
They are crowded with Chinese, Jap
anese and natives who carry in their
share of the street soil and more than
their share of smells. Nature takes
some care of the odors, but the COM
pany bothers itself very little with the
dirt, the cars starting out in the morn
ing with no inconsiderable part of the
CRIME of the day before. 1t would need
strong proof to convince any one that
the cars have been scrubbed out with
soap and water in year. AS for the
curtains, they are too dirty to touch.
Irrespective of any differences the line
may be having with its rivals, the
Board of Health, simply as duty it
owes the public, should compel the
tramcar people to wash the cars out
daily and fumigate them every night.
Otherwise the plague may be carried
all over town.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

study u lbu iisi ~ aftklq ehiDb
me bualncfa men want 70 expot b No.
plior iaanar m VI. froup ehot mnny
which could Naffy infecuv shpfe DN
rnuda boots nd shooa, olaars aud clR.
afcllcs ialhno rice and paddy nrle
$50 Wtalu whhh Ia rupl@o with
1850 knDs Df nfwuHa mercliaudae
mtu that hu has Gene here from
The OHpa, nf urfe IL these things
are m. Owed ID iot % tbe guniup tine Of
l judicial dlH"r w Honolulu Will
Lave gas Dr. o,rou eI faro. for what
roobs n thlf ,.alio man In good
laaith ana b. Da.u 81 rfbits Is rHfu od
trans 90 the lhcr islands, wI.ta an
sorts o. e9pds. she immunity of which
from plague germs cannot be- esta-
uahod az, allowed 20 be carried thereo
vs., understand tle natural cagcrncss
li tle N camille ass to ker, It's
irado connections mlmpaired, but It
W far better to let them lapse now for
~
the spreading OF the plague through
ont the group. of cutting them off for
a period % months and stopping the
foreign Grade OF Hawaii besides For
bear in min.n If the plague breaks out
IN the Islands from which the bulk of
the export sugar Is obtained, the result
viii be disastrous, not alone to the
planters, but to every business man in
Honolulu and the group. 1t would be
a fearful thing from every point of
view 10 have ali Hawaii infected. The
other Islands have no suitable organi-
cation or appliances to fight an cpl
demic and but few white men, COM
to call upon, while the bulk
of the Oriental population is within
their limits. Between the panic ere
ated, the money spent, the alarm
raised in our sugar markets abroad
and the general quarantine, the result
Of inter-Island infection would be
worse for Hawaiian merchants than
the absolute closing of their places OF
business for six months.
Hence for the sake of our business
men themselves as well as for that of
The community at large we protest
against the shipment of a single article
rom this port to the other sections of
he group. The outlying population
loes not ask for anything. AS we are
it has food enough and
enough of general utilities; all it wants
Is for the people of Honolulu to keep
their distance. The thing to insist !
upon now is the complete cessation of
If we can have that, the
peril of the plague will be materially
lessened and the facilities for stamp
ing the disease out in Honolulu kept
from the danger of subtraction.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

s1H1 hHaf tstH HHIn hFI .1t Nn.trI
W rNHsqg aaf are ~ nH1 lH " Rem
nm.b Anfnts Ir hNHF iuni unh q
rataFflHHH anHfI rfaHH fIm ini HHo.
aaat ~ UfN UfHHfn .H ultimately
U .u south AEpt awe nf
Ambrose .Ht p1tff OFF ibr world viii
un..I 1 W.IH. successfully her n1
NHuUH a Coalition fIH .p lIiHnrj
UEb.U.i BNNFh domination. TITO
learned Professor cleo y'niufti Goo
opinion ilAi q clash WOULD como 1t0r
'hc cape 'o cairo railway
These Views s.'r' i1 nn 'H1HF 90 An
a.1rmIs. For f.f m.nN yours one
Nrl.El have a1..l0'ui inr iDurths
Nl South A..tU ar' v' cannot vndnr
stand SHY 'ho absorption Of 'Ao IN
tDrIor provinces which Tom tA. re-
naming onc-flurih upuh excite the
tDmhltIyUness uf q Europe which has
stood by without serious protest and
seen Great Britain take Egypt ana the
Sludan II France, for example, would
mo- fight over Egyp. ana F.ashoda she
would hardly fight because The British
had consolidated their power at the
other end of the continent And If
France would not fight who would?
Russia Is likely &C. have all She can at
tend TO soon in the sphere of Japanese
military Influence: Great Britain and
Germany have IN entente which, iudg-
ing from the results of Cecil Rhodes
visit to Berlin. will enable the Cape to
Cairo railway to traverse German colo
NAL soil. tho English and the Italians
have taken stand together for the
defence OF certain provinces against the
Negus. Surely the increase of British
prestige would not make France any
the less discreet, Russia any the less
anxious to avoid Interference with her
Oriental designs, or Germany any the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
HAWAIIAN TOBACCO.

c. f. Saylor, who is in town as spe-
cial agent of the Agricultural Depart
ment, says some interesting things in
the course of an interview published
elsewhere. Among them is a statement
OF the possibility of raising merchant
able tobacco here. Il understand" he
says that the tobacco grown In Ha-
wall is not of fine quality, but that
same impression has prevailed in 9th
er places where later and more accur-
ate knowledge has developed the fact
that a superior article of tobacco can
be grown, The industry depends large
ly on the system of curing and the
methods used in growing"
On the surface of things 1t would
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
sRs Many LOGAN



t10 many friends " Mfp Mar
Logan viii bo ptiaod io hear Of ker
death which Occurred Sc creston
OHIO. ln The home ~ her sister. Mn
Logan aud her husband we're the plo
noer missionaries 90 RUIZ. 10 the Car.
line Islands. Since her husband
death on that island che had had two
poriods Of valuable service there. o.
the last trip ~ tho Morning Star shu
was found suffering from cancer
and was brought 90 Honolulu on t
special voyage on her account. 81.
reached this port tn July this year
and went 10 Buffalo - " 10 be undo.
the surgeons knife. For a time th,
success of the operation seemed as
sured; but her strength failed. and
now she has gone 20 her crown ui
faithful. ncss-one Of the mobiles
women, and one OF the est OF mi--
siunaries.-The Pacific.
Mrs. Logan was intimately known
in Honolulu, and greatly beloved. Her
adopted daughter Beulah Is laboring
as a missionary at Ruk, and has beer
chef dependence there of Rev. Mr.
StimSon as Interpreter to the natiyez
while he was learning the language
We are deeply interested to learn tina
Mrs. Logan's manly and capable SOL
Arthur Is likely to proceed to his par
ems field OF labor, having married q
daughter of Rev. Mr.. Price, of the Ruk
mission, who is now in the East, rails
ing means for the extension of the
work of the islands beyond.-The
Friend.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
HALF WAY MEASURES.

We think it is the general opinion
of those who have visited Chinatown
since the fires were started there that
the work of the Fire Department has
stopped just short of complete eff
cheney. Too much of the infected and
condemned structures are left intact
after the flames have been subdued.
So great a flood of water is turned on
that the fire is put out before floors are
consumed and piles of rubbish, includ-
ing mating, remain for the casual
scavengers of the quarter to ransaCk
in the search for valuables. All this
gives infection a chance which it could
not get if the Department would be
thorough in it's work.
What is needed is the complete de-
struction of the condemned property.
If it is necessary TO leave something
standing to save uncondemned build
ings near by, the wreck ought to be
pulled down before the day has passed.
piled up in the safest spot, saturated
with kerosene and fired again. This
second ignition has indeed been had in
one or two cases but only after a con-
siderable and dangerous delay. In n
crisis like the present one the applica-
ton of fire to pestilential woodwork
should take no recesses.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

.aaf ai FH3 tlhatro ought IA sH
,asr itaia. here sf " ls M Cpt th
.slnno De- saf oas latitude. 0r t Mes
Ir1 un ih. sluo parallel Tho ohm't
hone la suitable and the Hoil ia r.h
enough 20 uonrlsh any crop wh.ct
cuba pn produce Mr. saylore az
fumpllon therefore that the qiHipr
4 one NJ method, lakcs an nlr of sob
ability w ich even H curaDy knoelrjEn
rs tho ma1ner VI growing and curing
tobacco n be- Havana dHtrlv .tAsH
in herring ouD
lv' oov.. osaTl W tu Iawallap oE
at O. certain stage .n ihr
growth Of the ci1o plmt'ny a four
FOUNDER cannon lt Nc end Of nF,A row
and firing 49, with a powda rhargo.
between the Gles Of plants? Vt that
Is an item in the proper rearing Of lla-
ana tobacco without which the years
crop might be fail'Te. The reason
Of It is that the conclusion Of he dis
'harge Kills a grub that has just begun
10 prey on the leaf. There Is no other
way, save at destructive expense, to get
rid Of the grub, but cannonadIns al
ways does it. If the Hawaiian grower
had known that wrinkle and balf
lozen others which the Cuban planter
.ould have taught him, I-'lnd tobacco
night now be as merchaptabe, to the
'Xtent of its production. as any in the
world.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

Minister Damon made Characters
tic move yesterday when he pledged
himself to erect a building sufficient to
house one hundred of the people who
are ABOUT to be discharged from the de-
tention camps. 1t was practical
handling Of critical question which,
We trust. will not be without influence
upon other men who own vacant prop
erty and have the means to put up the
structures which begin to be sorely
needed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

1t is one month today since the pres
ence of the plague was officially an
nounced. In that time there have been
twenty-three certified deaths and three
of probable bubopic origin. This is
not startling total, but it must be
remembered that the plague is a GU
mulative disease which often takes as
long as four months to reach it's maxi
mum of numerical fatality. Though
the deaths have not averaged one a
day in an exposed Chinatown popula-
ton of from 1000 to 10000, that is no
reason for over-confidence, least of all
for any diminution of the measures
under way to stamp out the epidemic.
So long as n single victim falls, the
efforts to put the city in sanitary con-
dition should be jealous and search
ing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
IMPERlLLlNG PUBLIC HEALTH.

Yesterday afternoon two truckloads
of goods from the infected district left
there and traversed the business part
of King street going up town. One
truck stopped in front of the drug
store in the Won Holt block and some
of its occupants went in to taste the
delights of the soda fountain. The
other truck did not pause but passed
part of the city, accompanied by some
twenty or more Chinese who were, we
presume, being transferred to one of
the new detention camps.
\ bystander asked why these people
should not have been taken up Queen
street or along the waterfront We
suppose the Queen street people are no
more anxious than the King street peo-
pie are to be exposed to Infection and
as for the waterfront the further the
plague is kept from there the better
for all concerned. But it seems as If
the removal of goods and people
the business part of the city
or the populous portions, might prop
erly take place at night when few
persons are about This would mini
miZe the public peril and during these
moonlit nights the work could be done
without much danger of the escorted
Chinese breaking for the hills.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

In Yokohama the foreign and native
business quarters are separated by a
boulevard at least 400 feet wide with a
park traversing the center. This di-
viding line is not only ornamental but
it is also sanitary and in times of pes
thence is a useful safeguard to the
whites. We could wish in the general
reorganization of Chinatown here that
Nuuanu street could be widened to 400
feet from the waterfront to the point
where it touches the Caucasian resi-
dence district. By doing this and COM
polling the Chinese to carry on their
business. if at all, on the Eva side, the
danger to the whites of infection from
the Asiatic quarter would be lessened
and quarantining made easier. Such
wide avenue would be breezy and Or
namental and If planted with eucalyp-
tus trees, might materially reduce the
ravages of malaria.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

An Intervening glimpse of the situa-
ton in beleaguered Mafeking is given
in New York Times dispatch printed
elsewhere. 1t shows with what pluck
Colonel Baden-Powell, one of the I'M
blemished British heroes of the war, is
holding out against odds. Colonel
Baden Powell was the first man who
met the Beers In the field, but he man
aged to concentrate behind the de-
fences of Mafeking and hold his own
there despite the superior numbers of
the enemy and General Cronje's des-
perate eagerness to get hold of Cecil
Rhodes, who is in Mafeking with sew
eral other civilian dignitaries. There
is chance that he will be able to de-
fend the city until relieved, in which
event the name of Baden-Powell ought
to secure a better handle than the
colOnelcy which serves it now.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

A new flag has appeared ON the
mercantile sea routes, that of Norway.
Formerly the Norwegian flag signitied
union with Sweden, combining the
blue and red of the one country win
the blue and yellow of the other. The
agitation for a clean flag" has finally
re ulted in King Oscars assent to the
proposal and now the wishes of the
Norwegians are to be gratified.. The
union marks will remain, however, on
the naval ensign.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

A. F. Cooke makes the suggestion
that such Chinese and Japanese as
may be willing 10 go home be given
free passage. He assumes that the
W est-bound steamers would take those
who had been sufficient time in
quarantine. N that way the burned
out Asiatics could get relief and a
burden of expense and danger would
be lifted from the shoulders of the
whites.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
Every death brings Chinatown near
er to the torch.

Mr.. Il. A. Mott-Smith sets a good eX-
ample to publi.. spirited property
ers in Chinatown by asking the Board
of Health to burn his structures at the
corner of Alahea and Merchant streets.
They are not, so far as we know, in
fected, but they may be, and at any
rate they are insanitary. Mr. Mott
Smith cannot lawfully burn them him
self and this is no time to take such
buildings down and leave the materials
lying about. We not only hope that
the Board will accept Mr.. Mott-Smith's
offer and carry it out but that other
men who own Chinatown shacks will
speedily follow his example.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

The death of three more people
swells the plague mortality to twenty
three. 1t is getting very near the time,
at the present rate of dying, when
Chinatown will have to go. Trying to
clean the place with two or three ex-
cavators when filth piles up at the rate
of five or six tons day seems pretty
nearly hopeless.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
AFTERMATH OF THE WAR.

The views expressed about the re-
suits likely 10 follow the Anglo-Boer
war are as various as the men who
hold them. In some quarters opinion
has been partial to the idea that the
failure OF Great Britain In South Africa
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
Hoods Sarsapar;Eia
HoOf's DiIIc act tremendously with
'aooN - ITO IiOoeS Slrsanarlla.

AS Baron Fava will resign, Bob Will
cox may soon lose one-third of his
strength in the Hawaiian gubernato-
rial race. The other two-thirds will
continue to be supplied by Bob and the
Princess.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12

Quotation changes-Twenty-fve.
Session Sales-Five, Oahu, paid up,
$l45; Is Kihei, SIS; 80 Kihei, $3.50.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-07
POPULAR EXCURSIONS TO NIAGARA
FALLS.

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Americas Greatest Natural Wonder, via
B & 0. Royal Blue Line and the Lehign
Valley Route. through the Lehigh and
Wyoming Valleys, the Switzerland of
America. Special train of elegant Day
Coaches and Parlor Cars will be run on
above dates, leaving Washington $50 a.
M, Baltimore, Camden station), 9:Io a.
m. Round trip tickets for this excursion
will be placed on sale at the following
stations at the. rate annexed: Brunswick,
SLIGO; Harpers Ferry, SLIGO; Shenan-
doah Junction. SlI 50; Martinsburg.
$II50.
Stop-overs allowed on return trip at
Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva, Watkins
Glen and Mauch Chunk
Only SToo Niagara Falls to Toronto
and return.
Side trip to Thousand Islands from
Rochester only S.. 50 round trip. Tickets
good FIVE DAYS, but within return limit OF
Niagara Falls ticket.
Special arrangements for dinner and
supper en- route at very reasonable rates.
Call on Ticket Agents Baltimore & Ohio
K. 4. for full particulars.