Amalgamation Talks Unite Kona Sugar and South Kona Planters
Negotiations to merge the Kona Sugar Company of North Kona with the South Kona Agricultural Company of South Kona Hawaii aim to form a major sugar producer with 1.6 million dollars capital and 300 thousand dollars in bonds for a 150 ton daily mill. The combined holdings will span about 20 000 acres with new rail links and a Kealakekua Bay port development, subject to stockholder approval.
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Kona Sugar,Company of
North ‘Kona
South Kona
Siethe
Kealakekua Bay
Kona Sugar Company
Hawaiian Islands
Kora Sugar Company
Tue
Kailua
McChesney, & Co
Kong
South Kona Agricultural Company
South Kona Company
Tornado toll near Napier Nebraska kills Greening and Anderson kin
Special dispatches describe a Thursday night tornado that devastated Napier and nearby areas. Seven members of the Greening and Anderson families died or were injured, including Grace 14 J. Greening 4 and Bertha Anderson. The storm lifted houses and barns, stripped victims, and left the town largely destroyed with churches and a schoolhouse among the few buildings standing. Newsnotes recount Rev Barnes surviving in a barn lifted and shattered.
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Omaha
Neb
World-Herald
Napier
Greening
Anderson
Jacob Greening
Grace Greening
Margaret Greening
Maggie Greening
John Greening
Ida
Clara
Bertha
Theodore
Magete
Oldeat
Keya Pata
Napies
Lfe
Barnes
Exposition Officials Press and Publicity Sessions Held
Louis, June 2 The foreign relations and publicity committees of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company held important sessions to day shaping relations with foreign governments and exhibitors. They report extensive correspondence and plan to push information to foreign countries as the company prepares exhibits and builds facilities in Buffalo.
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St: Louis
Buffalo
Mad Mullah Routed Near Aden After Repulse
The Mad Mullah, after a repulse of his attack on the British Zareba, unexpectedly met a main British force of cavalry and mounted infantry. The British routed him and pursued the fleeing forces. About eight hundred of the enemy were killed while the Mullah and the Sultan of Nur narrowly escaped capture. The British losses were described as light to moderate. Frederick Hagemann, a partner of Claus Spreckels, died in the past week, leaving a large estate.
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Aden
McNeill
Zareba
Nur
Frederick Hagemann
Claus Spreckels
Jed Week
Murder of a Statesman in Yokohama
Hoshi Toru, former Japanese Minister of Commerce and Washington envoy, was stabbed at a City Assembly meeting in Yokohama and died soon after. The 48 year old statesman, prominent in politics and literature, faced prior official disputes and libel suits. The assassin, about 50, of good social standing, is believed to act for political reasons. He leaves a widow and a nine year old son.
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Yokohama
Hoshi Toru
Ito
Washington
House
Legation
Hoshi
Japan
British Cabinet Discusses the Nicaragua Canal
London reports reveal a cautious Cabinet approach to the Nicaragua treaty. Lord Pauncefote will outline instructions to Lord Lansdowne and return to the United States for further guidance. Officials emphasize no rush and confirm continued regard for the Clayton Bulwer pact while negotiating with Congress.
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London
Nicaragua
Lord Pauncefote
Lord Lansdowne
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Congress
Senate
Associated Press
Presa
Lord Paunecefote
A New Province Proposed For the Netherlands
Reports from Amsterdam and Frankfurt say the States General plans to close the Zuyder Zee with a dyke to reclaim vast waterlogged land. The project aims to drain 1,150,000 acres in eighteen years, costing about $28,000,000 with a $1,808,000 indemnity to Zuyder Zee fishermen.
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Washington
Kingdom of the Netherlands
State Department
Hill
Amsterdam
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
States General
Zuyder Zee
Holland
North Holland
Teland
Wiertnren
Zapder Zee
Transport boat accident near Rio Hondo in Maya operation
One of the Mexican Government transport boats received from New Orleans collided with an enemy on the Rio Hondo during government operations against the Maya Indians. It was wrecked, five crew members and about twenty Scatche Indians were killed or wounded.
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New Orleans
Rio Hondo
Monk
Jrownell
Bowen Says US Interests Promote Harmony Abroad
Herbert W. Bowen, newly named United States Minister to Venezuela, in London en route home from Persia, declines to judge the German Venezuelan dispute. He says a diplomat’s duty is to foster friendly feeling, avoid injudicious remarks, and believes tensions can be smoothed with common sense.
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New York
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Venezuela
London
Persia
Tam
Postal stamp, book, and card figures rise in 1901
Third Assistant Postmaster Madden releases a comparative statement on the issue quantities and values of postage stamps stamp books postal cards and related items from 188 to 1901. For the current fiscal year the total number issued to post offices nationwide is 6,711,76 with a notable increase over 1908 and a total value of 105,008 dollars reflecting growth in postal products.
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Washington
Madden
Postoffice Department
Totel
Mora Steamers Wante State Transfer to Route Shift
The Steamer State of California may move from the northern coast to the San Francisco and Victoria route by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company due to business pressure. The California has operated northward for months, proving profitable though a change could yield greater advantage from San Pran.
Making History at Puuene Mill Closure
On a quiet Friday afternoon in Central Maul a historic event occurred as the principal alumnus of the Puuene mill presided over a simple ceremony marking its closure. Observers noted the mill may still reach annual yields near four million dollars in the future.
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Maul
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