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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
8
A district teacher cites a parent's note as excuses for a child’s absences. The text shows misspellings and broken phrases about a school police meeting, illness, and promise the child will attend tomorrow. The fragment reflects difficulties in parental communication and attendance issues.
The Examining Board of the National Guard of Hawaii was recently appointed and will meet as soon as possible to examine candidates. An election for first lieutenant of Company F, N. G. H. will be held Tuesday night next.
The Wilder 8. 8, Co. sues Kamalo Sugar Co. Lt. in Avsampal court for $81 with interest, alleging labor performed by plaintiff for defendant in transporting passengers and freight.
Manila businessmen expect gains from wartime trade policies in the Orient. The act lets merchants export duty paid canned goods and foodstuffs temporarily, with a customs certificate enabling imports of the same value, to balance competition with China coast merchants. Exports must be entered before May 1, 1904.
The Gaelle steamship from San Francisco arrived at Pacific Mall wharf after heavy head winds and seas. Passengers include three war correspondents J R Macalder Wickham and others. notable travelers include John Fowler U S Consul Chefoo and English nobleman Sir Bryan Baldwin Leighton. Cargo lists 1100 tons of flour and 400 tons of lead destined for Shanghai with five tons of shoe nails for the Japanese army quartermaster.
Officers Renear and Miki spent yesterday afternoon and forenoon locating stolen items from Av the wholesale burglar. Japanese youths helped identify places where loot was disposed, with many articles found and confiscated including a coal sack, a large millroy, cut glassware, a ladder, two oil paintings, four frames, and several framed photographs. The goods were traced to source locations and recovered.
A partial sale proceeds report notes about $200 raised with Asa involved and a partner not yet located, with claims of further items disposed of by an unnamed man in connection to the matter.
Judge Dole examined several Portuguese laborers not yet citizens and delaying their American citizenship applications. John Costa sought citizenship to reclaim his road department job, but the judge regarded that motive as insufficient. The proceedings showed literacy likely affecting eligibility and up to a court date set for Tuesday morning. Kodakery promotion follows.
Weather notes from February 18 show clear to partly cloudy skies, mild temperatures with a midday high near 77, humidity around 90 percent, and a rainfall of .74 inches. Arrivals list ships and passengers including Guelle Finch from San Francisco and Doric Smith from the Orient, with numerous vessels en route or at port and passenger lists for Nawlilwill, Kolo, and other Maui ports.
A two week assumpant trial before Judge Gear ended with a hung jury in the Capital Building Co versus Henry Waterhouse & Co dispute. Jurors stood seven to five at 10 pm and were discharged without a verdict. The other matter, Wilder's Steamship Co against W H Pain, opened with Kinney McClanahan Cooper for the plaintiff and Brockens Stanley for the defendant.
A listing covers beef and lamb dishes such as rump steak tenderloin and lamb chops, plus pork, liver, kidney dishes, eggs and coffee options. It notes lunch from 11 to 2 and dinner from 4 30 to 8 with weekly board rates and dinner and lunch prices.
Superintendent Holloway told Bulletin that after a Board of Health meeting he visited Karth and concluded not to sell the rock crusher at the quarry behind the insane asylum. He found ample stone at Kermohamohs School for Public Works needs and will move the machinery there at an estimated cost around 2500. The Bulletin notes upcoming Punch and Judy and Orpheum events in Saturday supplement.
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