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The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

The longer the people of Honolulu
look at the conditions about them the
more they are persuaded that vast
sum of money must be spent before
thia city can be put into proper sani-
tary condition and the more they arc
determined to make the outlay.
The crying needs of Honolulu may
be summarized as follows:
One. A complete sewer system with
device for flushing It with salt wa
ter, the system to reach every inhabit-
ed structure within the radius OF the
judicial district Of Honolulu so as TO
meet the certain growth of the popula-
ton In the next few years and to en-
able laws to be passed and enforced
abolishing cesspools.
Two. A garbage crematory backed
and supported by laws providing for
the collection and incineration of
household refuse and compelling regu-
lar delivery, to the authorized scaven-
ger, OF such refuse.
Three. A public cemetery at suffi-
cient distance from the inhabited sub
urbs OF the city to answer the prob
able requirements of the next fifty
years. Also the prohibition OF further
burials in the old cemeteries, save In
family plots, where sufficient room ex-
lists for interments.
Four. The construction of larger
reservoirs in the Nuuanu valley. ac-
cording to the plans now and for a
long time past on file in the Depart
ment Of the Interior. and the installa-
ton OF altering plants there and else
where, to assure water at all times
that is fit to drink.
Five. The widening OF streets that
are too narrow and the projection OF
alleys through long business blocks
and where practicable In the rear Of
such structures.
Six. The reclamation of lands which
lie too low to be at for habitation and
the presence of which, within the con-
fines OF the city, promote malarial fe-
vers and other diseases.
Honolulu not only needs every one
OF these improvements. but must get
them. Otherwise the city will have to
pay for recurring epidemics. There
are. of course, other necessary improve
ments, such as the increase OF harbor
facilities, which Is a Federal charge,
but those We have listed take prece-
dence on the ground that the first law
of nations as we'll as OF nature is self
preservation.
The financiering of such vast
scheme of improvement must. Of
course. resolve itself into a bonded
debt, The surplus now In the treasury
may disappear before we are through
with the plague: at any rate, what 10
left viii not be enough TO cover al
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

General MERCER has no reason to feel
fattered over the personal result of his
Anti-Dreyfus campaign. Not long ago
he was candidate for the Presidency
Of the Ecole Polytechnique, an office
which his immediate comrades-at-
arms. the military alumni, bestow by
their votes. Mercier ran on his popu-
larity, which was great before the
Dreyfus affair came to pass, but when
the ballots were counted he found that
he had but 200 votes as against 1000 for
his adversary. The lesson was bitter
One for Mercier and will probably serve
to keep Generals Boisdoffre and Roget
from any similar public tests of their
standing in the army.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

All news manuscript mailed or left
for publication in the Advertiser and
Gazette should be addressed to the ed
ltor Of the Advertiser and not to any
individual connected with or employed
by the Hawaiian Gazette Company. In
dividuals are sometimes absent from
this Office when important news CORE
spondence addressed to them arrives
and If there is any long delay in get
ting at the contents OF the envelopes
the news sometimes ceases to be avail
able. By means Of the impersonal adj
dress given above, correspondence will
promptly find Its way to the editorial
desk irrespective of the name Of the
man who happens to be in charge.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

A steamer 1.-THE Strathgyle) now on
the way from Japan with part of a
cargo OF Oriental foodstuffs for Homo
lulu, will not be permitted to land it,
but will be passed on to San Diego, her
next port of destination. AS the
steamer belongs to the line which is
supposed to have brought the plague
here in the first place, San Diegans
will do we'll to watch out for her and
keep their distance. We trust that the
Federal quarantine officials at the
Southern California seaport will have
prompt warning from here of the char
acter of the Strathgyle's Honolulu in
voices.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
James Dodd's Will.

The will of the late James Dodd has
been filed for probate. r. w. Cathsart
and Rebecca A. Dodd of San Francisco
are named as executors. The testator
makes requests as follows: To VIM
Dodd, brother, 500; Adam Dodd. broth
er. 500; Samuel Dodd. brother, 800;
widow OF ndeceased's brother. Francis,
500; Mary A. Corrough. sister. $500;
Bessie Dodd, niece, $4,000; Inex Dodd,
niece, $4,000; Anna Dodd. niece. $1,000:
another niece. name not given, $4,000:
Minnie Green. $500; and to the wife. q
Widows dover. All the rest Of prop
erty to nieces and nephews. share and
share alike.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

The revolver Is playing more and
more conspicuous part in Kentucky
politics. The last six weeks have wit
messed the Colson killing and the Goe-
bel assassination, with the prospect OF
more homicides to follow. Every Ken
lucky politician carries a pistol. He
would no more be without 1t than
without his local brand of whisky.
Whenever a row starts every self-re-
speeding man begins to shoot, and gen.
orally manages to kill his opponent, to
get himself killed and to slaughter a
number OF bystanders. In fact, Ken
lucky is rare old dark and bloody
ground" the paradise of undertakers.
where missionaries. If they could hope
to survive. might do a very profitable
work.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

While the Government physician at
Kahulm was careful in packing the
specimen gland from the body of one
of the Maui victims of the plague
which he sent to this city through the
postoffice. the practice of using the
nails for such transfers Is one to be
lscouraged. No kind OF mail parcel
> secure from breakage. and 1t would
be awkward, when postofiee bag is
dumped, to have reeking specimen OF
plague-bitten human tissue slip out on
the floor. Letters accompanying such
a specimen, however praiseworthy OF
sentiment. might not be welcome. And
then the postoffice clerks might feel
annoyed. In cases like the one We de-
scribe the employment OF special
messenger would be much more desir-
able man the use of the promiscuous
mail bag, whatever the difference
might be in cost. VIII not the Board
OF Health convey hint OF this kind to
its inter-island correspondence
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

the projects We have enumerated
Bonds must come II anything adequate
IA % be done San Francisco tried for
years 10 get on without them and has
now decided to build for posterliy and
lot pos,erliy bear part OF the cost. In
the case OF Honolulu We may profitably
do the like and at the same time, in
the way OF contemporary benefit,
put the city in sanitary shape.
Meanwhile anything that can be
spared from the surplus for works Of
permanent sanitary value ought not
to be withheld.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
ADMIRAL cRowNINsHIELD.
Will Go to California to Confer
About Tutuila.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26.-Instead
Of going to Florida for his health, as
reported from Washington. Rear-Ad-
miral Crowninshield. Chief Of the bu
reau of Navigation, passed through
here today, en- route to California. on
two important missions. He goes to in
spect the new naval station at Yerba
Buena island and to confer with Ad-
miral Kautz at San Diego, who is in
command of the Pacific station, rela-
tive to the island of Tutuila. the new
United States possession in the Samoan
group of islands. This important mis-
sion has been intrusted to Admiral
Kautz. Admiral Crowninshield says
Tutuila will prove a great boon to
America, as it has one of. the finest
harbors in the Pacific.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

Minister Young has broad and lib
eral ideas regarding needed public i'm
provements, and all of them ought to
be carried out. Neglect of many of
the enterprises he suggests has brought
us heavy fines. One Of the first things
to do when the city gets to be mu-
nicipality should be to adopt COM
prehensive scheme of public utilities.
Whatever can be done now to antici-
pate such action will be we'll done, for
the necessity of a complete sewer sys-
tenn and filtration plant is urgent
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

The need of complete sewer system
Is as clear as any other need which
sanitation embraces. Recurring plaques
traceable to filth together with a grow
Ing death rate from zymotic causes,
show that reliance cannot longer be
placed In cesspools and surface drain
age. The earth under foot, especially
where the soil rests on rock or clay
foundation. is poisoned. Every day
as things stand. increases the amount
of such poison and unless the eesspools
are abolished Honolulu will have a
pestilence OF some kind every few
years. We need sewers at once. They
are emergency requirements. meeting
the fact of great public necessity"
that justifies action by the Council Of
State.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
THE CABINET MEETING.
4 Request for $4,000 From the
Council of State.

The Cabinet met yesterday morning
at the usual hour. There were pres
ent President Dole and Ministers Mott
Smith, Young and Damon.
After the reading of the minutes of
the previous meeting the question of
relief for the homeless from the de-
tention camps was brought up and dis
cussed.
1t was voted that the Executive
Council approve of the words "as
amended" being inserted in the charter
Of the Pioneer Mill Co. on page 204.
It was further voted that the Execu-
tive Council request of the Council OF
State an appropriation of $4,000 more
for the completion of detention camp
No. 2 Vineyard street, as laid out on
the plans. including the laying Of spe-
cial sewer to the river.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

The final decision not to open the
schools is wise. Until the plague is
over no such gatherings of the young
people OF all sorts and conditions of
life ought to be permitted. Strict re-
gard for safety should stand in the
way, also, of the opening of the thea
ters. With the churches 1t is different,
for the people who go to church are
generally clean and are not likely to
have taken the greater risks of infec-
ton. That some risk obtains is true
but 1t is minimum one that may, not
be experimental with.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

II the scheme now being tried at San
Diego to coax rain by means Of the
vapor arising from a mixture of sui
phuric acid and zinc results as we'll
as it is said to have done elsewhere,
Hawaii will doubtless try it. The San
Diegans hope, for an outlay of 5000, to
get rain enough to save their crops. II
they are able to do that in an atmos-
phere as dry as theirs, what might not
be done In this humid climate? Per-
haps there is summer consolation for
Andy Brown and his Nuuanu reser-
voirs yet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

A hospital for incurable consump-
tives would be a charity worthy of Ho-
nolulu. These unfortunates ought
never to be kept in the homes of the
well and 1t is not possible for them to
get into the Queens Hospital where in
durable patients are tabooed. INDECENT
people dying of tuberculosis have been
compelled, during the past few months.
to spend their nights lying in the fields
or parks. II hospital were opened it
would do most humane work al
though care should be exercised not
to give 1t those attributes OF sani-
tarium which might attract the most
undesirable of all classes of immi-
grants.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
The ambition of the Beers is to l,ay

The ambition of the Beers is to have
a Dutch-speaking republic of South
Africa. extending from the Zambezi
river to the Cape. II Great Britain is
not interfered with by foreign powers
this aim will be frustrated, for it is in
conceivable that the little twin repub-
lies, valiant as their people are, can
always stand off the English power. On
the other hand. If Great Britain is soon
embroiled with France or Russia or
Germany, the realization of Dom Paul's
dream may be near at hand. Such a
misfortune to Great Britain would be
the signal for Dutch uprising in Cape
Colony that would carry all before it.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

The plague serum, when applied in
time. seems to be doing good work.
Mr.. Hartmann and others who are be-
ing treated with it are apparently con-
valescent. This result accords with
the record of the serum elsewhere and
prompts the hope that the rate of re-
covery from plague In this city may
soon greatly exceed the rate of mortal
ity.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
A COMPLETE SEWER SYSTEM.


The general argument for sewer
system does not need to be repeated
here. 1t was thoroughly gone over
before the present sewers were author
lied. Everybody Is informed, or is
supposed to be, that no village, town
or city can call itself healthful and
sanitary until 1t has sewer connec-
tion with every one of It's inhabited
structures. Here in Honolulu we are
about to provide such conveniences for
most of the houses and stores, but we
have not determined TO extend them
to all sections. The belief has pre-
vailed in official circles that Honolulu
could safely wait awhile longer for the
whole thing. 1t was mistaken view,
as the conditions of the plague now 60
to show. That deadly visitation has
supplied a special argument why we
should make the sewer system COM
plete and do 1t as expeditiously as we
can.
ID ne
medical faculty are agreed that moth
ing preserves and nourishes the germ
OF the bubonic plagae like the con-
tents of cesspools. That is the reason
why, in places where cesspools are
permitted to exist, the pestilence
breaks out at intervals after 1t is
supposed to have been expunged. ORR
entail towns where sewer systems are
unknown never get wholly rid of the
black death. Rats are killed, streets
cleaned, infected buildings burned,
suspected ones fumigated. bodies Gre
mated, exposed persons isolated. The
plague thereupon disappears-but II
does not leave for good. 1t merely
conceals itself. A few germs lie I'm
bedded in the cesspools; they multiply;
rats that have survived the crusades
or the progeny of such rats, catch the
disease, and, behold! the bubonic
scourge Is back again. Kobe, for ex-
ample, has suffered from the plague be-
fore, and will have more OF 1t. and
that city Is type OF others.
Shall Honolulu also be type7 It
depends upon whether we are wise
enough to give the city so complete
a sewer system that we may abolish
and prohibit cesspools and all subter-
ranean deposits of filth. The deadliest
disease germs are now lodged under
our feet. Undoubtedly they will find
resting-place In the contents of cess
pools, to reappear. II We do not, as soon
as possible, empty these foul places,
them with dlslnfectants. and,
by the means already described. cut
of the principal source of future bu-
bonic propagation.
There are those who already dissent
on the score OF cost, for every commu-
nifty has its penny wise and pound
foolish. If Honolulu had put 100000
instead Of $4,000 into Its sewer sys-
tom and begun the Improvement when
the cholera epidemic taught the need
we should probably have saved the
million or SO that the bubonic plague
Ia costing us. Without oesspools In
Chinatown It Is doubtful that the black
death would have made any Roadway
here. Sewers saved Singapore and
they probably would have saved us. II
Honolulu continues on even a partial
cesspool basis who knows but We shall
have more pestilence In a year or two
with another draft OF million or more
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

upon the financial resources Of Che
andf n We are to talk about econ
0my. L., ma make u true economy
that which cxpends a few dollars 20
save many The ounce Of prevention
may be- costly. but u Ia much less OK.
penslve than the pound OF cure Nov
let the ounce be bought and paid for
I, Ia the only rational and economical
way TO deal with the emergency tina
confronts ne.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

Why speculate as to whether Asiatie
Imports contain plague germs! Why
not take the worst OF the merchandise
In storage and have some cultures
made from itv Only in that way can
any safe conclusions be reached about
the effect of such commodities upon
the public health.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

Ola Testament BE- without NJ history
Of human hllInFs and crimcs7 What
q daily newspaper would be without
them may soon be revealed at Topeka.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13

We shall expect the Topeka Capital.
while the novelty of the new manage
ment Is at its service, to be profitable.
Advertisers will flock to 1t; everybody
within the reach of the paper and
many at a distance from 1t will desire
to see the innovation. The test of
whether the paper can find staying
constituency or not will come later, aft
er curiosity has worn off, and what this
results in must depend upon how sure
ly the publishers meet recognized
popular want. If 1t is true that the
public desires the moral essay in the
place OF the characteristic editorial; IL
true that 1t only wants the one-sided
and imperfect picture OF the world
about us which comes of reporting the
good and leaving out the evil; II true
that the popular paper is to be the
emasculated one, then the Topeka Cap
ital, In demonstrating the facts, will
give Journalism a new pace. Publish
ers are as solicitous as other business
men to find what the people want and
then to sell them the goods. They will
watch Mr.. Sheldon's work narrowly
and, despite his absurd and irreverent
pretensions. will do so in no hooking
spirit. II he hits the right chord they
will also strike it; although they will
probably want him to demonstrate the
value OF his method longer than n
week. Mr.. Sheldon should be urged
to give the world his conception of ON
niscience In the editorial chair for a
full month.
Meanwhile there Is some chance that
the regular editor OF the Topeka Capt.
tai will occupy Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's pull
pit and endeavor to show, not how the
Deity would preach IL He were on
earth. but what man of secular edu-
cation and good purposes can find to
say about subjects of the greatest HUI
man concern. There will be something
refreshing in that, The editor of the
Capital may know little of theology,
but he knows the world about him
and 10 an adept at homely and practi-
cal advice. Unspoiled by the adulation
OF women, unaccustomed to the enerva-
ting Difference of the pew, 30 Injured TO
criticism that ne does not feel himself
infaliible, having small respect for
things of no utility. this working jour
nalist of parts ought to be able 10
make OF the Sheldon pulpit a power
chat Il could never get 20 be In the
hands Of Its usual occupant. Even II
this should not be the outcome of the
experiment In hand, We may at least
rejoice that the translated editor will
find the opportunity TO convince his
congregation that the man who prints
the history OF one day is as clearly
bound 70 set down the wrong with the
right. the bad with the good. as is the
man who writes the history OF an age.
What would Macaulays history of
England BIO without its fidelity to de-
tail. which no one can read without a
qraim o. shpdder7 What would the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-13
OUR SATURDAY SERMON.
tFrom Saturdays Daily

The modest clergyman who Is going
to show the public, through the me-
dIum of the Topeka Capital, how
Christ would run newspaper II He
were on earth today" cannot be said.
whatever his good intentions may be.
TO have cultivated a reverent spirit. AS
between the offenses committed against
right thinking, good morals and good
taste by the public journals and those
committed by the clerical sensational
lists OF the "If Christ came to Chicago"
and III Christ went to Congress" pat
tern there may be a difference in de-
gree, but not in kind. Indeed, we are
not sure but that the editors who pho
tograph the passing show of life,
TO the religious community than the
ministers whose colloquial familiarity
with the attributes of Christ and their
fantastic tricks before high Heaven"
in His name, dilute the essence and
weaken the spirit of that respect for
sanctity, without which religion be-
comes a mere ritual, or, worse, social
fad. 1t is well for such preachers
that there is not likely to be second
coming in their day. II there were
the newspapers might have to record
a more unhappy fate for them than
that which befel the money-changers
in the temple.
That there are faults In the newspa-
per press which the regeneraung force
of Christianity might correct, we do
not doubt. How the Founder of Chris
tianity would proceed to correct them,
no one-not even a Topeka pulpiteer-
can say with any claim of knowing.
Perhaps the first step would be to re-
form the readers whose views Of what
newspapers ought to be are shown in
the kind they buy. But this is ques-
ton which no mortal can answer and
which had better be let alone. We turn
in the expectation of more profitable
results to the coming labors Of the To-
peka clergyman who thinks he Is quail
flied to represent the wisdom and ON
niscience of God in the field of Kansas
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-02-15
will of Mrs. widemann.

On behalf of himself and Henry r.
Macfarlane and Frederick w. Macfar-
lane John M Dowsett petitions for
probate of the will of Mary Kaumana
Widemann.
The Widemann estate comprises real
property valued at s1O,5O0, including
the homestead at Punahou and per-
sonalty valued at $3.50.
To niece and nephew are bequeath-
ed rights in land on Kauai, also $3.50
cash each. The testator's daughter,
Mrs. William LAM, is left piece OF
land on the Eva side OF Punahou
street, beginning 5s5 feet from Bere-
tania avenue and containing 1884
acres.
Anna Widemann receives a piece of
land on the same side of that street,
beginning 715 feet from Beretania ave-
nue., containing an equal area.
Personal property, jewelry for the
most part, is divided between the sons
and daughters and a grandson, Harry
Macfarlane.
The testator bequeaths the rest of
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-02-15
THURSDAY. FEB. Is, 1900.
PROTECT PEDESTRIANS.

Something drastic ought to be
done to prevent run aways, through
carelessness or incompentency of
drivers. This morning while Mer-
chant and Fort streets were crowded
with people and vehicles horse at.
tached to an express wagon in
charge of a small boy bolted and it
was a miracle that no accident hap
pened. The horse was stopped on
the side walk outside of the Spreck-
els band. The District Magistrate
has often suggested that all carri-
ages should pass the corners of the
streets in the city at a walk and we
believe that the Marshal would do
the right thing by issuing an order
to that effect. Pedestrians have
some right to move about and should
be entitled to protection. Now it is
all their lives are worth to cross a
street lodging needless drivers,
cyclers and the numerous drsys.
Every one seems to have the right
of way-except the man, woman or
child who travel on foot. A fine is
no punishment for those offending
against the safety of the public. If
your child, dear reader, had been
killed or crippled by the runaway
this morning, what satisfaction
would it be to you that the guilty
party was fined $40 or $25 by the
court. It would not bring back
your child and it would possibly not
hurt the pocket of the guilty party.
If the Marshal can spare some of
his valuable time from attending
to the Citizens Sanitary etc,
be might devise some means to
check the reckless use of our streets
now in vogue.