The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-02-12
uooAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A bicycle club is ia process OF, for.
nation.
Austin's Hawaiian Weekly is again
welcomed on our desk.
The attendance at the churches
yesterday was excellent.
Mr.. Hartmann still continues on
the convalecing path at the hospital.
The band plays in the Exscu tive
building grounds this evening at
73O
Thrum's valuable annual will pro.
badly oa published during the
week ~
The Orpheum reopens tonight
with an excellent bill Of entertaining
fare. The box Office is open at the
usual hours.
When you want hack ring up
l91. On that stand you will get a
reliable and good driver, fine hack,
aud no overcharging.
Senator McCandless' suggestion
of quarrying and rock breaking for
homeless and unemployed Asiatics
is a good suggestion.
An original comedy sketch by
Allan Dunn will be- presented at the
Orpheum this evening with the tai
ented aud versatile author in the
plot.
The Board of Health, on motion
of Geo. w. Smith, has decided that
the pro rata payment OF 66a per
cent. valuation does not apply to
personal effects.
McGnire's Express Co will be
found from now on at the Office
opposite P. d. Camarinos' California
Fruit Market, King street, near Ala
kes. Telephone 1897.
Owing TO the plague scare on
Maui the steamer Centennial with
1000 tons of freight, mostly provi-
stone, will unload at Kihei as will all
other steamers aud ships destined
for Maui.
Mr.. Armstrong Smith is some
what unwell after his strenuous ex
teri ons. At his own request he was
reated with the antiplague serum.
Bronchitis is tha cause of his tenn.
porarV pilikis.
N. w. Ayers 81 Son, newsp .p-r and
magazine advertisers OF PhiIade =
phis, have for ~arded to us very
useful and ornamental office calen-
dar, the receipt Of which is cordially
appreciatively acknowledged.
According to Capt. Clarke of Will
der g. Go. the rats have apparently
deserted lhe waterfront Before the
plague appear ID hey died off in
patches. PfnhabIy they migrated
into Chinatown aud disseminated
the pest
DR.. Howard reports that there are
no grounds for he report that Chi
nese women were uDn-cet sarily ex-
posed to the gsz. Of men at the
Kalihi detention camp They we're
examined unclothed by the physi-
clan alone. And YETI
Mr. Pain should certainly see that
his cars ara thoroughly cleansed at
each of the termini. This could
readily he done by hiring couple
OF Japanese. 1t is rough on the
drivers to expect them to do it.
Their work is arduous enough as it is.
The total number OF cases of
plague from it's inception mp TO Sa-
turday night has been So with 80
deaths and nine remaining at the
hospital. Tho record for the week
was two new cases with three
deaths. Hope is in front and des-
pair in the rear
Donations to the local Eye and
Ear Iufirmary are earnestly request
cd by DR.. Sloggett as the funds are
running low. Some 1000 free opera.
lions have been performed. During
the plague scare friends appear to
have overlooked the Necessities oil
this valuable institution.
The government sent by the S. S
Coptic plans and specified tions in,
vitlng tenders for labor and material
separately; not only for the compile
ton OF the sewerage for Honolulu
laid down in Mr.. Herring's plans
but also to coyer several extensions
anticipated for outlying districts
and for that made necessary by the
remodeliDg OF the streets in China