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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15

1t is pointed out that the children trot
about the lowest slums barefooted.
That only the day before the second
case of plague broke out in the block
abutting upon Union Square, any guam
tity of these little street rats were pick
ing over the piles of rubbish on that
portion of Merchant street which is
now in strict quarantine.
1t is no wonder that many of the
Punchbowl residents feel alarmed over
the scavangers. They are most persis-
tent little creatures and to gain some
particularly attractive bit of garbage
will pay no attention to quarantine reg
ulations, while their small size enables
them to hide and slip passed even q
,ynx-eyed guard.
One does not clearly see what can be
done in the premises, but possibly
regulation of the Board Of Health might
abate the evil. At such a time as this
no stone should be left unturned 10
prevent the dissemination Of disease.
Any one can see possible danger in
this direction, and Mr., Peters and 9TH
ers are to be commended for putting
the subject before the citizens.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
sCAvANGERs.

Some of the residents of the Punch
bowl ask that the attention of the au-
thorities should be called to the small
Portuguese scavangers who infect the
wharves and all the purlfeus of the
city They gather rotten wood, old
shoes, old bottles, old rags and refuse
of all kinds, which they bring up to
their small houses on Punchbowl.
The better and more thrifty class of
Portuguese object to this, because they
fear lest through some carelessness the
contagion of plague might be brought
into that part of the town. A. v
Peters has been very earnest in the
work of discriminating among his fellow
countrymen sanitary ideas, and has got
up and circulated number of hygienic
rules in the Portuguese language, but
he says, and those who think as he
does, agree that they are powerfless to
prevent the children from scavanging
and bringing piles of filth up to their
homes
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
OPERA BOUFFE IN HILO.

That Hilo does not represent Hawaii
is made quite clear by letters received
from Kohala and Hamakua, the prin-
cipal citizens of which support the
Board of Health and resent the ukase
of Hilo's self-appointed Car. 1t is real
ly most remarkable how people of shall
low intellect can lose their heads and
perform acts which are outside of their
powers, simply because they are
"dres ed in a little brief authority"
The powers given to Sheriff Andrews
by the Board of Health were to carry
out the orders of that Board not to
make special orders for himself of his
own voliton. But as Mr.. Cooper has
Said in a letter to Hilo citizen the
sheriff must have misunderstood his in
structions. That Sheriff Andrews is a
man utterly lacking in judgment is
well known. But that he should defy or
ders from his superior officers is more
than those who had the meanest idea of
his capacity could believe, until his
wonderful "ukase' couched in the
terms of a comic opera potentate, was
received yesterday.
One can fully appreciate the earnest
desire of Sheriff Andrews to prevent
the plague from reaching the Island of
Hawaii, but he can be no more anxious
about it than the Board of Health,
which is straining every nerve not only
to stamp out the disease in Honolulu,
but to prevent it from spreading to any
other districts. At the same time it is
desired to prevent an utter collopse Of
trade and the ruin of hundreds and
thousands of people. For this purpose
while certain freight is shut out, other
freight is carefully disinfected and for
warded Regulations have been made
with regard to the Post Office, such as
are in use in other countries.
But this does not satisfy Sheriff An
drews. He draws up a set of regulations
which ignore the Board of Health, in
terfere with the delivery of mails, and
in notice attempts to force the people
of the various districts to sign certain
petitions. 1t is distinct coercion to say
that those who are so narrow minded,
selfish or Indifferent, that they do not
care to take any part in the against the
plague, or put up with any inconveni-
ence or less, need not sign, in either COL
umn." This certainly is no way to get
true expression of Public Opinion.
But most probably e'er this Sheriff An
drews will be writing "I' in a private
capacity and not as an official. 1t is I'M
derstood that the Frank b. McStocker
will be asked to oversee the health reg
ulations of Hawaii. He is a man of
irmness. of excellent judgment and
will not make a long cared spectacle of
himself like the hysterical sheriff.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
IMPROVEMENTS.

The proposal to acquire the property
between King and Merchant street,
where infected buildings are to be burn
ed down, as a site for a Post Office,
commensurate with the increased ac-
commodations required by the Postal
Bureau, is favored by the officials OF
that department, but does not meet
with favor from many of the business
community, who would rather have the
Post Office where it is, as being more
convenient for merchants, and business
men in general.
Another proposal is that the site
should be acquired for an open space to
be added to Union Square. At one time
there was no Union Square, but the
buildings along the King street and
Merchant street lines extended to al
most opposite the Opera House. 1t was
old Governor Kanoa's property, and on
his death was purchased by the gov
eminent. 1t may be wise to extend the
air space stil further, now that there
is opportunity.
Further proposal is made that air
space be left in Chinatown, when it is
decided to rebuild it. The fault of the
building OF the city is leaving too few
recreation grounds and squares, which
so beautify cities on the mainland and
help their sanitation and hygiene.
We shall have an opportunity to lay
out portions of our city on broad lines
The past has been full of errors in this
regard. The result has been narrow
streets and unsanitary buildings. Now
that we have had to repair those short
comings by drastic hygienic measures
we should grasp the chances of making
permanent improvement, for which the
rising generation will thank us, wher
| it comes to years of discretion. Out oil
evil cometh good. Our dire misfortune
at this moment, may prove a blessing
in disguise after all. Jnh"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
THE CALL TO DUTY.

The plague has broken its bounds and
we are now face to face with another
and more serious phase of the disease.
The effort to confine the disease to Chi
natown has failed. Now what are we to
do. We must meet this as w. o. Smith
met the Cholera The City must be dis
tricted and sub-districted and there
must be house to house inspection
twice a day. Every single person in the
sub-district must be accounted for at
each inspection. We are up against a
serious epidemic and must meet it with
even more determined force.
The Board is to blame for issuing too
many permits to enter the infected dis
tricts. Why, for instance, should pho
tographers be- allowed to pass in and
out at will. 1t is also to blame for US
ing an inefficient and careless set of
guards. Why not call out the Citizens
Guard. 1t was suggested some days
ago. There would be close upon thou
sand men, there are officers to take
charge of the men, and a minute in
speGtion of each district might be car
Tied out.
Another regulation which should be
passed is the closing of all assemblies
from churches downwards. There
pie as possible, outside of what is abso-
lutely necessary. The schools on the out
skirts should be closed. 1t is cruel TO
force the children to school,, who are
many of them frightened, it is equally
cruel to ask the teachers, many of
whom are nervous, to face the chances
of coming in contact with pupils who
come from insanitary homes. AS things
stand now no one can tell where an
outbreak may occur.
We may have had, and really have
had drastic measures in the past, what
we want are effectual methods. The al
lowing of a crowd to assemble round
the fire at King street, seems little short
of madness. There were people from all
parts of the town and freely mingling
together, heated and perspiring and
ready to catch infection if any were
about The street cars are another
source of danger 1t may be necessary
TO take them off altogether but if not
they Should be thoroughly washed and
disinfeeted twiee day at least.
There is no time fdf half measures or
consideration of any ones personal feel
1ngs. The most stringent measures
should be taken and the Board Of
Health will be loyalty backed up by the
citizens. If business c6mes to a stand
p still it must, If the plague is not beaten
we shall be ruined anyhow,
This then should be the program;
1. CAN out the Citizens Guard.
?. District and sub district the town,
8. House to house inspection twice
day.
4. Stop all assemblies and public
meetings.
3. Close all schools, churches and
places of amusement.
6. Thorough cleansing of all premises
in every part of the district Burning
of all trash and rubbish which may be
a receptacle for microbes of disease.
This is the most important of the
whole program, and the first three sec
lions make it possible to do it thor
oughly.
And when this is done, some measure
of the evil may be taken and all chance
of hiding cases till man is turned into
the street to die will be prevented.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15

Mr.. Krouse made no hesitation this
morning in at once reporting case of
sickness among one of the servants in
his hotel 1t is commendable when
citizen does his duty and he should re-
ceive credit for il.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
MONDAY JANUARY Is, 1900.

Cali out the Citizens Guard. Dis
trict the city. Clean every part of the
city. Make a hard fight to the last.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
Novelties
house
Furnishing
Goods
Cork Mats
Ocean Churns.

Make butter in half the time of any
other kind and are easily cleaned.
Simple and effectual.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
which everv man,s hand was against

which every mans hand was against
every other mans, and in which, the
idea of just and impartial law becom-
ing weak, the Inevitable alternative OF
the rude Justice of revenge became
widespread. In our day, with the pos
sible exception Of some Of the outlying
districts Of European Russia, Sicily Is
the poorest part Of Europe. The wages
earned in the sulphur mines and the
horrible condition Of the people en-
ployed therein have been so complete
" exposed that 1t Is not necessary to
dwell thereon. Suffice 1t to say that
with the factors of wretched poverty
and a long historical training In crime,
superadded to a quick-blooded, violent
people, we may understand the growth
and power In Sicily of that murderous
society, the Malta, which the Italian
government is now attacking in ear
nest at Messina. The Malta Is to all In
tents and purposes a murderous organ
ization, which sticks at nothing to Sc
cure it's ends. But formally, and on
one side, it Is kind of mutual benefit
society. Its members are bound to pro-
tect and benefit one another under CIV
en- conditions. or pay the dread penalty
for failure or neglect.-SpectatOr.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
ALASKA BOUNDARY.
United States and British Surveyors TO
Establish the Line Named In the
Modus vivendi.

The American members of the inter-
national commission appointed to sur.
yey and mark out the Alaska boundary
line at Lynn canal, under the modut
yivendi, arrived in Seattle from Wash.
ington, and will proceed to Victoria,
where they will meet the two British
members of the commission. The
American members are G. II. Tilman,
assistant superintendent of the United
States coast and geological survey, and
his assistant, o. b. French. They are
gathering statistics and information
here concerning the matter they have
in hand. Mr.. Tiilman said it would
require probably two months to COM
plete the survey. The line will be
marked with the usual monuments,
stakes, etc. On Chilkoot and White
passes, monuments of permanent char
acter will be set up, SO that there may
be no possible dispute at these points
as to the exact location of the line.
1--WE are simply to ascertain the To-
cation and mark out for the guidance
of all persons the line established by
the modus vivendi between England
and the United States" said Mr.. Til
man. "This line was agreed to in o.
tober, 1899, after several months OF ne
gotiation. 1t is by no means per-
manent or established boundary line
beyond the terms and life of the modus
vivendi. Our work will be necessarily
technical and not diplomatic, although
we are operating under the direction,
in this instance of the department OF
state, at Washington. The distance to
be surveyed is about 25 miles"
Mr.. Tilman expects to begin active
work in the field about June Is. He
and Mr.. French will meet the Cana
dian commissioners at Victoria. They
are w. F. King and j. l.. Macarthur.
A party of about l2 men will be taken
along to assist in the field work. The
expenses of the survey are to be shared
equally by the two countries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
It's Saddest Aspect.

The Liverpool Post, calling atten.
tion to the report OF DIR. Wiglesworth
on the Rainhill asylum, says: ''The
evil of drunkenness has many sad as.
poets. But perhaps the saddest of all
is the fact that as drunkenness increas-
es SO does insanity. Last year 1876 pa
tients were admitted to the asylum as
result of drunken excess. OF these
IS were women. During the year 38
recovered and were discharged. At the
end of December over 1870 remained, of
whom less than so are regarded as cur
able. This refers to one year only and
to one asylum"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
TRADE IS QUlETER.
quotations Have Weakened In Sewers
Lines Of Business.

quotations Have Weakened In Several
Lines Of Business.
Bradstreet's saye: Trade is, II any
hing, quieter and prices are lower than
week ago, while efforts toward re-
adjustment of productive capacity to
present conditions, are noted in several
lines OF industry, notably iron and steel
and lumber. Unsettled conditions in
the cotton trade, and large failure.
due mainly to overstapling the bull side
Of the staple, has tended to weaken
quotations in several lines of speculative
business. Backward crop reports and
the backward demand for cotton goods
are of course partly responsible for the
sharp break, but statistically the staple
remains very strong.
Advices from the dry goods trade are
Of backward demand at retail, affecting
orders in many lines. but cotton goods
production is still heavy.
The boot and shoe market is dull
with manufacturers firm but with job
bers asking for lower prices.
Lumber is on the whole weaker.
partly owing to the unsettled conditions
in the building trade and partly to the
feeling that prices have been pushed
too high, and this feeling is likewise
true of number of other lines.
Almost alone among iron and steel
products. structural material is firm
and much is hoped for in the direction
of new business. The weakness in cast
iron pipe is inducing some curtailment
of production, notably at the South.
Wheat, including -four, shipments for
the week aggregate 3.69S, 968 bushels,
against 5, l78, 422 bushels last week.
Business failures for the week num-
Der 167 in the United States, compared
with 155 last week.
In the Dominion of Canada business
failures for the week number Is. as
compared with "a last week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
An Arizona Bill Of Fare.

II was at a restaurant out In Arizona
,nce," said a salesman for a we'll
known revolver corporation, land was
looking over the bill of fare. 1t gave a
better description Of some features of
the country than whole volume. For
10 cents you could get some delicious
lamb chops and fried potatoes. But
bread and butter were extra, while a
dish OF milk toast was Is cents. You
see that meant that they raise cattle
out there for their meat and not for
dairy purposes. Mich cows are scarce
and dear. But the Chinese broil beat
steak by frying 1t and then making the
marks OF the griddle with a red hot
poker"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
n.w.rd. for Andree Relics.

Notice has been received at the
Swedish and Norwegian consulate in
New York that the king OF Sweden and
Norway has decided to reward persons
who have found objects belonging to
the Andree polar expedition, and that
q fund has been set aside for rewards
for persons who may hereafter find OBJ
jects rom the expedition. II 10 sup
posed that the hope of reward is meant
to be an incentive to whalers and other
mariners who go far north to search for
traces of the explorer and penetrate
places out OF the beaten path for that
purDOse
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
THREE DAILY TRAINS BETWEEN
OGDEN AND DENVER.

The increase in transcontinental
travel by way of Salt Lake City in con-
sequence of the scenic and other attrac.
tions of the route. has recently justified
the Rio Grande Western Railway-in
connection with the Denver q Rio
Grande and Colorado Midland Rail :oads
says the Salt Lake Tribune, in estab-
.ishifs! q triple daily last passenger
service between Ogden and Denver.
All of these trains are equipped with
the latest appliances, improvements and
cars. This road now operates through
sleepers between Chicago, Ogden and
San Francisco, also perfect dining car
service. Send &c postage for literature,
rates or other information to j. D..
Mansfield, 253 Washington street, Port
land; or Geo. w. Heintz, general pas
senger agent, Salt Lake City.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
" DEAR MRs pINKu


Ihave taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound as advised and now
send you n letter for publication. For
several years | was in such wretched
health that life was almost burden.
/ could hardly walk across the floor,
was so feeble. Several of our best
physicians attended me, but failed to
help. / concluded to write to you for
advice. in few days received such
akind, motherly letter. followed your
instructions and am my old self
again. Was greatly benefited before l
had used one bottle. May God bless
you for what you are doing for suffer
Ing women. - Mrs. CLARA GATES,
Johns p. O., Miss, Oct. 6, 1899.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada, LAG Ice pc,
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1901 Ice; Val.
ley, 20@22c; Northern, 1O@12c.
Hops-1899 crop, 11@13c pei
pound.
Butter-Fancy creamery 17@17Hc;
do seconds, 16@161ac; fancy dairy,
Ice; do seconds, 14@15c per pound.
Eggs-Store, 15c; fancy ranch,
lie.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $17.OO a
&c. 90; bran, $12.50@13.50.
Hay-Wheat Sc. SOC so; wheat and
oat $6.00@9.OO; best barley 5000
700; alfalfa, $5.oO@e.50 per ton
straw, 25@4Oc per bale.
Early Rose, COG CSC; Ore.
gon Burbanks, zoe 81 90; river Bur.
banks, 40@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
Soc q l. 10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
$2.75@3.25; Mexican lines, $4,000
500; California lemons 75c@Sl. so;
do choice $l.75@2.OO per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, S1.6O@
$50 per bunch; pineapples, nom.
inal; Persian dates. e0eHc pen
pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
Electricitv I'm Capsules.

This new compound, which is made from
cheap chemicals, is put up in capsule form
and when added to certain quantity of
water will furnish electricity enough to
light house. drive an automobile or even
a railroad train. But this is nothing COM
pared to the strengthening power con-
tanned i'm bottle of HOstetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t cures indigestion, dyspepsia,
biliousness, liver and kidney troubles and
fills the system with the vigor of health.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, =,

LUCAS COUNTY. 90.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior parter OF the firm of +. J. CHENEY & Co.,
aol I business IN me Slty OF ioledo, county
the sum oil ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eac h
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY
sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1885,
sr,Il A. W. GLEASON,
~, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F.. J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills ara the best
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
The MaAa.

1t is in Sicily that both poverty and
crime have reached their most porten-
tous development. Here, again, We find
diverse strains Of blood, language and
tradition, and an unfortunate historic
development. We cannot, indeed, ex-
plain the social facts of Sicily in our
time without reference to the past.
Centuries Of turbulence and misgovern-
ment produced condition Of affairs In
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

That operators shall at no time with
hold more than two weeks wages from
miners is recent mandate expressed
by the Iowa state senate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Tennessee has become the leading
phosphate producer of America. There
are 24S valuable mines in the state
and over 81 900 men are employed in
the business. New mines are being
opened daily.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Sentaor Beverage is an enthusiast
on the subject of the practical benefits
Of college fraternities. He Is himself
ID. X. +. man, and was steward at
its chapter house, while student OF
De Paw University.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

The warning labor factions of Louis
vile, Ky, have at last buried the
Ratchet and amalgamated under the
banner of the Central Labor Union.
Trouble has been continuous for two
Years
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Herbs, Wertheim & Schiller, New
York cigar manufacturers, applied to
the sIpreme court for an injunction re-
straining striking union employees from
picketing their factory and threatening
uOn-union wOrkmen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Section men on the Tiffin division Of
the Big Four at Tiffin, o., struck for
1925 day, which the company re.
fused.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thsi,
children during the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Three thousand stonemasons, brick
LAYERS and stonecutters in Westchester
county, n. Y, struck for an eight-hour
dav and "A cents an hour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Not union bricklayer in North
America is now working more than
nine hours day, and in $50 cities the
eight-hour day prevails among the
members of that craft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

One hundred and twenty-five boiler
men in the Standard Oil Company's
works. Bayonne, N. j., struck for an
increase of wages.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we eve,
used for all affections of the throat and
luDes.-WM. o. ENDsLEY. Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10, 1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

"For the recognition of the union
and the nine-hour work day." is the
cause of a recent strike of 230 brass
workers in Chicago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07
Decision of Character.

Without decision OF character nc
man or woman ever amounts to much.
-Chicao Daily News.