17 May 1901
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Newspaper
Hawaiian Gazette
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
1
A Hawaii House session detailed budget actions with cuts and adjustments across departments. Senators trimmed treasury salaries and public works allocations, while reductions impacted assessors Maui and Hawaiis salaries, deputy clerks, registrars, and indexing staff, with votes and amendments shaping final figures.
The grand jury conducted a long session in the executive building with prominent officials and business leaders in attendance. Attorney General Dole Secretary Cooper and others were closeted with the jury. witnesses included Emme Ruth Senator Russell Achiates and J. Bearway among many summoned as part of a four headed probe into the dispensary bill franchise meals at Nolte's and liquor at the Officers' Club.
The late President George Q Cannon, who died in Monterey California last month, will have his will filed for probate in Salt Lake City tomorrow. The estate valued around 1.0 million is divided into parts with trust provisions for his youngest child and earnings to be allocated to his many descendants as they reach majority or marry. The remainder, about 806000, includes farm land mills irrigation stocks and bank shares held in trust for future distribution under the George Q Cannon Association.
Various bout results and sports updates list Kid McFadden as bantamweight champion, Sharkey loses on fouls, Turner defeats Sheeter, and other ring results. Also coverage of horse racing, track records, Derby favorites, and upcoming events including San Francisco fights and university athletic clashes.
London correspondent reports Andrew Carnegie’s British address urging self reliance and home market control. The Chronicle translates the remark as a parochial view urging no external focus and questions the idea of consolation outweighing gains in South Africa. The report notes mixed reactions to Carnegie’s stance.
In Manila on April 2 the widow of Captain Lara, slain last year, was granted the sole privilege to run a cockpit as compensation for her bereavement. The income from a cockpit is substantial, with typical owners earning 24 to 60 pesos annually, making her monopoly highly significant though unusual.
Washington reports that Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines could grow all U S coffee after Spanish American War acquisitions. Porto Rican coffee is prized. future plantations may redirect a large portion of weekly imports to American islands. Coffee trade and education notes included.
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