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Newspaper
Hawaiian Gazette
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1900
Page
1
An OCR fragment lists firms in Honolulu including Hackfeld & Co Schaefer & Co Cooke Robert Lewe and others. It mentions importers lumber building materials ship stores supplies and a consolidated soda water works company with iron works capacity and tailored orders.
Mortuary report for May 1900 shows deaths by age group and nationality, listing Hawaiians Chinese Japanese Portuguese Great Britain United States and others. It also records death rates per 1000 and causes including pneumonia bronchitis dysentery typhoid fever burns and heart disease with totals and registrars notes on births marriages and other items.
Rev. Alex Mackintosh edits the Anglican Church Chronicle noting its June number is especially readable and insightful. Mackintosh is praised for making moral subjects engaging and the chronicle worth careful perusal. A rumor from the Garon isle mentions the last schooner Rob Roy seen with cargo waterboard at anchor near Leopard Kauai. A Japanese worker loses a right hand during a dynamiting incident near Waialua on Saturday and vows not to repeat the act.
London dispatches report Lord Roberts crossing the Vaal River and encamping on the north bank. British forces, with 26,600 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, push toward Johannesburg and Pretoria while guarding coal mines and rail links to Mafeking and Beira. The Boers resist along Klip River and at delays near Vereeniging.
Reports from the field describe Boer positions at Klip River and Zeerust disrupted by British advances. British forces about 5000 strong push toward Johannesburg while May 27 declared as days of prayer across the Transvaal. Marek, Mafeking relieved by colonial troops and celebrations echo through Cape Town and Newcastle Natal.
The report covers Transvaal actions near the Vaal river, Kruger era references, and political maneuvers. It notes Rhodes, Keira, and Delagoa, with British and Dutch figures amid war warnings. It also references Japan Russia tensions and naval movements around Victoria.
Shanghai dispatches state that Boxers destroyed two villages and massacred converts at French missionary stations in Szu Chuan, Hupeh. A regiment was sent, ambushes killed 26 soldiers, and reinforcements were ordered as railway lines suffer disruption near Tien Tsin.
Fragmentary report references a plague concern in San Francisco and mentions officials and public health measures debated in the city. The text shows garbled names and policy terms, with hints of debates over investigations and responses. Authorities and observers are invoked, but readable specifics are limited.
In a public address, Dole asserts he remains a Republican and pledges to administer Hawaii as a governor without party bias. He emphasizes his long affiliation with the Republican Party and his commitment to governing in line with Republican principles.
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