The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-01-29
AMERICAN NEWS.

Phillips, a large iron firm, and Oliver
& Roberts Wire Company, both of
Pittsburg, Pa. The liabilities are
set down at from $4,000, 900 to So
100000. The old banking house of
John j. Cisco & Son, New York,
has assigned. The house has been
connected with the Louisville &
Nashville, and Houston and Texas
Central Railway Companies. The
liabilities are estimated at $3.50, 900.
The bank of Ames Henderson, at
Lancaster, Pa, has also gone under
with 100000 liabilities. c. p.
Huntington, the California railroad
millionaire, has bought member
ship in the New York Exchange,
which has given rise to considerable
comment. Professor Silliman, of
the National Academy of Sciences,
is dead.
THE NEW TUG,
Relief, for j. d. Spreckels & Bros,
has arrived from Philadelphia. Her
engines are compound, % and 40
inch cylinders, so inch stroke. Her
wheel is 8 feet G inches in diameter,
Is feet pitch. She has all the latest
appliances, a steam capstan forward
and another aft, steam steering gear
and powerful wrecking pump. She
has sluice gates, or valves, by which
she can be sunk to her rail in case of
heavy pulls. The
STRANGLER LIE ROY
was hanged shortly after noon on
the 10th inst. He telegraphed fire.
quently to Governor Stoneman for
further respite, but in vain. His
death was instantaneous, his neck
being broken in the fall. There are
very hard times in the East at pre-
sent, the number of operatives at
several factories and mills having
been largely reduced. In New York
about 600 newly arrived immigrants
have applied to the labor bureau for
work and half of them have been
given good square meal every day.
Emma Nevada, the California Song
street, who made such great hit in
New York, has been equally sue
cessful in Philadelphia. Chicago
reports a heavy snow storm, trains
being blocked and the temperature
in the neighborhood of zero. At
Cincinnati and New Orleans there
are floods; the Ohio rose nine feet
in twenty-four hours, and at New
Orleans the railways are submerged
and the people are making for
higher ground. The
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION
seems to be, financially, in bad
way. For the past three weeks there
have been rumors of dissatisfaction
among the employees and disorga-
nization among the bosses. The
pay of the former is in arrears and
some of the men have threatened
to burn the building unless their
cash is Forthcoming. The number
of detectives has been reduced by
one-half for economy, consequently
one Eexhibitor had the satisfaction
this week, of finding that his show
case had been rifed of goods to the
amount of $1,000. California is
making a good show, especially with
its fruits and wines. Colonel An
drews, our Commissioner, has just
applied to the Legislature for
$4,000 for the California Court, and
he will probably receive $4,000.
No mention has yet been made in
any of the papers of the exhibit sent
from Hawaii. The
DEADLOCK IN THE SENATE
at Sacramento came to an end on
the 10th inst, the Republicans voting
for Knight as president pro tenn,
and business will now be pushed for,
ward. A blow has been struck at
the Harbor Commission by the intro
duction of bill to abolish the pres
ent system of collecting tolls and
wharfage. This will be strongly OPP
posed, as it will do away with the
army of city front officials and
aoa.aouontIv with the patronage in