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iBBBBBBFff8Bf1WBhBiiiTt'jrr'iiianwiir r " p1! i i ' 'i.'.iJPT From San Franciico: Alameda . , .......... .Feb. G For San Franciico: in HONOLULU.it waking up: large " and itoall advertisers who recog nize .this fact first, and utc BUL LS T-.f N"pace, .will OET AND HOLD TnEIlt'FULL SHARE OF THE NEWV.BJjSIIIESS. Tcnyo,Maru . .... .Fcb.- From Vancouver; - ' ,-.. AorangI . i i t. . . -Fcb; 6 For Vancouver: tf W-'' Moana f.fr.ri'tTt. .Feb. 3 3:80 EDITION Every first class Mercantile house in Honolulu is a Bulletin patron ! VOL. XI. NO. 4223. 10 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1909. 10 PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS. INDICTMENT Bulletin I -- I 1 ----- M -!!'" ! n ! Ki V KH jTJ F . A BOOTH i H fe?V i i t, l a S' V I s :i Pine Price Is Reduced High Grade Canned PIns Are Now Five Cents Less to Cohsumers-- Over-Productlon laivn As Cause The prlco of canned pineapples has dropped, Tlio canncrH of tlto Territory hnvo decided to meet a general ciit in prices that will average fifty cent u enso on nil grades of canned pine apples. This means that tlio prlco to tho cr.nnumer will Ik reduced on an avot ngo of flvo cents a cnn. Tlio basis of value In tho canned plncapplo business Is tho two-nnd-ono-half-pound "extra" tin that has been selling to tho retailer at thirty cents per tin. The reduction in price enables tbo consumer to get this can at twenty-five cents, which Is con sldcrcd a moro popular figure. All tho other grades are reduced In pro portion. Tho primary causo of tho reduction Is of courso tho large amount of can ncd pines that now remain unsold. BISHOP ADDRESSES MINISTERIAL UNION Interesting Meeting: Held At Central Union Chuoch Is "Let us unlto ourselves under ono Hag and ono comamnd, and spread thn Gospel of Ood to all denomina tions." Hlshop Smith. Illshop Charles W. Smith this morning mailo a very Interesting ad dress licforo tho members of tho Min isterial Union who gathered In tho parlor of tho Ccntrnl Union Church. Tho Iltshop, who did not arrive un til nftcr tho meeting had been called to order, was accompanied by Rev. Mr. John Wndman and Ilev. Mr. J no. T. Jones. As soon as they entered tho meeting-room Itcv. Mr. McKeev er, who presided, Introduced them (Continued on Page 4) rBoijtmin" QXtT.i-.Ti 0Jt Quit COME AND SEE OUR The Kash. Co., Ltd., Corner of Fort and Hotel Sts. tfWitfdsiktkitttti and tho tremendous pack that Is In prospect for tho coming yenr. Increased consumption is tho Im mediate necessity of tho pineapple canner and grower. Tho advertising campaign in which $50,000 has been Invested U one of the efforts to get moro people using tho pineapple. Re duction In prlco to popular figures Is a supplecmntnry measure, and should creato a larger demand, Ono of tho men interested In pine apples stated this morning that It now looks as If the fresh plno would be a drug on tho market during tho coming season. Another says that tho consumption of pines must qua' druplo in tho naxt year to tako caro of the Hawaiian pack. Thus tho plncapplo business Is ad justing itself to conditions and Ha waii Is doing Its utmost t,o make tho fruit-eating public realize the valuo of the vino as an Inexpensive food. PEARL HARBOR CAMP REAL MUNICIPALITY City Will Be Built To Accommodate The Workmen Soon thero will bo a rival city with n rival mayor on tho very outskirts of Honolulu, Tho city will bo tho Pearl Hnrbor Construction Camp, and Its chief executive will bo Ills Honor, Walter Dillingham. Tho work of laying out tho now city will probably bo commenced tomorrow or tho day nftcr. wiien twcivo 01 nt- teen men will bo sent down to clear ftho ground nnd to got tho placo in readiness for tho temporary buildings which will bo erected to houso tho workmen. It will bo necessary to provldo for railroad communication between this city and I'earl Harbor, and steps havo already been taken In that direction. Arrangements hnvo been mado to uso (Continued on Page 3) A Man's Taste IN DRESS MEANS A GREAT DEAL. It isn't the PRICE of the fab no that counts, 10 much as the quality of tailoring and the 'col or scheme" of the pat tern. You may depend en it that BENJAMIN CLOTHES are nil that could be desired in both these respects. That is what made the house of Ben jamin & Co. New York's most popular clothing store that and the high quality of materials used in all their clothes. "BENJAMIN" CLOTHES. OPTION EXPIRES ON THE BALCH STOCK Wireless Securities Do Not Change Hands Negotiations toward changing tho itatus of tho Wireless Telegraph Com pany nro off, for tho tlmo being at least, apparently. Tho option on tho Ilalch stock, held by Clinton Hutchlns nnd his associates, expired at 12 o'clock, noon, on tho 31st, and tho deal Is now off as far as that matter Is con cerned. What tho next movo of Hutchlns will bo Is not known. When ques tioned by a D u 1 1 o 1 1 n reporter this morning, ho declined to stato whether or not ho still holds to his plan or ln stalling an automatic telephone, sys tem Id connection with tho Wireless Company or whether further ncgotla tlons would bo undertaken with the view to securing control of tho Ilalch holdings. Whou tho plans for Installing nn automntlo tqlephone system In con nection with the Wireless Company's business were first broached, It Is understood that J. A.. Ilalch, general manager of tho company and ono of Its heaviest stockholders, refused to listen to tho plan. Arrangements wcro then mado to secure (possession of the. Dalcli stock and on tho first day of November an option was secured, 11000 cash bolng paid Ilalch to bind tho deal. Dalch's holdings In tho company amount to 1788 shares, and tho total purchnso price was fixed at 128,190. Four hun drcd shares wore to bo dlsposod of at, $12,60 por share; the other 1388 fcharps worn to go -at 117.50 a sharo, Tho $1000 paid to sccuro tho' option, was to be deducted from tho purchase prlco whon tho balance of tho money was paid over. Tho purchasers failed to mako the payment of tho remainder of tho money Involved, so tho option ceases to bo In forco and tho $1000 paid there fore, reverts to Dalch. "Will tho expiration of your option lntcrfero with your plans for securing tho Dalch stock?" was asked of Hutch lns this morning. "I nm not In n position to say." "Will you carry out your original project of Installing an automatic tel ephone system hero?" "I nm unnhlo to say." ' "Aro you negotiating to sccuro con trol of other holdings In tho Wireless Telegraph Company?" "I do not caro to mako any state ment." It has been rumored of late that ne gotiations wcro In progress with the vlow to amalgamating tho Wireless Telegraph Company with tho Mutual Tclophono Company. It Is understood that several financiers who. wcro ap proached In connection with tho auto matic phono Bchcmo refused to have anything to do wtli it unloss tho Mut uni company was united in tho ar rangement. t SUGAR SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Jan. 30. SUGAR: Beets, 88 analysis, 10s. 1 l-4d. Parity, 4.14 cents. Previous quotation, 10s. 2 l-4d. 185 editorial rooms 25C busl. nets office. These are the telephone numbers of the Bulletin office. You Don't Know at what moment you may meet with an accident that may incapacitate you from work for months. A polioy in the . STANDARD ACCIDENT INS. CO. pays $25 per week while you are totally incapacitated from work, with man7 special ben. eflts for "ermanent injury, at an annual cost to you of $25. Let us see you about it. Hawaiian Trust Co, iimited D23 FORT ST. Drijn tffrhf i iicu .115111 To Be Ylade Felony SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 1. A bill has been introduced in the Leg islature which, if passed, will make enze-nchtinsf'a felony? MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. I.' The British steamer Ronald, has been wrecked at Edithburg. The cantain and forty-six people went down with the ship. 1 I 1 I 20 MEN HELD UP QOLDFIELD. Nev., Feb. 1. Three masked men held up a saloon today.' There were twenty men in the place, i but the robbers cot $3417. in the till and made good their escape. I 1 Our Fleet Assembles GIBRALTAR. Feb. 1. The battle ships of the United States Atlantic Fleet are arriving preparatory to sailing1 for Hampton Roads. PROMOTION WORK can be aided in no more effective way than by sending away a Cate of our SELECTED Pineannles. Island Fruit Co., 72 S. KING. PHONE 15. Motoroyole Messengers Our bovs are provided with the swift est means of locomotion. If you are in a hurry for a messenger, call TERRITORIAL MESSENGER SERVICE. PHONE 381. 1 Pnrtu - JS,y 1 viim ,n Went Down In Steamer ' Wicker Chairs, Rockers, and Tables NEW LOT JDST RECEIVED. J. Hopp & Co., (LEWERS & COOKE BLD0.) V SSsitkmimsatK PROGRESSIVE TAX is wnw PRnpnsFn Gear Says This is Not Graduated Income Tax Of taxation measures thero Is no end. A, V. Clear haB como to tho flout with another bill having n bear' ing on tho incomo tax. This pro posed Inw Is not u graduated Incomo tax. It Is n progressive Income tnx and, according to the legal authorl-1 tics assembled by Attorney dear, es capes all tho objections that may bo rulscd ngnlnst tho graduated incomo tnx. Tho proposed Inw follow: ' Act Itelating to tho itato I'er Cent for Income Taxation and , Amending Sections 1278, 1279, ' 1281 nnd 128 3of the ltcvlscd Laws of tho Territory of Hawaii, as Amended by Act 87 of the Session I.aws of 1905. He it enacted by tho Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: I Section 1. That Section 1278 of the ltcvlscd Laws of tho Territory of Hawaii, as nmcnilcd by Section 1 of Act 87 of tho Session I.mvs of 190.' , 1 1 hereby amended by striking out the words "of two per cent" and In serting In tho placo and stead thero-1 of the following words: "at a rato per cent as per tho following sched ule: Whon tho amount of Incomo so de. rived assessed to any one person does not exceed 15,000, 1 per cent. ,. When, said amount exceed $5,00,9.. but docs not exceed 110,000, lporcenton 0,000.00 1 i U of "1 per cent on tho excess of 5.000.00 When said amount exrds 110,000 but docs not exceed $15,000.00 1 per cent on $ 5,000.00 1 li of 1 per cent on . . 0,000.00 1 14 per cent on tho ox cess of.. 10.000.00 When said amount exceeds J 15,000. but docs not exceed 125,000. 1 per cent on $ 5 000.00 1 It of 1 per cent on . . . r 'dO.no 1 14 per cont on 5,00 J.OO 1 11 per cent on tho ex cess of 15.000.00 When snld amount exceeds $25,000 but docs not exceed $30,000. 1 per cent on $ 5,000.00 1 U per cent on 5,000.00 1 14 per cent on 5,000.00 1 I'er cent on 10,000.00 2 per cent on tho excess of 25.000.00 When said amount exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed $100,000. I per cent on $ 5,000.00 115 per cent on 5,000.00 1 i 1KT cent on 5,000.00 1 4 percent on 10,000.00 2 per cent on 25,000.00 2 '4 per cent on tho ex cess of 50,000.00 When said amount oxeceds $100, 000.00 1 per cent on $ 5,000.00 1 14 per cent on 5,000.00 1 14 per cent on 6,000.00 1 Vt per cent nn 10,000.00 2 per cent on 25,oon.no 2 ',4 per cent on 50,000.00 .1 per cent nn the excess of 100,000.00 Bald Section 1278 Is further amend ed by striking nut tho words "Ono Thousand Dollars," and Inserting In tho placo mul stead thereof tho fol lowing words, "Fifteen Hundred Dol lars." Section 2, That Section 1279 of tho HALL BARK rquAiJ-nr, ,-ME llifi msS ijHrsrnfcw Arrested For QrandJury Returns Two Secret File Indictments Reported To Be Against Booth and Kuuele Booth was arretted this afternoon on a charge of arson. He was released on a $10,000 bond. As a result of n (Iranil Jury InvrstI gallon two Indictments wcro this noon filed by tho Territorial Grand Jury with Judgo Do Holt, which, it Is und erstood nro directed against Charles II, Ilooth. the well known I'nuoa land owner and politician, nnd a Hawaiian named Jos. Kuaclc. While the exact charges arc not known as yet, the Indictments hnWug been placed on tho secret fllo, It Is definitely known that they wcro con nected with tho flro which destroyed tho Booth rcsldcnco on I'aclflc Heights tomo flvo years ago. It Is known that tho Grand Jury ar rived nt tho conclusion that tho flro was Incendiary In lis nnturc, and It hns been stated that Kualo Is the man who Is alleged to havo done tho actual Job. whtla Booth Is charged with com- I pllclty. 1 ..Tha pollco havo been working on hho matter for some- 'days Ynst, an'J Kualo was arrested for Investigation r. couplo of days ngo. Tho flro mentioned destroyed tho entire Ilooth house, as tho flro engines nero unablo to mako tho climb up the Itovlsed I.nws of tbo Territory of Ha wall as amended by Section 2 of Act 87 of tho Session I.nws of 1905 Is here by amended by striking out tho words: "of two per cent" nnd Inserting In the plnca and stead thereof tho following words: "at a rato per rent as per tho hchedulo set forth In Section 1278," Section 3, Tint Section 1281 of tho tlclsed Laws of ilia Territory of Ha waii as amended by Section I of Act 87 of tho Session Laws of 1905 Is hereby amended by striking out the words: "Ono thousand dollars," wher ever they occur in snld section nnd In serting in the placo and stead thureot tho following words, "Ilfleen hundred dollars." Said Section 1281 Is further amend ed by striking thn words "of two per cent." Section 4. That Section 1283 of tho Itovlsed I-aws of tho Territory of Ha waii as amended by Section fi of Act 87 of tho Session I.nws of 1905 is here by amended by striking out tho words "Ono thousand dollars" and Inserting In tho placo and stead thereof tho fol lowing words, "Fifteen hundred dol lars." Section 5. This Act shall toko effect from tho dato of Its publication. INDEMNITY FOR TURKEY ST. PETERSBURG, Russia. Feb. 1. The Bulgarian indemnity to be naid Turkey will be settled by corapro mtse. 1S5 editorial rooms 250 bust, nets office. These are the telephone numbers of the Bulletin office. tfc BOBBIE is a Patent Colt Blucher Ox ford, and it is a favorite, too. Made of the finest material from heel to toe no skimp inpr or cut oil' under the toe cap. Solid leather counters ami solid oak soles. It's a good shoe all through. If there were anything wrong with this shoe, wc wouldn't keep it on sale. Buy a pair of them, and you won't regret it. Price $4.00. Manufacturers' 1051 FORT ST. The Place Jgb& J. V. . iSJhtfc.O.v hill. At the time several theorlefl as to Its origin were advanced, mio being that oily rags used by a iululrr work lug on the premises i.iluht hac caused bpontaiieous combustion, while numb er was that tho flru h.id been caurcd by spatks from a near-by grass fire. Neither of these explanations satisfied thoso who were hnndllug Hie case, and their nplnlon hns nlwas been that the origin was Incendiary, though they dld nut kuon at the .time who to sus pect Tho house wa-i Insured with two companies for Jlo.SOi. and was esti mated by n contractor In bo worth about $!i000. Tho tlmo at which tlio policies were tikcn out Is said to Iw ono of tln i-i-Trlfcint farts which con lrlbul 1 (,. mis tho return of tbo In dictments. Ilooth. when usked by tcleidiono this afternoon ns to what ho knew of tho matter of his Indictment, raid that liu know nothing about It. Ho was com ing down town in tho afternoon, bo said, and would then maVo n ,situ-.. .La ment. At tho pollro station It was stated this afternoon that Ihu warrants against Ilooth nud tho other man had been placed In the hands of tlio Dep uty Sheriff, who was out son Ing them, 200 Dead CANTON, China, Feb. 1. Two hundred lives have been lost in a Arc that swept the flowcrbont fleet. MONTREAL EARTHQUAKE MONTREAL, Canada, Feb. 1. Two liht shocks of earthquake were felt here today. s HILO WATERFRONT uELONOSJO BROWN I'rlvnto cablegrams tecelvcd today by attorney.) announce that tlio Su premo Court of the United States has decided tho famous Sprcckcls-Urown controversy over tho IIII11 waterfront. Tho decision alllrms tho local court tu fnvor of Ilrottii The federal court has 11 1 to dismissed tho appeal of Charles Notley Bulletin Business Office Phone 250 Bulletin Editorial Room Phone 185. Shoe Co., Ltd., To Buy Shoes. TEL. 282. Fire .lfSKFV r!iBSSS SMC k' -Zf 4 : i r; s