03 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1899
Page
1
News from the Butte notes the Bleele plantation electric railway now operating with passenger facilities added to aid travel across the estate. The project boosts plantation value and may raise a sale price if the property is later sold.
The article describes Kaimuki as a popular new residence district once a favorite site for native lawns. It notes the area has pleasant breezes and many large homes being built, signaling a coming era of hospitality and social prominence.
Miss Nellie Sturtevant arrived in Australis but endured a long typhoid fever with two weeks of delirium. This morning she lay unconscious after the illness. She trained as a nurse at the German's Children Hospital in Oakland before leaving for Havana.
Judge Perry sustains demurrer in bill for insanation of George Harris and others against Bishop Willis. Complainants fail to show authority or valid grounds to restrain the bishop from ecclesiastical actions or revocation of pastor Alex Mackintosh’s license. Trustees not necessary parties. bill defective for lack of proper standing. Attorneys Kinney Ballon McClanahan for complainants. Hartwell and Thurston Carter for respondent.
Overtures from Hawaiian Hardware Co to Pacific Hardware Co arise as Pacific directors ready to consider a definite reposition aided by an inventory of Hawaiian assets. No progress has been reported on a planned augmentation of the Cummins block for Pacifico Hardware Co to house its expanded business after acquiring Castle & Onoke'a hardware stock and goodwill.
A large gathering of Kamehameha Alumni Association members in the association hall formed a committee of D Kanewanai Oscar Cox and W O Crowell to confer with W O Smith on the trastex decision about the proposed club house. The group will start work and schedule an entertainment at Kanehameha on the 16th to welcome new students.
In a Hilo district push, sugar stock investors eye Farther holdings near Olana and Puna with options on 10,494 acres amid coffee land. Plans place a mill near Keanu, with Thomas Thurston and Dr. Nichols confident climate and rainfall will support rapid cane production, while local merchants foresee robust growth and a modern transport upgrade in Hilo.
A serious night clash occurred in Kamanowai on Saturday morning when Salvado, a Central American, and Masee Kahalehili, a young native, fought and Kahalehili received a deep chest gash from a knife. Police, led by Lieutenant Opuaui, detained Salvado at his Queen Street room after he initially hid. Kahalehili is in hospital awaiting further treatment as the case awaits trial.
The Orpheem program drew a large crowd on Saturday as fans who booked seats enjoyed a witty farce. Jim Post, billed as President Dole, wore green paint brush whiskers with Joby Boyd as Collis P. Huntington and May Rahiley as a French landlady, delivering strong performances.
Clinton G Ballentyne manager of the Rapid Transit Co returns from the mainland with notes for the board on traction options. He favors compressed air or Brown underground contact system over overhead trolley, rejects underground conduit due to heavy runoff, expects New York’s air system to prove economical, and promises a substantial, high quality installation with heavy rails and modern patterns.
Dr Walter Maxwell has been appointed and confirmed as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Instruction in place of Mrs B F Dillingham who resigned from the position.
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