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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1896
Page
4
Friday January 17, 189 will be observed as a national holiday with all government offices closed. King, Minister of the Interior, announces the holiday and urges observance.
Sealed tenders will be received on Friday, January 10, 19%, by the Minister of Financed for printing and binding the Annual Report of the Department for year 5. Bids specify per page cost and binding style. Copies of the sample style and terms are available by application to the Registrar of Public Accounts.
A Board of Education circular reiterates secular policy in public schools. It notes no public money or land for sectarian use and stresses non sectarian teaching, morning prayers, and moral instruction. It urges clerical use of schoolhouses after hours for optional religious instruction and warns against profanity and intoxicants on premises.
Observations note a proposed Australian land development to buy equipment in England with Indianapolis firms supplying the whole plant. Profits to fund Hawaiian industrial growth depend on local stock uptake, while a transient resident may push a land deal without subscriptions. The Time’s holiday issue is delayed but will soon publish a comprehensive year-in-review.
August 19 report of Owney the canine traveler arriving in New York aboard the Fort Missip steamer from Yokohama. The dog’s bark and presence drew attention as the ship reached its home port and the story notes the delay and the ship’s voyage ending.
A crowd at Inter-island wharf watches President Dole depart for Hawaii with Mrs Dole and officials including Colonel Soper and Major Potter. The trip aims to assess roads forestry and land needs for future legislation, with Senator Waterhouse and Inokew of the Land Department joining. The Baltimore crew salutes from the deck as the launch departs.
At the Judiciary building on Saturday sales of lands and leases were held. Multiple Maui and Molokai parcels sold to various bidders including M Phillips & Co and D B Murdock with upset prices ranging up to 226.30. Leases for fish ponds at Ponhalu Ewa and Ualapue Molokai were also auctioned with upset prices of 100 and 50 respectively. C J H Boyd, clerk of the Land Office, conducted the sale.
Time notes Mr Hayne aims to smear past sins to stain the group but the better classes of Honolulu ignore the foul attacks. He presses on with an unpublished issue while opponents dismiss the accusations as filth and irrelevant.
Claus Sparckn.s argues for expanding beet sugar in California to boost prosperity. He cites benefits to farmers, manufacturers, and the state economy, praising local production, employment, and population growth. He envisions future investments in beet sugar factories to stimulate demand for home products.
Skipper the 60 f Hamas Graham, manager of the Club Stables, vanished from the city and sailed with the Australia yesterday. He did not secure a passport or buy a ticket, leaving unsettled affairs behind, including a heavily indebted company. A committee led by Merk Rollosen and John T. Walker is examining the books to determine Graham’s responsibility and the company’s true financial state.
Before Judge Magoon a motion that defendant failed to answer timely was granted in the case of John Henry versus James Carty. Plaintiff noted exceptions to the order. Neumann and Creighton appeared for the plaintiff with Thurston and Stanley for the defendant. Judge Whiting had granted an extension of time to answer in the equity suit Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company versus Claus Spreckels.
The Judicial Appoint Justice Frear was sworn yesterday as First Associate Justice of the Supreme Court due to a departure by Australia that afternoon. Other appointees not sworn yet as one had not accepted. The Saturday newspaper note says the information was semi-official and premature.
Ninety nine applicants presented for enrollment in the night school last evening after examination and assignment to classes taught by Principal Lightstone and two assistants Miz Lych and Mre N B Emerson. Pupils included 62 Portuguese 10 Hawaiians 11 part Hawaiian 11 Chinese 18 Japanese and 2 American. Professors Alexander Scott W A Bowen Arm atroog Smith A T Atkinson and others interested attended.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o clock a private carriage and double team owned by L B Kerr collided with a milk wagon from Woodlawn dairy on Union street near Adama lane. The wagon pole crushed the carriage top, wrecking it. Mrs Kerr avoided injury by lowering her head. The wreck was moved to the engine house where Chief Hunt tended the ladies before they were sent to the steamer. The horses escaped with no serious injuries.
The Hawaiian Hardware Company promotes reloading outfits, shells, ammunition, rifles and pistols, plus loaner dogs for hunting trips around the holidays. It also advertises aluminum ware, silver and plated space, cut glass, lamps, and gifts, with a coming large shipment of Tribune wheels and other novelties arriving before Australia.
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