The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-03

dirty inSanitary habits OF the Chinese ne
pandered to? Imagine ones handkerchiefs
and serviettos damped in this manner and
arriving from the wash with stains OF
curry, etc, upon them. 1t is useless to
appeal to n Chinese washerman on this
subject even when shown that folding
and rolling clothes tightly when slight
ly damp, as Is the case in all laundries in
England, would be an immense saving of
labor to him, as then they would be in a
fit state for ironing. / know this to be a
fact as ] tried 1t with my own washer
man wnom ! keep on the premises, offer
ing him extra wages If he would adopt
my plan The reply was mo can, b'long
olo custom: Sposee you no likee more
better you catchee mother washerman
chop-chop, and | had to climb down and
allow him to proceed as before, knowing
that If I dismissed him his successor
would do the same thing. 1t is plainly
evident then that force must be employed
that the laundries here must be licensed
and supervised as in other places, and
the sooner the better for all of us. Can
not Professor Simpson help us in this
matter?
TO OVERTHROW DYNASTY.
Chinese advices received here give the
following the propaganda of the req
els:
First-The overthrowinS of the present
rynasty.
Second-The founding of new dynss-
ty. with Chinese emperor on the throne.
Third-The helping of the oppressed and
needy.
Fourth-The introduction of reform.
Fifth-The protection of trade.
Sixth--The establishment of Quang- Sc,
Quang Tung and Quei-Chow as the three
seats of the government, with Canton as
the capital, with an emperor and viceroy
for each province of Quang-S Sc and Quei-
Chow.
In conclusion, be it known that the
Western people are not to be interfcred
with; their lives are to be protected and
their trade not to be meddled with. Let
them go in peace. We are the enemies
only of the Manchu dynasty. We have
spoken.
WANTED A FORTUNE
YOKOHAMA. May IA startling in
cident occurred yesterday in Tokyo as
the Empress was returning to the Pal
ace from the Peeress' School in Ma
gata-cho, Iiojimachi-ku, Tokyo, where
she had been listening to selection Of
songs sung by the pupils. When the
Imperial carriage was approaching the
official residence of the Minister Of ri E.
nance at $50 p. m, an old man suddenly
stepped forward among the by-standers
at the road side and attempted to present
to the Empress letter which he had
fastened to one end of a long bamboo
stick policeman, standing near i'm
mediately arrested the man, and tho EN-
pre- SIS passed on without the incident hay
ing caused any alarm. The old man was
taken to the Kojimachiku Police Stat.on
where on examination. he was. ascertain
ed to be peasant namd Sugahara Ku-
mansuke, 81 years old. living in Kami-
date. karuyoke mura, Kuneyegori, In the
prefecture of Iwate-ku. He was dressed
In ordinary Japanese clothes, and wore
the old-fashioned top-knot on his head.
He came to the capital last month, leav-
ing his home on the 25th ult. AS the re-
suit OF the police examination il would
appear that the man is suffc- ing from
some mental arrangement. Ills object
in endeavoring to present the lei -er to the
Empress was to get loan Of Y20, 600 from
Her Majesty for the purpose of making
his fortune. In a duplicate letter. how
ever the amount he wanted was put at
Y3oo He was examined by doctor in
the Metropolitan Police Board yesterday
evening. Inquiries will be made of his
relatives and the old man placed In their
charge,
MISCELLANEOUS.
| Scarlet fever, hitherto prevalent
amongst the natives in Picking. has now