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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1898
Page
5
President McKinley has signed the resolution admitting Hawaii as a state. The formal flag raising will occur in weeks, ending years of annexation battles. Supporters hail stable government and unity under the American guardianship, while opponents face new political realities.
Mr. Myers, cashier for Pacific departments of North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. of London and Greenwich Insurance Co. of New York, departs for field work in the Mari Pos a with Gear & Lansing as local agents. He treats the trip as a vacation and plans to use their office as his base.
The Bennington is preparing to depart, with Admiral Miller aboard the Philadelphia set to sail for Honolulu between the 20th and 26th. Commander Nichols retires due to illness, Lt Cmdr Moser to command the Bennington, and Lt Curtis to lead the Albatross. the Philadelphia is commissioned at Mare Island with Captain Wadleigh in command and a noted list of officers present.
President Dole told a born reporter he had no prior hint of his Commission appointment and knew nothing about a Governor post beyond Washington dispatches. He agrees with Beveriy on tariff duties. Congress can change duties on Hawaiian imports without waiting for Commission reports or ratification. He expects the commission to disturb Hawaii’s government as little as possible.
Minister Hatch attended the morning Cabinet session with the President and spoke to reporters after. He could not reveal details beyond what Coast newspapers carried and said the fate of annexation remained uncertain. War influence was less decisive than expected, with friends of annexation voting for the resolution regardless of treaty specifics.
Interior Office opened tenders for two Waimea road sections. Carl Jonsen won at 850 dollars. other bids included Kasikawaha 2600, Wilson and Whitehouse 1210, and Chas B Dwight 2086. Monday bids for a steel bridge over Wai mea stream awarded to Wilson and Whitehouse for 82016 to replace last spring’s wooden structure.
Mrs John Sumner known in Tahiti as na Ninito, aged 68, died at her Katia home at 2:30 this morning from heart failure and fever after a week of illness. Funeral from the Catholic Cathedral at 4 tomorrow afternoon. Deceased was first cousin to Prince Pomare of Tahiti and came to these Islands in 1848 with husband John Sumner, with travel between Tahiti and Hawaii.
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