The Hawaiian Star from Honolulu, Hawaii • Page 4

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1D00. "The vessels In Kahulul harbor And themselves In anything but acomfort-able position. They 'avoided Honolulu on account of the plague, and now they have the plague on the very- shore of their harbor of refuge. There are''as many ways of killing Tats apparently as there are ways of Teaching Rome. Each person has some special pet scheme.

The latest Is to teed the rats some days before the poison Is laid down. To catch your rodent, you must gain his confidence. The -city will now get on confidential terms with the festive rat from now to Thursday, when It will turn round and ruthlessly murder him. It will be Interesting for the medical men to study the pathology of Dr. Ko-bayashl's discovery of a new form of fever, The doctor claim that though malaria In type, it differentiates from the ordinary malarial fevers.

There is no doubt that the Japanese physicians ore clever, and are coming forward as the peer's and in' some cases the superiors of tjie physicians. They are careful observers and untiring students. 1 PLAGUE ON MAUI. The plague on Maui seems to 'lave "broken out with remarkable virulence, and when Dr. Wood arrived he found almost the worst case he had ever seen.

It had been extraordinarily fatal. Out of a population numbering a little over 200, there were seven deaths in seven days. Considerable precaution had been taken before. Dr. Wood's arrival, and upon his arrival' health matters were put upon the same footing as in Honolulu.

The inhabitants of Kahulul have been quarantined, and the shacks, which in a great measure formed the town, have been committed to the flames. So far so good. What can be done has been done, but people who know the Island will watch anxlously for further news. The danger to the Island lies In the fact that Kahulul was a center to which people from all parts of the Island were liable to come. Though the first case was discovered on February 4, It must have been incubating for some days before, and many people may have been exposed to the contagion.

Of these many must have gone to various parts of the Island, and may start fresh centers elsewhere. That Is where the danger lies. Kahulul itself, as was stated in these columns yesterday, is easy to control. The isolated spots on the Island are by no means easy to control. A house to house visitation upon the slopes of Haleakala, among the Japanese and Chinese settlers there, will be no easy task, and the opportunity for concealment will be much greater than ever it was In Chinatown, while through the Koolau district It will be more dlfflcult still.

What we must all hope Is that by some good luck the infection has not been spread beyond Kahulul. Should this prove to be the case, the stamping out of the plague will be comparatively easy, and the destruction of the shacks on the bay will be a distinct gain. Maul authorities should not pause there, either. In several other parts of the Island are insanitary shacks, and these should be as ruthlessly rooted out as they have been In Honolulu. A matter of grave Interest and or importance Is the conclusion that Dr.

Wood has reached In his researches us to the cause of the outbreak at Kahu lul. There to be no doubt In his mind that the Infection came from cer-tlan Chinese eatables which had been landed on the" Island over two months ago, when there was no thought of plague. These eatables remained in their containers till the Chinese New Year, when they were openedjaut and freely partaken of, with the result that within four days the first case of plague had developed. This certainly is clear enough. The gravity of the matter lies in this.

Eatables of this character are not likely to have been confined to Kahulul. Similar goods may have been lying at many other points on the Islands and may have been opened and partaken of with equally fatal results. The Maul physicians did not recognize the cases of sickness, as cases of plague at first, Indeed they were doubtful till Dr. Wood's arrival on the 11th. Cases of a similar character may have broken out elsewhere and may pass unrecognized till a plague center is established.

It Is always wise to look at the bright side of things, but Just, at the preant, even upon Islands which are not infected, it would be wise to have instant enquiry Into all cases of sudden death, for In spite of all thfr precautions that have been taken disease and death, may be lurking In some Chinese eatables that have been stowed away months before the people dreamed that plague would ever get a. foothold In the coun try. It might be also a wise move on tho part of the authorities on the other Islands to search for and have con demned certain articles of Chinese food. It would be quite competent for the Board of Health to draw up a list of such articles and have the list forward ed to Its various agents. Too great precautions cannot bo taken, and the results of Dr.

Wood's Investigations- on Maui are certainly calculated to set everyone on the qui vlve for another and unthought of source of contagion. TERRITORIAL FINANCES. The receipts and expenditures for the 1899 compared with those for 1898, make a very good financial showing, and In-dlcate a period of great prosperity. The total receipts, or the national income for the year 1899, were $3,345,231.60 as against $2,568,489,12 for the year 1898, and Increase of over three quarters of a million of dollars. The expenditures on current account on the other hand, were $2,494,012.71 as against $2,25049.67 for the year 1898.

The increase in expenditures has only been one third of the Increase In In come that Is speaking In round numbers that is the income has increased three quarters of a million and over, while the expenditure has Increased barely quarter of a million. Our chief sources of Income are the customs bureau and the tax bureau. From the former $1,295,628.95 has been received, from the other $1,068,117.27 came In. These two Items together have produced $2,350,000 out of the 345,000 of tho gross Income. The remaining $1,000,000 is divided among 20 heads the largest of which brought In $241,000 and the smallest $338.55.

The Increase In our two main sources of Income is very large Indeed. In 1898 the customs bureau brought In while the Tax Bureau was credited with $811,818.67, the two together amounting to $1,700,000 In round num bers. We have thus Increased In our two main Items of Income over half million of dollars during the year. The cash balance In the treasury at the end of 1898 warf $740,280.21. Th cash balance In the treasury on December 31, 1S99 was $1,531,784.29.

There was besides a balance of $92,230.13 on the loan fund account. Among the expenditures from current account the largest sum has been given to public works, viz: $370,380.14 as against $241,182.11 in 189S. But this does not represent all expenditures for public works, by any means, for payments under the loan act amounted to $644,625.67, making a little over a million spent on public works during the year, against a total of about $350,000 expended for the same purpose In 1898. There has thus been marked activity in this direction. Next to public works the largest amount Is spent on education, which this last year cost the country against $244,533.60 in 1898.

Public Health up to December 31 took in contrast with $198,615.35 In 1898. But the bill for public health had only just began to roll up. The bills for January and February of this year will be heavy enough to make the present year's figures phenomenal. Lastly there Is our net loan indebtedness, which amounts at the present time to $4,890,351.49. In 1898 the indebtedness was $1,457,605.83.

The United States assumes the loan Indebtedness up to $4,000,000, so that should we receive our territorial government In the near future we would start with an Indebtedness of about $900,000, which, for a country as wealthy as this Is, Is a very small amount indeed. Taking a view over the whole financial situation, In spite of many set backs, In spite of a somewhat dark outlook at the present moment, the territory Is In a prosperous condition, and is ready to meet the claim which would stagger many a larger aggregation of people. 11 Uli Cll The Old Reliable FOR Pure Drugs AND MEDICINES! Disinfectants OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Dealers in Photographic Material and Chemical! Prescriptions Carefully Com-, pounded Fort Street, Honolulu, H. February 5, 1900. Lamp Shades Made to Order Having engaged the services of Miss E.

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