The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-31
WHO |SST0DDARD?
Churchill Lost Heavily on
Dole Ministry.
Ard Has Appropriated 100000 10 Start
Newspaper To Get Even
With Them

Several people from Haywards
would like TO meet Edward p Stod-
dard, who credited himself with being
| the son of wealthy plantation owner
| IN Hawaii, says a late Call \ few
months ago Mr.. Stoddard took up his
| quarters at the Haywards Hotel. He
made many friends by his pleasant
manners and the ease with which he
talked of his fathers vast wealth. A
few days ago Mr.. Stoddard left Hay-
wards and several people would now
like TO meet him. He is credited with
always paying his debts and so far as
is known left no unpaid loans behind
him. But he was possessed of a mania
for engaging people to go and work in
the Islands for fancy salaries, at the
same time promising his gullible ac-
quaintances that the hardest work
would be to draw their salaries
Manuel Simas is a barber of Hay
wards. He was hOnored with the priv
ilege of shaving the wealthy young
Stoddard. Finally Mr.. Stoddard con-
fided to his barber that he was looking
out for a good man to go down to the
Islands. He would pay SIS a month
give board and lodging while the only
services TO be performed would be to
shave his uncle, trim his aunt's hair
and occasionally run a mower over his
uncle's lawn. Simas thought this was
great deal better than shaving for
a precariOus income at Haywards, so
he accepted the offer and invested
quite little sum in purchasing the
necessary apparel to enable him to be-
come chief lawn-mOwer and hairdreSs-
err to Stoddard's uncle and aunt. Simas
was to go to Honolulu by the steamer
which sailed on the 10th inst, but on
that date Mr.. Stoddard was not on
hand, although Mr.. Simas had vacated
his job and packed his valise.
Stoddard also announced that it was
his intention to go to the Islands in
the interests of plantation owner
named Churchill and establish a news
paper in Honolulu which should be
rabidly rOyalist. There is little pur-
pose in this scheme of ours" said
Stoddard. Mr.. Churchill lost heavily
When the Dole Ministry TOOK ONCE, |
and he has appropriated 100000 for
this newspaper enterprise, his sole de-
sire being to get even with those who
did him up. The whole thing is in
my hands. ! will engage a complete |
staff for all departments and We will |
all go down to the Island together and |
teach those people that the loyalist fac |
ton is still alive
With these ideas Mr.. Stoddard visit |
ed many newspaper men and created |
the impression that the intention of |
his principal was to create a revOlu- |
ton in the Islands. Of course, there |
we're plenty of journalists who could |
create a revolution to order on the |
salary of about $3.50 week, but when
they attempted to nail Mr.. Stoddard
Down to facts he made all manner of
excuses and promised to return in a
ew days prepared to make definite Of
,ers One man he spoke to nearly
caused him to faint by telling him that
before he would proceed any further
lie (Stoddard) must deposit 81 900 in
ocal bank as evidence of his good
aith. Stoddard never came back, and
low everybody is wondering why he
should have INDUCED in such peculiarj
)astimeS.
If Mr. Simas of Haywards could now
meet Mr.. Stoddard the meeting would
lot be conducted under Marquis OF
lueenSberry rules. F.,