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y i - I t l I) i' J u . .- W.iN,tkJ-.J.- .U,, STEAMER TABLE From San Francisco: Chlnn .....Jan, r, Manchuria Jan. 13 For S.tn Francisco: Alameda Jnn. S Mongolia Tjnn. 13 From Vancouver: ' Moana . . r Jan. H For Vancouver: Mlivvoni Jan. ' 8 ' lt VOL. X. NO. 3890 COUNTY BOND KUHIO SUGGESTS PRESS CAMPAIGN . NO IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT THIS 'SESSION WASHINGTON. I). C, " hoc. 2Si, 11107 Thu I. v o li I ii g II it I I o 1 1 n : A cat villi ciiiiviiHp (if tile situation lino Iiiih shown that It Is llio policy r lluno Ii.ivIhk tlio matter In ihnigo that iki general legislation lonccnilng Immigration will ho I'lisscd li) Ihu picseul session or Con gress. TIiIh Is duo Imtli In tlio ract .that I. goneiul hilt wan passed laHt your, mill also because the Immigration C'umtiilsbioii created liy that act Avlll mil repoit for uiuithrr 6'car, anil pmb'.ibly nnt uulll tho opening of the dint Congress. However, Colonel llciihiiru lias at my request Intro iluecil a hill excepting Hawaii from inmo of thu limitation!) on Kmopcnn Immigrants, anil a similar moasuio has heen liitiiiilnicil In the Scnuto hy Honndir ClnrKo of Wjomlng. This hill has heon caiefnlly draft cil, and will raise, the tilted quc. tlim an to whether Congress will irakc Hawaii an exception aB re-, raids some of the restrictions on Eit lopean Immigration. "" A sharp discussion In tlio Senate on Dee. lllh and 12th has ngaln shown the futility of relying on do pal (mental Influence fur Becurlng general legislation. Tho iluhato was on tho submission ly two dcpartiuputnl secretaries of forms for certain hills with tho iccj omiiiniiilatloii that they ho enacted lulu law; the strong objections made hy leaders of hoth parties Indicated thai tho Senate would lu the future only rccclvo recommendations of leg islation from the cxecutlvo hrnncli of tho (iiivcrnment whan triiiismtttcd hy (ho President- or hy tlio Secretary of tho Treasury an piovlded hy law. Tho cntlio mailer was lercrrcd to thu Senate Committee on Itulcs, and iildlv.ites tho purpose of Cougicss to (losaly giinid lis preiogatlvo of orig inating legislation. Chairman Tnwncy ,or the Appro priations Commlttco has Rounded tho note of retrenchment on oxpeudi liiies at this session. In n fit a lenient given hy hliu In the piess, he esti mates that the Income of the gijvein iiient for tho present fiscal car will show a dellelt of over SSU, 000, (Mill as coiiipaied with tho nnt tesiills of last year. Theie can he no question Hint all efforts to secuio iippioprliitlomj this year will have to ho made against unusual odds. One of the main Issiich on tho I'carl Harbor channel work, apart fiom tho separate, dry dock estimate, MADE IN NEW YORK 0N0LULU, is 5000 miles from New York. How far from N;v York are you? The further you arc from New York the further you arc from the fashion center of the world in Men's Clothes, But you an as near correct New York Style ns though you were in New York if your clothes bear the label of Alfred Benjamin & Co. and you are wearing the be3fcraadc clothing produced. Alfred Benjamin & Co., Makers, New York , CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN. Exclusive Agents Here: 130RNER TORT AND HOTEL to-Lu, Asj ji Evening Bulletin 3i80 O'CLOCK Begin 1908 rightiAdvei4ise in the BuUetin EDITION has been the question as to whether the channel work should ho provided for thiough tlio Hlvcr nnu Harbor hill as n commercial proposition, or ihouhl ho carried in tho Naval hill a a naval item proper. It now seems clear that tho naval authorities originally Intended to feck to have this cost carried hy the HTcr and Harbor hill so that It would not swell tho total of the naval appropriations. ' When, however, It wns shown In tho Naval Hoard that to follow that course would necessitate walling till next year to hnvd a survey authorized and then an additional two years for (Continued on Page 4) III? tin till Kdltor 10 v o it I n g 11 u it o 1 1 n : 111 refclencc to jour publication in jestcrday's paper In resard to tho pawnhroklng business in which I am niado to say In effect that Judo Humphreys, together with Mr. Fcr iclra, arc In tho pawnhroklng busi ness, will you nllow mo space to say tlmt. IJio matter thcro attributed to mo must liavo been Involved In soma mlsundoistiindlng. In iny conversa tion with tlio reporter, I did not sug pest, nor Intond to suggest, Hint .ludgo Humphreys was In tiny manner conducting u pnwnhioklng business or conniving nt any bieach of tho pawnhroklng law or any other law. Tho only statement which I intended to make, and which I did make, was that Judgo Humphreys had gone Into the law of tho matter with, consider able caro nnd had, so I was Informed, given an opinion .that tlio manner lu which tho business of buying and selling articles of Jewelry by thoso who had formerly been lu tho pawn broking business did not constitute n breach of tho present law. This, and this, only, was my mention of Judgo Humphreys lu tho cutlio matter. Very truly yours, AVM. I.. WIHTN12V. Honolulu, Jan. 1, '08. The Jlul lotln has not .stated that Judgo Humphreys Is Jn tlio puwfi broking 'business and what tho Dep uty Attorney General Bald of Humphreys- now becomes a matter of per sonal veracity between tho reporter raid Whitney. Klltor llullotln. ;il COMPANY, LTD., STREETS, PHONE 25, u-i I., t, , In any competition a good start 12 PAGES-HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4. 1908 - Bright Fires Of Kilauea (Special to Tho llullotln) VOLCANO HOUSi:, IlawiUI, Jan. 3, At about 8 o'clock on tho even ing of December 30th u most bcntttl Mil pyrotechnic display occurred from the Volcano. A heavy rain had been falling and tho crater wns enveloped in it fog, when suddenly tho wholo heavens wcro Illuminated by fires In tho pit; Manager Dcmostticncs I.y cttrgus of tho Volcano House imme diately summoned guides, nnil n par ty of guests wcro soon on their way to tho crater. On their arrival they toiind tho entire floor of tho pit cov ered with molten lava, spouting and lashing itself In fury against the sides. Tho reflection was dlstftictl) seen In Hllo, thirty miles away. Tho activity continued unabated until jcsteidny, when the glow wns somo whnt lessened, hut this morning ac tivity Is renewed and tho Bight Is grand beyond description. Manager Lycurgus says that it Is tho finest display that has occurred lit tho Volcano during Ills adminis tration of three years.' 5 AMI I BIDS Says President Has Autnorized Maui County Issue Acting Governor Motl-Smlth this morning received n letter fjom (loV ernor Frear lonllrnilng tho nows pub llshed in tho llullotln sonic tlmo slnco that I'resldcnt Hoosovolt had approved of tho Maul County $110,- 00ft bond Issue. Tho Governor's lot- ter Is accompanied by tho opinion of Attorney General Hounpnrto ns to tho legality of the act authorizing tho bond Issue, hy a lettor from Scc i clary of tho Interior Garfield to tho President explaining tho proposed bond Issue, by a letter from tho Gov ernor to Secretary Garfleld In refer ence to tho bonds, and by letters fiom both President Iioosovolt and Sccictnry Garfleld to Governor Frear Informing him of the ract that tlio I'resldcnt had approved tho Issue. Attorney General Hounpnrto In his opinion on tho net authorizing tho bond Issue llrst makes mention of tho fact that the art was passed over tho Governor's veto and then says In pail: "Its validity Is now disputed by (Continued on Patce 4) ' ' ' ' YOU INJURE YOUR CREDIT when you sign a bond as surety for a friend. You JEOPARDIZE YOUR ESTATE. The provision that a man has made for his family is often wiped out after his death by loss on a bond signed by him. Refer him to the Hawaiian Trust SM& l nmnsnv I in -Km "v'"r"v "" M$7 Fori St. Qcnololn .K-f,. .Mn!..umttmlkim, JSUE IN I Roosevelt and Brownson Differ On Policy Of Command The brief dlipatch received by the B u I le 1 1 n a few dayt ago announc ing the retirement of Admiral Brown con as chief of the Bureau of Naviga tion In the Navy Department was a bare outline of an Incident that it stirring Washington to the depths. It seems that the President and Admiral Brownson got Into ' a sharp contro versy, and Brownson has quit. He Is caldfio be supported In his contentions by Senator Hale and other Important leaders. The New York Herald ser vice telh the following story of It: ..Washington, I)cc. 25. "Wo will have It as lt is In the army," nro tlio words which President Roosevelt Is loportcd to linvo used when ho decid ed, over tho protest of Hear Admlial Iliowuson, to plaeo lliu hospital ship Kellef under command of Surgeon Charles tf, Stokes, tjierchy causing Hear Admiral llrownsftii to resign and creating tho greatest naval sensation tlnco thu Sampson-Schley contro versy. J Tho odlccrs of thu lino nro secretly opposed to giving commands to sur geons and uphold ilroVuson, but they nro too discreet to oicnly crltlclzo tho president or Secretary SIctcalf. That n serious breach exists be tween tho bureau of navigation and tlio bureau of mcdlclno of tho navy, Involving tho question of tho respons ibility of tho latter bureau, wns made apparent tonight In a statement issued by Surgeon General I'rdslcy M. Illxey of tlio navy, In which he touched upon (ho clicumstanccs leading up to tho probable selection by tho President of n medical filacer to command tho hospltnl ship Hellef over tho protest o Hear Admiral W. It. Ilrownson, chief of tho bureau (if navigation, who sent his resignation 'to tho President yesterday. Rlxey's Contention Surgeon Gencrnl Illxoy maintains that hospltul ships as a rulo linvo been commanded hy medical odlccrs, with a sailing master and civilian crew for purposes of navigation. This partic ular vessel, hu sa)H, formerly be longed to tho army and always wan commanded hy n medical officer when used hh ii hospital ship. In attempt- lug to unify tho medical sorvlccH of tho army nnd navy, ho says, a joint army nnd navy hoard of medical of ficers, which was convened by cxecu tlvo order moro than a yoar ago, rec ommended' that hospital ships should bo commanded by medical officers and that that recommendation was ap proved by both tho Secrotary of War and tho Secretary of tho Navy In gon eral ordors. Slnco tho Civil Wnr, ho Bays, nil hospital ships nnd medical transportB of tho army hnvo been under tho surgeon general of tho army. ( Japanese Experience Ho says that .Japanese hospital ships woro commanded by medical of ficers aftor having tried lino ofllrers. Theso ships, ho sas, nro simply float ing hospitals, ilroperly undor tho con trol of tho medical department, and should ho conducted In penco exactly ns In tlmo of vtar. This Is especially so, ho'tidds, hecnuso during times of wnr lino officers can not bo spared and do not and should not deslro tho conimand of theso ships, (Continued on Page 4) Panama hats cleaned at tho Globo, QUARANTINE regulations do not interfere with our shipping of selected Wahiawa Pine apples to the Coast. Next lot per S. S. Hilonian, Dec. 31st. Leave your order. ISLAND FRUIT CO., 72 S. King. Phone 15. FURNITURE 0 J. HOPP & CO., LEWERS & COOKE BLDfJ., King St. tA,i. Hwt , ..- ROW NiV. ill is half the battle IS Panama Refuses ; Chinese Tho Republic of Panama has re fused, without any reason given, a lauding to a Chinese citizen of the United States. Tho Chlncso Is Mow Kwong, who recently went from Ho nolulu to Panama with tlio (mention of remaining there and going Into business. When Mow Kwong reached Pan ama, ho was denied tho right to land, although ho had with him his papers attesting that he was n citizen of the United Slates. Protests woro of no uviMI, nnd tho officials refused tn give any reason for tho nctlon. Mow Kwong was obliged to return to San Francisco on tho steamer on. which ho went to Panama, and from tho Coast ho returned December 24 to Honolulu on tho Siberia, to endeavor to And out, if possible, why nn Amer ican citizen was denied tho right to enter tho llttlo isthmian republic. Tho Chlncso lias visited Acting Governor Mott-Smlth to ask him what ho should do, and Mott-Smijth told him that he himself could do nothing; thut It was a matter for tho Stato Department of (ho United Stnlrs to tnko up. Accordingly tho question has been passed up to Washington. Mow Kwong has lived nearly nil his lifo In Honolulu, whoro ho has long heen a prominent member of the Chlncso colony. Ho was a citi zen of tho Kingdom In 1892, and Is now a naturalized citizen ot tho United States. Ills character Is good nnd there seems no just reason wny ho should nnt bo allowed to land at Panama If ho I'.elrcs. Tho uetlon I-;, " by liio Panama officials 1st of especial Interest Hero. In view ot tho fact that ot lato thcro has been a strong Inclination on tho part of many Chlncso ot Hawaii to go to Panama to live. Whether tho action ot tho Republic officials is di rected nt Mow Kwong alono or whe ther It Is Indlcatlvo ot tho attltudo of tho llttlo Republic toward all Chi nese, whether citizens of tho United States or not, is a question which cannot bo answered now. BIG Uliti Tho Alameda brought a big lot of goods for Korr & Co., and they will be, to a great extent, put among the goods now on salo In tho big store. This Arm hns had a most successful holiday trudo anil tho salo at this tlmo Is n sort of dlvlslon-of-prollt Idea ot Mr. Korr ns a token ot appro-' elation. Tho salo will continue In definitely, nt least until tho required room for now goods is obtained. Phone 452 for a hack. Sethel St. Hack Co. THE TOILET is incomplete without a rub ber sponge. Germs, dirt, and odor can ,not stay in it. Sizes 50 cts. to $1,00. Hollister DrugCo. ittM'i --'- - f'" 12 PAGES . APPROVED Jury Refuses To Convict Powers GEORGETOWN, Ky Jan. 4. The jury in the case of Caleb Pow ers has disagreed and was discharged by the judge. This closes the fourth trial o Caleb Powers for the murder of Governor Goebel. Lunch To Aoki q SAN .FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 4. Ambassador Aoki, who is return ing to Tokio, was tendered a lunch today by the Chamber of Com merce. PETTIB0NE BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 4. Pettibcne, of the Western Federation of Miners, was acquitted today of murdering ex-Gov. Steuncnberg. Jamaica Shaken STEWARTSTOWN, Jamaica. J?n. 4. An earthauake was exnerf. enccd here yesterday and considerable UNDER MARTIAL LAW INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 4. Martial law has been declared in Muncie on account of the street car strike. The State troops are in charge. BOMB EXPLODED IN BANK 1TAW BAR MTY Vn Ton A. An ...!..!. .....ll. t tomb in the basement of the First STRIKE IS nnT.tlFir.T.Tl Ki-v Tan A Tl, I --., . .. ...., utiiu. bbunuilj ntc 1COUUUUK work and indications are that the strike is practically broken. SAN FRANCISCOf Cal., Jan. 3. SUGAR: BEETS, 88 analysis, 10s. Parity, 4.11 cents. Previous quota-tion, 0s. 11 l-4d. CENTRIFUGALS: Dec. 28. 3.94ccnts, or $78.80 per ton. Jan. 2- 3.89 cents, or $77.80 per ton. IT Tho Klnnu arrived, this morning av 'J o'clock with 101 cabin passengers from Hawaii and Maul. Sho also brought tlio remains of tho lato J. B. llallcy, who died on Hawaii, Purser P. Phillips, wno succeeded Admiral Ilcckley, reported that tho steamship Enterprise will leave Hllo today for San Francisco and that tho schooner C. S. Wright wns discharg ing freight nt Mahukons. Ilcfore tho Klnnu left Hllo a slight shock of carthquako was felt In town, Madame Polo hnvng apparent ly awoko from her sleep ror a Now Year's celebration. MEMORIAL 8ERVICE. A memorial servlco for Captain Frank Johnson, lato of Wnlliiku, who died Saturday, December 28, will bo hold In tho Army hall at corner King and Ntiuanu street Sunday evening at WE'VE KEPT QUIET ABOUT IT till wc oould have them all ready for you, that fresh shipment of the new-style Swing Last shoe, with the new, pointed toe. They are all made of imported stock, with the Military heel, and they are built in the very latest style. Wc have been waiting to show them to you, ' ' Men's TAN RUSSIA, TWO-BUCKLE OXFORD, the best shoe anywhere, for $5.00. Ask for No. 500. Manufacturers9 Shoe Co., Ltd. 1051 3?ort Street Phone 2$2 jL The Merchant of Honolulu J ...1.. J.J 41.. .-..at ).,. -a ,.. A nuw uiu hut uivt uiuui uu.ui( the holidays are the men who took lots of Advertising Space in the Bulletin. So far, not one of our patrons has complained of the holiday trade. That's A Good Sign. PRICE 5 CENTS GOES FREE damage done. National Bank injured nine men. BROKEN nn n.n.Mn ... .....: 8 o'clock, , Tlio deceased was nn officer of tho Salvation Army for four years 'and his quiet unobtruslvo Christianity has won for himself nnd tho Army ninny friends, Two llawalluns, named Kamawao and Makaalo, wcro arrested by Hoard of Health Inspector Darling this fore toon. They wero violating tho now regulation by catching shrimps lu tho harbor, Tho old Peterson humo at Palatini wns this noon sold at auction by Jns. 1". .Morgan for S1D00, II. II. Rletow bo ing tho purchaser. Tho property con tains about eight-tenths ot an aero. Sevou and a half days from San Francisco with 3000 tons of general cargo, consigned to tho local Hrms, tho American-Hawaiian Steamship Columbian, Captain Colcord, caruo Into port shortly tieforo noon nnd docked at tho Amorlcan-Hawallan wharf. Tho run down was excep tionally smooth with tho exception of a few dajB when sho encountered Ltormy weather. Tho Hilonian was blghted a few days ago and asked to J a l nJ '1 ' N-iSK I JiJ. 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