17 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
1
Kingston police estimate 1200 dead with several hundred injured and about 10000 homeless after a powerful earthquake in Kingston England. Much of the city’s buildings are ruined and harbor shores are subsiding. A battery at Port Royal has sunk and damage runs to tens of millions. Earthquake shocks were also felt in Switzerland and Austria.
HT Wille recounts Kingston’s 18th century beginnings and a tremor that shook the city. He recalls a reporter’s interview at the Mount Hotel and describes streets, harbor, and the blufflike plain where Kingston might rise, noting Port Royal’s fate and a vision of Kingston built on a small plane with a waterfront layout like Honolulu.
Sugar market report from San Francisco shows beet sugar at 3.84 cents per pound with 934d price quotation and a prior quote of 8s 9d. The notice lists beets, analysis, and price movements as of January 1.
Fragmented report notes Sun's rebellion success in China and political actions in Hawaii. References Supreme Court rulings on naturalization, and a Hawaii Promotion Committee update with travel plans and personnel changes.
A letter reports a fund for Chinese victims of famine or disaster. Officials named in the letter promise to collect and forward donations, claiming many subscribers are ready to aid by forwarding funds soon. The message expresses hope that money will reach those afflicted in the near future.
Advertises a daylight excursion to Konalava flow with ticket sales ending Friday at noon. Mentions Dr Goodie treating leper ward patients with encalyptine oil and notes jurors in Judge De Bolts Court scheduled next Monday morning.
A notice urges securing valuables in a fireproof vault with a private room to inspect papers. It promotes a $5 yearly rate for a key access, warning against loss of documents to theft and emphasizing the benefits of a safe deposit box.
Skylark displays grassroot values of 12 to 820 per ton gold in Goldfield’s premier position among the district’s mines. It lies near Great Bend with nearby claims Daisy ve tem and GOLDFIELD SKY. LARK property includes two stocks at 1.00 and 2.00. Surface work reveals three parallel vein structures in porphyry country with face ground rivaling Mohawk and neighboring producers.
Fifty Kauai excursionists returned from Kaw to witness two lava flows across Kahuku toward the sea, apparently from the same source. Twenty two hikers approached the advancing flow at about thirty feet per hour, a half mile offshore. The land under the new flow is described as worthless. The Claudine steamer will transport another party this Sunday to view the scene as more travelers plan to take the opportunity.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to appropriate money for two battleships and more destroyers. The message comes as wartime naval build up dominates Washington days.
A garbled notice mentions Sueama Korea and Morin O68 rants with names like Hise Lauieter and Conley, a coast guard review in the Philippines, and travelers from Mania to Washington. It references Bennett of Detroit, Frank Griffith of Los Angeles, and J G Coolidee linked to American navigation at Peking, with routes toward Washington. The text is fragmented about a tour to China and assignments for diplomatic or government roles.
The Henry Waterhouse Trust Co. offers a secure safe deposit vault with individual boxes or compartments that can be opened only by the owner in the presence of the superintendent. Boxes rent for four dollars per year, promoting safer storage of valuables.
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