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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1905
Page
2
A chaotic mix of social events, sales, and town news. reports of meetings, cricket, and funerals, plus notices of prices and auctions. Mentions of Honolulu area locales, merchants, and charitable activities frame a snapshot of daily life with scattered specifics about vendors and parish affairs.
A compressed world brief from Washington and cities like St Petersburg and Tokyo. Headlines touch on Roosevelt’s peace efforts, Sweden’s stance on Norway, Russian riots, Japan’s occupation moves, Philippine rail proposals, and various incidents from morocco to New York. Multiple named places and figures noted.
A fragmentary note urges timely use of eye aids to prevent strain and future trouble. It speaks of two eyes and avoiding a third, mentioning a pair of Dlataes as necessary help and proper glasses to fit defects of sight.
United States and European capitals weigh détente amid Russian push for peace talks with Japan. Paris pessimism grows as Washington faces mixed signals from St. Petersburg. Battles flare in Manchuria as casualties rise and disasters hit across Michigan and Chile.
Section Director A M C Ashley reports on crop and weather for the ending June 1. The week brought warm temperatures and low trade winds with abundant rainfall. Normal conditions favored cane growth though light winds reduced yields in some areas. Water supplies are ample for planting, though low in windward Kanai. Harvesting of mature cane is slow as planting work is pushed. Pineapples show good progress, strawberries and coffee trees report good health, while pastures in Maui and Oahu need more rain. May 24 Carnegie Hero Commission awards grants to brave acts. $5,000,000 fund allocated, several widows receive assistance, total disbursements around $19,000 for Brockton factory survivors. jail records show 4, total retired 249, under investigation 169, nine granted.
Proposals to the Chairman Diatrick Koolaulon Road Board Oahu due noon June 22 1905 for a retaining wall along Government Road Hawala Diatelet Kahuku. Plans from Andrew Ada Chairman Koolailon Road Board or Supt of Public Works. Bid bond of 5.00 required, refundable. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
A dense list of firms and agencies appears, naming The Ewa Plantation Co The Waialua Agricultur The Kohala Sugar Co The Waimea Sugar Mill Co The Fulton Iron Works St Louis The Standard Oil Co The Geo F Blake Steam Pumps Weeton s Centrifugals The New England Life Insurance Co of Boston The Aetna Fire Insurance Co of Hartford Conn The Alliance Assurance Co of London. The notice seems to catalog agents and related companies in business relations with Castle & Cooke Ltd.
WM IRWIN president and manager MO D W M GIFRA H OM WHITH RICHARD IVERS AG LOVEKIN listed as commission agents for Deecanle Steamship Co Western Sugar Refining Co Cas comotive Works Newall Universal Mill Co manufacturers of National Cane Shredder Pacific Oil Transportation Co San Francisco New York and Philadelphia firms named for diversified manufacturing and shipping interests.
Bishop and Co bankers advertise transaction handling for travelers letters of credit issued on the Bank of California and N M Rothschilds London. They act as correspondents for American Express Company and Thos Gook & Co. Auditors and trustees in bankruptcy examined and reported on. Insurance department lists agents for fire marine life and other policies.
Wm. Irwin Claus Spreckels & Co Bankers Honolulu and San Francisco agents list includes the Nevada National Bank San Francisco and various London New York Chicago Paris and Australia banks. Mentions draw exchange, approved security, commercial credit, and prompt collections.
Subscribed capital totals $200000 with $100008 paid up. Cecil Brown savings deposits accrue interest at 41 2 percent per year. Rules and regulations available upon application.
The Yokohama Specie Bank in Honolulu reports capital subscribed Yen 24,000,000 with paid up capital of Yen 18,000,000 and a reserve fund of Yen 9,120,000. Head office remains Yokohama with branches in Bombay, Hongkong, Honolulu, Kobe, London, Lyons, Nagasaki, Newchwang, New York, Peking, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tientsin and Tokyo. The bank conducts collection bills of exchange drafts and letters of credit and general banking business, Honolulu, 67 King St.
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