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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-29
THE LOG-BOOK

The tug Intrepid moved the schoon-
er Manila over to the railroad wharf
from the foot of Fort street this morn
ing. She will finish discharging her
cargo of lumber at the EVA end of
the harbor, where she is now lying
in the oil berth.
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arrive here from Yokohama tomorrow
afternoon, sailing for San Francisco on
Saturday morning. She will bring car
go and a few passengers from the
Orient, the second shipment of one
hundred and fifty Filipinos coming on
her. She takes the next mail to the
Coast.
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Entire Group

I1hlHe group 2 deg IL inches
At the local Office of the u Weather Bureau Honolulu I'm
usually howery humid cool weather conditions otanedsowers
occurring several times each day totang AZ inch 6 above
the normal for the week. and o4 during preceding
week The maximum temperature 81 deg minimum 81 deg
mean 7I deg SO deg below the weekly normal "a deg lower
than last weeks The daily relative humidity varied from Ga
to 70 cent and for the week per Eastery winds
prevailed on four dates and noeastey the mander aver
age hourly velocity The daily barometer ranged from
5000 3oo8 inches and the for the week. 30 o. was 90
inch above normal
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DUE FRIDAY.

Nippon Maru, from Yokohama, p.
M
Sch. Nordsee, Pietmeier, from Leith,
8 a. m.
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Purser Kibling, of the Claudine, re-
ports Hilo as well filled with ship
ping when he left on Monday. The
Marston, Albert, Enterprise and Lur-
line wer all in port and the Columbian
left Kahului last night to join the
others. With her departure, Kahului
was without large ships of any kind.
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=. +. Booth
GENERAL AGENT.
No. l Montgomery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Oahu Railway
TIME TABLE
OUTWARD.

For Waianae, Waialua, Kahuku and
Way Stations-"9:15 a. m, 1920 p. m.
For Pearl City, Eva Mill and Way
Stations-f7:3O a. M, 1915 z. m,
"11:15 a. M, "2:15 p. m, "s:15 p. H.,
1890 p m, i'll p. m.
For Wahiawa-"s:15 a. m. and "5:Ib
p. N.
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The Nippon Maru has been heard
from by wireless and is expected to
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The Mails

(INCOMING.)
From Yokohama, Nippon Maru July
80.
From San Francisco, Tenyo Maru,
Aug. 3.
(OutgoingJ
For Yokohama, Tenyo Maru, Aug.
For San Francisco, Nippon Maru,
July 81.
U. S. A. TRANSPORTS.
Crook at S. F.
Dix sailed for Seattle May %.
Buford, at S. F.
Logan sailed for Honolulu from Ma
gasaki, July 81.
Burnside, at Puget Sound.
Thomas sailed for Manila, July Is.
Sheridan. sailed for S. F., July 6.
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DEPARTED.
Wednesday. July 2!

Wednesday, July 20.
p. NJ. S. S. Mongolia, for Orient,
$40 p. m.
T. X. X. S. S. Manshu Maru, from
Yokohama, p. NJ
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INTELLIGENCE
Gater shipping News on Page Five,

TIDES, sun AND MOON.
Full NOM, Aug. LIST at 1O:43 a. m.
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ARRIVED.

Thursday, July 20.
Str. Claudine, Nelson, from Hawaii
and Maui ports, $3.50 a. m.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Togo Kisen Kaisha S. S. Co.

companies will call at HONOLULU and leave
II about the dates mentioned below:
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Lettuce. doz ....30960
Leeks. dOz buchs.-W15
Onions, per ID. ..---U =
Potatoes, 10 ....2t3U 2
ParSnips. dOz .-.-U3O
Radishes. az bchs-42O
Rhubarb. ID ..... SQlO
SazC. d0z buchS. > d
Beans. Ih.20Q25
Sumner Squash, lb-8-
sprouts. per 10. q ;
Spinach. per h. 50 =
Thyme. doz bucns-423
Turnips. per doz q
Tomatoes. ID ....15420
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Speculative Interest in Shares on
Change Is Waning
New York stock Market

ATEW YORK 26T esened dealings and the narrowing fuc
~ stocks today marked the waning speculative
downward having been
prices the low level touched Tuesday
odas failed for the reach the best prices
implied
p.av within those limits obstacles.
OF and the
movement adjustment the conditions which
trade
still undergoing adjustment and promise is held
of metal weakened sharply
marked down the New York metal
exchange
the early decline in the ndustals The
the
and the belief that the heavy cash requemen OF the
money unaffected by this
the bond winch prices
advanced
o bonds
the railroad stocks
banks and the
uhcien TO cut in loss other
market
favorable Europe
of January helped
Pachc
were
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THE COTTON MARKET
Notices ON March Contracts Arc Ab-
aorhed Without Difficulty

NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-Hutton's wire saws:
Cotton opened steady at 2G4 points advance.
Trading active and large. today being first
notice day March. There was said to be some
claimed only 8 600 to 200. At any rate it had
little or influence on the market The feature
of the day was the large amount of bad trade
reports from Manchester. well here Iiv-
erpoOl cables that spinners trade conditions
could hardly be worse. and while it is not quite
so bad here il is growing worse. We see moth
ing TO bull the market on.
'.Today's cotton taken up by leading Phil
af;elphia spot interests. and although the stop-
ping OF the notices was accepted bullshly hy the
professional manipulators all attempts to boost.
prices failed.
AFTER an unerentful day cotton finally finds
itself where II left off yesterday. The notices
on March contracts easily absorbed and
smaller in number. probably 1900 bales and
the week end figures proved more bulllsh than
looked for. showing only $4,000 bales during the
week. against 202. 900 last year and 760 900 the
year before. This brings the total figures OF the
movement up to date of j 0gI 600 bales. against
9.132. 600 last year and 10 o63. 600 In 1907. The
visible supply. exact figures OF which will be is
sued tomorrow. will be slightly less than two
years ago. The preparation of land the question
of winter moisture and the boil weevil are ali
more buisb than last year. 1t naturally looks
as If a much higher level than the present one
was due.
worst might not be over in the stock market or
that Wall street had not fully disgorged what
cotton she held 1t may take q few days fo
clear up these disordered fancies. but meantime
II continues dry in Texas. and have arrived
at the period Of the year when the deterninn
tion of the acreage to he planted is settled and
with cotton at less. than DC per pound in the
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Butter. Cheene and Egg.

The feature of the market yesterday was a
sudden sharp decline in extra butter. a little
selling movement the exchange sending the
price down 2 &c pound to 3415c. The drop was
due to the seasonal increase In the receipts and
was not altogether unexpected. some large
receivers have been carrying more or less OF a
surplus from day 10 day recently. In the egg
department receipts, while still large. were
smaller than on the preceding day and the mar
ket continued firm and active. The quotation
for selected pullets omitted and thirds were
advanced 1ac TO 2Ol2c a dozen. Fancy new Cali
fornia fat cheese declined 1ac.
The following sales were made on the ex-
change:
Butter-1o cases Of extras at 35c and 10 at
3413e pound.
Eggs-20 cases of extras at 22c dozen
Cheese-T5 fancy new California fats at 141ae
pound.
Receipts were 1880 lbs butter, 4s,5OO lbs
cheese and ,299 cases eggs.
The following are orhcisl quotations estab-
of the dairy exchange. Prices in the street.
while governed by the exchange quotations, gen
orally range from 15c to &c higher, owing TO
the various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras, 81 re per ID,
steady; do hrsts, Sac, steady; do seconds so 1ac.
do, Sllac, steady storage eastern ladies. zSh3e.
firm.
Cheese-California: Fancy fats. 1415e per 10,
steady; do firsts, lie, steady; do seconds, 12c,
steady; fancy Young Americas. 16c. weak: do
hrsts, 15c, weak; storage fats, 13c, firm
Oregon: Fancy fats. 141zc- frm fancy Young
Americas, 16Hc, firm; fancy eastern cbeddars.
Young Americas 16c. firm
Eggs tper dozen. cases included) )-CalifOrnia
fresh extras. pc. firm: do frsts. 21 lzc. firm; do
seconds, pic, firm; do thirds, 20i2c, firm.
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New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK Feb. 26.-Flour-Receipts, 20,
800 barrels; exports, .S95 barrels; market
higher with a moderate trade. Minnesota pat
Minnesota bakers 81. .40@4.65.
Wheat-Receipts, 81 coo bushels; exports, IL
647 bushels; spot strong. No. red, s1.25 ele-
vator and S1.26L f. o. b. a1oat: No. l northern
Duluth, Sl.261s +. o. b. ahoat: No hard winter,
81 Is t. o. b. ahoat. Another violent advance
occurred in wheat TODAY, breaking all previous
records on May and July. There was big com
mission house trade in crop contracts.
ous afternoon covering in the local market and
last prices were 1Ss G1%c net higher May
closed at 81 22A, July closed at $1.13as
Hides Steady; Central American, 2os4c.
Weol@Steady.
Coffee-The market for futures opened steady
at unchanged prices TO decline of points un-
der scattering realizing, and closed steady. un-
o. As, $50 bags, including March, "a .05c; May,
6.95@7c; July. 6.50M660c; August, 620c; Sep
tember. 6.05c; December, 5S5c Spot firm; No.
4 Rio. SIC: No. Santos, DC. Mild steady; Cor
dovs. 9al a13c.
sugar-Raw firm; fair refining. 3.2s1ac; cen
rifugal, SO test 3.1312c; molasses sugar,
2.9S1Ic. Refined steady: crushed, $3.50; pow
dered, 75c; granulated, 4.65c.
Butter-Steady on top grades, other qualities
weak: prices unchanged.
Cheese-Firm and unchanged
Eggs-Firm; western firsts. 2Gc; seconds,
-''2e' DRIED FRUIr. MARKET
Evaporated ApDles-No material change is re-
ported IN the market flncy are utloteQ dI a
d9Ae; choice. ~ @7a4c; prime, 614GIc; COM
mon to fair. 5@6c.
Prunes-Qld crop are still more or less of a
pressure against the msrket. but new crop sup
plies are rather firmly held. with quotations
ranging from CSC TO 712c for new crop Callfor-
MIA up to 40-50s and from 6s4c TO &c for Oregon
pruDes ranging from 40-50s to 2030s
Apricots-In light supply and rule hrm, with
choice quoted at 9la@9S4c; extra choice, 9s4 a
101sc; fine fancy, 111a@13c.
Peaches-Firmer the coast, but local spot
quotations remain unchanged. with choice quoted
at 51s acc; extra choice, 615@7Ac; fancy, u a
Size.
misunderstanding the coast. but no i'm
proyement IS reported locally. Loose muscatel
ere quoted at 4d5c; choice to fancy seeded AZ
66Ac; seedless, 3s4@515c; London layers, 81 .25
al. so.
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO Feb. 26.-wheat prices on the
board Of trade advanced today to new high rec
ord marks for the season when May sold at
SI.1Sh and July at $1.051a- The new mark for
low the record established during the famous
Gates deal in 1905, when the price touched
S1.21l2. The advance was the accompaniment to
an enormous volume Of business. trading In the
pit being extremely active all day. Bull lead
ers bought freely of both the May and July de-
also urgent bidders. An advance of k@1M
pence at Liverpool gave the market strong
start, initial quotations showing gains of "a
1kc, compared with the previous close, May
being at $1.1T@1.17ss and July at S1.041a 90
LOS. The demand for May was especially heavy
at the start and within the first few minutes the
price had advanced 10 S1.17%. Profit taking
caused moderate slump, the price of May
dropping back 10 Si16&- Renewed buying de-
yeloped the setback and prices nd
cidedly bulish all day. Late in the day fresh
impetus was given the upward tendency of
prices by advance of 26215 centmes at
Paris. which was ascribed TO reports of dam
age TO the French crop of wheat. When the
final gong sounded the demand was apparently
81 .1S1s and July at $1.05ss.
The corn market bullish. prices at the
close showing net gains of hM2c, compared
with the previous close An advance of q ale
the options. The market closed firm, with May
at 665sc and July at 65A 1655sc
firm tone marked the oats market. At the
close prices were Ac higher than Yesterdays
final quotations. with May at 55@55Ac and
July at 497s assoc.
Provisions were firm at the start but weak
ened later. A late decline OF 10 cents in the
price Of live hogs had bearish effect. At the
close prices were 71h M15c lower.
Ihe leading futures ranged as follows:
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Provisions

Cured Meats-Bacon. to 10 lbs 1615c: 10 to
II lbs. 151ze; light medium, 14c: medium, 14c;
bellies, IA to 10 lbs. 151kc; sugar cured. to s
lbs, 1Sc; to 10 lbs. 171ac; 10 to IL lbs. 16hc;
fancy sugar cured, 21c per lb: English cured
bacon. to lbs, lie; TO 10 lbs. lie: 10 to u
lbs. 16c; eastern sugar cured hams, 15c for me-
dium and 15c for light extra fine brands. 15hc;
California hams. 14c; mess beef. $3.50 per bbl
family, $3.50; extra family. $14: extra prime
pork, S20.50; clear, SD; mess, S21: pig pork
s25; pigs feet. So for half bbls. 81 35 for % ID
kegs and $3.50 for kits; smoked beef. 1914 q zoe
per ID.
Lard-Tierces quoted at SHc FOR California
compound and 121ac for California pure: eastern
compound, &c for 1 tierce and sac for 5 tlerces:
eastern pure, 121zc for tierces; half bbls. pure
12azc: so lb tins. 12Ae; 10 lb tins 13 &c; ID
tins, 1890; lb tins. 1870.
Cottolene-One half bbl 10aSc; half bbls
1oAc; tierce, lose. tierces. 10c; terees
eye per lb.
The Western meat company quotes as follows:
Hams. 14@1515e: bacon. G to lbs inc. to 10
lbs 171zc 10 TO II his IKE: sugar cured bacon,
to lbs. 161sc: picnic hams. 91sc: Arrow ba-
con- to 10 lbs Tie. 10 10 IL lbs 16c; light dry
salt bacon. to 10 lbs 161hc, 10 to 10 lbs I51sc;
medium bacon. 14c; light medium bacon, lac:
lard tierces 12i5e. 50s 129tc. los 135<c 5s 13sse
3s 131ac compound lard, fiesces SIZE SOS sic.
los Sc. 5s $50. IS 954c: COOLING OIL SIC per gal:
white cooking oil, 56c per gal: salad oil. 5Sc per
gal; extra family beef. SIS per bbI: family beef
S14.50 per bbl; extra mess beef, S14 per bbI
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS

Copper metal sc lower Spot and unchanged
Local securities very active with telephone stock rising
Wheat, barley and oats firm. Corn higher.
Sales OF hay $50 per with the market pointing upward
No change i'll beans feedstuffs.
Potato market firm and steadily improving. Onions firm.
Poultry firm under moderate arrivals Game quiet.
Butter and cheese lower Eggs firm and active
Fresh fruits fairly active and steady to firm
Some changes in dressed beef veal and lamb
Shipment of S274019 in silver bullion Hongkong.
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Onions were firm. with long keepers selling read
iy at the outside quotation- Asparagus ruled
nrm on continued light receipts and good de-
mand for local use and shipment. Rhubarb was
III ample supply and peas were more plentiful
ana easier, while there a scarcity Of muSh-
rooms and string beans. Some green peppers ar
rived from Florida and were held at 30935c a
pound. Several crates of eggplant from the
same source were offered st 20G3Oe pound. but
found few takers, the stock being in poor eondi-
tion-
Potatoes (per ctI--River Burbanks. S1.10G
LAO; Lompoc Burbanks. $1S5d2; Salinas Bur
banks, S1.65QI-S5; Oregon Burbanks S1.60l
l,t9; early rose, $1.75g2; sweet potatoes, $i-55
Onions-$1 1902 per ctl.
egetables-Asparagus 10G16c per 10; rRu-
barb. sac per ID for bay; rona tees. 81 .50aI2
per box or crate; green peas. 10G12]ae per ID for
choice; string beans. 156l175zc per 10: green
peppers, 2OQ25c per lb; garlic. 96121sc per lb;
cabbage, $3.50 per ctl: hothouse cucumbers. $16l
% per doz.; caulihower. So Toe per doz.: car
rots. ESQ., 75c per sack; celery. 40675Oc per dOz.
inarrowfat and Hubbard squash. S20d2j per ton;
mushrooms, 25G soc per h.
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Poultry md Gnme

Yesterdays arrivals Of poultry consisted of IS
eoops OF live fowls from state shipping points
and IL cases of dressed turkeys. As there was
no western stock offering and the demand was
brisk. everything In the livestock line found
prompt sale and prices were well maintained
Geese. ducks and young ROSTERS were higher
and frying and broilng chickens continued to
command fancy figures Old pigeons were also
higher, being in urgent demand for trap shooting.
There was not much inquiry for dressed turkey }
and prices were mere or less nominal. Game.
too was quiet and rather weak than otherwise.
Poultry ,per dozenl--Heus. S5gI5.j0 for small
S6G6.50 for large and S7d9 for extras: young
roosters. sSG9; old roosters. $4.50G35; flyers.
$5.50@6: ducks. S7.5OGs. 50; pigeons $1,000
LIS squads, $2.5093; geese. $2.5OG2.T5 per
pair.
Turkeys (per Ib)-Dressed. 2OG2sc.
Game (per oz.l-Gray geese. S4Gts5o: white
geese. $1.50@2; hrant. $3G3.50 Tor large and
S1.T5@2 for small; hare, $50; cottoatail rab-
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New York Metal Market

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-There was decline of
about rs Cd in the London tin market today,
with spot quoted at El29 lis Sd and futures at
f141 IS Sd. The local market was dull at IS 40
02s. roc.
Copper was lower in the London market. with
spot quoted at f56 Is Sd and futures at f56 l6s
3D.. Locally the market was dull and lower,
Notwithstanding the reports that some producers
OF eleetrolytic are asking fully BE for April
shipments Lake quoted at 12621a "a y. 81 lac;
electroytic, l2.25612. zoe; casting, 12.12la q
1237Iac.
Lead was unchanged at Els lis Sd in London.
The local market dull and unchanged at
3.a3l5 03.97lac
spelter advanced to Ell lis Cd in London,
but was dull and lower locally at 4.65@4. I5c.
The English iron market unchanged at
46s 101ad for Cleveland warrants. Locally no
further change was reported. No. foundry
southern and No. l southern soft, $16.I5@
IL 25
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weakness In securities and the approach of
tariff revision have all made for degree of un-
certainty not so plainly visible for a long time
past.
''As yet the reductions announced or believed
to be impending in the metal markets have not
resulted in large business being booked The
coal and coke trades respond sympathetically to
the unsettlement in metals.
shape.
Business failures in the United States for
the week ending February % were PA. against
1914 in 1907 $50 in 1906 and 20e in 1905. Can
adian failures for the week number 40. which
compares with As last week and 80 in this week
wheat. including -four exports from the
United States and Canada for the week ending
February % aggregate 2-e41 591 bushels, against
-.2d3, $50 last week and 4,244S32 this week last
year. For the 50 weeks ending February %
this year the exports are 13I, ,239 6I5 bushels.
against 156, ,14O,251 in the corresponding period
last year. Corn exports for the week are 7Ie.,,
I64 bushels against 1,6SS.5l9 last week and
2.4Sl 1894 in 1903.
For the 35 weeks ending February 25 corn ex-
ports are 2009l.952 bushels, against 39,6l2,sl9
r. @. Dun's weekly review of trade tomorrow
confusion to the existing weakness in the iron
and copper trades and have brought about
sharp decline in the security market, yet the re-
assertion of the law of supply and demand with
its inevitable readiustment of prices and perhaps
OF wages, must prove ultimately helpful TO the
business situati however disturbing the imme-
diete effects. Outside of the area of disturb
ance caused by this development the movement
in general is practically unchanged Cotton goods
prices remain stationary and the market is more
or less uneven Export trade is light, with abso-
lrtely inquiry from China although fair orr
ders are received from South America. Print
cloth and yarn goods are less active and prices
are generally weaker. Boston shoe shipments for
the year 20 per cent over the corresponding
period of 1908, but the outlook for the future is
less encoura ging The weakness in the domestic
hides market is still more pronounced. The leath-
er market is decidedly inactive.
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Deciduous and Cftru. Fruit.

Although business in fresh fruits is usually
dull on Friday, yesterday 5 trading about Of
the same volume as on the preceding days Of the
week. as retail tradesmen have been operating so
cautiously of late that their stores must be re-
plenished each day. The orange market is
strong, the hrmness at shipping points being re-
hected here. but stocks are not diminishing very
fast and the situation is far from satisfactory
from the viewpoint of the selling interests. The
same Is true of apples, but the shipping move
ment is holding prices strong in that department.
A of assorted apples came in from Santa
Cruz yesterday and a steamer at hand from
Honolulu with fresh supplies of pineapples and
bananas.
Apples (per box)-Fancy four tier benhowers
90c@$1; Newtown pippins. S1-2501.50 for four
tier and $1.I5 for three tier; common to choice,
600S5c.
Pears-winter NeIris s125@1.50 per box:
cooking varieties. 75cG$1.
Citrus Fruits (per box)-Navel oranges. S2Q
2.5O for fancy, $l.7562 for choice and $1,000
1.75 for standard; tangerineS, $1.25@1.T5; grape
fruit, $363.50 for seedless; lemons. 50. 1898 for
fancy, $2G2.50 for choice and $1.25@1-50 for
standard: lines, $6.5007.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. S161.5O per bunch
for Hawaiian and S25063. so for Central Ameri-
can; pineapples, $2@3 per dozen.