17 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1898
Page
1
The advertisement extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a thoroughly reliable alterative. It claims effectiveness for scrofula boils ulcers pimples blotches and other afflictions while also aiding digestion liver vigor nerves and general strength. It asserts physicians favor the preparation and that no other blood purifier matches its demand.
A broad summary covers Britain planning a mortgage on China, German and Japanese actions, and U.S. views on the Eastern situation. Reports note Spain, Russia, France, and British diplomacy, with Berlin and London dispatches on naval and colonial interests. Domestic items cover a military muster in Makiki, inspections, reviews, and related ceremonies, plus local notices and ads for tires and framing services.
A reader asks how much is saved if a cheap baking powder ruins a cake. The ad promises your money back if Schilling's Best does not satisfy at the grocer's, urging caution on cost versus result.
Durrant hanged at San Quentin for Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams murders. News notes ships, a 12,000,000 dollar menhaden oil trust forming, silver shipments to Europe, and new Sunday gambling debates in Greater New York. Also reports of navy yard reprimands, Klondike minors, and Pacific cable proposals to Hawaii Japan and Australia with subsidies and free government messages after twenty years.
Marky Tarh ill 18 from Weh returns with Harry Torrill and Desky after visiting San Francisco. Tarh ill, friend of coast wheelmen Allen Jones and D L Conkling, plans first appearance at the opening next Saturday night. Also notes customs staff reshuffle led by Port Surveyor Stratemeyer with several inspectors reassigned or discharged.
Manager W J Lowrie of Ewa and his son Walter returned by Moana from Vieit to the States. They visited the big eastern plantations, then traveled south. In Louisiana they inspected principal plantations and collected ideas on machinery and cultivation.
Oakland proprietor Pairchild George Bi writes from Oakland that he will arrive in Honolulu by the steamer Australian. His first move is to extend the business house here and convert space for hotel use. The Tregloan side of the building has already been leased.
Mentant Dance Tontent reports the Henlini boat house ready for the evening dance with expectations of a large turn out. The arrangements committee is led by Gray and BOB Oat, forming the organizing group for the event.
Six inmates were granted clemency in a ceremony at Ona Prison yard. Attorney General Swithh read the documents as Marshal Brows and others observed. The freed men included David Ila and Naoue, Hawaiians, with terms ranging from one to six years, plus other convicts such as W. B. Anderson, T. B. Walker, Jokuina Kekua, Geronime Moemoe, and Mass, all noted for past crimes and current statuses in Hawaii.
Private advices from Washington indicate growing support for annexation with the administration aiming for a national issue. Senators gain Democratic recruits, boosting treaty odds before the final vote. Hart & Co. Limited stockholders meet and declare a 2 percent dividend. officers are reseated.
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