The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-19
INFLUENZA
IN ISLANDS
Still a Trace Of
Dengue in
Places.

There was much influenza in the,
Islands during the month Of April, ac-
| cording to the reports of government
physicians to the Board of Health. In
Waimea, Kauai, twelve cases were re-
ported; Koloa and Lihue, five cases;
Waialua, Oahu, two cases; Kula, Maui,
two cases; Makawao, Maui nine
cases; Hama, Maui, two cases; North
Kona, Hawaii, twenty-eight cases;
South Kona, Hawaii. twenty-one cases.,
and South Hilo, two cases.
There is still touch Of dengue fever
In some of the outer districts, and in
some places it is on the increase,
though in the cities the disease has
pretty well run it's course. In Lahaina
there were fifty-two cases, though DR..
Dawson writes: This fever is abat-
ing very rapidly"
In Kohala, Kauai, there were two
cases; in Kihei and Kula, Maui, seven
cases; in North Kona, Hawaii, twenty
seven cases; in South Kona, eleven
cases; Leeward Molokai, eleven cases,
and in South Hilo, five cases.
In Waialua, oahu, DR.. Wood reports
eight cases of poisoning from eating
decayed fish. He gives no particulars
of the cases.
DR.. w. F. McConkey of Makawao,
Maui. reports about seventy cases.
of peculiar form of nausea" He also
fails to give particulars. In the Kihef
and Kula districts DR.. Dinegar reports
a similar outbreak. which he classifies
as nausea vomiting"
no the question rs tuberculosis in
creasing in your district?" all govern
ment physicians reply in the negative,
excepting DR.. Hayes of Olaa, Hawaii.
OsoOoOoO0000sso . . . . . . soO
objections to the extravaganza of the.
lower House. The Senate has allowed
but $4,000 for the printing of it's journal
and the contract when finally awarded
will be for much less than that figure.
The Senate has been doing consider
able investigating since the House had
the nerve to ask for 800, 900 for expenses
of the. short session, and the result of
these Investigations has anything but a
favorable aspect for the wishes of the
lower house. A few days ago the Sem
ate considered the House bill in COM
mittee of the whole behind closed doors.
The result of that meeting was not CIV
en- out, but apparently it's decision was
not to permit the extravagances of the
House to be indulged. Some of the
members say they are willing to give
the House $4,000 which is just double
the amount that the Senate has asked.
and others are determined to do with
out their own salaries rather than ac-
cede to the exorbitant demands of the
lower branch of the legislature. They
point out that the House should have.
no more expenses than the Senate, ex-
cept for salaries as members as both
consider Identical bills and also have
almost the same clerical force. The
House has one more official than the
Senate, namely a stenographer, and as
he receives only ten dollars per day, 1T
is rather difficult to see where the ad-
ditional $4,000 more than the Senate
requires comes in. The Senate has al
lowed itself $4,000 for expenses other
than salaries of members, and con-
siders that double that amount, or $4,000
should suffice for the House, which does
precisely the same work.
When the Ways and Means Commit
tee made repust for information as to
the ultimate disposal of the 100000 it
was told that &c OnO would be needed for
salaries, $500 for printing of the jour
nal while there are still several thou
sand dollars of unpaid bills from the
regular session. The balance of about
SOVVV IS W 30 lOT lHclueHtdlS tne IlosI
of which is probably meant for transla-
tion of bills which had been translated
at the regular session.
The $500 for printing the House Jour-
nal is what is calling out the loudest
objections. The contract was let to the
Bulletin at s2.1O per page according to-
one Senator, and no bids were advertis-
ed for Yesterday the Senate opened
bids for the printing of it's journal and
the lowest bid was $1.3S per page.
1t Is explained however that the
House is to print it's journal in two
languages and that the Paradise Of
Pacific will print the Hawaiian volume
out of the same $500, which also must
pay for translating.
In the meantime the Senate is doing
its work and saying nothing and the
next step will probably be an amend
ment to the House bill fixing the ap-
preparation at $4,000 instead of $4,000.
The Senate adjourned over Sunday be-
cause it was far ahead of the House
and has already considered the six
months appropriation bill well in resu-
lar session. If the House would finish
its work the Senate could complete it's
share of the labor by the end of the
week.