Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-25
Our San Francisco Letter.

~ j. Murphy, ex-District Attorney, who
was employed by the defence Mr.. Muir.
ply accused officer Maroney of being a
blnckmailer and did mis- best TO impoach
and break down the testimony Of Mnroney
and stated that he had offered To settle for
money. which so eNa,pernted Marouey that
he walked into open court aud before he
could I've prevented placed an English Bull
Dog Pistol OF No ~ calibre nj Murphy's
head aud shot him through the neck. Mr..
Murphy feil, and the blood spurted out of
the wound; those present were 50 Mortified
t'N some time trnnspired before the baitifr
took hold of the assassin; he was secured
and was hurried off to Prison. and while
on his way there no made either an att.mpt
at suicide or to shoot the bailiF After
Mr. Murphy was shot and while he thought
he was fatally injured, no made use of
these words; MAY Gods curse rest on
him who made n widow of my wife and
orphans Of my children" But this was
rather premature rs no vital part was
touched, and the wound is not pronounced
necessarily fatal. Mr.. Maruney stands n
chance to get the worse of il. and very
likely the case Of Deliver will be thrown
out Of court.
The Chinese have literally been pouring
into the city at the rate OF two Thousand
month, and still they come. The ST.
companies were wide-awake enough 10 take
advantage of the time that must elan.e BIO.
lore any bill would come before Congress,
10 restrict them. The action ON Senator
Miier bill has been retarded BY members
introducing other bills that Eastern men,
oers of Congress think is of more import.
ance. they do not say in so many words
that our troubles about the inAnx of chi.
hese does not concern them, but they act
rs i'u'Herently about it as they can. The
people IN the Eastern States are not able tn
u'uers'ahd the evil of this Chinese inva-
soh, the worst curse that ever befeI auy
country. General Miller is very much in
earnest, and will not finch. Chinese i'm.
migration Will certainly be stopped one way
or another Next Saturday there is to be
an immense mass meeting, irrespective of
poh''cs and party to get an expression of
the people to be forwarded to Congress.
and snow the people of the East how we
stand upon this veSed question.
III there are outside of the Chinese EN-.
pre- two and n half millions of her subjects
is pretty safeto say that the Chinese
hmplre Is being enriched at the rate of
Tour hundred million dollars wear. and il
"u' De only question of time before the
"oriu outside of China would be drained of
Its money -
The said Sand-lot demaccgue has
revived meetings but they are poorl =
attended, and he himself attracts but little
attention. ''''''
There was quite large attendance at a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
hs.en to the plans of Mr.. Memo.
ai OF the Z. S. Navy, to construct
sne Nicaragua Canal, and Captain Merry
explained that it will be very easy thing
e, q, do, and will only cost two hundred mil.
Mons This Nicaragua Canal is believed
oy many 10 be as impracticable and vision.
airy as Esds Ship Railway Scheme, that he
uied to force Congress to guarantee inter.
est on. Fifty millions of dollar bond to
construct, and Congressman Page gave
the captain well mcrited rebuke when hs
accused Mr.. Page of trying to defeat hi:
scherne when his bill was tabled. Can't. Fad:
mas not lett one of the best of records in
ST. Louis for good judgment aud calcula.
ton. The bridge he built there was tc
cost 100000, but it actually cost Over
three times that, sl3,000,000; the sam.
way with the channel at the mouth of til,
Mississippi. He was TO have been paid i
he got a depth of thirty feet of water bu
he bull.dozed Congress, and obtained tn,
money for % feet. Nearly all his ventures
and schemes were failures, as most Of tn,
undertakings so far exceeded his estimate
that it banSrnpted every one that wen
into them, and this ship railway is MS wilC
and impracticable as any scheme he ha
ever attempted.
do not think that the Nicaragua cana
is taken hold of with the proper spirit;
is more in the way of rival of the Pa
mama DE Lesseps') scheme either to at
tract capital that would 60 into the Panam
canal or to destroy confidence in the ulti
mate completion of the enterprise. TIL
canal is started, and it is hoped that it wi
ultimately be completed. But | do not be
lieve that the Nicaragua canal will ever b
commenced.
There was a shipment of Hawaiian 81
gar overland by the Southern Pacific Raj
road to St. Louis few days ago. 1t WI
carried clear through at the rate Of 81, 80
per ton; perhaps many tons will 60 Ii
same route. Railways make great caane
in the old order Of things. Ten years e,
it would have cost Eve hundred dollars
ton to have had freight carried the san
distance by teams. There are not man
new railway projects in California. I'll
Southern Pacific is building as fast as pc
sible towards its terminus, New Orlean
The people here were in hopes of havin
an opposition hue through the San Joaaai
valley in the Atlantic aud Pacific, but Il
Southern Pacific made arrangements wit
them to pay percentage Of all the throug
freigh,s, and that stopped the A. d r. II.
from building beyond the Colorado rive
The railroad company appear to be deteru
ined to make their own rate of taxation
tho different countries, aud compel them
accept Whatever they feel like payiu
There "a still bitter feeling against Il
Central Pacific and Southern Pacific RAJ
road monopolies, and suppose will be u
I'll there is competition. Ii is stated tn
Charles Croker intends to move most
the grain crop across the continent to Ne
Orleans and to Europe il he does it W
be quite blow to the shipping interests
San francisco, bat think be will not
able To compete with sailing vessels.
There arc many costly buildings that q