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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
6
The Lawson Trophy Cup honors a Boston yachtsman with a silver bowl over twenty five inches long and weighing more than TC pounds. It features a Triton and an American yacht motif with ten engravings detailing historic yacht races and the winning yachts, culminating in a dramatic back with delphines and a display of the American yacht.
The inventor Marconi visits Cape Spear to inspect potential sites for a wireless telegraph station linking America and England. He plans a fully equipped transmit receive station by midsummer with another on the Massachusetts coast. He faces an injunction threat from the Anglo American Telegraph Company over exclusive telegraph rights in Newfoundland and dependencies.
Washington December 16 The Kahn exclusion bill is under Attorney General review in the lands department and will be returned tomorrow to a committee with AG office suggestions. After printing it will be discussed again by the Pacific Coast delegation and introduced after the holidays. The committee accepted Coombs amendments, removing provisions including denying Chingy’s right to habeas corpus. Ali Faym says amendments are unsatisfactory but the bill is strong and likely to be favorably reported by the Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Hitt.
Rockefeller presents another million to the University of Chicago, founded ten years ago, raising his total gifts to about $10,000,000. The announcement was made before students, faculty, and friends at Studebaker Mall during the fortieth convocational exercises. The gift dated December 4, 1901, includes $1,000,000 for increased endowment and $250,000 for current expenses, with receipts of other benefactions bringing total future gifts to $1,600,000.
John D. Rockefeller, back at his Tarrytown residence, shows a altered appearance with a shaved moustache making him look thinner and more frail. His health has weakened since earlier vigor as he endures long work days at Pocantico to regain strength, subsisting on crackers and skimmed milk after exercise in cold conditions.
Sun Lions Cal Dec 1 The north and southbound Southern Pacific Coast Limited trains collided head on at Uplands at 1 05 this morning. Fireman and baggage man killed. Four injured in wreck. baggage car of northbound train burned. Crew escaped. passengers unharmed or only lightly injured. Fire destroyed baggage car and engine area. Passengers rushed to safety and assisted crews. many continued journey later.
A letter dated December from Captain w John Coff at Morocco states a full blood Arabian horse is expected to reach him by December 1 and will be shipped to Washington for President Roosevelt. The notice also records marriages and a birth in the city in December 1901 with brief family details.
Beth Low pledges oath to become mayor of New York City in the Buijireme Court accepting the office on January 1. The ceremony is scheduled for the afternoon with officials present in the official proceedings.
An old timey warning style ad touts a remedy claimed to counteract colds and storms with a teaspoon of pain killer in water. It asserts sixty years of worldwide use and urges postage paid. The text is crude, featuring odd spellings and dubious claims about health effects.
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