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THE TOOTIO COmn5ECm AUGUST 29, rya Jt USED WIFE FOR PUNCHING BAG LOCAL BREVITIES. Native Beat Better Half Ripped Off Her Holokt. J. Keoaiu, a Hawaiian resident of Ke walo. went home yesterday forenoon while under the influence of luiuor, and .proceeded to give lesons in the manly art. using his wife in liu of a punch ing bag. She received a r'.ght on her Jaw. a left hook on her left ear which gave her a vision of stars of all de grees of brilliancy, and then a knockout blow which felled, her" to the floor of the veranda. While she was down the husband pulled her hair and then ripped off her new holoku, leaving her nude before a number of people who had collected in the street to witness the exhibition. When the wife had an opportunity to don another holoku she came at once tr the Police Station, swore out a warrant against Keoniu, tx-n. tt-aa fihortlv laid out in a cell to Jude Estee yesterday naturalized : James J. WaldvogeU late of Swuzer- j i - r-r- . J T ! r, Q 1 C I i Officer ilcuume anrsim a. a." ' V'ln Kakaako last night for selling sake anC without a license. ' j WE. Herrick leaves for tha coast in !. "i an.i mav roisiblT remain i ins Ami"' - - away permanently. '' The receotion to Eishop F-estsrick has been definitely fixed by the Eiks for next Tuesday evening. The Aorangi brought some sample eugar cane seed for the Planters Ex periment Station from Queensland. Th Chinese are now intending to fol low the example of the Portuguese, and want representation on the Republican ticket. o-, vtq "Prcd Harrison are re joicing over a son born Friday of last week. The baby and onin parents ae doing well. The Kamehameha Alumni Association will take place at ihe club hall on Fort street tnis eeu- j ing at 7 o'clock. j The Kaimuki Home for IncuraDies .!M Tiort nfTt week and the pa tient will be sent out from the Victoria Hospital on Monday. Ktr- v w Kd wards, the vanilla bean expert of Napoopoo, is in the city- He will go to Fiji to get -vanilla cuttings to set out on his Ivona pianiiuon. ci?iri:r exercises of the oerman HAMILTON, BF.0WH SHCE CCS SEGURiPi in '-. ":".5..-i f - ;..v.--. .v'?i-' ;.'' SCHOOL pllif SHOE s o Buys 3. p I 1 1 ,-JniT X T- An A r I Hlftrp Uli. J a . . . - a Wilcox's pleasure in court this morn ing. SOLDIERS SPENT LOTS OF MONEY Said to Have Left $30,000 With Merchants of Honolulu. "Although many of the soldiers who came here on the transport Buford had apparently lost a great deal of their money on the voyage from Manila by gambling. Is think it safe to say that they left some $23.00u or SSO.OtK) in Ho nolulu, aid a well known business man yesterday. The men of the Buford were an or derly lot of fellows. They did not paint the t3wn red or try to throw any of he smaller buildings of the town over the top of the new Toung Building but they did spend the money; They learned that travellers can see the sights here without being robbed and the stories they can tell of Honolulu after leaving here should do a lot of good towards bringing others to Hawaii. Honolulu bopes that a few more boil ers of transports will leak sufficiently mo that their commanders will decide that it ia necessary to put into this port. . BUSINESS LOCALS. the class rooms or me noyai There was quite a large attendance. The contract for the new O'Neill building, instead of going t the Ha waiian Engineering Company, has been let to Fred Harrison, who will take over all contracts for iron and steel and the terra cot ta work as well. Progress will be made on the work at once. Tomorrow is Judge Humphreys last day on the bench, and the news of the appointment of his successor may come on the Alameda today. Humphreys will resume the practice of law on Mon day and will enter a new firm with F. E. Thompson and E. M. Watson. George Paris came across a battered church contribution box under his house yesterday morning, evidently thrown there by the one who hypothe cated it from the Catholic church about six months ago. The box looked as if it had ben broken with a stone. It was entirely empty. The statement that Jimmie Sims did not die as given in an evenmg paper. Fchool cpejs soon an-i we want to sell very boy and girl in Honolulu and the other Islands ' a pair of strong, good fitting shoes. Tli kind that will stand the grii d of school and are comfortable on the feet. Let the children try them. Manufacturers' " Shoe Co., Limited 1057 FOnt STREET. flip? ' l ev i'; w ' try 4 ITrame Fitting. in the hospital at the time Sims uicl there of cholera. :i 'oioo -iti Sims at the Hotel Oriente just a few hours previous to his being taken ill. Kilauea Activa Aem. C. L. Wight, of the Wilder Steamship Company, received a message yester day from F. L. Waldron, manager of the Volcano House, saying: "Active lake formed at Haleir.aumau, . 4W feet in diameter." . : Mail Jrom tb Coast. The Alameda is expected to arrive from San Francisco before noon today. She has a week's later maiL Bourbon at $0.00 and $4.00 a gallon at Hoffschlaeger & Co., 25 Queen St- A card ct thanks from D. H. Lewis appears in another column of this pa per. Go to the Kash Clothing Co. for Al fred Benjamin & Co.s correct clothes for men. Lewers & Cooke call special atten tion of painters to their standard Tur pen Shellac An unfurnished room Is wanted in Punahou or the plains. See our classi fied ads. for particulars. Goo Kim will receive by the Alameda a fine line of new goods. Call tomor rowIt is bis bargain day. Tou are not using the best butter un less you are using Crystal Spring but ter from Metropolitan Meat Co. K. May & Co. will receive the very choicest fruits and vegetables the Cal ifornia markets afford on the Alameda today. Fancy ribbons, silks and grass linen for hat draping at specisJ prices this week at Miss Hawiey's in Boston block. Also many new styles of hats. A nicely furnished cottage of two rooms; also a furnished room in main house, with privilege of board, can be had at 1431 Emma street.; gooa tioa. Sidney Boyd of the Palace Grill an nounces today a merchant' lunch, con sisting of soup, vegetables, etc., for -a cents. Regular bill of fire lunch, o cents. Bethel, between Hotel and King streets. Auction sale of household furniture and effects today , at 1262 BeTetania street, near Piikoi street. Some very choice furniture will be soI.L Sale be gins at 10 o'clock and is under the aus pices of Auctioneer Jas. F. Morgan. . Caught Stealing Cocoantit. George Godfrey and Joe Alves, two young Portuguese, were caught by caretaker Gomes in the premises of Mrs. Ward, commonly known as "The Old Plantation," while In the act of making away with cocoanuts. In com pany with half a dozen other boys God frey and Alves had gathered in a large number of the nuts which had fallen to the groi-nd. when Gomes caught sight of them. There was a merry chase resulting in two of them being cap tured. Officer Malleitner responded to a telephone caU for help and brought the boys to the station house where they are locked up on an investiga tion entry.. Both boys have been be fore Judge Wilcox before, one spend ing a short time in the Reform School while the other stayed in the Jail for two weeks. Dee Buy Mors Property. Larry Dee was again in evidence yes terday at the additional ale of Foster's oronortv mit ud for auction to satisfy the court order in the ckse of Hitch cock vs. Hustace et aU or the 'B-a-malo case." Dee bid in a portion of the Pawaa property containing 10,430 square feet for $2100. and secured 4.47 acres of Molokal land for S300. j The next safe of property will' take , place on September 9 when 156S acres f Molokal land will be sold. 1 is discredited by a member of the army j . Q gtest am medical fraternity on board the Ba-je-ver pax w 6 ford, who said he was in tne nosp ;.mj . . . , nf this UlllUU 13 fcVf XJU-a-n- v. v. . drug store not an ordinary 803. soccers, bat a success that will be talked about far and wide. Our plan is to treat every customer so agreeably that we will hold every one. Then every new customer represents just bo much growth to our busines. We cordially invite you to our store and make us aa useful to you an possible. Let this be your down town stopping place where you can meet your friend?, use the telephone, leave packages or in any way make tiiti drug store userul to you. Few glass wearers" realize the import ance of properly fitting frames. This MAY seem of minor importance Our business is growing be-, to yon, but your comfort and that of cause we pay closest attention to fit of e f rame. . , Without proper proportions ana MAMMOTH Removal Sale Attracts Hundreds of Buyers GREATEST BARGAIN EYEST EVER HELD IN H().0LULTJ Store has been crowded ever since the sale began and it has in every way been an unqualified suc cess. Everyone who bought b satisfied at the gTeat bargains offer ed, and hundreds of ladies have taken advantage of the sweeping redactions to lay away garments "for a rainy day." Sale Coutmes All TMs Week STORE OPENS AT 8:30 A. 31. EVERY CORNING. Come Early and Avoid the Rush. All Goods Marked In Plain Fig ures and Sold for Cash Only. 9 DRY GOODS FORT STREET. Pi js. raens co. -ltd mm w jfKf v mmt' l,lli',)j"f'5"'?1 1 i. - . I h Fire Insurance THS B. F. DILLINGHAM COMPANY LD. General Agents far HawaiL Atlas Assurance Company of Londcn. Phoenix Assurance Compajny of Lon don. Vew Tork Underwriters' Agency. Providence "Washington Insurance Company. Phoenix Insurance Company of Brook lyn. ALBERT RAAS, Manager Ins-uranee Department otHce Fouirth Floor. Stanffenwald buUding'. adjustment of the spectacles or eye glass frame, it is impossible to derive the full amount of benefit from your glasses. "We make a specialty of frame fitting as well aa eye fitting, and guarantee an exact and correct adjustment to all faces and eyes. J, N. Sanford, Manufacturing Optician, Boston Buildtnar, Fort Street. Over May St Co. Hobron Drug Co Ehlers' Block, Fort Street. ft I 1. W. AHASA & CO. Hercliant Tailors, 103S Nunanu Ave. All grades cf light goods for the season. White Duck, Light Woolens, etc You get latest etylef, a good fit and the price? are right. if you PLAY PINGr PONG, vi it the HOIMOLUUU BOWLING PARLORS Wher y u can VpcO 'l i eLOCS 1 Automatic Repeating Pistol The weapon for wild cattle, wild boir or any purpoee that a pistol is ned. Uses smokeless powder, has high velocity, pen etration and rapidity. It's part3 are com paratively stronger than the modern military rifle. Pearson & Potter Co., Ltd. Union and: Hotel Sts. Phone Main 317. Clinton mJm Hutchins, I IM B J A o m. Life Ax nasi Fire marine Malnarny Bloak 5 5 Vooi Sates FT" irire 4 4 Another Large Shipment Just Arrived Our stock of Herring Hall-Morvln Safo SoS Fafes is as complete as can be found at any of the branch-Mainland ofce. Our delivered prices in Honolulu will not exceed the net export prices charged in Lan Francisco. HARDWARE DEPARTMENT Theo. H. Davies & Co.f Limited. rTTTTTTTTVTTTTTTTT7 VTTTTTTTTTTTTTTy VTTVTTTT j 'Am MONDAY, AUGUST TH. egant Silks r i Far Below Sost i If ever the price of fcilks struck tx?d-rock it has done po now at our sa7e. The asportment comprises the prettiest and nrvt exquisite silks in the market. The splendid arrrav i exhibited in our show window, with prices p'ainly marked and shewing the enormous reduction we have made. Never a better time to buy than now. WHITS AND CREAM- WHITE FIGURED WHITE SURRAH sSILK TAFFET. SILK Extra fine quality, reduced Very beautiful, n from $1 00 to .303 yard. out window, frjm ll-uO to $1.00. . wmTEiiN nTSiCNEAM' A wonderful bargain. We Beautiful des5gn9 and at haIJduced ltfrom3-0 a tempting reduction waa 2m t $3 50; this sale 12.00. ALL SILK CREAM- BROCADKD CRKAil- WHITE SATIN DUCHESS WHITE 8AT1N A little lighter than the Fine quality, medium above. Reduced from $3.00 weight, reduced from $2 25 to $1.75. to $1 oO. Childrens' Gauze Undervests with long sleeves. In all eize" from 18 b) S I. Efgular prices run from 15c to SOc each. All on eale this week at 2 fr 25c. . mmmW Ladies' Muslin Underwear The following values are eo good that they should be jidvertif-ed alone. If you are looking for tomething real Lice for little money, here's your chance: Chemises Plain and well made. This week, 3 for $1.00. Trimmed with embroidery, 50c Some trimmed with em broidery edging, 75c. Plain with hemstitched ruffle; pretty tfiect, SOc. Trimmed with beadicg iOC. p B. F. Ehlers & Co., Ld. !j Fort Street J a c b hTs a mbmbb b hbbhbbbbbbbi Underskirts Plain with hemstitched tucks, $130 Deep flounce with hemstit ched tucks, $1.00. With two tucked flounce, , H ...i $1 7o. ; One flmnrp trimmed with ( f imitation torchon lace and insertion p, $1.00. Flounces with bias tueka, $1.50. Drawers, large etock trim med ith la.e, 50j a pair. ! New Goods Just Received SUCH AS I FINE CHINA WARE, ' DECORATED TEA AND I DINNER SETS I j BEADED PORTIERES i ALSO b S EMBROIDERED SCREENS in great variety ; styles and prices a AT OUR S2Zotel Street Store. ITS HOTEL ST. PIIO'E MAIX 107. BBBBBBBBBflaflBBBBIBBaBBBBBSBBBBBS to I II e. ft.. J i t B B B B B m B B a B