02 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1896
Page
1
A period ad declares J. T. Waterhouse sells almost every house use article except lumber and stresses a complete shelf hardware stock. It emphasizes low prices and broad range for home builders and remodelers.
A sweeping foreign news digest reports McKinley’s delayed acceptance letter, Bryan’s New York tour, and Hoke Smith’s cabinet resignation to back Bryan. It notes October-like weather, California store closures, and fires in Ontonagon. Also covered are naval movements, Yorktown repairs in Yokohama, and a vast Knights of Pythias parade in Cleveland.
Report notes plans by Oceanic Steamship Co and partners to build a mammoth Sans Souci hotel on the former Spreckels and Hawes properties near Honolulu. Project aims for a Del Monte and Coronado scale, with possible use of W G Irwin land, spanning about seventeen acres. Lease discussions with George Lycurgus indicate readiness to transfer upon possession. Stetson’s tourist-promotion efforts cited as key to attracting visitors. Sans Souci touted for first-class hotel prospects.
In the police court this morning Arthur Fitzgerald faced examination on a charge of shooting policeman Ah Fat with a rifle during the Tramways Company robbery. Witnesses Pain Peterson Harbottle Parker and Ab Hat testified to robbery details, money finds, and the shooting, with a noon recess and a return to the scene at 1:30 p.m.
The Criterion Saloon is a pleasant place to visit with its pure cold Seattle beer on draught. It is praised for its refreshing effect, even claimed to revive a failing consumptive.
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