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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
1
An unnamed city reports a large mail cargo arrival by Tenyo and a grand jury indicting 15 individuals. Witnesses recount names such as Mara and homoptt Keigath plus J Pletcher and John Gomes in a broad inquiry touching stolen bonds and Japanese suspects. The account notes confusion and mixed details as investigators pursue six suspects linked to thefts and a wider case.
OCR fragment shows unclear names and events. It mentions a captain and heat trials but lacks coherent details or identifiable entities to confirm a full action or outcome. The readable bits imply a sports context but do not provide concrete facts for a solid summary.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a sequence of names and events with vague references to Alameda. Mentions a Williany GB hch Co and a Mauna Loa voyage. No clear dates, places, or outcomes are established in readable form.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company intends to install wireless telegraphy on its fleet.It plans interstation links and up-to-date facilities aboard Pacific Mail steamers to handle wireless messages. The company official denies immediate mass adoption but signals a planned upgrade in the near term.
Construction proceeds on the Hamakua extension to the island’s rail system, promising improved water transport and direct loading at Hilo. The project, a major shipping and railway initiative, raises expectations for economic and logistical gains across Hawaii. SAN FRANCISCO May 18 sugar 96 cents, price 4.22 cents, previous quotation 10s.
Rudolph Spreckels testified all day in the Calhoun graft case in San Francisco. He is to present a financial statement tomorrow detailing his connection with the prosecution.
Captain Comly will command the fourth division of the Atlantic fleet, succeeding Admiral Potter, with Tot King noted in dispatches. A tourist’s mistaken pickup leads to a cargo mix up at the Pall, and Comly proceeds via the Police Station, while issues of fair defense and dodge Andrady Wall are referenced in relation to the Ogury case.
Henry H Mogers, vice president and director of Standard Oil, died today from apoplexy in New York. Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, he rose to prominence through public attention on Thomas W Lawson’s attack on Standard Oil and led major alliances in the oil business. His health declined after the 1907 panic, with ongoing toll on his vitality.
Washington May 10 Dewormt of Georgia spoke against the tariff bill today focusing on the sugar schedule. He urged a material reduction in refined sugar price arguing the tariff benefits the Sugar Trust over the consumer. Clay also attacked the Sugar Trust.
The readable parts describe plantation topics and mentions a person named Motul with references to work tomorrow. The text is heavily garbled, offering little coherent narrative, dates, places, or clear entities beyond faint phrases about plantations and planning.
The court order centers on Millard W. Beart and Beart's obligations to discharge a receiver. Beart allegedly used funds from the Hite Kona Hugar Cone to cover debts, leading to a court action to dismiss the receiver. A note for 1,000 was used to free the company from embarrassment but Beart failed to pay when due, and Dillingham faced consequences. The case drags through courts as issues over financial actions and sworn testimony surface.
President Taft spoke in Petersburg Virginia at the unveiling of the Hartranft monument, funded by the Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War. Petersburg on the Appomattox was a Grant campaign center. Roosevelt’s big game in Nadrobi East Africa on May 19 included a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus.
A report from Washington notes that Waialua laborers in Hawaii show resistance to striking affecting local supply chains. The War Department and Commissary General discuss price comparisons, local procurement, and plantation labor impacts while detailing shipments, contracts, and policy signals aimed at stabilizing wartime needs.
Agitators in Honolulu push Japadesa of Walakut and Kahuho plantations to walk out. With no Miocom yet, workers were sent off premises at Honolulu and Oahi plantations last night. Montinise were held by Japanese workers who had keys to stockers. Continued on Page 3.
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