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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1899
Page
4
Appearances hint Kinney will petition as Ben stock firmings loom. Honolulu faces potential press from San Francisco syndicates in local stock dealings while Central America enjoys revolutions. Minister Cooper enters school construction, stirring debate on foreign funds and Hawaii contracts.
A note on exchanges with Japanese youths studying American business practices. The text suggests Japanese mercantile houses send young Americans to Japan and that American influence may shape Japanese practices, with bloodlines and lineage implied as a factor in ultimate success.
Residents agree a crematory building would benefit the city. The path forward requires wealthy individuals or a fraternal group to form an association and erect the facility, a public-spirited project worthy of the city's attention.
Walter Schumann reports to the State Department on a German savings bank sawable in use in several German cities. The plan deposits weekly, even as little as one cent, via letters or in person, with a passbook and receipts. Deposits balance at year end, with withdrawals settled then.
The text notes deposits and balances at a banking system from 1807 to 1898, with $197,030 owed to 456 depositors in 1807 and $112,663 to 5,263 depositors in 1896, rising to 5,700 depositors and a weekly deposit of 3704 in 1898. It argues the system benefits ordinary savers and could be copied by local institutions.
In a Police Court session ten Chinese clerks from two city law offices faced charges. Cho Sau was found guilty of using profane language and fined 2 with costs after a long hearing. Chuilling represented the defendant and Davison prosecuted.
The Home Bakery Co the Fort street reopens today as a first class family restaurant after extensive interior refit. The former Hatchin grocer space is now integrated with seating and a short order menu. A twenty five cent lunch is offered from 10 to 2 and a fifty cent dinner from 5 to 7. management promises energetic service and value for the mercantile community.
Inspector General Townsend invites teachers and others to a free lecture at 8 o clock next Monday in the Y M C A ball. The speaker Miss Long will discuss public schools and reading. Miss Long, a Portland volunteer and Northwest lecturer, will share guidance on improving thought expression.
The big minstrel show opens at the Big Tent tomorrow evening with a Thursday and Friday run. Twenty five performers present finished art. The Manila acrobats and Rosa the favorite join new specialties. Every seat is numbered and on sale at the tent at popular prices.
In Paris on February 11 a Chinese Legation attaché shot Secretary Lien Young, believing he faced persecution, and then committed suicide. Police investigate motive and circumstances surrounding the incident at the legation in Paris.
Odagaki, envoy for the Mitavi family of Japan, which controls over 50 million dollars in interests, visits Seattle to recruit bright American youths aged 15 to 25 for training in Oriental business methods. He says rising Japanese U S trade will require American managers and superintendents familiar with American ways. The plan aims to send educated youths to Japan and China to prepare for future expansion.
A late Marine Hospital Service update for four weeks ending Jan. 27 shows a marked smallpox rise nearly coast to coast. States report Alabama 114, Georgia 300, Nebraska 350, Texas 128, Virginia 106, New York 3, Hawaii cited as travel hub with no cases. Washington notes rising vaccination resistance. Hawaii remains free. House Commerce Committee plans favorable action on revenue cutter service efficiency bill, with three quarters pay retirement for officers.
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