The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-09

pense, not to speak of destruc- /
ton of property. The hatred to- /
wards Americans on the Isthmus F..
appears to be very bitter. 1t would .
be we'll if the Washington Govern 7
ment maintained sufficient force on /
the Isthmus To preserve order aud |
guarantee life and property hereafter. /
They owe this to American citizens (
and To the commercial interests of T.
other nations.
The RieI Rebellion.
his outbreak in the extreme North !
west is giving the Dominion Govern /
ment a great deal of trouble, and it !
is significant that one French-Cana- |
dian regiment refused to serve against |
the rebels.
About Sugar.
Sugar is lower. Our San Francisco
correspondent writes The Manila
basis is 4.87 cents, the same as at last
mail, with no further drop. Both
local refneries have reduced rates I
cent per pound on all grades. This is
far lower than any sugar prices ever
| and London prices for sugars are
ffrmer, with more sales and greater
| demand; consequently the local drop
| is hard to be accounted for.
War Rumors.
Our San Francisco correspondent
writes: Sugar shippers from the
Islands should be advised not to
ship in English bottoms during the
| war crisis, as Russian cruisers will
| assuredly be around. There is a
rumor that the Alameda and Mari
posa will probably be sold to the Rus
sian Government within forty-eight
| hours. War prospects are certain,
| and the Russian Government has bid
| and pushed the matter more than the
! English. Nothing is yet definitely
! known, but this is the rumOr. 1t
will be safe for sugar shippers, how
! ever, not to select British bottoms for
| the present the war risk is too
| great.
Another correspondent writes /
understand that Messrs. Spreckels
have sold, or are just completing the
sale of their two ships to the Russian
! Government, to be used as cruisers
against British commerce in the Pa
cific. Their field Of operations is to
be between Honolulu and San Fran
cisco and other Pacific ports. Incl
dentally have learned that one of
the first ships to be gone after is the
Zealandia, and probably also the
Australia on her outward trip. My
informant states that they are to be
fitted up here or in a Hawaiian port
| perhaps one here and one in Homo
lulu-and from these points of depar
ture prey upon British commerce.
This will make things lively for the
Australian trade. 1t is a pity that
anything should interpose to hurt the
Colonial trade with Honolulu and
San Francisco. You need not be sur
prised, however, if you have a British
cruiser or two down at Honolulu to
look after the interests of British
shipping, as this rumOr is known at
the British Consulate, and England
is in position to sweep the Russian
flag off the Pacific. You will under
stand what that means when 1 state
that a fleet of seven eighteen-knOt
ships like the Comus has arrived at
Victoria, B. C., where the ships are
completing their equipments prior to
starting out on a declaration of war,
which event is likely to occur to-
night May 1stl or any moment.
with reference to the above we
are in a position to state that the
Oceanic Company's ships have not
been sold to the Russian Govern
ment, or to any other Government,
although both English and Russian
agents have made offers to purchase.
ED. P. C. ADVERTISER
Points of Interest.
Our San Francisco correspondent
sends US the following points of in
terest from the Coast
The suit brought by Tilman &
Bendell (the real American Refinery
against the California Refinery, was
decided in favor of the California
Refinery. 1t was brokerage or
commission suit.
c. A. Spreckels (Gus) will leave
here for the Islands on July 1st for an
extended visit He is the "sugar"
boy of the family.
a very large number of Eastern
tourists will visit California shortly,
and many of them will probably go
on to the Islands.
4 private letter from Mr. Clarence
Macfa, lane states that the last up
trip of the Mariposa from Honolulu
was the stormiest ever experienced
OH the line, in Captain Haywards
estimation. The ship lay to for thir-
ty-nine hOurs, making the passage in
eight days. The Mariposa behaved
splendidly despite the stress of
weather, and the passengers were
greatly pleased with the courtesy and
attention of Captain Hayward and his