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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
The r.. M. $. $. Alameda.

The Oceanic Company's Royal Mail
steamship Alameda arrived at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning from Auckland and
Sydney, and locked at the old Mail
wharf She left Sydney September
9th at 4 :55 p. M, and arrived at Auck-
land on the 18th, at II 80 p. M, three
days and eighteen hours. The Auck-
land Herald" in noticing her arrival
at that place, says "The Alameda
upon her present trip-and this in the
made another excellent run across from
Sydney, the distance being accomplished
in days, Is hours and SO minutes, and
Captain Morse expected to have been
able to have done the run in some hours
under that time had he not fallen in
with such heavy N. E. weather. How
ever, the record is good one, and goes
to prove that the Alameda may still be
ranked amongst the greyhounds of the
Pacific. Despite the very unfavOrable
weather, the Alameda has been brought
into port in excellent order, and her pas
sengers speak most highly of the treat
ment received so far upon their journey.
She experienced N E. and S. E. winds,
with squally weather for the first fifty
hours, accompanied with heavy beam
sea from the southwark from thence to
North Cape heavy N. E. sea, and down
the coast moderate weather" The Ala
media left Auckland at z: 15 p. m. on the
14th, and stopped at Tutuila on the 18th
at II is p. m. She was detained there
thirty-fve minutes. About thirty miles
off Tutuila the o. S. S. Mohican was
passed, bound from Apia to Tonga.
From latitude 20 south to this port east
erly winds with moderate sea was ex-
perienced. Her time from Sydney to
Honolulu was Is days, Is hours, AZ min
utes, and from Auckland to Honolulu / l
days, u hours, 56 minutes. She brought
nine passengers for this port and had
ninety-fve in transit for San Francisco.
From this port she took 'twenty-one
cabin and number of steerage passen-
gers, 100 tons sugar and l 300 punches
of bananas.
There was a large crowd on the wharf
to witness her departure, which took
place a little after O'Clock Saturday
evening. His Majesty the King, His
Excellency Robert J. Creighton, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, and Colonel the
Hon. c. P. Iaukea, His Majesty's Cham
berlain, were among those present. The
Royal Hawaiian Band played in honor
of the departure of His Excellency Hon.
H. A. P. Carter, whose friends were
present in large numbers to say good-by.
Captain Morse expects this trip will be
the best on record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
FACILITATING THE MAIL.

Our old friend Mr. G.. R. auckland,
agent for the New Zealand Government
at San Francisco, has written to his Gov
eminent at Wellington on the subject of
facilitating rapid transit OF the mail from
Sydney to San Francisco, and vice
versa This is an old story, and it
is to be hoped that it will not be
repeated with like abortive results. If
the mail steamer left Sydney on
Wednesday and Auckland the following
Monday, it would, barring accidents,
arrive in New York in time for the out
going fast Cunarder on Saturday; but
arriving as it usually does after the de-
parture of the Cunard steamer, the mail
is detained in New York till Tuesday, or
is dispatched by a slow boat, which is the
equivalent of detention. The New Zea-
land Government was always prepared
to facilitate rapid mail transit, but New
South Wales was not, its object being to
alternate with the p. and o. service.
Consequently, rapid transit by the Cali
fornia route, which would have benefited
New Zealand and Hawaii, was sacrificed
to the alternative route from Sydney.
However, ethe shortening of the overland
time between San Francisco and New
York, consequent upon the competition of
the Canada Pacific railroad, will compel a
change in the schedule time of arrival
and departure of the Australian mail
steamers. 1t is quite a difference in
time between four and three-quarter
days, which is the time promised, and
seven days, which was the old time,
minus twelve hours occasionally. For
the last three months the Colonial mails
have arrived in San Francisco twenty-six
hours before the contract sailing time of
the steamer, and now that the railroad
time has been still further reduced, it is
expected that a saving OF forty-eight
hours will be made in the overland time.
This will necessitate a total change of
the schedule of sailing for the California
and Australia mail steamers. 1t is
quite possible to save full three days on
the delivery of mails from the Colonies
to England and two days on the outward
passage to the Colonies.
The New Zealand Government, which
gave way to New South Wales previously,
has wired to the Sydney authorities ask
ing them to avail themselves of the
accelerated service via Honolulu and
San Francisco; and instructions have
been cabled to San Francisco to dispatch
the steamers in accordance with the pro-
gramme indicated by Mr.. Buckland's
letter. Steps are being taken to inform
intending passengers of the change in
the dates OF sailing, and therefore we
may reasonably expect the outgoing
Australian steamer to arrive in advance
of the old schedule time.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27

being raised to Liberty; he believed it
ought TO have been to the American
volunteers. But was their self-denial at
the time OF the war their grandest deed
No; for when the smoke of battle had
cleared and there was but one flag, they
had unanimously laid down their arms,
beaten their swords into ploughshares
and became citizens as before. That he
conceived to be the grandest thing in
history. Not only this, but during their
subsequent career the Americans had
shown that they were the only people
on the globe capable of absolute SELF
government. (Applause.)
The Grand Army of the Republic"
was next honored, the toast being &C
knowledged .by Quartermaster Greene.
He said that on the 18th of April, 1861,
a political earthquake occurred in the
city of Charleston, which was felt not
only west OF Chicago, but throughout the
world. The nations had been watching
for century what seemed to them an
Observation-Disclosures such thing could
exist as government by the will of the
governed. Old statesmen said it was
failure; many hoped and others feared
that it was. But their hopes and fears
had not been realized. He referred in
feeling terms to the six tombstOnes which
had already appeared in the little plot of
the cemetery here within the last two
years, and he urged upon the members,
before theirs should be added to the
number, to impress upon the minds of
their children and children's children
the necessity OF taking their places in
case America should need help again.
(Applause.)
Mr.. F. L. Clarke responded to the
toast of "The Mothers, Wives and Sweet
hearts of the Boys who Saved the Ma
ton" and Mr.. V. V. Ashford to "The
Military Forces of Hawaii THE Blue
and the Gray" found an able spokesman
in Mr.. H. E. Avery, the last on the
programme being "Our Invited Guests, -
on whose behalf Hon. A. F. judd re-
piled He said his memory took him
DICK W Tie LlIle Wnen Tile troops I0lL
Boston, and when he himself, then a
student, had been one of those who gave
them the hurrahs which sent them on
to Baltimore. He described in graphic
terms the strong desire with which he
had become possessed to join their ranks,
and how the students had formed them
selves into company for purposes OF
drill. One by one they had slipped
away to join the Grand Army, and al
though he had been restrained, his mill
tary ardor had not been wholly cooled,
for he had subsequently joined the Ha-
waiian army.
The company, having united in sing
ing Marching Through Georgia" dis
persed, an enthusiastic esprit de corps
being very noticeable among the mem
bers of the Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
An Accident.

On Sunday noon, as the large congre-
cation was leaving the Kawaiahao
Church, an old native lady named Paa-
luhi, a servant of H. r. H. Princess
Liliuokalani was knocked down by a
horse attached to brake, in which were
Edward Langley and Alex. Arthur. The
old lady was crossing the road at
the time, and it is a wonder she was
not killed She was carried to Palama,
and Marshal Kaulukou requested DR.. E.
G. Webb to examine her and find the
extent of her injuries. The doctor Wis
tied her, and states she is not dangerously
injured, but received a severe shock.
Langley and Arthur were arrested and
charged on the slate with needless and
furious driving. They were liberated on
furnishing bail of $500 each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
German Annexation.

By the steam schooner Surprise Mr..
A Frank Cooke received letter, via
San Francisco, from Mr.. Emerson, the
agent of the Pacific Navigation Com
pany at Jaluit, Marshall Islands, dated
Jud, conveying the following news
''The German flying squadron was at
Jaluit the latter part of May and the first
part of June. The Marshall Islands are
now formally taken possession of by
Germany and a government established !;
every establishment to pay 800 year
tax, every trader $40 year, and each
white man So poll tax. Every vessel
doing business on the islands has to
enter cargo at Jaluit, and is obliged to
clear from Jaluit. No spirits, guns or
ammunition, or other combustibles or
explosives, are allowed to be sold to
natives in the group"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.

The New South Wales and New Zea-
land Governments have mutually
agreed to accept the substitution of the
Zealandia or Australia for the Mararoa,
to carry the San Francisco mails. This
is the latest news from the Colonies by
steamship, and although it is hardly
news to us we publish it. The truth is,
the Mararoa is unsuited for the service,
and the Union Company of New Zea-
land must have run her at considerable
loss since the start. The popularity of
her commander, Captain Edie, and of
her officers, offset in some measure want
of sailing qualities; but in these times
of close steamship competition it is inn
possible to keep up great ocean line of
steam navigation upon personal merit
alone. Wherefore, the Mararoa is to be
taken of the route, and either the Zea-
Iandia or Australia is to be substituted
therefor. This practically makes the
main line a service by the Oceanic Com
pany. The interruption in the regular
bi-monthly steamer service to this port
is explained by the fact that the Tea
landia is undergoing repairs, and that
the Australia has been detained at San
Francisco to take up the regular running
for the mail service.
In this connection it may be well to
mention that the New South Wales Par
lament has agreed to accept the condi-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27

tons OF the San Francisco mail service,
as the following extract from the Parlia-
mentary proceedings at Sydney, on Sep
TENDER Sth, will show:
Mr.. MackelIar moved i'm the Legislative
Assembly; That this House agrees to the
following resolutions: 1. That this House
approves Of a contract being entered into,
Jointly with New Zealand, with the owners
of steamships Of not less tonnage than
those employed in the late Contract with
the Pacific Mail Company, for a line of
mail communication between sydney and
San Francisco, via Auckland and Homo
lulu, Sydney being the terminal port on
this side. 2. That, for such service, this
colony do contribute one-third of the con-
tract amount, or a sum not exceeding
912 1873 6s Sd per annum, and be entitled
to receive in reduction thereof ODe-haf the
contribution or postage rates from the
other Australian colonies, and One-third OF
any contribution made by the Postmaster
General OF the United States. 3. That the
foregoing resolutions be communicated by
address to His Excellency the Governor.
He said that modification in the original
contract had been arranged, subject 10
Parliamentary sanction, under which the
contractors for an extra payment of Ell ,OOO
a making their total subsidy &37 ,OOl
agreed to permanently do the service
right through from SYDNEY to San Fran
cisco without a break at Honolulu. OF the
extra subsidy the colony of New South
Wales was to contribute one-third. They
had heard rumOrs of another mail serv
ice being inaugurated between the west
coast of Canada and Australia, anC
it was said that it was likely that
it would be subsidized by the British
Government Of Canada but having nc
official information relative to that subject
it was not competent for them to deal with
it, The line for which Parliamentary
sanction was now asked almost paid Itself
by the hostages. He thought he was within
the mark in saying that it paid its own ex
penses within a few hundred pounds pei
annum. The motion was agreed to.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
The Samoan Islands.

Mr.. Consul Griffin, from Sydney,
brought later news regarding Samoan
affairs. 1t appears that the representa-
tives of the three Great Powers-Mr.
Bates, for the United States; Mr. Tray
ers, Consul General in Australia for the
German Empire and His Excellency
Mr. Thurston, Administrator of the
Government of FIJI and Commissioner
for the Western Pacific-met at Apia to
consider what should be done regarding
the future of Samoa. The Commission
had finished its work before the Ala
media touched at the port of Tutuila, but
had not made public the result OF its
finding. Indeed, this was hardly to be
expected, as each Commissioner is to re-
port independently to his own Govern
ment. The United States steamship
Mohican sailed from Apia for Tonga on
September 18th, having Mr.. Commits
sioner Bates on board. His instructions
are to negotiate a treaty with King
George of Tonga, which will be done
through his Prime Minister and Secre-
tary, Rev. Shirley W. Baker, one of the
ablest men in the South Pacific The
Mohican viii probably proceed from
Tonga to Auckland, at which port Mr..
Bates may take the mail steamer for
San Francisco, via Honolulu. Mr..
Greenebaum, U. S. Consul at Samoa,
had arrived at his post, but had not as
sumed the duties of his Office. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Greenebaum
was appointed Hawaiian Vice Consul at
Samoa on the occasion of his recent re-
turn to that country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
The =. J. Levey bankrupt Case

In the Supreme Court on Friday Mr..
Fl. r. Macfarlane was ordered to file on
Saturday specifications of his charge of
''false misrepresentation" to the appli-
cation for discharge of S. J. Levey from
bankruptcy. On Saturday Mr. Thurston,
who appeared for Mr.. Macfarlane, asked
for continuation until Thursday at 80
p m, which was granted. Mr. Chas.
Creighton appeared for Levey.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
Island Boys Abroad.

The following exhibit shows the stand
ing of several OF our Island boys attend
ing ST. Matthew's Hall, San Mateo,
California, in the roll of honor for the
first month of the Trinity term, 1886,
ending August 18th; Department
David Motley, 100; T. P. Cummins, 90
Grammar. P. Cummins, GIG; J. K.
Kalanianaole, SO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
The Ly.Ee.Moon Disa.ter.

The trial OF Captain Arthur Wynne
Weber for granddaughter, in connection
with the wreck of the steamship Lyle
Moon at Green Cape, between Mel
bourne and Sydney, was concluded at
Sydney September 10th, when the Jury
were unable to agree upon a verdict and
were discharged.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27

States and slate pencils given away this
week ate. ] Fishel's.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27

On Tuesday at 10 O'Clock, at the Pacific
Nail wharf, Mr.. Lewis J. Levey will sell
the whole of the surplus stores ex British
ship Amana from London, via Madeira.
A full list will be found in an ADVERTISE
ment in another column
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27

All work in my line faithfully done. Plans and
specifications made. JObbing in all details done
at short notice. Good work and low charges Is
my motto. 364-dec5-S5
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
Band Concert.

Following is the musical programme
to be given by the Royal Hawaiian Mill
tary Band this evening at 80 o'clock at
Emma Square:
Waltz Welcome to Ems" ..... Liebig
Overture-"Al in Mask ....-.. Pedrotti
Walt-"Courtbal' '............. Fahrbach
Selection-'B Barber of Seville" Rossini
"Ahi Wela."
Medley" Recollection OF the War" Beyer
Mazurka- "On the Neckar'' .Schreiber
WaItz-"The Mikado' ...... Sullivan
Lancers-"The Mikado" ....-... Sullivan
" japanese Anthem" Hawaii Ponoi. ;"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-05-01
In the Labor World.
EMPLOYERS ORG AIMING.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin is
authority for the statement that great
organization of the mill owners of New
England has been formed for the pro-
lection of those concerned. The aims
of the society, the paper says, are not
in any way aggressive, but it simply seeks
to protect its members against mreason-
able demands. 1t proposes to give to
each strike careful consideration, and to
assist only those manufacturers who are
u fairly treatel by their workmen.
This is an eminently proper move
ment in accord with the present tendency
in industrial affairs. The organization
of labor necessitates the organization of
capital. The great movement that will
in the end deprive the employer of his
ancient privilege of making both sides
OF the bargain of industry would run to
the other extreme if it gave the work.
man similar power. What is needed is
fair bargain between equals. This can
best be accomplished by a perfect or
ganzation of both sides with authorita-
tive representatives empowered to make
contracts if both so desire.
We hope that our Boston contempor
airy is mistaken, however, in declaring
that the new body will refuse to recog-
nize labor organizations. The action Cf
the manufacturers IN thus uniting is a
tacit recognition of the right of labor 10
organize, and it ia furthermore a con
fession that the old conditions are pass
ing away. Any refusal by those COM
posing it to practically recognize in
Others the right they claim themselves
will be mistake. 1t will merely post
pone an amicable adjustment of the
great dispute, and it would be an illogi-
cal attempt to put particularly lively
kind Of new wine into very old bottles.
If the power of the employer TO dictate
the hours, wages and conditions of labor
still existed, there would be no need of
the new organization, and it is folly to
attempt to use it for the restoration of
that lost power instead of making new
power to meet the new conditions.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-05-01
EIGHT HOURS \ DAY.

1t is estimated that there are 20 coo
miners and laborers in the anthracite
coal regions who are either members Of
the Miners and Laborers' Amalgamatcd
Association or the Knights of Labor
For sometime past the members of these
organizations have been agitating the
| eight hour question, and through the eff
forts of George Harris. of Pittsburgh.
presi lent of the Miners and Laborcrs'
AmalSamated Association of Penns,l
yania, ana several other labor agitators,
the men have been brought almost to a
unit on the question. At any rate the
executive Board Of the Miners and La
borers' Association of Luzerne county
Friday evening followed the action of
the Schuylkill association and appointed
committees to wait on all the coal opera
tors in the county and notify them that
on and after May the Miners and Ia
borers only propose to work eight hours
a day ana that if the operators refuse
then to have the matter submitted TO
arbitration. The general opinion is that
the operators, at least majority of
them, will submit to the demand made
upon them. What will follow in case a
compromise is not effected can only be
conjectured. Some think there will be
a long lockout, affecting the whole an
thracite field, and others clam that
there are too many idle men in the
country for the miners to get uD strike.
The leaders of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation say that the operators will meet
them half way and that there will be no
strike.
The following is copy of the circular
sent to the operators throughout the an
thracite coal region:
The undersigned. remesen. ing the united
labor ol miners ana labOrerS of the LriHgh
coal region, and respectfully present the fo-
lowing demands:
lst--rhat on and after the first day nf NAV.
lsS5, eight hOu's sll III constitute days work
Tor AL employees in and about the M mes ~
Grated by yea. and that your cullirreS shall
not continue To work more than eight hours
IN any one day, and that no miner, laborrr
or mechanic in your employ shall be REQUIRED
To work more than eight hours In any DAY eX-
cepl IN eases OF emergency. of breaks or dis
aster
2nd-That on and after the first day of NAV
next, all work and labor done and time CO.
sum2d In your employ in and about yOrr co :
ltriCs shall be paid for Mt the basis ann
> edule rates of the day WAGES and contra,
ifices Tor mining lahcrng, tc, S ADJ { II
10y the Amalg tWat ID Association Of Miners
and I.aborers, and the the order Of Knights
OF Labor IN the Anthracite coal regions, a
conF OF which is heTeUntO attached.
jfd-l nat, falling TO comply with the above
dt mands, We then respectfully demand that
" u submit the matter To arbitrators, as We
90 rec TO do.
We respectfully request Your answer hSrs-
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-05-01

ing chances Of their being able to secure
action upon their preferred measures,
and efforts are being made to secure the
assignment of particular days for their
consideration.
Senator Dolph Friday reported favor
ably from the committee on public lands
bill to forfeit all lands which appertain
TO and are coterminous with that part
Of the Northern Pacific main line which
extends from Wallula junction, Wash
ington Territory, to Portland, Oregon.
except such Of the lands as appertain to
the branch line across the Cascade
mountains. The bill also provides that
where persons are now in possession of
the lands forfeited by the bill under
deed secured from the railroad company,
they shall have the right to purchase
the lands from the United States in
quantities not exceeding 800 acres for
$3.50 per acre.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
association of nurserymen, florists and
seedsmen will be held at the department
of agriculture commencing Wednesday,
June 10th, 1886, and continuing three
days. The association is the largest
body of horticulturists in the country.
The objects are the discussion of ques-
tions directly concerning the welfare of
the trade, new methods Of proragatng,
new labor-saving devices, exchange and
sale of surplus stock, exhibition of new
trees, fruits, plants, &c.
A bill has been passed by both Houses
of Congress this week to restore to the
owners the large quantity of jewelry
and silver plate that was captured dur
| ing the war, and has since been locked
up in the vaults of the Treasury De-
partmont. The people had almost for
,otten it was there until the contents
of the vaults of the Treasury wee
turred over by Treasurer Wyman to
Mr.. Jordan, his successor One of
'iNSN poAOo IOhl"iHS bllC ' all Dtu tll
jewels. as they are called. When Mar
tim Van Buren, was President. of the
United States he received many valua-
BILE gifts, which he deposited in the
Patent Office, and they were kept on
exhibition there until some one stole
them. They were afterward recovered
by detectives and were placed in the
Treasury vaults for safe keeping, where
they have since remained. II.