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4 : ir irom.8an Francisco: Tenyo aiaru , . Dec. 17 For Ban Francisco: America Minn Dec. 18 knows what he is doing every minute of the time and so does every one From Vancouver: Moana , Dec. 12 'e&e; for. everybody who oan possibly Vm VaWMAnwA. Every line of holiday Vade is on view irt the. Bulletin's ad' columns ... '"'" I . . . rimiv& buy goods reads it. AornnBi Jan-'M s:3U 'tiLii l lurN t l VOL. X. NO. 4186. 12 FADES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908,-12 FADES. PRICE 5 CENTS. - RWIN $500,000 IN BONDS OF K0HALA DITCH Tlio snip nrranged fiy tho Henry WntorhoiiRP Trust Co. yesterday af I or noon for tho dl'posul of $300,000 of Kohnln Ditch IioihIk wiped out tlio floating Indebtedness of the Kohalu Ditch project und completed I lie flota tion or the hond Is'Ue of $500,000. Two hundred thousand dollars of tho Jiontl Ibkiio wna taken by Col, Parker und $100,000 by the Hnwll Plantation mid Mill Company. The re maining $2000,00 had been previously sold, $100,000 being taken by Mr. Campbell I'nrker. Uy the Hale of the $3Cn,000 mado yesterday tho Kohnla Ditch Company wan enabled to liquidate In full IIh Indebtedness with the Anglo California Hank of Ban Frunclsco no that tin' company ban mi other Indebtedness than that reptvsenteil by Ub bonds. , Pearl Harbor Work To Cost $4,109,000 More thnjt four, million dollars is the sum total of the bid of the Ha waiian Dredging Company for tho dredging of Pearl Harbor. The $3. fiGO.OOO, mentioned ns tho contract price, is for the dredging alone with out any thought to tho conservation of tho material takcn out. J'or all Hie Items the contract price is $4, 109,000. Tho specifications, under which the bids were put in, divide the esti mates' for tho work under four sepai nte heads Items 1, 3, 4, and Q. The first Item is for tho dredging alone, all of the materials taken out to be wasted. Item 3 cnlls for a bid on conserving 4110,000 yards of the ma terial dredged nnd the placing of it on tho Nnval Station site. Item 4 cnlls for bids for the placing of 1,- 900,000 cubic yards or material on tho Queen Kmma site. Item 5 culls for n'prlco for the placing nf 700,000 ruble .yards at the dredged material on the Puuloa site. Material Is Needed Ah nearly all of tho material taken out by tho dredger will be needed in tho work which the Government will Mibsequently undertake, the prices , quoted by tho bidders under Items .1, 4, and f were taken Into consider ation in determining the lowest bid der. The Hawaiian Dredging Company made u flat bid of 1C cents a cubic jard fox conserving the material und placing It on the three sites named y HOLIDAY GOODS i OUR HOLIDAY STOCK is something to be proud of. Every article expresses elegaaoe aad refinement. There is nothing in our store that a -vfell-dressed man would not be glad to have. - - LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STOCK. THERE IS ROOM FOR CAREFUL SELECTION OF GIFTS FOR HUS BAND OR BROTHER. " Shirts, Collars, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Smoking Jackets, Office Coats, Pajamas, Bathrobes, Hosiery, Hats Ready-Made Benjamin Clothes o Order The KASH CO., Ltd. Corner of .Fort and Hotel Sts. In tho specifications, the next low est bidder, It. A. Perry, was 2 cents n cubic yard higher in the price de manded under these three Items The three other bidders demanded a Hat rate of 28 cents for conserving the nintcrial. The local offlceB of the Hawaiian Dredging Company this' 'morning re ceived a letter from Dljllngharu, Jn Washington, giving' the figures of all five bidders, both for the simple dredging, and the conserving and de livering of a part of the material dredged. They are ns rollows: Figures of Bidders Hawaiian Dredging Company Item 1, $3,500,000: Item 3, 16 cents; Item 4, 1G cents; Item 5, 1C cents. II. A. Perry Item 1, $3,G62,848; Items 3, 4, and 6, 18 cents In each case. Coastwise Dredging Company (Continued on Page 4) Toys, Bon-Bons, Candy ' TREE ORNAMENTS. All at Greatly Reduced Prices. Alexander Young Cafe Wm, G. Irwin Buys Spreckels v t William 0. Irwin has purchased from the Spreckels Interests, repre sented by Rudolph Spreckels, the Ir win block on Fort street In which are located the Spreckels Hank and theVommUslon house of W. (I. Irwin & Co. This Is the only transaction In lo cal real estate which Rudolph Sprock ets has cotnpleted during his stay In the city. Mr. Spreckels stated that ho did not rare at tho present tlmo to mako tho purchase price of tho. block public. ' vAb regards tho other Spreckels pioperty which Mr. Spreckels came, hero to dispose of, thero are negotia tions pending but tho parties Interest ed have not come to an agreement. Tho yarn published this morning to the effect thnt C. M. Cooke Is at tho head of a syndicate to buy all the Spreckels property Is untrue. Mr. Cooke has taken an Interest In tho ne gotiations In connection with tho othpr property not Included In tho Irwin pur chase. " . The property Is In tho lower part of tho city along the lino of the extern rlon of Bishop street, and would be of Interest to business men or business organizations looking for headquarters Kaimuki Property We have two very choice pieces of prop- erty in Kaimuki that are real bargains. Good property is sell' ,.inr f-.it, in Kaimuki;) -'and bargains like these will not last long. Enquire Real Estate Department. Hawaiian Trust Co. LIMITED 883 FORT ST. BOYS Bank and Business Block IRWIN HAS 'BOUGHT SPRECKELS' INTEREST j.-& William"!. Irwin has purchased f tho .entlro foldings of Claim Spreckels in tho Spreckels bank. t-.ints acai was conBumniuteu uur- Ing the last few days und places Mr. trwjn lnabso:ute ownership V of this' bent. Spri rl-d 'bank, hr -4 been conducted as i 'partnership. f It having becrtJrlKlnallye&tab-vf f llshed by Claus Sffeckcls. Tho figures at which the transfer was rf rniade nro prlvute, but It stands-to f -reason that such an Important finunclal Institution has com' manded a very high price. .' WORK FOR HAWAII- SAN PEDRO LINE Los Angeles Business , Man Figuring On , Trade I.oa Angples huslnoss men are mak ing plans for working up trade be tween this city und Hawaii, sas tho Los Apgolcs Kxpiess, Dec. 4, and It Is predicted that within a year a largo tonnago will be moving bnck nud forth letwccn San I'edro and Honolulu, llllo (nd othor Hawaiian ports. "A first-class steamship line is bound to bo one of tho developments of the near future," Bald P, P. Gregson, traf lie manager for the Associated Job tiers of Los Angeles. "Trade demand (ho 'ostabllshment of such a lino, and Frank Wiggins' 'Sunshine Route" Idea Is certain to become, n reality," Hawaii Impoits, It Is said, about $18, 000,000 worth of goods a year, pruo' tlcally all of which goes from tho States. It Imports much of Its food stuffs, including lemons und oranges, (Continued o Fan ) OUR MESSENGER Are Careful in Every Thing They Do, There is no mistaken delivery where they are concerned. TERRITORIAL MESSENGER SERVICE. Phone 361. HejbsIIIIIH Wicker Chairs, Iookers, and Tables, NEW I0T lUSTBECEltSD. J. Hopp fc Go., (LEWERS & 000KE BLDG.) - . fdr wholesale and commission house or warehouses. The property Is also ery valuable and requires big money to swing It. ' It Is thought tuat.thn Interest of C. M. Cooke Is associated with 'a new building for Brewer A Company, but this Is conjecture as those, alleged to be connected with the deal state qfcat until negotiations. jarp brought to a conclusion It Is useless to any any thing. The general Impression of the business community is that the local people have not yet been able to figure out their way 'to pay the price which Mr. Spreckels places on the property. As this' Is (he onlr' faturefliat pre vents the Immediate closing of any transaction, it Is probably a very good conjecture. Minim am mm Judge Do Bolt has authorised the Hawaiian Trust, Company to deliver miu execme luoanuierrarKer ne sat isfaction 'arid release of ''the mortgage In yhlc'h thQ.-Anglo-Calltarnlan bank nnd "the Kohala Ditch Bonds wu.ro con cerned. " ' " -' -The Hawaiian .Trust Company is also empowered 'to receive payment ot t26.700from'8aro' Parker, and then take over 1hoVpoto"'heldStgA(nt him Court are Inaccordanco with the ri- finest.' for authority (and , Instructions ft I. lit thu'nthnr Hav ' ' " m " ' SUGAR SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. Dee. 1R 8UGAR: 96-dejrree Centrifugals. 173 cents; or 174.60 per ton. Frevious quotation, 3.77. cents. COFFEE EXHIBIT WILL BE LARGE Will Be Served With Raw Brown Sugar ; At Seattle .. Coffee will form one ot the principal exhibits of .Hawaii at, the Alaska'-Yu-kon-Paclflc Exposition In Seattle next ear. Another of 'Hawaii's ' swiftly growing industries will be exploited In a novel 'manner to the people of the world who come to see and learn at the big fair to be, held In.tho Quoeu City. . r Special Agent Ljoyd Cbllds Is at present making arrangements with the coffee, companies of Hawaii to sel ect a choice exhibit of tho delectable beans, and these Will 'bo embodied In (he excellent exhibit which 'Child Is gathering. It -is planned , to serve (ContJauxL Pat I) u'TitOfcnstiiiMitiU New YearV Our next shipment of selected fruits will be made per steaaur IUR- T.TN1!. TVEf! IBTfT Tmlf o4 this time will reaoh Coast points in plenty of time for Haw Years. Island rruit Co., Phone 15, 7g B. Kiag St. BLOCK KNOX. WICKERSHAM FOR TAFT CABINET WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. IB. Senator P. C. Knox of Pennsylva nia refnaes to state whether he will become Secretary of State in Presi dent Taffs Cabinet. It is generally reported that Mr. Taft hopes to se cure Mr. Knox's acceptance., though it involvei his resicnation as Sen ator. ' It is reliably reported that George Wickershara of Hew YorK will be Attorney General in the Taft Cabinet. President's Reply Being Prepared WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 18. President P.oosevelt is preparing to reply to the House of Representatives on the subject of the Secret Ser- ef" i m Eleven Men Dead - Poisoned By Spirits MANILA, P.' I., Dec. 18. Eleven men of the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry have died from drinking poisonous spirits. JAPANESE PEK1N, China, Dec. 18. Half the Japanese guard in the Province of Chih-li has been withdrawn. TAFT TO PANAMA AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 18. President-elect Wm. H, Taft arrived hexe today on his way to Panama, where he will inspect the Canal work. JUSTICE OF THE PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 18. be nominated as Justice of the Supreme Court in the Philippines, to suc ceed, JusticeJIracy, whohaaresigned. I Summer Revokes Trust Deed John K. Sumner this afternoon filed a revocation of trust deed In which all of his property, personal and real, was given In tho hands of Carlos A. Long, as trustee, nnd requested that tho property bo conveyed bnck to him. 8umner formerly owned what was known as "Sumner Island" on tho fur vldo of the harbor, .and lu sprung Into E.R nscRtsten. N.Y. SSI stb. I i'l rOhiv bm $3. SO, $4.00 $4.SO Manufacturers Shoe Co., Ltd. THE PLACE TO BUY SHOES. 1051 Fort Street Phone 282 WITHDRAW Sherman Moreland of Elmyra will I'lomlncneo when ho offered to sell liU holdings theio to thu Dllliughnm Inter ests for tho consideration nf J100,(H0. After considerable trouble, tlm trans :ictlon wvntthrough, nttliough tho final prlco paid was $110,000. Slnco (hat tlmo Sumner's pioperty has ficen In the hands of sover.il tl un ices, ho nlwnjH reserving tho iniwer to revoke tho trust deed. A deed of trust was given to Crrlcis Long In April of this year, but today Sunnier ruvoked It. 1, Tho property concerned Is very val uable, nnd Is bltuntod mostly in and uround Honolulu. Written testimony In tho niatlcrlpt tho mysterious death of Sirs. Kllsu . V. Keumaii nhas been received hero und was placed on lllu In thu Circuit Court ihjs afternoon. Hhut MrB. Neumann, contemplated Jumping overboard and expressed this thought was the state ment of Chlfu i:ngtneer Selbrldgo, who took especial enro of Mrs, Neiimmii; tn her trip to 3an Kranclsrii. Colonials FOR WOMEN Charming Indeed are the new I'all styles In C'olonl.ll Shoes for Women, The trend of fashion for the kensun. Is nptly told In the lilutr.itlon. One ot 20 models now ready. In alt weights und leathers to suit nil types of feet. ft f --. -..A lft. . .-&-..? f , ' fyto)diiLt&iaAiLiAir& 5&ta. ' 'Mifr' ' to . iU ' ft'.' Hai1 i'-ifc.'iiJiii. V'Spaitat1,. S 'f 1 Htt -t . 'tf'u