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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
DEPARTMENT STORE
COMPETITION.

The wonderful development Of the
department stores in the large cities
OF the United States is a most inter.
esting and remarkable chase OF a re-
turn to the first principles Of the old
country store on a broad scale. Thirty
years ago the department store was
unknown beyond the country cross
roads where household utilities OF all
kinds and description, from bushel OF
potaties to tin pan were on sale. To-
day there is hardly a town without it's
department store and the emporiums Of
trade In the large cities nave reached
immense proportions, employ an army
OF clerks and do yearly business that
runs into the millions OF dollars. The
scope OF these stores is limited only
by the wants of the public. Some OF
them bar perishable goods, but the
majority furnish a shopping center
that supplies every demand of mercan'
tile trade, at prices lower than the
traders in special lines.
Statistics recently published give an
adequate idea of the extraordinary pro-
portions OF these great merchant
stores. The twelve department stores
OF New York city give their sales for
the year ending June 80, 1872, as s24,-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
Held FOR MURDER

Hilo, Sept. The preliminary ex-
animation of the Japanese implicated
in the alleged murder OF Motohara,
was concluded Tuesday with the dis
charge OF Hayashi, one of the six who
were charged with being accessories,
but against whom the charge was
changed to conspiracy. Two against
whom the charge Of conspiracy was
laid were released, q nolle pros. being
entered by the prosecution. Three
were bound over TO the Grand Jury on
the charge Of conspiracy, and are in
Jail in default of bond, which was
fixed at $1,000. The two alleged MUIR
derers, Funacoshi and Watanabi, were
the first tried, and they await In jail
the action OF the Grand Jury on the
charge OF murder in the first degree.
This case has been perhaps the most
stubbornly fought cause ever tried in
the Hilo District Court. The Sheriff
department waded irto the business of
arresting Japanese after Motohara
was found dead, which left no doubt
as to their intention to leave no stone
unturned to have 1t murder and pun
ish the murderers. The prosecution
has used every possible implement at
their disposal in the trial. Smith &
Parsons for the prosecution have wag
ed a determined battle.
On the other side were Wise & Ross
and LeBlond G. Smith. They have
contested every step made by the
prosecution with bulldog pertinac!ty -
Tribune.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

The Fifth evidently misunderstands
the intentions of the Fourth District
committeeman in conceding the claim
to two Senatorial candidates without a
fight. A concession can hardly be
classed as dictation though the word
ing of the resolution might have been
so phrased as to more clearly convey
the meaning. Whether the Fifth gets
two candidates through the justice OF
its claim or canvass for individual
votes makes little difference so what is
wanted is obtained without a row over
4,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
STREET CAR SWITCHES

rd,tor Eveninp nuIletin.--The morn.
inc Ananias has an article on the OBJ.
s,r,o,ion of The tram cars al their
Maunaraa street switch Yesterday, As
a. nhsarvor I sbouId saw that the Ran.
ID Transit Comnanv have succeeded
adn,rah,v IN their evident design TO
m,v th,rys nm Wherever the Tram.
ways Comnary has a switch there will
no ,ourd alec ono os the RAND Transit
Ill w,,h four oars ahreast In our
norrov .trss,s all at one time there
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

$4,000 more than their sales for the
year ending June 30, 1899; while the
increase in the number of persons en-
ployed was 6S74. Eight department
stores in Boston report an increase in
sales in three years of sl7,46O.OO0. and
an increase in the number of employees
of 1885. The eight principal depart.
ment stores in Chicago report an in
crease in sales over three years ago
of s15,190,OOO, and in the number Of
persons employed, 1920. Although
figures are not given, the increase in
Philadelphia, 81. Louis, Cincinnati,
Cleveland Pittsburg and other cities
is said to have been proportionally
large. Since 1895 no less than twelve
new department stores have been
started in New York and all OF them
are said to have prospered exceeding.
ly.
In the face OF these figures II is no
wonder that the smaller mercantile in
terests of the large cities and the ad-
joining towns are in constant warfare
against the monopolizers of trade, and
according to the Retail Grocer's Advo-
cate the chief opposition should come
from the out-of-town merchants. This
authority claims that IS per cent OF the
department store trade is transient and
60 per cent OF IL comes from out Of
town, through mail orders and visitors
to the large cities in search Of special
bargains. The competition il is claim
ed is particularly ruinous TO the mer-
camille dealers Of adjoining cities and
towns by diverting money from its
usual local channels into the nav OF
the emporium OF trade. Small dealers
Of the large cities get at least a per-
centage, though 1t be very small, OF the
trade from the hundreds OF department
store employees who patronize nearby
merchants for a portion OF their house.
hold necessities. To the outside mer-
chant the department store is leech
which takes trade and gives nothing in
return directly or indirectly,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
Great Britain'S Premier
MR.. BALFOUR,
Leads By Aarmonizing

Balfour and the average man In the
street there Is no intellectual common
ground. Too modest to talk down to
them, too sensitive 20 talk above their
heads. he addresses his Manchester
constituents (who arc at once proud
OF being represented by a "philosC-
pher" and a little scared NY actual
contact with HIM IL. a style 10 near
commonplace as anything about Mr..
Balfour can be. The country yields tC
him the respect that always goes on,
| to a public man who Is transparently
incapable of anytnh q low ~ mean,
and not only sets himself a high san
dard but makes others live up to II
by the mere infiuelco ~ atmosphere.
But the country does not know Mr.
does. At Westminster he has endear-
ed himself to both sides Of the most
critical chamber in the world by a
hundred bonds Of real personal affec.
ton. Mr.. Gladstone loved him as a
son. His perfect courtesy to oppo-
nents, those little touches Of chivalry
that count for so much in an excitable
and heated assembly, his disdain for
mere personalities and the instant Gle
walton Of tone that such disdain en-
genders. have done more even than
his gifts of mind and speech to make
him the most warmly liked member
in the House. He is the John Hay
Of English politics. ''''.'
His Mannerisms. 90"
1t is twenty.eight years since Ar
thur James Balfour entered Parlia
ment. Even then he was a marked
man. Not only was he the nephew
OF his uncle-which is always a big
consideration in England-but he had
made reputation on his own account
1t was not, to be sure, a reputation OF
the kind that every young man Of six
and.twenty would care to have. Mr..
Balfour was suspected of being some
thing Of a dandy and a good deal OF
dilettante. Tales Of the enormous
hours he would lie in bed, OF his pas
sion for blue china and golf, and Of
various little effeminate habits that
had won for him among the robust
undergraduates " Cambridge the
nickname of Aunt Fanny" used tc
float about the lo3bies of the House
A "perfumed poplnjay" was one OF
the epithets the papers gave him,
Miss Balfour" or Nancy" chung &c
him for yaarS affair His toll uIllnux
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

tory was ransacked for tyrants and
oppressors to compare him with. All
this passed by the Chief Secretary
like the idle wind which he respected
not He was aware that II was part OF
the game, and he knew enough to keep
his temper. The Irish had met their
master. Before his glacial indifference
or his measured. singing sarcasms,
they had TO give way. What held him
up through II all was his conviction
that the Irish were really united for
self-government, and ought to be rul.
ed, as he said, "as one would rule @
nursery" II was an aristocratic as.
sumption; but then England, in her
dealings with Ireland is always an
aristocratic nation of the worst kind.
Naturally she was delighted to find q
man to whom the aristocratic type Of
government came so easily. The i'm
preston Mr.. Balfour made on his par.
ty and the whole country was almost
: exaggerated in its depth. II was in all
ways a remarkable personal triumph.
He came out of II mentally broadened.
physically made oyer--a new and Wig.
orous man, saved by hard work. On
the death of "Old Morality" Smith in
1891. his accession 10 the leadership Of
the House was undisputed.
Needs Opposition.
That Mr.. Balfour made as grea a
success as leader as lie did as Irish
Secretary cannot I e said. lie seems
&c be one Of those men who need OPP
position to bruce tn.m. AS the cap
tain of an empowering majority he
has within the Inst few years made
hlrDders which chi: the strength and
discipline of his party have kept from
being catastrophes. Every one re-
members how entirely he failed to
rise to the occasion during the first
few months Of the Boer war. There
is a strain of weakness, almost Of
petulance or fretfulness, In him some
where that seems to warp his judg-
ment when the pressure OF a hand.to.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

II an 'Englishman were asked to
name the two most interesting person
alities in the public life OF England
today, he would in nine cases out OF
ten pick out Lord Rosebery and Mr..
Balfour. In the tenth case, perhaps,
Mr., Chamberlain would be bracketed
with Lord Salisbury's nephew, or
might even displace him. But for
those who need something besides We
hemence OF temperament and even the
keenest lucidity Of mind to rouse their
emotion, the quality Of Mr.. Chamber.
lain's interest Is soon exhausted. One
feels too bluntly the lack OF the hui
manities both in his manner and
methods when Mr.. Chamberlain is on
the warpath. There is disenchant.
ing absence OF bigness in his charac-
ter and instructive way OF looking at
things, too obvious readiness to
score points, to corner his opponents,
to turn the most trivial incident into
a means of personal glorification. Peo'
pie in England vastly admire his cour'
age and directness and the unhesitat.
ing decisiveness with which he takes
the shortest cut to bis goal. But the
idolatry that goes out to hi mis- the
idolatry of mere force and cleyerness.
No heart ever warmed to Mr.. Chamber
lain: no imagination ever took fire
from his incisive, supremely business
like speeches. The note OF gracious
ness which he lacks SO deplorably is
the key to the dispositions Of the other
two. Neither Lord Rosebery nor Mr..
Balfour has made personal enemies
out of his political opponents. The
ex-Premier's popularity, indeed, Is
still something unique, II is as great
at Westminster as IN Whitechapel, and
no greater than at Windsor or Buck
ingham Palace. All ranks and classes
are attracted to Lord Rosebery, prize
his brilliant many-siGedness, and cher
ish him as the most dazzling and &C
complished nobleman OF the day.
Balfour Not Heroic.
The hold Mr.. Balfour has over the
country falls into different category
He has never quite been a popular
hero. He has the aristocratic TEN
permanent, and cannot let himself &c
with that comfortable and satisfying
freedom which the modern populact
demands. On a public platform he
feels himself out OF place, and the con
sciousness OF incongruity altogether
prevents him from becoming a. great
popular favorite, even II his ambitions
lay that way. The House OF Commons
is his natural sphere. He needs al
audience that will catch the lightes
shades and appreciate the most deli
cate turns to bring out all his powers
Then the quick play of humor ant
fancy, the exquisite retort that ticklei
while 1t demolishes, the strong, coo
reasoning, and at times the honest, If
repressible indignation, especial!
when a friend or colleague is unfairl!
attacked, make a perfect Parliament
larry performance, But between Mr.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
ANTl-SALOON LEAGUE
REPORTS.

The Anti-Saloon League finds by its
own canvass that citizens of this Ter
ritory are not prepared to make the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors an issue in the elections. This
means that the people are satisfied to
leave to the good judgment Of the
Legislature the enactment Of laws
which shall secure an equitable Ii
cense law for all branches of legiti-
mate liquor traffic.
A compilation Of the replies received
to questions sent out by the League is
published in the current issue OF The
Friend. This taken in consideration
with the report OF police officials is con-
vincing evidence that our citizens deem
the liquor traffic, conducted under a
license law. to be quite satisfactory.
The League sent out series Of ques-
lions, 200 copies going to white men
and 100 to natives" Whether these
queries were confined to citizens of
Honolulu is not stated. Answers were
received from forty-nine white men
and siXty-three natives.
The tabulated figures show that
majority of the white men were con-
WINGED that since since the Increase in
saloons, drunkenness in their residen-
tial districts has not increased, while
the natives take the opposite view.
White men believe the light wine and
beer saloons Including Primo) have
diminished the sale of stronger drinks,
the native replies give a majority for
the opposite conclusion.
Twenty-nine white men believe
the abolition of saloons would in
crease the sale Of liquor in
stores and shops and twenty
three natives believe such action would
diminish store sales. On the attitude
OF the Government toward the liquor
traffic the white men believe in H.
.cense. The Hawaiian translation OF
this question is stated to have been
misleading so that all answers to the
native circulars were irrelevant.
without a list OF the persons to
whom these circulars were sent, or the
places OF residence, II is impossible to
draw an impartial conclusion from the
exhibit made by the League. The indi-
cations are, however, that the League
has found the people unwilling to take
up the cudgel against the licensed sale
and manufacture OF liquors. The sta
tistics of the Police department in IA
vor OF the light wine and beer saloons
overshadows the few opinions to the
contrary presented by the League. Fur
thermore, when the opposition to an
increase in the number OF saloons is
not sufficiently intense to warrant a
more enthusiastic response than that
obtained by the AntiSaloon League, 1t
is plain the Agitation Committee is
voicing its own personal opinion rather
than a powerful popular sentiment.
The statistics obtained viii be inter-
esting for comparison in future years
TO show the trend OF public thought.
The immediate effect is to show the
people not ready to take up the
Leagues battle.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

minor offices nat are the stepping
stone to fame or extinction. He be
came Secretary for Scotland, with
scat in the Cabinet. The duties Of
that office are by nc means arduous,
but they threatened to be too much
for Mr.. Balfour's strength. He did his
work ably enough, but not more ably
than a score of other men have done
II.
His Opportunity.
There was nothing so far to make
one think that a brilliant career was
In store for him. His chance came in
1887. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was
obliged by Ill health to retire from the
Irish Secretaryship. For the last hun
bred years the Irish Secretaryship has
been the most difficult and engrossing
office in the service OF the British
Crown, and such 1t seems likely to re-
main. Who was to succeed to It?
Many names were mentioned, but no
one for a moment imagined that Mr..
Balfour would be the man. The news
was the biggest surprise that has been
gland during tho r,st half century
That tbis s,im delicate "nbiIosonber"
sbou,d essay an oc,ce that had kiued
Mr. Forster and turned Sir George
Treve,van,s hair white seemed ,ncred.
ible to the point Of laughter. But SO
n Was Mr. pa,fonr had himself thor.
ougbIy overbanIed Inv a nbvsician He
was Soc,ared IN he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sound and aov,sea that hard work
would no Tho hest q, al, ,onics II Was
momentons day when Mr. pa,four
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06
CURIOUS CRTNKLES
By LANAI LOUNGER.

Y
Capital is courteous to labor II moth
ing else. All of the Honolulu banks
reiigiously observed Labor Day. II
g y y
The popular name OF the Republican
candidate for Delegate is significant.
Cupid" II is who can effect the be-
trothal OF Progressive Hawaii and the
Party OF Progress.
Harmony is the best hammer to drive
nails into the other fellows coffin.
i. e e
Hawaii expects every Republican this
day to do his duty.
- Y !.
II George had the Ratchet in his hand
when the grandfather Of his country
spoke about the cherry tree, there was
not much left to tell but the truth.
I. - =
Formalin? What next shall we i'm
bibe in our breakfast cup?
x = q
II Wilcox is the best leader the Dem
ocratc party can obtain, II cannot be
blamed for doing the best II can for It.
self. The party on the Mainland can
not find any leader.
!. Il 4.
Possibilities from a party's campaign
which are prescribed by the enemy are
too remote and vague to be considered
while the fight is on. Keep a stead
fast eye upon direct issues and leave
by-products for scavengers to handle
after the hurly burly's done and the
battles fought and won.
u 4 y
Among the horned tribes the Elks
that herd in frescoed halls are the jol-
Hest.
The fore and after-glows in Hawa-
iian skies these days are probably to
be credited to Pele instead of Pelee.
!. Il -
Honolulu has been exercised over
the Korea question for two days-one
result OF belonging to a great Power.
:: y !:
Municipal government for Hawaii
has nothing to fear now but a super
abundance of constructive talent.
I: !: q
A man kicks forward. a mule back
ward. The moral Of this proposition
will occur to everybody but the hind
sighted politicians.
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All Sheen, All Sheen, beware the ftful
kerosene,
For the cat may jump and the lamp
explode.
| And the fire fiend ride on high
| To shrek the knell OF the burning
town
In the glow OF the lurid sky.
:. y *
General Sharrett. in fixing up the
Chinese tariff. considered the lion's
share none too good for the eagle.
4: = u
The Saiyu-kai party is victorious In
Japan. No doubt the defeated parties
have advanced enough in western ways
to console themselves with the asser-
ton that bribery and corruption did IT,.
e = Z
| Women have gone into politics
strong in Japan. What a clatter they
must make on the curb. at the disper-
sal OF caucus, with their style Of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

difficult for the stolid British house
holder to detect the markings Of a
statesman in such a man. The House
laughed at him and his languid ways.
Few If any saw In him anything but
an amiable and lazy athlete who had
strayed into politics by accident, who
would soon tire of the game and bury
himself once more among his books
and blue china.
HIS Early Work.
Being the nephew of his uncle, pro-
motion or at least employment OF some
sort was inevitable. In 1878 Lord
Salisbury made him his private secre-
tary, and II was in that capacity that
he attended the famous Berlin Con.
ference. For the next siA years he
was a member Of the Fourth Party.
The Fourth Party was composed of
four men, all Of them men of talent,
and with diabolical gift for the parry
and thrust Of Parliamentary debate.
Lord Randolph Churchill was its lead.
er; Sir John Gorst, Sir Henry Drum.
mond Wolff, and Mr.. Balfour were his
lieutenants. All four were Conserva.
tives, but without any strict notions OF
party discipline. They made life, in.
deed, as thoroughly uncomfortable for
their own leaders as for Mr.. Glol.
stone. Filibustering was never car.
ried on with more science or more
brilliance than in the English Parlia.
ment between 1880 and 1884. Mr.. Bal
four took his share in 1t and thorough
ly enjoyed himself. He had from the
first the knack of talking to the House
Of Commons knack which many
men can never learn at all. Subjects
were not wanting. The Bradlaugh
case. the Reform Bill, Majuba, the
Egyptian campaign, and the death OF
Gordon were enough to supply even
an Impractical speaker with material
NJ. Balfour in his airy polished style
held forth on them all, delighting the
House with his wit and the easy fin
ISL of his oratory. In 1885 and 1886
he was installed in one of the many
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

The Boys Brigade has done so much
toward developing honest, hard work
ing manhood among the boys who
would otherwise run wild in the
streets, that the subscriptions for con-
tinuing the work ought to be put down
as meeting the demand OF necessity
even in hard times.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

The investigation OF the Magoon
building fire leaves no doubt that an
incendiary is at work. II Is up TO the
Police department TO do some vigorous
work towards putting a stop to these
nightly fires.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

Women have gone into politics
strong In Japan. What a clatter they
must make on the curb. at the disper-
sal of a caucus, with their style Of
shoes. ,N.lslaA -
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

The Bulletin, rs cents per month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

Possibilities from party's campaign
which are prescribed by the enemy ar,
too remote and vague to be considered
while the fight is on. Keep a stead
fast eye upon direct issues and leav,
by-products for scavengers to handle
after the hurly burly's done and thu
battles fought and won.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

The Saiyu-kai party is victorious in
Japan. No doubt the defeated parties
have advanced enough in western ways
to console themselves with the asser-
ton that bribery and corruption did 1t.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-06

Honolulu, Sept, 6. 'O2,
Decorah-posten., 1902-10-10

Seller &el6clm bar ien6t Otto
Soerbrup feIaenoe Telegram: "Ii
fulot SismanOsbierte en- gIaO Silien
% pelfommen biem. Saffer Sub meo
Gem. at ban IpFfelie isrte lem, Stib
% Oct tapre WanOifab tllbage til
fine" Sra Berlin meooeles, at aeiier
8ilbeImS Telegram til 8apteiu
Soerorup ooeraIt / SpIflonb bar oun.
Set Sen iterfeIte 8ieuflaug. S9rIig
er man i rniperIitrtsfrebie meget til.
frebs meo Ben IaaOe, bporpaa Den
tpife &eiier bar poet ben rorife Solar.
iorifer lin N~nerfienoeIie. 5lere ri.
o~euifabeIige Selifaber agter oe0 en-
eIler nnben llomRrfelie at beuiie Sap.
tein Soerorup jim SeunOring og Eat
nenimeligteb.
Decorah-posten., 1902-10-10

eisre noaet mere eIer 'teore1 enb be
andre, JONI bar punbet Stammens
Dnbeit. Gan inoIaoer fig meb be
alereoe anerfienote | 9ebSeIsb paa
S~eiterpgeen o. prsuer at opersaa
bern T~Dgtigbeb.os annIitpffer. 3
oenne Veriooe er Snoionerungoom.
men farIig for Stammens boioe Ia.
boer; tbi BET at itiRle apRs. ifrrmme
apinoer % inbertioen at begna RorS
er noget. iom tiener til ben unge Sn.
bianers 5crberIieeIia, bpis ban tan
nnogan at bliue opbaget og Itrnfet.