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LOCALS Here we are again. ?,'o more plague at Ililo oven if there were any. .,' Tlie I walnut -brought Honolulu mail on Tuesday. "Warm days. The YA'ailukans .miss their iee vwy -much. The Australia hit Honolulu forithe coast last Tuesday Over one hundred Jups landed from the Iwalaui ut Kihe.i. See tho MaulKodu & Too Company's notice in another column. . The Lehua: leaves Muukvea ttax this morning fr 'Jt'.ttmll'jlii. A careful houso-to-hoiMO inspco-i lion is the daily i:der .of utTair.s in WuUuku. . Tin steamer -"Chwelanfi" .in due In Kahului, but hull ml', beinirsiglitod at Ihettime of. going to .-press. The Claudine reaehed Knliuhi: from liana at 2 o clock A..M. on Tuesday, dindJcfl in the aftoj.-noon for Honolulu. The Maunaloa touehi'd at Maulaea Hay on "Wednesday tniorning. bound ifor Iliio. She brought Honolulu mail. John TJu, of .Lahainn, came over "Wednesday tbi join the working force in the mechanical department of the 2s Kvs. ' Hereafter the tt'ost Oflieo in San Praneisco will send Maui mail to ' Kahului 'direct, until quarantine is iraised in Honolulu. , Dr. Wcddick spends every day in TCiihuhii and at onmn. dohu? his hos pital work at ii)ght. He is mtfkjng Jjis home -at the hospital temporarily. The nuthoritiosand citizens of Jlaua liavo etlee.ted .complete ;pntrol jsystem, exteuding beyond Kaupo in one direction and to Keunao 'in i.he other. The WaibJku merchants are.experi .encing sonic idifHeult.y in replenishing thcir-depletpd-Ktooks of gHds. Hut they are not advancing prices on that .account. The refugees in thcdetontiontenmp At the race traek were, moved to anoro convenient " and comfortable quarters specially built for them ilast Monday. The Laha'nia Board of Health are Mill maintaining a strict quarantine .against Kahului (Hid Wailuku. Even the Mai'I Nkws was refused admit tance through the .mails on account of not having been fumigated. i Now is the t'mjo for some enter prising young man w si art a steam laundry at Kahului. There are few bet ter openings for such an enterprise (than at Kahului, as all the neighboring towns.are easily accessible, and would; -doubtless gladly patronize such an' .institution. ' The cut for the heading of the TfEws'is taken from a photograph by H.n Iv. Chase, of Wailuku. Jn the original photograph, .copies of which Mr. .(base has for sale, Mr! D. H. Hitchcock, the. artist, is seen seated .at his easel making sketches for his famous picture of Iao Valley.' 'The malarial fever at Kihci has .abated, and there is but ' little sick ness there now. The plantation is in fine running order, with S."() acres of growing cane amply watered by itho four flowing wells on the place. .Most , of the force on the plantation as now .engaged in clearing new land. The Snrcckelsville people who liad their washing done at Kahului Buffered quite a loss. Several had received baskets of clean laundry on the day the plivgue broke out. .and from the washhousc where one of the patiouts dind. Needless to ay that they promptly cremated aill these clothes. There is no truth in the rumor con corning a case of smallpox at liana .Since the case of varioloid 'mention ed in the News of a week ago, there have been no further cases. That case was a Japanese living at a Japanese contractor's camp half way between Hana and Ilamoa. The camp has been quarantined. f atluT Libert of the Catholic Mis won, has been one of the hardest worked insjtectors in the Wailuku district. His sulxlistrict is large one with many Chinese rice, plairtym The father is both muscular and -per Kuasive, and as a result rice liurVert-'l ing was suspended until a thorough, whitewashing of shacks and burning of rubbish was accomplished. The Road Hoard have commenced work on the streets of Wailuku. John Kinney, in charge of tin. pri.s- " oners, is plowing up and grading Main street from Hoffman & Vet la- son's store to tit fliles Machine Shop. This street will be gravelled, and then like work will be done on Mar ket street from its junction with High street to the Waihee road. The Kahuiui Store has .selected Attorney George Hons as.its distrib uting agent for goods hc.irg Jiinded from the 'Centenial" and shipped di- octly from the Kahului wharf to the Wailuku depot. Hay, grain, rice, (lour, kerosene, ham, bacon, lard and canned fruits have been received. Hy order of II. 1'. llaldwin. the prices of these articles have been made very reasonable. Hut us some of the local Chinese merchants fixed war prices on some of the goods furnished them. Mr. Hons has resolved to give private families the same rates as the mer chants. Deputy' Sheriff Ilayselden. Dr. Hoote. H. V. i'opl.nvski. f!ny and l'erv.bia Goodness, rind sx policemen. all of Wailuku, and James. Smith of Kihci, are in voluntary quarantine in the school house .at Kahului. await ing the time when the citizens of, Wailuku will alkvw them to return homo. Dr. Garvin states that there is not the slightest dang.ir in allow ing them to come at once, provided they bathe and make an entire change of clothing. The News wants them to come, home at once, not as a mere matter of sentiment, but be cause it would be eminently unjust to keep them in quarantine longer than actually necessary. Fop Armstrong Smith. It lias been the 'dream of Arm strong Smith s life to take a full course in medicine in one of the .medic al colleges in the States. He went abroad not long ago but was unable to finish the course which he had bo Kun. On account of his work at the pest house .and his cheerful willingnt'ss to nurse those who every minute iwpko a menace to his life aroused the public to the feeling that something should be done for so noble a spirit. As a result S. M. Ratlou started out yesterday morning with a list and before night he had succeeded in raising '2. (Hill from the large agen cies and the banks of the city. -This work is be continued and there Is'W?, doubt that the sum will reacii itUo; 5.(111(1 limit before ifiany day ami thus will Armstrong Smith be able to go to the States, when the plague lias died out, to there pursue, the study.of medicine. Hulletin. To Our Subscribers. ,' ,?'' Notwithstanding lljo fact that the il;iguc:in Honolulu and n Maui have practically cut oil llio advertising support -which was anticipated for the Xkws still the management have doomed it wiser to begin publication at ouch'. Consequently the p:tper will have to depend almost entirely on its subscription department for fumls for a time. For this raison it is urgently requested that all subscribers at their earl iest convenience remit their sub scription dues. .MAUI JCEW-S. JNoticcr to tho Public Kaiiclci, Maui, . Feb. .13. l'JOO THE town of (Ivahului. Maui, is declared to be infested by bubonic plague. Strict quaran tine regulations are now in force and n traffic IN or OUT of Kah ului will be permitted except by authorized passes for individuals and approved permits for freight. Through freight from clean vessels will be landed on the Kahului wharf under strict quar antine and shipped direct into outside districts, without contact with the infected portion of the town. No merchandise now in Kh hulu will be permitted to leave the town excepting a limited number of articles capable of easy and absolute disinfection. All mail matter, (local and foreign), leaving Kahului, will h, thoroughly fumigated. All 'trwefiiugs, cesspools, c losets and dj'uisi should be put into a .sani- tuyi ondition, and cases of sick- ncs.s. pp" reported at once to the nearest -siciau. . UAUVIN "oard of Ie:i!th. BY AUTHORITY PLAGUE STAYED ON MAUI No Deaths Have Occurred During the Week. No Suspicious Cases Reported. All Well at Camp Wood. The victory U -"practically won, and Maui will bevond doubt soon be free from plague. Lutn Shu. a cook at Ah Mi's house in Kahului, died (last .Sunday at the pest house, to wliich'ho hnd been re moved . from tlie old racetrack de tention camp. A Japanese was also sent to the pest house at the same time, but hi case proved to be not plague, and he has nlniut recovered. Since then no other cases have devel oped, and it is quite probable that tlu re will be no move. CAM l' WOOD. new camp Camp Wood he:' been built, and the people were trans feitred from the race track to the new camp on Monday. When Mr. Atkinson arrived here on Wednesday of last week to take charge of the detention camp, Dr. Garvin and he inspected the race track cam) and found it extremely unsanitary. They seWcted a new site , near the beach just.mauka of the road .leading into Kahului from Wailuku. Dr. Garvin drew the plans for the new camp, and c n.struotion was begun on Thurs day morning, .February 13. On the following Monday morning it was ready for its occupants. Much judgment was shown in de signing the new detention camp, which consists of six corrals, three on cither side of a wide street, each corral containing a lurge, conven iently planned house. In these cor rals the people are clussiliod accord ing to their respective .nationalities, the Japanese occupy one, the Chinese another, the families another, etc. At the end of the lane separating the corrals, and facing them, stands a ' long building divided ante store rooms, kitchen and dining rooms for the officers and ' guards, s-ilooping quarters for the guards, and three for ttwiHiW-AlJan f"'lur't!'bavt beeii dughltWMlpply'tW ao'tintlartee of fairly good water, The buildings are all being whitewashed. No garbage of any description is left iu the camp, not won dish water; everything is carried out into the sand 'hills. and burned or buried. .No precautions have been neglnctcd lo secure perfect sanitation, aiuTtho; results are gratifying. The inmates are all in excellent health. The food supply is abundant, consisting of beef and pork from Wailuku. tarn from Waihee, potatoes from Kula and rice from tliclCentennial. The mimhcr -md nationality of the ininates'is as follows: 17(1 Japanese. 1011 Chinese, 43 miscellaneous; total. :-!'12. of whom (8 are women ntl .VJ- children. On Thursday afternoon. (IS inmates were brought from houses in the in fected district of Kahului and placed iu Camp Wood. On the next morn ing their residences, household goods and clothes were burned, thus clenr iuo out the whole block in which the plague originated. AMUSEMENTS AT CAM I' WOOD. Superintendent Atkinson of th" de tention camp hu:j -endeavored to lighten the 'tedium of his guests as much as possible. The inmates of each corral are escorted down ito the beach every day and given an oppor tunity to gfi in bathing. An arena for wrestlin;; l'.-.utchc; Las been con structed nn-.l gaily decorated in the Japanese t rrr.l. Swings are being put up for the children in their quarh rs. A Japanese thca'tricul poiv.-nmoico is being rehearsed with a view to its early production. And Ctqiid, w!)iis no rcspcct:r of time or place, has been at his tricks. A wedding u announced f.r one day next week, at which Hay Wodehouse is to be best man. and tlje editorial staff of of the News have been asked to give away the bride. Over ouch corral floats the Hag of the natioir.iljiy wliit h occupy it. and in the coaler of the grounds ""Old Glory" dur.evA to. lLo brct':e. There is a generous rivalry between the differ ent r.atkinalHios as to whoso fh'g shall float the biglit. Dr. Garvin and Siipt. Atkinson Kay that "Old Glory" shall overtop, the others oven if thev have to vd toreon for the long est pine tr(V in t'..i -wcb-Ioot State. IJoth Dr. Ciarvio 'and Supt. Atkiu cn dc!reTo 'express' their profound sense er thankfulness t the people of Mi.ui, the halloa vrolaily, who haw -.. generously d'm'Aed ( r a'nl cloth- ing to the inmates of Camp'Wood. Hut .fiir.these donations, there would have been -actual sufi'eting in spite of the p limits of the Hoard of Health. The camp Sh thoroughly disinfected every day as v.ell as the limited means on hand will permit, although there is a scarcity of disinfectants. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the guards at Kahului and Camp Wood for their untiring zeal. At Camp ood Chas. Wagner is captain of the guards, of whom there are twelve, sbc of whom are always a: duty. A number of .the guards, residents of placet; other tthan Kahului, have gone into volantary qurantinc at "Camp Thomas," at the end of which they will return to their homes. Dr. Garvin says they can leave quarantine on Sunday without the least danger of spreading the infec tion. It is to bo sincerely hoped that the people of AVailuku will ac cept Dr. Garvin's view of the case and offer no .opposition to their re turn here. Latest. Kahi:m:i, Feu. 24, 1900. No deaths and no suspicious crses since Sunday, Feb. USth. General health of people at detention camp excellent. C. L. Gab.vix, Agent Hoard of Health. JAPANESE CONSUL ACTS. Directs Alaul Laborers to Obey Orders of Health Board. Miki.fcaito, Japanese Cosul-General at Honolulu, has issued the following proclamation, copies of which have been sent to Maui: Whereas, The bubonic plague has been reported'ulT KaKului, Maui, and the further spread of tbjs disease may be Very etrwKntuf tortile Industries 'aha ' commerce of th Hawaiian' Is lands, as well as to the health of the JapaiuHta subjects therein, a I hereby isuo this my oilical notification ftTall Japanese subjects on the Island of Maui, as undermentioned. This being entirely a matter of precaution in sanitary science, and life itself being involved. I herein" order Japanese subjects to conform to the authority of managers and to the oilicprs of the Hoard of Health: 1 . Tha t the' shall strictly observe the orders and instructions, which may be issued, from time to time, bv those in authority, and shall refrain from obstructing in any way the reasonable regulations issued by officers or managers. 2. That they shall not leave their plantations for simple convenience. 3. That If the- Japanese subjects have any representations or coin- plaint lo'inake to the managers or those iu authority, no matter what it bo, they shall appoint two delegates, say out of every one hundred to whom they shall leave the settloi.ie.nt of the matter; and iu no case shall Japfcno.se subjects go in numbers to urge anything either at the offices of the manager or residence of any persons in authority. 4. That t'.iey shall, in so far as they may be able .to d' so, refrain from buying or eating provision, or in using dry goods, or any olh.ir mer chandise which may have come through Honolulu. 3. That all contract laborers shall carefully observe the instruc tions and regulations which their re spective emigration companies may issue on their behalf. In addition to the foregoing. I may add that 1 shall secure circulars of sanitary instruction, issued .y the J ; panose Medical Society in Hono lulu, whk-h will be forwarded at the earliest possible opportunity, to bo distributed to Ja'p.iiK-t o subjects at various plantations and other places in Maui. (Signed) MIKISATTO. II. I. Japanese Majesty' Consul. "Mamma, please gimme a drink of water; I'm so thirsty." ."No; you're not thir.-ity. Turn over arI gi to s'eop." A pause. "Mucijn.t, won't you please give me a drink? I'm :;) thirsty." "If you don't turn over and go to sleep I'll get up and whip you!" .Another pause. ".Mamma, won't Vou please gimiii" adfLik vhcu vi get ,u get up to vhip n it? A Uulac In Snlnry. Pome .veins iii;o I'oiiis P. IIuntlnfT tim's prlvntc secretary. Mr. Miles, ask pj for nn Increase of nlnry. "Io you nicil any more innnojf?" finked Mr. Hiiutlnctiiii IlioiiKlit fully. "No, sir, I don't exactly need It," re plied Mr. Miles, -but. mill. I'd be glad to bo Rett Ins rt little more." "Ah ti it ii i -in-1: Jf mused hl' employ er. "Can you pet nloinr without the advance for the present V" "Oli, yon," answered tlin scrretary. I Kucis so," nn.l the matter was drop ped. A couple of yonm later a new boy ap peared at tlie Miles home, and theiec relary thought flie time propitious to renew the application. "Why, iny ilear lir." said Mr. Huntington when lie heard him through, "I raised your sal ary when. you asked me before." "I never heard anything about It," said the secretary In amazement. 1 "J.'i-ohahly not," returned Mr. Hunt ington. "In fact, I used that money to buy a piece. of property .for yoi). I'd Just let it stand for awhile If 1 wore you." .Mi". Miles thanked hlin warmly and retired somewhat mystified. Shortly after Mr. Huntington called' him Into his private otHce. "i'.y the way, Miles," he said, "I have sold that real estate ot .yours at a pretty itfood advance. Hero is the chock." ''he amount was $.10,000. The prop erty was part of n larp' section pur chased by tlie railway king as an In vestment for his wife. San l-'rauclsco ArKouaut. A l.lrc Bird on tier Ila-t. One Chicago girl's hat made a sensa tion la the women's lunchroom at the Auditorium yesterday. She came In from Michigan avenue and stopped for a moment In the parlor. While there she noticed a -young sparrow flutter In through the open window and wheel oneo or twice around the room. She felt It brush against her hat la its lllght, but thought no more of it and passed on Into tlie lunchroom. She had picked en the bill of fare nnd was reading ft when she felt that some one was watching her, and. glancing around, she discovered that she was a focusing point for all the eyes la the Immediate vicinity. Cf course she blushed and colored up and began to wonder at- tho cause of the people's Interest. '-.lust then tho waiter, who had been hovering around, noticed her confusion and, bending down, whispered, "rahdon me, miss, but.ilnh's a live buhd on yo' hat'." And then instead of going Intolhys-v.-ilcs she calmly said: "Thank -you. Will you please shoo It off?" Anil the waiter "shooed" the sparrow toward u nearby window, while Mho owner of the hat fixed It on straight and proceeded to order her luncheon. Chicago News. Good He Didn't Accept. During the second Hreyfus court martial. M. Quesnay do ltcaurcpahv, M-prcslUciit of the civil section of the rour do eaBsation. who was ' bitter against f?i necusd captain, received a. very polite Mter dated from the Chateau. Ue Jrefuisler, near Not, cliatol, in ' Stvltxerinnd. hnd signed. "A do Pwfargler." praising hira for his efforts In the Dreyfus ease and in viting til in to come nud stay at the writer's residence. " M. de lteamvpaire replied In his usual llowery style, saying he would contiure the struggle as long as he had strength, nnd that he would remain at the brciu'h like a valiant soldier to Pin an example of duty to (iod and the fatherland, even should he stand alone. He did not positively decline tho invi tation, holding out hopes that some day he might tveo to accept It. The Chateau de I'icfargier Is the lunatic asylum for Neuchatel. St. 'Paul's Uud'jct. llnn'i Million Yearo. According to tlie conclusions of Mr. A. H. Kcsno. a well known Eugllsh ethnologist, the lirst creatures that could properly be called men appeared on the earth In what geologists know as the .pliocene period, soniewhero about n million years ago. The pre cursor of man, Mr. Kcane thicks, was some such apelike creature as the Pithecanthropus erect us, discovered by Dr. Dubois in .lava a few years ago. Pour varieties of men were developed: Homo ethiopicus in Africa south, of the equator. Ilolno mongolictis lu cen tral Asia, Homo americauus in the aiew world- and Homo owx-aslcus in northern Africa, l'roiji those the exist- lug races are descended. Deceptive 'over. It Is safest, iu London secondhand bookstalls at least, to look Into tl book before buying it. A London bookseller has confessed In court that ho and oth ers had Ihe habit of 'buying up old books and sticking covers on 'em." It appears that the plaiutiff had found on buying "Nicholas Nickh'by" and "Oliver Twist" that 'there was never a word about Nicholas and Oliver In them. low lie Uot It. "I." said the gruff old merchant to the young niau who wanted to go a a jr for a week, "have worked here for 'i years without n vacation." "Yes. 1 know It. That's why I want "to get away. Hut for the horrible ex ample you present I might bo willing to work on and on without a " Lot it KullU-e to nay that he got his. vacation. Chicago Times-Herald. ImprcNtJCd. "Isn't It awe Inspiring;" said the 'youth with tendencies tovoiril tho sub lime, "to think of this earth r;;.;hlng forward on Its track, superior to n!l human directum and beyond nil re st mint?" "Yes," answered the fair girl softly nflor n long pause. "It makes i.;e think of my new automobile." .-Washington Star. A Fmiions Distillery. The poor receive all the profits of one of the most famous distilleries in the world, that which Is connected with the monastery of St. llruno, lu the department of Dauphlno, which Is better known as J.a Grande Char treuse. The distillery Itself Js.i con siderable, distance from the iwonas tery, but iticlnuds on la ml b?loiigliija to tlie order, although the Preach gov eminent has a claim over it. j ' The monks of St. P.runo, although they are sworn to. poverty, have con trol of an Industry which .produce about jpi.1o.0tHi a year protll. (Of this one-third goes as a contribution tj the fund known as Peter's ponce. Aa -other portion is devoted to tlie main tenance of hospital, and the l'onmindVr is devoted to subsidizing poor ehurchtw throughout Prauce and to the per-i soiial relief of poor applicants, without distinction of church or creed. It la interesting to note that those who have control of this lucrative business nro expressly forbidden by their vows to carry on a trade which could result lu a profit to themselves. Many attempts have been made to purchase the business, one notably by tlie ItothschJhls, tint atl have rfailed, because the heads of the ort!-r consider that they are .not justilied iu selling tlaw' business to a tlrui that would make a personal profit by it. Cincinnati Va iiuirer. Know When Tlicr Unve Ennnicn. The llama, that docile animal wliifh wt'S the beast of burden lu Peru in prehistoric times and played the part that was asslgued to his consiu, the ciiiuel. lu P.gypt aud Arabia, Is still -seen lu large numbers In the mountain -districts, but. he cannot live lu tho wanner latitudes along the coast. H Is docile, eudurUig and sure footed. Tin can go a long time without water and food and chews the cud of contentment when other animals are lu distress be cause of the temperature of the rare fied atmosphere found lu the vndcan plateaus. A llama will carry J00 pounds nnd no more, and If you add nn onio-e to his load lie will lie down and wait un til. It Is taken off. He knows wheu ho lias enough, aud there Is no use In try- ' lug to argue with him. The native In dians have learned this by the experi ence of gcu'j:it Ions, .and w hen a llama lies down they immediately unstrap and diminish his burdcti without mak ing any fuss about it. Then, when he is .satisfied that lie has been given no more than his share, he climbs oil to his hoofs again aud follows the moun tain trail for days aud weeks at a time without murmuring or slipping or for getting his good manners. Chicago Itecord. A Itnther Xovel Complaint. Au Knglish traveler once mot a com panion, sitting In a state of the. most', woeful despair and apparently noor the last agonies, by the side of one of the mountain hikes of Switzerland. lie inquired the cause of his sufferings. "Oh." said the latter, 'tl -was very hot and thirsty aud took a (large draft of the clear water -of the ilakc -uml then -sat down on this stone to consult my.. pruidchook. To my astonishment, tI fouhd that the water of this lake la very poluoons! oh, I am a gone man I feel iCjintbina: all over me. 1 have only a few luluutcs to live! lleuiein bor "tne to" . , "Let uie'see the guidejutok." tuikl Ms e..t...,.i rr.. ...t... .1... .m louiiii, ieiiu uu.inc, est uicnomi8-L soneuse" ("The water of this ' lakhr-- n bounds- in hsh l. '' " "Is that the moaning of It V 'Certainly. . , The dying man looked up with a ra diant couutenance.- ".What would. have, become of you'." wild Ibis friend, "'If "l had not met yon?" -- "I should have died of Imperfect knowledge of the French language." One Too Many Var the Dcn-t. A well known dean of Norwich bit's the following good story against lilui- e.:r: Some few weeks ago he came to a stile lu n field which was occupied by a farm l.ul, who was eating his broad and bacon hrj -'.i. The boy niude no attempt to allow his reverence to pass, so was duly lec tured for his lack of manners. "You sivin. my lad, to be bettor fed than taught." "Very like," answered the lad. slic ing off a plect of bacon, "for ye teaches Ol, but Ol feeds niosclf.''.-Londuu.Au--swers. . .' ITow lie tint Exercise, Lord Palnierstoii used a clever ex pedient for coercing himself into little regular daily exorcise. It was his custom when lu govern ment positions to have his Inkstand placed li'Mt a table several yards away from the desk at which ho worked, so that he had lo walk be vera I paces for each ilip of ink. ( He attributed his maintenance of sturdy health and jaunty .maimer un der tlie trying conditions of ollico rou tine to this simple practice, as also lil t habit of performing all work standing. Iteitdy Auatver. "Papa, what is the meaning of the word "candelabra?'" asked rmuiuy Su.'i'.'gs, who was doing his "home work." "That's easy. Sammy." roplit 1 Mr Siiaggs. "The word explains lo elf. A cKiuly laborer Is a workman lu a cain'.v factory." Pittsburg Chro:ile'i.'-Tc!u. graph. . ' This old world lit bes t U only Tin av v!l and life u sort of Plutonian bla--s:::!'.!i, that, with at.ving blov.-. ti-;;:-a us into form. T"'c l.h "V X'n' l hurU'tiiM'iOi.-t li:ay t!h::pe ua be-!. 1 never "'lis. va to 'calumnies. I. If they are tliitit'e f rim the rLk lus deceived, otld'lt liey .are t hating people not V.oi'll til about. Moi.tt-squleu. w