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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-30
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Sachs ad. on page two.

Sachs ad. on page two.
A. B. C. and Western Union Gable
Code books on sale at Arleigh's.
Peoples Bargain Store, Progress block
The Panama Canal contest closes to-
| morrow, Monday, December 81, at
p. M
SIPS quality Amure crepe wool
waistings 90c. yard this week at
Sachs.
Ladies vests at sale prices at Whit
nev & Marsh's underwear sale on
Wednesday.
Don't miss the sale of muslin under
wear. at Whitney & Marsh's on We'd
nesday morning.
1t viii pay you to inspect our 1907
suitings just opened up. $3.50 to $50.
Geo. A. Martin, Hotel street.
at Sachs
Passbook No. SITS of Bishop Savings
Bank has been lost. Finder is asked
to return same to the bank.
All garments in ladies' muslin under
wear at reduced prices at Whitney &
Marsh's sale on Wednesday.
Embroidery sale begins wednesday
morning. January 2, at A. Blom's. 1t
will be a record-breaker for low
prices.
Neatly-furnished rooms to be had in
Punahou district just one block from
the College. See our For Rent ads. on
the last page.
First-class tickets to all stations on
the Oahu Railroad and HaIeiwa coupon
tickets are now on sale at the Office
of Trent & Co.. 936 Fort street.
zoe. Burlaps 15c. tomorrow at Sachs
Cool, comfortable rooms, all improve
nlents. furnished or unfurnished, sec.
ond or third floor, at the Majestic,
corner Fort and Beretania avenue. e
VIM C. Lyon Co. have a complete
stock of all the best encyclopedias.
Any OF these are delivered for a small
cash payment and sold on easy month
Iy instalments.
Sachs annual January sale of ladies'
muslin underwear begins on Wednes-
day, January . The entire stock of
undermusiin viii be offered at price
reductions thas mean much to You. .
Old Year Out and the New Year In
Inc pubic is invited to dance the old
year out and the new year in at the
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DIED.

NOTT-In Honolulu, December 20, 1906,
Agatha Doiron Mott, the wife of
Thomas Mott, aged Sc years.
Funeral at $3.50 p. m. today from the
family residence, 2841 Nuuanu avenue,
opposite the residence of J. A Cum
Minis Interment Makiki cemetery
MORGAN-At the Queens Hospital.
December 29. 1866 Marguerite, the
beloved daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs j.
a. Morgan, aged three years and
seven months.
Funeral from residence to Catholic
church, thence to Pearl City at one
p m.
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FOR RENT.

FURNISHED ROOMS. Punahou district,
one block from College. Address,
IL. this office. 1910
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MEETING NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Sailors
Home Society will be held at the office
of f. A. Schaefer & CO. at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, December 81.
c. H. ATHERTON,
2o9 Secretary.
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Note:-Barometer readings are cor
reeted for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
to sea level. Average cloudiness stated
in scale from to 10. Direction of wind
il prevailing direction during "a hours
ending at 8 p m. Velocity of wind Is
average velocity in miles per hour.
VIM. 3. SToCKMAN,
Section Director.
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xauAL OFEICE OF THE UNITED
STATED WEATHER BUREAU.
alexander Young Building. Honolulu.
Saturday, Dec 20, 1906.
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A THOROUGH Grygoods salesman.
B. F. Ehlers & Co. 1910
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BOARD, with two rooms. for lady and
two children. near Oahu College. Adj
dress, IA. W., Advertiser office.
1908
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FOUND.

A CLEVELAND bicycle. Owner can
have same by calling at Camp 2,
Vineyard street. proving property
and paying all expenses. 209
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FOR SALE.

OLD and well established lodging
house, situated within two blocks Of
Fort and King streets. Fifteen
rooms, thoroughly furnished All
rooms now occupied. Shows large
profit Apply, S. Noar, Kapiolani
building. 1908
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Classified Advertise mcnts
WANTED.

PRINTERS good compositors
wanted at the Gazette Office, AT
ONCE, on extra work. 209
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ROOM AND BOARD.

DESIRABLE room and board--mos-
uuito-proof. running water. electric
light, etc.--at 4ss King street. 1875
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Full moon December 80 at SIP a. m.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
30 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, beiI z that of the meridian of Isl
degrees thirty minutes. The time whis
tie blows at 1870 p. m, which is the
same Greenwich, 0 hours 0 minutes
60 and moon ere for local time fol
II fhofe SroeS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01

apolis-Colun,bu. games. the latter to
win. for the benet. of a am bling com.
blne IN which he was interested having
been preferred by Secretary Lidiard,
OF the Minneapolis Baseball associa-
tton. This is q result of decisions
which provoked riotous demonstra.
tions At the American associ alton
games here last week.
The Minneapolis management has
secured atfidavits from three we'll
known gamblers that they had an un.
derstaddiug with the umpire whereby
they advisedly bet ou Columbus. One
affidavit states that on the occasion OF
the game Of July Is, he put up money
and paid commission of . per cent.
to the umpire. Two other affid avits
swear that they put up 5000 Of Owens
money, who gave them q commission
OF % cents for placing it. The matter
has been placed for action in the
hands OF August Hermann of Cincin.
natl, chairman Of the National Base.
ball commission.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
SecretBry Root In Brazil.

RIO DE JANElRo, July -. - The
United States cruiser Charleston with
Secretary Root on board, entered the
harbor from Bahia at Z o'clock this
morning, and was saluted with 10 guns
from the fort.
The American ambas> ador, Mr..
Griscom, and the Brazilian ambassa q.
dor to the United States, Senor Ma.
buco, at $50 went on board the
Charleston, which was soon sur.
rounded by hundreds of launches aud
ferryboats crowded with people anx-
ious to greet the American secretary
of state. The latter and his family,
accompanied by Senior Nabuco, land.
ed in the 3O.oar royal barge John
W., amidst the salutes of the as.
sembled warships, including those OF
Brazil, Germany and Argentine. On
landing Mr.. Root was welcomed by
General Rio Blanca, the Brazilian
foreign minister, as the representa-
tive of President Alves. A reception
was held beneath horal arch at the
landing place, which was surrounded
by troops and many thousands OF
cheering people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Want Information About Divorces

CHICAGO, July 29.-In order to get
to the bottom Of Chicago's divorce
history, 80 clerks will be employed by
the government for more than q
month. The records of 20 years will
be searched aud the files in 10000 or
1000 cases examined. The clerks who
Will be In charge OF the work will be thu
most experienced in the employ Of tn,
census department at Washington, and
they viii be sen, to Chicago because
q: the great mass OF work to be done
and because OF the complicated system
Of divorce practice here.
1t is estin ated tn at there have been
more than 1000 divorces year
granted in Chicago, hal! Of them in
TIE superior court aud half in the cir.
cult court. This is believed to be the
record for divorces so far as the large
cities Of the country are concerned,
and for that reason the chapter de.
voted TO Chicago in the divorce cen.
sus to be made by the national gov.
ernment will be the most interesting in
the entire compilation.
The work will begin August l, start.
ing simultaneously all over the eouu.
try. 1t is undertaken because of di.
vorce legislation to be brought before
the next congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Dietz Holds the Fort.

MILWAUKEE, July 27.-Ail effort,
to capture John F. Dietz have oeen
abandoned according to specials from
Cameron dam. where Wedue sd ay :
battle took place. The wounded sol.
dier has disappeared and Sheriff
Gyllaud charges Die,z with naving
killed him in revenge for the wound.
ing of Ei- son. C.areuce Sheriff
Gvliand, It il reported. has decided
to make no more efforts 10 capture
Die.l. Col. J Nuu-uu, secretary 70
Governor Davidson. -a,G over the
loug distance telephoA- ,.n'yn, IT, 1T
GO order for troop IT, vav'u.r D:e,z
has been issued by Governor David.
son.
LADYsMlTH, July 27.-t'ive o: the
six men who engaged in the fight to
capture John Dietz are reported to
have reached Winter, the nearest town
to Cameron Dam. The sixth man Is
supposed to be the one who was shot.
The militiamen were acting as in.
dividuals in the sheritf's posse
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Labor Troubles In Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-To add
to the complicatio of the labor situa-
ton IN San Francisco and following
close upon the heels OF the strike Of
the liuemen and electricians on the
United railroads, all the laborers and
workmen employed on construction
work on the street railway system will
be called out tomorrow morning.
A general strike of all construction
laborers and workmen on the United
railways was decided upon a. . spe-
cia! meeting OF the Street Railroad
Construction Workers. union this af-
ternoon, aud committees were named
TO cali ou, the men tomorrow morning.
The union nun bers about 1000 mem
bers, but the order. it is said, will
affect about 1.60O men who are engaged
in the rehabilitation of the street rail.
ways and changing the cable 70 ads
into electric systems.
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Wool Growers Are Organized.

SALT LAKE, July 29.-The National
Wool Growers associ iation will hold
its annual convention In 1907 in Salt
Lake. Word to this effect has been
received here. Secretary Fisher Har.
ris and the Commercial club have
been working for some time to bring
the convention here, and the executive
committee Of the association has de.
cided to accept Salt Lake . invitation.
The date for the convention has not
yet been set, but it will probably be
held between January 20 and q, 1907.
The association numbers over 5000
members, and its coming is regarded
as an important event for Salt Lake
by the business men and Commercial
club mem bers who have been working
on the matter.
The association, through its officers,
is trying to make the National Wool
Growers association the largest or
ganization of stockmen in the world.
and further plans for its campaign
along this line will be made at the
Salt Lake meeting.
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Will Fight Commission Men.

KANSAS CITY, July 26,-The Coop.
erative Live Stock Commission COM
psny, incorporated in Denver, whose
officers, directors and stockholders
represent large part OF the sheep
and cattle raising industry of the
west, has started o contest against the
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange.
Hostilities will begin September /.
simultaneously. the sheep and cattle
raisers will boycott the exchanges of
commission men in Chicago and St.
Joseph. They propose to sell their
stock without paying what they con-
tend is an excessive commission
charge. The sheep raisers are lead
ing the movement.
The Cooperative Live Stock Com.
mission company has absorbed the
business Of two members of the Kan
sas City exchange and will buy and
sell stock. Independent of the live
stock exchange. The movement is
recognized as the beginning Of a bit.
ter contest between the producers,
backed by the packers, against the
commission men.
The independent commission COM
pauy will reduce its commission on
sheep g. a car and the same on hogs.
The charge on cattle will be the same
as that of the livestock exchange.
One of the potent causes for the Or.
ganization of the cooperative com.
pany was the action of the commits.
sion men in adv auciug the charge for
the sale of livestock.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
England's Naval Program Reduced.

LONDON, July 27.-The agitation
against excessive reduction of the ma
val construction program has proved
successful, and Edmund Robertson,
parliamentary secretary of the admir-.
atty, announced in the house of com.
mons today that only one battleship of
the Dreadnaught class would be de.
leted from the original program, al
though saving totaling $4,000, 900
would be effected by reducing the turn
out OF u number OF smaller vessels.
Mr. Robertson said that only three
new Dreadnoughts would be laid down
instead Of four. as originally pro.
posed. Two ocean-going torpedo boat
destroyers would be built, instead of
Eve, and eight submarine boats, in.
stead Of II, while II coastal torpedo
boa. de=.royers would be constructed
as originally proposed.
Tie total of the expenditure by the
new program was S$i ,0O0, GOO. instead
OF 81, ,000,oOC,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Great Losses Of Insurance Companies

ALBANY, N. y, July 29.-State
Commissioner OF Insurance Otto kel.
sey tonight made public the results OF
his investigation as to the losses oi
fire insurance companies in the San
Francisco disaster.
All Joint stock fire and inland ma.
rine insurance companies trans acting
business in the state were called on
for q sworn statement as to their
losses in California.
The companies were asked for the
gross amount of insurance involved in
risks destroyed or damaged, the de.
ductiou for amounts to be recovered
from reinsurance, the deduction for
estimated salvage, the total deduction
and the net amount of loss, as shown
by the records June 80, 1906.
The gross amount of insurance in.
volved by all companies is 1922 1885,.
307; the Reinsurance, sS5, ,2l6,77l: sal.
wage, S33, ,Sl4, ass, and actual loss,
Sl32, ,S23, ,O67.
The company with the largest ne,
loss is the Hartford Fire o. Connect.
cut, according to the report Its loss
Is 81, 1856, 10l.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Defies Courts and Officers.

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, July 90
During q battle at Cameron dam on
the Thorn Apple river, between the
sheriff and six militiamen and John
Dietz and his family, who for three
years has defied the courts and the
Mississippi River Boom company,
two officers were killed and Dietz .
son Clark probably mortally wound.
ed. For three years Dietz has held
possession of his home in defiance of
the courts and the officers. The land
is the property of the Boom company.
This morning the sheriff with his
officers approached the house intend.
ing to oust Dietz upon q court order.
When he saw the officers approaching
Dietz mounted stump and told the
sheriff the house would only be taken
after the rifles were empty and his
body dead. The women of the Dietz
family stood behind the man passing
him relays OF loaded guns. Dietz still
retains possession OF the premises.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Disastrous Wreck.

F'IsHK1LL LANDING, N. Y, July %.
The Pacific Express train, No. 81, on
the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad, which left New York
at $3.50 O'Clock, was wrecked near New
Hamburg, about eight miles south of
Poughkeepsie, at ll:20 p. N.
The train ran into Q Landslide, which
had been washed upon the tracks by
the heavy rains OF the afternoon.
The engine and baggage car were
thrown from the rails. and tearing
across the outh.bound tracks,
plunged into the Hudson river.
The engineer, fremen and one bag
gagem an are reported drowned.
The cars which did not go into the
river were thrown from the track and
piled up in bad wreck.
A score or more of passengers were
injured and the Highland hospital and
Planters hotel at this place have been
made ready to receive them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Russell Sage's Will.

NEW YORK, July 27.-Except for a
few bequests to relatives, the fortune
OF Russell Sage is left to his widow.
There is 40 charitable bequest in
the will. There was nothing in the
will to indicate the value Of Mr..
Sage's estate. Each OF Mr.. Sage's
nephews and nieces is left S25. 900.
There is also bequest Of $4,000 to
Mr.. Sage's sister, Mrs. Capin, now
deceased. The section bequeathing
the bulk Of the estate to Mr.. Sage
reads that she is to shave and to hold
the same absolutely and forever
The executors of the will are Mrs.
Sage, Mrs. Sase's physician, and
Charles w. Osborne, who has had
charge ci the Sage Office in this city.
TIE will contains a section forfeit.
ing the bequest to any beneficiary who
objects to the probate of the will, or
who directly or indirectly contests it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Will Collect Back Taxes,

CHICAGO, July 26.-The three-cor.
nered controversy between the board
Of review, the executors of the Mar.
shall Field estate and the corporation
councillors Office came to an end yes.
terday, when the taxing body decided
that the Field estate should be taxed a
total Of $3.50, ,000, 900 this year, includ.
ing back taxes. The decision means
that the executors of the estate will be
compelled to pay the county q, 800, 900,
which Is more than the total amount
OF personal property on which Mr..
Field was taxed during the last years
Of his life.
The greater part of this sum to be
paid is to come from the collection of
back taxes, on which Mr.. Field is held
by the board to have escaped pay.
ment. The members OF the board esti.
mated the back taxes without any au.
thentic figures to guide them.
The president of the board, w. F.
Upham, held that the board should fix
the amount of taxable property upon
which taxes had not been collected
since 1899 at an average Of SIS, 900, 900
yearly, amounting to S105, 900, 900 for
the seven years. To this sum will be
added 10 per cent. interest fixed by the
law to be collected in all cases OF this
kind. This interest amounts to S432, :.
900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Bryan Meets British King.

LONDON, July 26.-Wil!iam j. Bry.
an, who was introduced by Ambass a.
dor Reid, was received in private au-
diecce by King Edward at Bucking.
ham palace today. The visit was paid
at the kings special request, his ma.
jesty having notified Mr.. Reid that he
desired to meet MIR. Bryan. The inter.
view was quite informal, and was
marked by pleasing cordially. which
the king is accustomed TO show Am.
orleans in whom he i. interested.
Only the king. Mr.. Reid and Mr.. Bry.
az were present. The convers alton
largely turned on the subject of peace
and the conference of the interpar!ia.
meutary union, with the objects Of
which the king showed himself thor.
oughly in accord.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Used Cancelled Stamps.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Charged with
selling mortgage tax stamps and tax
transfer stamps that had already been
used, 6ve men were arrested on CON-
plant Of the state comptroller. The
authorities charge that the state gov.
ernment has been defrauded of over
100000. The men. all of whom were
arrested in Wall street, are Frederick
Thompson, clerk: William O'Reilly,
Patrick King, C. H. Lawrence and
Luke Maskerry, all of Brooklyn. 1t
is alleged that the cancellation marks
were removed by the use of chemicals,
after which the stamps were iroued.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Land GrabberS Confess.

FARGO, N. D., July 26. e. l..
Huidopker and F. X. Huidopker oi
Pittsburg, and w. G. Clark of this
state. changed their pleas of no,
guilty to guilty 10 the United States
court today. They were indicted one
year ago, on the charge of fencing
government lands. They were for.
mer owners of the Little Missouri
Horse company. in the western par,
OF the state, and in addition to their
40,0O acres of land, fenced in 10000
acres of government land.
Their attorney this afternoon ex.
planned to the court that the fencing
law was generally reg arded As q dead
letter and the defend ants Immediately
took down the fences when ordered to
do so by government officials. Judge
Amidon took the matter under advise.
meCt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
An Election Ordered For Zion.

CHICAGO, July 27.-As q result OF
the hearing In the federa court of the
dispute over the leadership of Zion
City. the court today deposed Dowie,
Voliva and Granger from the affairs
OF Zion.
The spiritual adviser shall hold
only temporal power, says the court.
The financial AT airs of Zion will be
administered for the present BY John
G. Hately, who was appointed q re.
ceiver by the court.
The action Of the court in contind.
ing the receiver IN charge of the finau.
cial affairs indicates that the finances
of Zion are 10 bad shape aud Zion
City i not paying proposition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
Must Furnish Transportation Rates

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Chairma an
Martin A. Knapp, OF the interstate
commerce commission, on behalf Of
the commission, has directed letter
to all the railroad companies and cor.
porations Of the United States, direct.
ing their special attention to section 6
of the recently enacted railro al freight
rate law. The section provides that
every common carrier, subject to the
provision OF the act. shall file with the
commission and keep open to the pub
lie for inspection schedules "showiug
ali the rates, fares and charges for
transportation between different points
on its own route and between points
on its own route and points on the
ronte of any other carrier by railroad, /,
pipe line. or by water when through
route and joint rate have been estab.
lished.'
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Salaries Cut To One Dollar.

CHICAGO, July 26.-In the future the
salaries OF mayor, chief of police, city
treasurer, commissioner OF public
works, city attorney, fire marshal, city
collector, commissioner of health, and
aldermen Of Zion City will be 81 q
year, the city council having passed
an ordinance to that effect.
Some time ago citizens presented a
petition asking that several of the
high-sound;ug offices be dispensed
with as matter O! economy, but the
council took this means to accom-.
plish the same end. The actual work
OF a number Of the officials is done by
deputies OR assistants, to whom small
salaries are paid.
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mercial bodies OF the state will lend
their aid to furthering the proposition
a. agreed upon.
Over . Million Immigrants.

WASHINGTON, July %. - Revised
figures indicate that the immigration
to this country during the fiscal year
ending June 30, last. was 1854
greater than it was during the fiscal
year 1905.
The immigration during the past
year aggregated l,l00,073, against l..
O26, 499 for the previous year.
It IL notable that the class of immi.
grants was not 30 high as in many
previous years, most OF them coming
from Austria. Hungary, Russia and
Italy. During the year just passed,
l2,433 persons we're debarred, for
various causes, principally diseases
OF some sort.