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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1899
Page
11
An ad promises washing, pressing, repairs, and mail order tailoring for a month with refunds if unsatisfied. Includes hat cleaning, weekly delivery from H. T. Suaw & Co. at 14 Fort Street. Also reports a quiet title suit by T. R. Mowsman over Kalehon lands and a police court assault case against Joe Hoopukua with a questionable chinaman incident.
Weather clear with light winds and a busy list of vessels departing and arriving. Ships including Nippon Maru and Transit report journeys from San Francisco while others sail to Yokohama Hongkong and Kaapaa with cargoes of sugar and ballast.
The Canal Commission considers canal work and personnel announced a week ago. Lieutenant Sidney A Staunton and other officers, including J O Jones Thomas F P Bolts Haat Jeary Stanford A Harris and W O G Magruder join the expedition. Four more men will sail from New York by Saturday. The old commission work winds down as Treasury rules limit remaining appropriations.
The British plan to link Vancouver and Australasia by telegraph advances with the Egeria surveying coastlines and preparing for the voyage to Honolulu. The Egeria, under Commander Smyth, will coal and resume work in about a week, with crew including Lieutenants Boyle Somerville Learmonth and Simson, Paymaster Kamen, Surgeon Bradley, Engineer Campbell, and boatswain McGeachy. Meanwhile Spanish talks on releasing prisoners near Manila progress slowly, pending Spanish government approval. Detailing ongoing negotiations and potential ransom terms, the article notes Aguinaldo’s decree promising civilian officials’ and others’ release.
During my absence from these Islands L. G. Maddox has full power of attorney to act on my behalf, tabost Charles Lind.
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