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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
6
Fragmented local notices mix prices, arrivals, and events across Hawaii and California including hotel rooms, shipments, and public services. Mentions the Hawaiian Trust Co, Leo Keane, and various ship arrivals, with scattered prices and dates.
Reports from cable lines indicate San Francisco suffered severe shock with Oakland, Santa Cruz, Monterey and several towns heavily damaged. Spreckels refinery destroyed while officials in New York say there is little cause for anxiety. Relatives of A W Bottomsey relay news to Bishop Co and Mishap & Go confirming Bottomsye’s family uninjured escape from the disaster and Glasgow message confirms his safe departure after the quake.
Cable from Bremen with details of a great San Francisco quake describes widespread destruction. The fire follows a fearful conflagration wiping out business districts and Chinatown. Water works damaged, attempts to fight the blaze hindered, miners' powder used to blow up buildings, and authorities exhausted in containment. A tremor struck on April 19.
A fragment reports Frisco cable staff in Honolulu, with Superintendent McKenna seeking a battery after a note from the general manager. The message, attributed to Gaines of New York, suggests battery failures and New York's attempt to intervene.
Fragmentary passage mentions Coutinho, Bam Mrawetaen, open air, court, London, 110,000,000, and travel plans. Details are garbled. unable to extract a coherent event, persons, or organizations with reliable dates or outcomes.
Telegraph workers restore service in the burned district as Oakland offices plan to open today. Mail and packages will be delivered to applicants only, with Oakland dispatches noting the city’s destruction and the ongoing clearance efforts.
A garbled compilation links tornadoes floods and storms to prophesied continental changes. Reports mention a tornado at Mivere Inlet, floods around Redding and Calexico, and a European meteorological warning tied to Courrieres mine disasters, with experts cautioning about broader climatic upheavals across the eastern hemisphere.
Public notice from the Treasurer Territory of Hawaii in Hawiian period 1906 demands applications by Monday May 7 for licensure and related permits. Includes official stamping and required processing through Campbell office.
A Waldenton reform discussion chaired by Superintendent Webbie and others reviewed proposed changes from the Teachers Committee. Recommendations included granting leaves, appointing teachers, and revising examinations to base scores on 100 percent. Debate noted differing views among committee members on exam reform and staffing.
Four Chinese defendants Wong Hon Wong Hock You Tong Tog and Chang Cheong are charged with conspiracy to violate immigration law. A demurrer hearing is set for next Monday before Judge Dole. Hawaiian couple Mokiah... and Malek Kahooole pleaded not guilty to a separate indictment. Bonds set at 1800 each. An English prisoner faced theft charges for removing a lead roof believed attached to realty. The case raised questions on property attachment as a legal principle.
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