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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
1
A local figure charges that the Advertiser misrepresented his words in recent coverage. He asserts the reporting distorted his statements and calls for clarification or correction from the newspaper. He provides context and seeks a public response.
Chaplain Kant Schwartz of the New York Volunteer Infantry defends a Reveille editorial about postmortem information. He clarifies a hospital clerk’s reply to a death inquiry and cites the Post Adjutant as the sole source for soldier records after death. The note underscores sensitivity of military information and condemns misreporting. The British bark Williscott, from Vancouver, arrives with 3447 tons of coal for Hackfeld & Co, 26 days from Port Angeles.
The City of Columbia, surveyed under a warrant by Wm. Haywood, shows a leak and extensive decay. Surveyors estimate the voyage to San Francisco would cost about 10 000 for temporary repairs and outline necessary strengthening and bottom repairs, with fixtures and timbers to be added when the vessel can be docked.
Tomorrow night at the Orpheum a benefit program will aid the Columbia crew in need. The program features Prof Berger's orchestra and a cast of volunteers including Mike Caroline Makawalu, the Misses Kolina, Chas. Kent, Mra I Alapai, Polyde, Tobin of Bennington, Cineograph War pictures, and the Kawaihan Quin tutte club. Gifts were presented to crew leader Wray Taylor and Hawaiian Hotel manager P M Lucas, while Christmas dinners graced the Hawaiian and Arlington hotels.
Paris signs protocol extending Niger Convention ratification to six months. Mystic Lodge No. 2 elects officers for the year, with install and banquet planned. A Cleveland wheel stolen from a veranda on King Street. barefoot footprints found. Cricket match set for January 2 with Hewett likely to play. Dividend notices list several company payouts.
Judge Perry referred the steamship City of Columbia accounts to master D H Cane to report on all claims against the vessel and set sale date with upset price. Fees for libel attorneys were debated, with Mon day Jan 1 trial date noted and various individuals named in assignments, guardianships, and probate actions.
Special Agent Sewall replied today to letters from importing houses seeking explanations of a Washington attributed statement. Hackfeld had not seen the reply, Swanzy declined to comment. A newspaper note said there was no secret, but businessmen discussed the matter openly. A break in at J J Egan's store was attempted, but the thief fled. The schooner Moi Wahine calls for Hatuwkua ports. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ meets in Milan Hall with services in Hawaiian and English, including a sermon titled The Eleventh Hour Oath, inviting all to attend.
A critical review of Mary H. Krout’s Hawaii in the Crisis of 1893 recounts two visits to the islands, praising vivid descriptions and illustrations while faulting overlong travel detail and political gossip. The author critiques Hawaii’s depiction, the omission of key roles in the Spanish-American War, and sensationalized scenes of Honolulu infrastructure during wartime.
Dorie snila at 10.00 Friday and tomorrow at 1 o’clock noon Jane F. Morgan will sell by public auction at the executive building King after a lot of fwoches and tables. See Morgan's Auction Sales page. A calendar eye catching date 16. H Lose agent for North America Sua Co of Philadelphia distributed among business houses and newer papers with blotters. Handy calendar of New Zealand five Lesurance Co also distributed by him.
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