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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1896
Page
4
The article argues for a classified civil service with examinations for all public office candidates to ensure equitable salaries, curb favoritism and nepotism, and improve efficiency. It notes the lingering bad practice of salary wrangling and suggests reform could streamline executive work with smaller staffs while maintaining performance.
Washington moots combining Nicaragua and Panama canal firms. A six-lock waterway plan would require a new town of 100 million dollars. The flood-avoiding water route gains feasibility versus sea level. Congress shows no support for an inter ocean project. Hawaii cannot fund an isthmian canal this century. San Francisco doctors face arrest for birth report neglect. More deaths than births appear in monthly city records as health officials probe causes.
The report notes Senator Weissinger of the Kentucky State Legislature died, leaving a party tie in federal election struggles. His last words urged colleagues to stand firm against Blackburn and free silver. A San Francisco dispatch describes intercepting a smuggling sloop linked to opium and an ocean steamer.
The court grants a new trial on grounds that juror instructions were ignored. Ballou represents the plaintiff and Neumann the defendant. Horner is continued to April 1. Guardian appointed for minor children with bond set at $200. Supreme Court approves Lunali lo Estate trustees plan to add a 30 by 40 foot wing to Lunali lo Home to serve more helpless male inmates, cost not to exceed 2000. Waikele dam case remains before the Supreme Court with hearings begun Monday.
A wedding occurred aboard a Honolulu steamer this morning involving Vina King a known undesirable by police and Thomas Dorrell a color man. Marshal Brown blocked landing earlier under the Dangerous Persons Act but the ceremony proceeded with Rev Woaiaman and Port Surveyor Sanders present. The couple plan to outrun the marshal and land.
The watch department proclaims expansion to handle high volume and complex repairs. It claims superior workmanship, invites customers to trust them for all watch work, and touts past successes with detailed repairs and factory-level results. It asks readers to appoint the shop as their watch guardian.
Readers are shown a humorous anecdote about a church disruption then shifted to a sales pitch for the Alaska Refrigerator. It highlights an odorless inner frame of tulip poplar lined with zinc, a charcoal-filled space for filtration, secure locks, solid brass trimmings, and claims of superior preservation, ice economy, and overall first class construction.
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