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Newspaper

Hilo Tribune

Location

Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1903

Page

8

Plan for Public Improvements Gets Cooper Approval

Henry E. Cooper superintendent of public works tours Hawaii island gathering data for legislative report. He lands at Pahala and travels to Hilo by Mauna Loa to inspect Makua roads and Front and Wailoa streets for macadamizing and widening, proposing 30k to 35k for Front Street and 80k plus for Hamakua road upgrades.

Henry E. Cooper Cooper Mauna Loa Pahala Volcano House Hilo W.G. Walker Ookala Hamakua Waimea Toa Tribune Honolulu Bridge Street King Street Front Street Bishop Waianuenue Street Hoolulu Park Road Waiakea Bridge Wailoa Street Waiakea River Wharf Street Volcano Street Waiakea Mill Pitman Waianuenue Ponahawai Puueo Amauulu Street Kennedy Avenue Irwin Avenue Lehua Avenue Pleasant Street Reed Street Hilo- Hakalau Road Road Board Kaumana Kaiwiki Laa Hill Pukibad Gulch

Japanese Murder Trial Captivates Hilo Courtroom Crowd

In Hawaii Territory v Fanacoshi and Watanabe, a murder case over alleged extortion and ransom demand ties up weeks of trial before Judge Little. Defendants face first degree murder charges amid regional tension between haole and Japanese residents in Hilo. The trial, following a lengthy district proceedings, sees numerous motions and a hard fought jury selection, with a large, attentive audience.

Fanacoshi Watanabe Little Territory of Hawaii Hapai Hilo Motohiro Front Street Wise & Ross LeBlond & Smith Smith & Parsons J. Douthitt Circuit Court A. BH. Loebenstein A. Richeley A. Lindsay P. Heidt L.turner W. Downer T. M. Rowland J. G. Junk

Keep Negroes at Home (cited text)

A Washington Star editorial urges African Americans to avoid colonization schemes and stay in the United States. It extols labor in Louisiana sugar plantations as superior to prospects in Hawaii, emphasizing better pay, housing, and social standing at home. It warns against policies that would repopulate slums with “negro riffraff” and asserts the desirability of the Southern environment for thrift and improvement.

Washington Star the Star Hawaii Philippines Porto Rico United States Tropics Louisiana South

Kahuna at Puna Uses Quackery, Heals by Laying on Hands

Report says a kahuna in Puna preys on natives for hundreds of dollars by blending quackery with ancient Hawaiian healing. He claims health board licensing and uses a curious method for consumption, describing a lung fragment bound by a string that supposedly governs life or death. He charges fees, accepting whatever patients offer.

Puna Board of Health

Waimea ranchman offers to fund school flag banner

A Waimea ranchman listening to the Honolulu band at Union School grounds proposed to raise funds for a banner to fly over the school in response to hearing The Star Spangled Banner. He noted their flagstaff was bare and pledged to contribute after hearing the tune.

Waimea Honolulu Union Kappelmeister Berger Union School

Cattle rustlers convicted in Hamakua larceny case

First January term jury in Territory v Jacenthe A De Nobrigga Mathies Baptista and Joao Cordeiros found all three guilty of second degree larceny in a Hamakua cattle theft case. Police and ranchers aided by Fred Carter and W J Rickard helped drive the culprits to the corral. Jury largely outsiders to Hamakua deliberated under an hour. E A Douthitt prosecuted for the territory.

Jacenthe A. de Nobrigga Mathies Baptista Joao Cordeiros Hamakua Fred Carter Parker W. J. Rickard Laupahoehoe W. F. Dale H. E. Kelsey Jas. M

Zola Earned It and Trollope's Records Compared

The piece notes Zola earned about 2,000,000 francs in forty years, shadowed by Trollope's £70,000 from 32 years of novel writing, suggesting money is not sole reward while recalling Carlyle and Black. It also reports Honolulu and Kalihi Detention Camp embezzlement charges against Charles H. Clark, with bond set at $1,000, and mentions Pain-Killer Perry Davis.

Zola London Chicago Post Anthony Trollope Trollope Carlyle William Black Daughter of Heth Honolulu Charles H. Clark Kalihi C. M. White Public Works Department James Holt

Draw Exchange on Hoxonvia The Bank of Hawaii Ltd

The notice announces a banking house soliciting accounts of firms corporations trusts and individuals in Hongkong Shanghai and Yokohama markets. It offers prompt handling of banking business including foreign exchange, letters of credit and related services across global offices.

Bank of Hawaii, Ltd San Francisco Wells Fargo & Co Bank New York Wells Fargo & Co's Bank Glynn, Mills, Currie & Co Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkong China Shanghai Yokohama Japan Hiogo

Oceanic Steamship Line Coupon Through Tickets Offered

The steamers Zealandia Sierra Alameda Sonoma will arrive and leave this port. Agents offer coupon through tickets by any railroad from San Francisco to all U S points and from New York by steamship lines to all European ports. For further particulars apply to the agents.

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