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EVEWN'Q BULLETIN, HONOLULU, T. 11.. SATURDAY, DEC. IS, 1008.
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PRACTICAL
BY ALL MEANS BUY A MAN'S PRESENT IN A MAN'S STORE. WE SHOW A LARGE
ASSORTMENT OF THE MOST PORULAR STALES Just the thing most liked and the
BEST, You will find our prices invariably more reasonable than elsewhere, which is another
reason for you to do your shopping at our store.' , '
BATH ROBES.
Crash Bath Robes, Saxony Lounging Robes in many
pretty color effects finished with silk cords and tassels.
$5.00 to $7.00
PAJAMAS
Pajamas arc a very useful present. We have them
in Silk, French Flannel, fyladras and Flannelette, trimmed
with silk frogs. j
$1.50vto $8.00
HATS
Mats arc a most practical present. Wc have them
in soft and slilT Felt, soft and stiff Straw also Panamas:-
$2.50 to $5.00
HOSE and HANDKERCHIEFS
Hose in all solid shades and fancy patterns.
25c to $2.50
Initial Handkerchiefs in Christmas boxes, pure Linen
three in a box $ 1 .00
NECKWEAR
A bevy of bewitching color effects and of styles.
Without a question of doubt wc show the best line of
Neckwear in the city.
50c and $1.00
SUSPENDERS and MUFFLERS
Fancy Suspenders in pretty boxes for Xmas, One
Dollar and Fifty Cents to Two Dollars and Fifty Cents.
Mufflers in the oblong shape. Just the thing for even
ing wear. Two Dollars and Two Dollars and Twenty
five Cents.
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lit BUSINESS CIRCLES
Depression In quotations and very
little Block offered marks tlio effect of
I ho holiday season uu the stock inar-
klt.
Thcro Is every Indication Hint a
liioio or, less determined ofiort has
been iiindo til force prices down In tlio
1m))U Hint somo of tlio better class
blocks limy lo picked up tit low figures.
This Ik particularly truer of Wulutuu,
that Iuih boon attacked by various rum
orH ami ndverso comment on the dlv
Idelld policy of the directory Oaliil
Iuih a I to been subject to Iho same lino
of uttnek, mill cniinlilcrablo of the
Hock In reported to havo been offered.
Clionper stocks havo also dropped In
quotations but tho amount of Block
Hint ban coino out under tho low Us
ui cs la very small.
Ifornlana represented by Mr. nentloy,
Mho was recently here. Tlio deal Is
on foot but nothing dcHultti has ol
been atinoiiiiceil.
All signs point lo (hero being n cot
rile of'biccis who havo been holding
off for tho pivsent opportunity, think
' lug Iho combination of tho holiday sea
son and tho probable drop In tlio price
of sugar would bo mi opportune tlmo
to "hear" tho mnrkut. Insofar as It can
ho "beared" In this town, and thiw
pick up a good numbor of narRalns,
I.vci) thing worked to suit tholr pnr
pouo until tho latter part of this weok
when a levivnl of tho price of beetH In
dicated that tho world's pilco for sbgur
will not movo downward so suddenly
as ninny had expected,
Undor oidlnary conditions raw sugar
Hhould be quoted at four cents or he
low nt about this time. Tho holidays
havo a depressing effect. Hut boctt
t.llll hold up and contHfugals calinot
go to a greater disparity when tho Cub
an ciop Is available, than they liao
for tho past year.
Statistically, tho world's market
promises a much higher prliju through
out this year than for 100b'-0. quota
tions bhould rule In tlio vicinity of four
cents oven during tho height' of tho
Crihnn grinding Bcason, though In
creased plantings In Europe noxt
Bprlng might result In lower prices
uet summer and fall.
Consequently present quotations In
tlio price of Iho Blocks of this, maiket
only pravo to what extent tho timid
ones can bo woirlod Into unci Hieing
their holdings.
than a hundred slnjres. Adverse rum
ors hao been lellglnusly cultivated In
connection with tho sucrose content of
tho first Juice 'that Is going through
tho mill, but low Biigur content la nl
wiijs tho featuro of the opening of tho
season. Tlio splendid plijBlcai condi
tion of the pioperty has not changed
In tho slightest.
I'loiu r has also come In for a share
In tho 'l.imp, the llgurcs on tho Hoard
showing 189 bid .mill 192 asked as
against sales at 200 hardly a week
ago. Thoso quotations aro ildlculous
on tlio face of It. The present and tlio
future of tho plantation has not
changed In a week tti such an extent
as this slump would Indicate, A salo
of Onomea lins been made at GO, n
diop of four dolluis n sharo In seven
dn)s. Yet no ono Is rushing to boll
Ihi'lr Oiiamcn ns this might suggest.
and tho dividend for the first quaitor
of tho new jear will bo fifty cents a
share or two and ono-half per cent.
Mcllrydo and Olaa havo of courao
been hammered down In tho general
effort to bIiow n depression. Olaa's
quotation has dripped to 5V4 bid and
Mcllrydo has sold to tho extent of
twenty-flvo shares ut 5.75. Yet Mc
Ilrjde plantation Is In belter shape
.than over. Its bonds linto advuiiced
steadily and will soon bo soiling at
par. under tho now agency nrraugo
nient tho plantation will nave upwards
of fifty thousand dollars a year In run
ning expenses and wnter development
will prococd with nil poBslblo dospleli,
This bhows that tho quotation Is pure
ly fictitious and shaped to frighten the
timid holder. Olaa "drops In sym
pathy" desplto tho splendid prospect
of that plantation for tho coming year.
One of tho pew propositions that
will bo financed by local capital is tlio
Inlck making piocess by which tlio
laa.rock of tho Islands can bu molded
Into a first class building brick. As itl
icady stated in tho II ill lot In. Mr.
1), V. Itlco Is hero lo form U com
pany., TIo matter Is being handled by
tho Henry Watcrhouso Trust Company
and It Is probable that a Inlck of local
manufacture will be In tho maiket for
uso In tin; laigo Federal building con
tracts that must bo let In tho comUig
enr.
fiom tho Orient,
noon bo coming In by tho steumem
W II IJibliltt will Join the .Half o." they lost $20 000 after clearing $2nt. miiy 10 iouihIh, that It can be In
Iho Hawaiian Planters' Uibnr ltureau t'rtll in New York Clt). hirlvato dr In public, us JeffrleH may
on tbo first of January. Mr. llabbllt Tlieso nio the most Imporjant fall- elect, and Hint If held In public Jef-
will l.nv phnrco of llu. stntlHllcnl "res 111 the mining plUure Hne'filiM can luno the entire g.ito ro-
ttiiy Into public notice with increasing work, thus .ni.l.lltig Mr. Me.,.1. the Many otl.i'r minor battles were pie- tolpts
.....'. ni , n II , .., .1... I o !,. Ilnw, tilled. OIllV til lOSO IChBOr HIIIIIS. Ill IllldltlOll til HlO 10.ll(ll) WlllCll
kmi.-i, i uu n-Hl i-niHir imiv:i'a tiiu 1111 i m-iiu ,. niv min.iii i n,' ,i,",.i v -
Heal cstntu has been forging Its
While new things aro being tnlkcd.
J, A. Oilman tins returned from tho
east after having made a thorough 111
vestlgntlon of the bitulllhlc pavement
for city streets. He Is eutliiislustlc
over what he has sopn In Iho leading
cIUuh of the cast, mid h.n brought Iho
matter to tho ntlentlo.i if tho 'Hr
Supervisors In clinigo "' lo street.
There Is talk of trying IhU pavoncnl
on Fort stieet, and It may well bo iv
reived with faor, ns Honolulu rloarly
nemls somelhliig that villi give lis in-
lull center nn approach In a dustlt
streets.
acllo, unit while sales of rOsldeiieo' for outside work. This bureau, undei
pioperty nro being made reguluily tho dliecllon of Mr. Mead, Is ptovlug
tlio domnnd f6r suburban lots Is on n most cflcctlo for Iho lnipioem'iit ut
steady up grndn. l'eoplo aro beglji- practical Inlxy conditions.
nlng to rcaliro that tho present limits
of Honolulu are by no means tlio llm-j Honolulu is to havo a ono bundled
Its uven for next 'ear, and no better, thousand dollar light linuxo depot In
tlio near future, tho preliminary plans
honing already under consideration by
Major Wlnslow,
FIOHT PICTURES NOT
ALWAYS GOLDMINES
lime will bo presented for securing
desirable homo sites.
Delega'to'Kiihlo has held the center
A attention this weuk thiougli his
statement published In tlio Hullo
1 1 li arraigning tho Hepubllcan l'.x.
ccut(vo for Itsmctliods or administer
ing tho public lands of the .Territory.
In Haying what ho has the Delegate
Is undoubtedly olrlng the sentiment
of a laige number of people ("on the
Island of Hawaii among whom ho was
thrown during his trip around thai Is-ltures, l'eihaps It may bo possible
Promoters from every point of tlio
(ompnss, bidding unheard-of sums by
wire for the pilvllege of losing mo
ney on tho Jerfrles-JohiiBou fight,
think they have nil uro in tho hole
In the proceeds from tho moving pic
Of tho Unco films to mako blg.llr.idy Is willing to. give .leffrlea to
money l'wi weio contiolled by James K't Into the ring with Kaufman ho
V CoiTioth, tho Han 'r.iuclseo pio-,also la said to limn jiosted ji.mm io
motor, now hero lo bid for .leffiles go us foifelt for n side bet of $lO,i)(lii
I'lid tho big negro. Tho lliltt-Nel- Hint Kaufmnn will be Ibci It tin It
uin reproduction was tho best mo- the light Is held Tel Ismail of
ne) winner and the dohnson-Kctcliol Philadelphia imered this sum, tub
ulins como next. It Is int resting , tug the Jeffries end. I'lirtliermoio
to noto that Coffroth hastened to ; Hrudy Is said to havo bet Jl.onn lo
dispose of tlio rights on the last jri.Oui) Willi lsman that Johnson will
named pkture. and allowing some , be.it Jeffries. Mm lllmueiithnl' Is
lino else to tube tlio business gum-(the stul.n holder of tin. wageru and
bio on their pioduclng tlio Ilniinclul of Iho 1 0,000 which llr.idy polled
goods. for 'Jeffries.
Two other Important Items figure U 8 a
In tho profits, should any Hccrue. i LIKE THE B U LLET I N
fiom the big show to bo fought out ! '
next July. No matter how ling" Sporting Kdllor II v e n I n r II u I
thu pim.i, tin. boxcis thvmsehes 1 e t I n, Honolulu, T II. Dear Kit:
will demand a sluu of the picture ' ,0R t tll( ,lls t.II)0r t n tt 1 1 - of
pilvllogo and It will bo a generous-tti-ndlng our most hearty thnuka
neiiiaiiii in win. men, uguiii, no i von nii.l in, li n I l ,. i r.ir
land: u tilp taken ut tlio Instance of 'to nuiko up J50.000 deficit on the pint of tho (ountly can guarantee'1 Jmlr eourteoiiB and iiiibiased write-
tlio Hepuhllcan party managers. 'linttlo irom tho piuura piollis, nut kunsiiiiie on if r,lei data In mid- tips In our paper of our icceiit mm-
wnctner lie was judicious in saying 1 mere are lorty Reasons way it win
what ho did, while the plan for. the! not happen,. It, may Interest winio of
amendment of tlio laud laws Is liofoioJhe haphazard bidders to know that
Congress for action, Is another mnl of nil thu pltturos taken at Impor
ter. ' I tit ut fistic engagements, only throe
In a letter lo tlio Hull ot In Imve miido a profit, and several have
Outside ot tho stock market gcncrul
business ban been moving ahead at a
rato never before known In tho city of
Honolulu. Tlio Christmas bulng start
ed early this year and has kept up In
volume. Tho real Christinas rush lina
ye to come, Trndo Is good In eveiy
lino and desplto tho high pi Ices, (hern
Is no complaint liead fiom either thu
buyer or tho seller. It moans that
.theio aio moi o people huio to liuj
.goods and they havo tho money.
Tho ancient Knpaii question hu
again como to tho fiont ttiiougli tho
possible suit of the Terrltoty against
tho Mukco Hugar Co, for alleged Il
legal ;iso of water, ff thfs water c.ise
takes as long us tho previous laud
controversy, tho oldest cUlzen of Iho
next generation will still ho talking
of tho Kapa.i laud nml water problem.
As already noted Wululun has been
tho hardest hit In quotations this week,
dropping from 12-1.50 to 118, but all
this has beeu done on tho ealo of less
Klglit hundred odd, Portuguese ai
rived from runcbal by the steamer
Swauloy thlH wpek and shortly uftet
Agent Campbell arrived by tlio steam
er Alameda. Tho general Impiesslon
has been that tho work carried on by
Mr. Cntnpholl lms not been a success
measured by tho numbor of people ho
secured, Mr. Cnmpbell, In an Inter
view with tho U u 1 1 o 1 1 n, states Unit
his trip was successful mid theio aiu
good people In plenty In Portugal who
can bo had as settlers for Hawaii, but
thoy must bo trniiBortcd byvay ol
tho Tehuantepec route. A fair share
of Iho newly arrived Pnituguoso have
gone to the plantations, mid Whll
tliera Is no doubt, that I'M)' ;ill,inul'.
good It will bo necessaiy to put moi
ginger Into tho Kuropstm Iininifci-jtlnn
Delegate Kuhlb Intimates lliat his tit bl
statement wiih put opt with tho-idea
of doing all tho fighting there1 vns to
bo done within tho party b'efoxd tlio
cainpilgu wns on. DiislnebB'mcn don't
llko to think of polltlcJuntli(,'liev
have lo and consequently don't like to
dlbcuss Iho land piohlcm boiseon after
lialng passed throng a special ses
sion of iho legislature that was con
templated with fear nud tiembllng. it
Is not a matter of doubt that (tin largo
business Interests will stand by tlio
Governor ns against tho Delegate If
It comes to n fiat show-don n and a
political fight. This will bo the cuso
notwithstanding thu fnct lh.it tlio land
policy hat. been severely ciltlclsed by
lopicicntntlws of mhiih of these Inter
ests nml whoso piivato utterance
might have had something In do ullli
tho bhnplng of Kuhto's conclusions,
If tho bleach Bhould become wldo
open uuil the Delcgato rim on an in
dependent ticket ho would probably)
Bwcep tho Tenltnry nt ono election
actually lost from V-'O.OOO to $:iu
000.
IJero are some of the figures-,
William A. Ilrndy and Kluw .t
Ullnnger paid Hugh Mcintosh $'J5,-
f)0l foi the Ameilcau tights ol tho
Iluius-Jiihtisou plctuies, taken In
Australia, when Iho big black won
the' championship. This lever iiiin-
lilnatlon of thentilcal mnu.igeis
spent $7,000 moi o tr)lng to nial.u
tholr Investment bring a retiiin,
Tom McCniey, Iho I.os Angeles
.ght piomoter, went Into paitner
llilp with Tnmni) Burns and Jack
O'llilen In the picture pi liege fur
their first battle tho square one.
The ventiui. cost the tlio $ t S.UOll
lief'jro I hey got tliiough, I
The (lans-Nclson pictures, taken
nt Ooldflcld, wcio a financial ftost
although the battlo Itsel' had all
America by tho ems. Miles lliothcis,
who mudo tho pictures and lirlnlcd
the flliiis, nro ut 11 1 looking for "Tex"
rtlcknrd,nnd Hilly Nolan to pay for
lielr work, A chap named Kenwood
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slimmer umcpi i.uiioi uia. iter games.
In enso of a night battle, the dlf-J Youra eiy truly.
iiMiiiy oi iniiii) ugiuiug will giyat'
ly lessen tlio vnllio of tlje lllius. Cash
blddeis who figure on tho stefeoptl
(on show- to pull them out of the
hole had best ll,(. ono mom (,-opd
think before inaMiig any deposits.
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BRADY PUTS UP
movement than has been -ivIdumMd In
Humors nio still busy with tho i this last venture,
change In tho control of the Consul- While Poiliiguese A: being E'dlc
Idalcd Plneapplo Company, It being I Hod and HiihsIiiiis will sn.ipobcdly s.-on
teporjod that J, 1), Castle ban disposed como fiom Iliubln, It I4 rmiiied tn.it plo in older lo bolter adapt Iho build
of IiIh continuing lutcrcsis to Iho C'a'l nu Incicablug iiumbei ot Flllplaoa 'Vlll.lng to local conditions,
and then surfer defeat. Thfs Is' tho fiom San nanebco puld $1,000 for
cold biifclness phai' of the situation, the Opportunity lo lake moving plc-
7 tines of tho lust Papku-Ketchot bout.
Mr A Hichley loluriiul rvcenll) liu Is out ol pocket $10,000 111010
fiti u tour of Iho Hist dining which V'M the tost or taking tfle plctuies
ho Usltcd tin' New Votk juclilti-i.fi "'l ti)llig lo phuo lliem with ut-
Who are making (he, plans lor thu Ho- Icudntit tiuelliiK expenses and sal-
nolulii public building Ono of tho '"I"8.
lepiesentatheH of tho 111 111 Is wop to I " wnB 'I'0 Eonoral Impression that
Mslt Honolulu to confer with Iho pro-."10 Bluirkey-Joffrlcs pictures mndo
money for tiielr owners,
HONOI.UI.U HtON WOIIKH
soccnii ti:am.
per p. sciii:iiu:it.
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Not much has been heard yot or
iUe spurls and rnces arranged for
Now Year's day. but tho biuB nio
JlAUi'MANN BLUFr raining and tho men aro looking-
after thn hoises, s.i)s tho Illlo Hiir-
Tho spoilliiK world. Just no'.vji.ld. l'it,t theio will bo baseball.
Keenly Inlcieslcd In tjio coming .lor-j nml It Is 11 long lime slnco Illlo has
rrlcs-Johnson lleht. noted with In Uren a game. Tim event that will
Iciest the repoit of nu offer by Wll-'nttiact Iho most attention Ib, ot
llnm A. Ilrndy, a theatrical turning- lionise, (lie Webber and Mnjor Col
er, lo post $10,000, tho entire sum -Her event, Iho owners or both hors-
10 go to .icnrrlos If ho would agree rs being confident of taking the $2,
to fiRht Al Kaufman within 90 das 000 pitise. Theio Is also n Rood
niys nn Kxthange. Inteiest IncrenB-lde.M of Interest lit tho tilt to conn
vd when no word of iepl) came fiom 1 between the plantation nianngeis.
...on. is. urn. jaieiy tiie liottom diop- .Moirs John T. nml Mi'I.eiinan'a Po
ped out whin Sam lleigcr, Joftrles' irnhontns. Tho Horner string i.C
manager, did somo talking. horses has been at tho park for1
iv lieu 1110 bids have been open-;smo tlmo in steady training, unit
ril Jiud tho club und date for tho
Jeitiies-Johiuon light has been bel
lied upon ir William A. Hrady (omes
forward with tho $"1,000 rush then
Jorfilos will consider nieetlnK KaiiX-
m.in, said iiorger.
As It is now Iteigor'sald, neither
ho nor JolTrles (onsideren llfudys
published offer sorlously. They hcanl
nothing of It. ho said, except thtough
Iho neWspApeiH,
Hiady, whoso dislike ror Jorfilos,
whom ho formerly managed, Is woll
known, la said to havo posted $10,
000 with a stako holder with tho
there U said to bo soiiiothliig i,i)iiit..
(omlng out for tho plantation Inn i
race, Tho minor events will fill
up well on tho track, und tlio row
bo)s will bo there for thn bronui
l.lutlng nnd cowboy race. .
There has never been any ipiostln-i
ns lo tho great reliability of thu la.co
mobile. If It oxccls In 0110 nlliUnii..
nioro than another It Is tho ability u
run day after day, month after
month, jear aflor year with u mini
mum of caro and oxiiense. Heulv fm-
demonstration nt KHun,,.,,, r..,. ..
understanding that' tho entlro sum Cp.. Ltd.
is 111 kii iu aeuriea it no Will "light
A 1 I." n n .. ...11.1.. Jin . . . . I
Tom Al Knufniau within 90 davs." lir.-uivl n..ii.ti-....- .
O'ltotirke m8 that, oiOiio contrary, 'stipulate!, that tli 0Bht Is to bo fur tlfowimSl 18
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