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Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13
those dollars. Jews, Armenlans,

those dollars. Jews, Armenians,
Greeks, Spaniards, etc., talking a
continual jargon unknown to me.
A steam merry go round seemed
to take the cake, and great crowd
was waiting their turn. The dollars
changed hands very fast there, and
many poor devil had little to carry
home when his evening of frolic was
over.
Being out of smoking tobacco, l
bought two ounce package, ~
cents silver, 5 cents in the states. n
cigar ten cents for a poor two for a
nickel at home. A glass OF soda
water, 10 cents, and all other luxur-
les on par with these. A poor man
could not live with these sharks who
roar terribly at our government for
running the commissaries for the
benefit of her laborers, as it takes
away their best cash customers. He
would have to follow the style of the
natives we saw, go with little
clothing, or as many do, go without
any, especially the small fry.
Sunday is general holiday at the
zone, and the natives and foreigners
are out for the day dressed in all the
finery they can obtain. The trains are
crowded, everyone on the go, SO we
get the fever and light out for Pan.
anna. The scenery is similar to that
between Colon and Culebra, very
tropical, with foliage and under.
growth so thick that you could not
see six feet into the woods in many
lplaces. The native huts built of poles
and thatched with palm leaves or q
Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13
STOCK COMPANY AT THE GEM.

me management OF the Gem
theater has announced the engage
ment of the Dougherty Stock COM
pany,s which will play solid week
at that theater commencing Monday,
May 1S. The company carries four
teen people and is one of the strong
est organizations on the road. Only
the best royalty plays will be pro-
duced and the engagement of this
company will be a real treat to lovers
of the Legitimate drama. An especial
ly strong feature will be the spec
ialties between the acts, which will
be changed nightly. The manage
ment of the Gem is to be scongratu-
lated on securing this company, as
it only plays the larger cities. The
seat sale for the opening night opens
Tuesday, April 4 2, at :Pooler's. drug
tstore. q
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
GARDENS AT LAUPAAoEHoE.

I.aupah0ehoc. May Z. 1905.
To the Editor of the Evening Blu J..
letin, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-I take the liberty of
writing you this weekly letter to let
you know that our vegetables are
growing fine.
! am going to tell you moro about
the flower gardens.
There are fifteen flower gardens on
both sides of the pathway to the girls
toilet and twenty.three gardens on
both sides of the pathway to the boys
toilet. Each garden Is twelve feet
long and three feet wide. There Is
a path between every two gardens,
II Is two and half feet wide. The
gardens are all owned by girls.
The girls have planted carnations
of all shades, sunflowers, both single
and double, calleopsis, sweet vii
lams. chrysanthemums, lady's slip
pers of all shades, geraniums, Easter
lilies. mnrigolds, yiolcts. cverlastin;
flowers, ice plants. cosmos, roses be
gonias. gladioll, ornamental grass
pappaics. dahllas, nurstrurtiums, mar
gucffiteS anu ualScs.
Yesterday some of the boys plantc,
| hibicus hedge. II Is continuation
of the first hedge. Now the hedge 1
very long one. Il measures on
hundred and ffty.threc feet in length
It separate the school yard from tn
cottage yard.
on May 9th and 9Th the children
picked one thousand one hundred an
I twcnty.iour cut.worms.
The weather here Is rainy. TIL
average daily temperature was ~ pc
cent and the total amount of prccip
| tation was d.30 inches since las
| Thursday.
The boys are planting more an
more vegetables. The girls take goo
care of their gardens. Every mori
| Ing they see tn them. so there are II
weeds 10 be found In them. -
| Please print this letter OF mine
! because We have not seen any Of ou
letters in print for long time.
| | wish YOU would print only on
letter from each school every wee
50 we can see ours too.
You receive letters from us ever
Saturday. why should we not see on
at least printed in your paper ever
! Wednesday? We try to please yo,
why don't you try to please us?
From Il Sincere Manager.
ANNIE KIN FOOK.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
MAY DAY AT ALRE.


may iZtn, l5US.
Dear Mr.. Harrington.
| would like to write you this let
ter, to let you know about our May
Day, and hope YOU would be glad of
hearing about II.
We hpd our festival day on Fri
day, May the first, and we had very
good time. We chose one boy ana
one girl in our school to be the king
and queen Of our May day. We had
exercises, and all the children in our
school were very glad
= In the morning we had two hours
Tor decorating and after that we
started on with our exercises. start
ing from ten O'Clock and closing at
Twelve O'Clock. We have May
pole and we decorated it with now-
ers. We also decorated our school
building and the tree, under which
the band of children sang.
We swept our buildings and made
our premises neat and tidy. The
boys placed benches in shady places
under the trees for visitors. We also
decorated ourselves with leis. The
first exercise that we had was the
Flag exercise. We saluted the flag
while 1t was hOisted and then sang
America.
The rest of the exercises we had.
you viii see in the program. After
tbe patriotic exercises We began with
our open-air song recital. Here is
I the program:
100000: l5--Patriotic-. Exercises.
salute to the Flag.
Song, America" (key ca.
Quotations, Chas. Sumner'sN and
Sir Walter SCOTS.
Song, Star Spangled Banner (key
| @.
Quotation, Inscription on Libert,
Bell.
Song, "our Country's Flag" Ike,
! g.
lO;l5-ll:00-Song recital.
Song, Lovely May, Key C, II. an,
H.
Song, April Showers, Key A-aat
r. II,
Song, Poi Song with motions, R
!, and II.
Song, May Time. II. l., key f.
song Sir Spring Time, Key +
II, II,
Duet, The Cleaner, Key C. Esthe
and Sarah,
song \ Song of Spring. Key /
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23

the pole like mat work and then re.
vcrsed, While the band children were
singing hC songs Of, London Bridges.
sun Beans, In aud Out, Round and
Round. aud So they Dance.
Chat vas the end OF the dance We
began % decorate the king and
queen With lcis. The visitors were
very pleased with our exercises. aud
they p'aiscd us. We decorated our
king aad queen till their heads could
not be seen. We sang as We dccurat-
cd. After We had decorated the king
and queen, we got some candies. We
had q good time and we had lots Of
fun. II you were here too, think
YOU would be very glad too. think
this will be enough for me to relate
to you, for the letter period is getting
too .ong, so must close here. Good
Bye ! remain,
Yours truly,
ABIGAIL kALAUL.
Member of the Board of Improve.
mcnt Alac School
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Jerome
COnfeSseS

New York, May 7.-,District Attor.
neg Jerome tcstifying in his own de-
Tense in connection with the charges
Of dcreliction which eve been pro.
ferrcd against him, today said that
tho nearest he over came, to sendng.a
wealthy man to jail was in having one
Of them committed to an asylum.
You mean Harry Thaw?" asked
Attorney Pierce, for the complainants.
Yes. Thaw's the man." responded
Jerome.
'lfou forgot Al Adams" interiectcd
Assistant District Attorney Koisel.
"Oh, yes replied Jerome, so | do.
but he had only two and half or
three millions He was not one OF tho
big fellows"
Taking up the question of political
campaign contributions, Pierce asked
what justification there could be. for
making contributions to either polit.
ical party In 1904.
Differences In economic doctrines"
jerome replied.
How could the economic doctrines
affect the insurance .cases?" he was
asked.
We'll. the New York life, the Mn.
tual and the Equitable held between
them some $1,000 100000 worth of Sc
curitles. There was ali opinion on
the part of President Mccall that
panic would follow Parker's selection
and you can figure what per cent
depreciation on the $1,000. 900 900
would amount TO.
Taking up the matter Of the $4,000
which was paid b- George W. Perkins
to the Nyl'c organization OF agents in
The New York Lie Insurance Com
pnny, Pierce asked the District Attor,
noy II he regarded it'as a Ioan.
Not exactly" Jerome replied.
Didn't you know, that the charter
of the company ahsoluteJya prohibited
Perkins FROM turning that'money over
TO tile Nylic fundp"H. f7A "a
81 did not know; the charter is not
very aeSctlss literature"
! ''i'iho Sdiu Nnh' III hNe years nc
had personally conducted three trials
ono Nof' them resulting in conviction
Jerome was questioned regarding his
laeistions with Thomas +. Ryan OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Since last November" asked
Pierce, have you not used all youi
influence to prevent the indictment OF
'nhungls y. Ryan,"
- What statement Is mendacious ant
you know 1t Is" replied the District
'PAttnrnesasr.7 arfs - 81
f'Jerosfe inse.ed that he, had don,
, all that he could do to secure indict
ments In the Wnll'Cortlandt street
o terry road deal, Adjourlnent wa
I, !l2ksa anil ,toaerseM. eA'se.>a x.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Letters From Schools

X. III.
Song, All the Birds Have Come
Again, Il. |.
Song, The HemIock Tree, Key c.
sharp, Il. II.
Song, Hands Are Clasping High,
Il. !.
Song, Now The Merry Spring Has
Come Again, X. | and II.
Motion Song, Cocoa Palm, Key r.
r. and II.
Sing and march to the May pole.
Song, Lovely May; dancers pick
up ribbons and take positions.
Fig. |. Courtesy to center, then
courtesy to sides. Song, Merry
Spring.
Fig. II. Iipity Hop around the
pole; then reverse.
Song, Children Go and Merry
Spring.
Fig, III. Pointing toe to left and
right and hop |, ., 3.
Song, All the Birds.
Fig. V. Reverse,
Songs for this figure, London
Bridges, Sunbepms, In and Out,
Round and Round, So They Danced,
Vacation Song.
Closing. Decorating the Queen and
King of Spring.
Children singing.
queen ....,.,...,....., Ether Ahuna
NinS ...,.,.,,,.,......M Moses Ahuna
Song-Oh, It's May.
Star SpangIcd Banner
Sa lutte to the ,lpg-dismissal
We marched AMI sang around the
MAY pole and the band children sat
down on the benches under the man.
goe tree ana the May pole dancers
picked up their ribbons and took posi-.
tons. when our teacher rang the
bell the children began tn sing, the
song Of Spring, the dancers coWte.
sled to center then Courtcsicd to sides.
when our teacher rang the bell
again the dancers turned and the
band children sang The dancers
hlpity hoped around the pole and
then reversed. and when the bell rang
they stopped when the bell rang
again the dancers turned again to the
left with ribbons I'm right hands and
then pointed feet 90 LETT and right and
hoped. /. .. g. When the dancers
danced the band children sang the
song of. All the Birds have Come
Again. The he'll rang again, the dan,
GERS reversed Tha bell rang again
, and the dancers TUNED with boys Ia
right ami girls tu il' lelt, winding IN
ana out. like grand march bralding
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Lnnnnese.English School.


Puunene. Maui. 7. H., 5-S.-'0S.
editor Evening Bulletin,
Honolulu, T. II.
My Dear Sir:-I am going to tell
you about or school. ! attend the
Puunene Japanese-English school.
Our school Is very big and has
three rooms and half of the yard has
much grass and the other part has
no grass.
Every Friday we clean our school
room and the yard, we have only two
pipes and sometimes we have no wa
ter to wash the school room, or wa
ter the grass.
We have one tall flag staff. when
we have II Holiday we put the flag
on It to show everybody that II Is n
Holiday.
Sometime | will write more about
our school,
Yours very truly,
SAKAE TAKAYAMA.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Bryan Got Big Vote.

on the democratic side William
Jennings Bryan received "a trine less
than .twC-thirds of the editorial votes
cast, In n total of fOrty.eight he Sc.
cured twcnty-eight ballots. Most Of
these were recorded by the editors Of
Southern newspapers .
About one.half Of the Bryan voters
favored the Roosevelt big navy policy,
although the -four votes cast by Texas
editors and the two by Illinois news
paper men were for Bryan and two
ships.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Governor Hughes Strength.

/ Governor Hughes was first choice
with eighteen of the newspaper vot.
ers Most of his partisans hailed
from the Eeatern States, and n not.
icoablc feature Of the ballots cast for
him was that the two ship" policy
was the one preferred.
Mcssrs. Cannon, Fairbanks, Knox
ana La Toilette received two votes
each.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
cUT.WoRM HARVEST.

Laupahochoc, Hawaii I, 1908.
Mr.. w. n. Harrington, Editor of the
Evening Bulletin, Homo.
lulu.
Dear Sir:-Bclng very nterc3tcdSn
YOUR agricultural contest, ! will let
vcu know more abUnt one school
farm. We are getting along nicely
with our farm.
We had very wet weather last week.
The soil Is very moist and the vegc.
tables are luXuriant. Some of the
vegetables are very large. especially
radishes and lettuce. The radlshes
prc about foot long and the lettuce
are as large as full grown cibbages
Every day the small children dig
tho ground for pests. On the 18th
of April, they picked one hundred and
eight cut,wOrms. On the LIST of May
they caught one thousand six hun.
drCd and twelve, and yesterday one
thousand one hundred and twenty.
four.
We picked one thousand three hun.
drcd and thirty-scven radishes, one
hundred and sixty.nine turnips. TWEEN
~ and half quarts Of beans, six hun
drcd and ninety.six dozen mustards,
thrty.nine dozen lettuce, and many
other vegetables, since March the
third. Still there ar maly more
growing for the contest We IRE
already reaping the benefits of our
labors, and 1t makes us happy.
Some of the vegetables ARE flower,
Ing. We had many rainy days this
week On Monday II rained all day
| and on this account school was closed
for the day. On that day the amount
Of precipitation was 2,07 inches.
Having told you few things,
close and remain,
Yours truly,
] GEIruI MJ'EAI
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Special [)isp8nsatioIl

Realizing the great benefit the AS
ISOLATION has been to hundreds Of Ho-
nolGlu citizens, and with a desire CT
bringing the same benefit to many
Others vino want it, but feel the ex-
paEse too great Resolved: That the
Board OF Control order q special dis
pen2ation to be in force during the
following months Of May and June,
to-Wit:
That any person in good health be-
tween the age of one and sixty years
may become a member OF the Asso-
citation in Glass A, on payment Of
$500 membership fee.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23

That children in good health be-
tween the age or one and ten years
may become a member in Class B, on
payment OF Sl.50.
This TO apply only to the City of
Honolulu and Island of Oahu. And
let it be further Resolved: That any
member who is in good health, and is
delinquent on any assessment, if said
assessment is paid during the month
OF May and June, 1908, all penalties
will be waived.
W. w. HALL, President.
J. 4. TOWNSEND, Soy.
HONOLULU Anril 10, 1908.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Johnson a Good Second,

Governor ,Iohnsons total straw
vote was eighteen His main
strength came from the newspaper
men of the Lake region, although
three New Englanders and two Vir.
ginians went on record in his favor,
Nearly all Of the advocates of his
nomination expressed themselves as
In favor of large navy. .l@
Former United States Senator
George Stray was the choice of only
two OF tic Corty-eight democrats who
were willing TO have their Presid9pt
iul preferences recorded. Neither
would say why he favored Gray. One
of tho Delaware stntesman's parri
Essns hailed from Peoria, H. and th'
Other, from Philadelphia. .se, uss
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Japanese-EngIish School.

Puunene, Maui, T. H., 5-12-'OS.
Editor Evening Bull let n /,
Honolulu, T. II.
My Dear Sir:--I attend the Pun
meme japanese English school. On
every Friday we divide the children
into four groups and work in the
yard. Some work outside of the
fence and pick up the rubbish, which
makes everything very nice.
Our school house is SO feet long
by 20 feet wide.
At another time I will write more
about our school. am.
Yours very truly.
MIkIO HAKAYAMA
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Bio Navy Policy Popular.

or 1862 editors and publishers, 1876
were in favor Of President Roosevclt's
policy of building four battlcships at,
this time and believed that the nation
should have larger navy. These In
cluded Johnson and Bryan men, as
well as those who had expressed
themselves in favor of the nomina-
ton of either Roosevelt, Tart, Hughes
or the republican dark horses.
William Jennings Bryan was the
most notable Of the two battlcship'
advocates. There were thir;y.two Of
these in ALL most of whom represent
ed newspaper sentiment In iand lock.
cd States. Several OF the small navy
advocates are Taft and Hughes mon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Bryan on Navy Programme.

If have very decided Views on The
present battlcship controversy" said
Mr.. Bryan. crossing out the words.
"and a small navy "ln fact, feel
so strongly on the matter that ] have
already congratulated John Sharp
Williams. the democratic leader of
the House Of Representatives, on his
stand.
Herman Rider, editor Of the New
York Stats Icitung, and Edward l..
Prcctorius. editor of the Westlichc
Post, of st Louis, Mo, generally re.
German newspaper of the West, both
voted for the big navy program. DR..
Preetorius, however. declined to in
| dictate his preference as to a Prcsi'
| dental candidate. declaring that he
was II personal fricnd of President
Roosevelt. Secretary. Taft and Gov
crnpr Hughes. Either OF them, he
said, would make AN ideal candidate
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Japanese Children
Tell Of School Work

the u let by the children the
wides interest amongItc
tina pupils in the schools outside
writing each week ha been inspired to write this
4
this line
M aui This nsituIn private
tell
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Jananese.EnglIsh School.

Puunene. Maui. T. H., 5-S-'0S.
Editor evening Bulletin,
Honolulu. f. II.
Dear Sir:-I am living in Puunene
now. | attend the Puuncne Japan
esc-English School.
: We have Reading, Writing. Spell
ing, Arithmetic, Geography and Lam
guagc.
| Read Baldwin's Fourth Reader.
our School yard Is very big Every
Friday We pick MI the rubbish and
make the yard clean. We divide our
work into four gangs, each gang talk
ing one side of the yard to clean. We
have four lunas to see inat we do the
work well. ! work for Mr.. Tougher
and go to school also.
Yours truly,
KANINME NlSHIMuRh.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
Japanese-Eni Iish School.

Japanese-Ent Itsh School,
Puunene. Maui, T. H., 5-S-'OS.
Editor Evening Bulletin,
Honolulu, 7. III.
Dear Sir: There are two Ian
guagcs taught In our school Japan
csc and English. We have our En-
glish lessons in the morning and in
the afternoon We have instruction in
the japanese language.
am studying Baldwin's Fifth
Reader. Our other studies are: &c
ography, Moral Lessons. phonics,
Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Eng
lish Composition, Egglestons First
Book In American History, and Calls
themes.
We like to go to school, too, be-
cause we learn many things, and
have much fun playing.
We have u hose to water the grass
and tools with which to work our
yard.
Our Japanese Principal bought
some bats, balls, gloves. and masks
for us to use in our ball games.
Yours truly,
MEGUMG KAWABE.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23

letters of the II . in are read
by our children, dd Ing Sight Read
ing Exercises. w enjoy hearing
them very much.
Today we are goiig to let you hear
from us. We, keen our yard clean,
but do not hope to in the prize, be-
cause we did not be lin in time.
At one time we Pad nice flowers
growing, but some bad Portuguese
boys pulled up all .bi them, so now
we have only grass growing.
Will not write mIro now, but will
do so another time.
Yours very truly
YOKlCHI KAYA.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
SEICIiI MuKAI,

p. S,--We have not seen any of our
letters in print for long time. Please
print this. Please print some letters
in each daily Bulletin. S, NJ.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
GOOD VEGETABLES.

Keokea School, May |, 1908.
To the Editor of the Evening Il II l.
letin, Honolulu, T, II.
Dear Sir: of our vegetables
are growing nicely and some are not
The radishes and the onions are the
best. They are growing nicely. One
Of our radishes is fourteen inches
around and fourteen inches high. The
onions are fourteen inches high. The
endioes are not growing nicely, some
of them are dead
The weather mp here is very dry.
repGin,
Yours truly,
u.eH ERNEST MORTON.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
ERNEST MORTON.

The Weekly Edition OF tho Evening
eulletin gives compate summary a.
t,e nesyT OF tho day. VII.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23

Japanese-E English School,
Puunene, Maui. 4. H.. 5-1l-'OS.
Editor Evening Bulletin
Honolulu, T. II.
Dear Sir: Every friday the school
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23

Member of the Board of Improve
mcnt Alac School.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-18
MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York. July 1.-THE stock market
sunk another degree into dulnesS To-Day
with somewhat ominous effect on specu-
latiye sentiment at times. the usually
active list was much neglected ~ tlineS
and showed evidence Of selling 70 take
profits On any considerable recession OF
prices however. there was distinct SUI
sidence of selling, the supply or STOCKS
dropping to nominal proportions ana the
decline coming to pause IN spite OF me
light demand. This is the most hopeful
feature of the market Meantime tfefe
were brought forward into prominence TO-
day a number of new features OF strength
which served as Il sustaining lnfluence
on tie whole list. One cause Of TN" con-
traction in the activity of the specuia-
ton was that engendered over the sue
cess of the plan for q comprehensive ;td.
vance in freight rates by the reports or
the differences OF opinion amongst rep
resentatvcs Of different railroad systems
at the conference at this city to consider
the subject
Preliminary estimate of the weeks cur
renry movement gave DECISIVE evidence
Of the turning tide of the movement from
the interior.
Some of the bonds as well as the stocks
of the Gould group We're favorably acted
today. The violent rise in the New York
gas stocks was unexplained. The strength
of the railway equipment stocks was
based on reports of new orders from the
railroads and also a growth in repair
work for these COMPANIES,
Ponds We're firm. Total sales, par val
ne, 81 3iS 600 United States bonds Were
unchanged on call.