The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-13

ated. Emperor William has conferred /
upon Cardinal Jacobini the decoration of /
the Black Eagle, and upon Monsignors Ga /
linnbert and Moceni, of the Pope's official !
household, the decoration OF the Red /
Eagle, in recognition of their valuable ser
vices in connection with the settlement of
the Carolines dispute.
American Affairs.
The New Year reception at the White /
House was a very brilliant affair, and the
weather was delightful. 1t is estimated
that over 5000 people shook hands with
the President during the reception. The
President lowered the record of handshak
ing considerably. In nine minutes he
shook hands with 274 persons, or about "a
to the minute. The highest number pre-
viously shaken by a President on New
Years Day was by General Grant, when
he grasped the hands of % persons a min
ute for thirteen minutes.
Blaine's second volume is expected this
month.
The New York Star" declares Wander
bits death was due to quarrel with young
Garrett.
The Sharon trust deed was placed on rec
ord at Washington.
President Mcneil of the Lancaster Ma
tional Bank at Clinton, Mass, has disap-
peared with $500 900 of the bank funds. He
was an eminently moral and religious man,
and conducted his frauds under the cloak
of morality and piety.
ID. NJ Ferry & Co. 5 seed establishment
and several other buildings were burned in
Detroit. The loss is 81 100000. One fireman
was killed and another badly hurt.
The CheroAees are strongly opposed TO
the opening of the Indian Territory to set
Element.
A reception to the special train of cigar
makers en- route for San Francisco brought
about one of the most enthusiastic outpour-
ings of the people that Truckee, Nevada.
ever witnessed. A grand torchlight pro-
cession, bonfires and firing of cannon
greeted the train on its arrival in Califor
mia. Speeches of welcome and cOngratula-
| ton were made by prominent citizens.
v. p. Snyder has been appointed Deputy
Controller of the Currency.
1t is reported that an attempt will be
made to prevent the reelection of Senator
Sherman.
The first official act under President
| Cleveland's administration was his sigma
| ture to the commission of General L. S.
| Grant as General on the retired list of the
| army The first law of Congress which he
! will be called upon to approve will be the
bill to pension the widow of General U. S..
| Grant.
The Alta" says that it is quite probable
4 81
! year show great increase. Our quartz
mines have been neglected for nearly
| twenty years. The glittering possibilities
| offered by the bonanzas and the wholesale
methods of hydraulic mining engaged the
| fancy of our capitalists, to the neglect of
the greater, but slower certainties of reli-
! able quartz mining. Now capital is drift
/ ing rapidly into quartz development.
= A railroad is to be built under Broadway
u New York. The project is Endorsed BY the
1 best city names.
| Mr.. Valentine, of Wells, Fargo Il Co.,
estimates the yield of the precious metals
west of the Rocky Mountains during 1885
| at-gold, $27, 290,2 94; silver, 4G,489, $3.50.
| The bullion value of lead was 500, Isl ,260.
The following is from an article on New
rear OdlleTS III JH6 Alta
January I'd: "Some of the rigs in which
! the leading swells made their calls yester-
day were of most sensational character and
attracted more than passing notice. One
turnout in particular was the cause of con-
siderable merrinent As it bowled
through the principal parts of the
city. The carriage was an elegant
barouche, and the occupants were six
young men, attired in the most elaborate
full-dress costume. This swell array was
| drawn by four of the most dilapidated,
woebegone and utterly wretched brOncOs
that ever hobbled along in front of a ba-
mana peddler's wagon. The harness was
all of hay rope, and each animal had it's
head carefully swathed in towel, SYM
bolical of the approaching fate of those in
the barOuche."
The u. S. revenue cutter Rush was to
sail for the Arctic Ocean January ID in
search of the missing whaler Amethyst.
The New York Tribune says At a
clinic held recently at the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons a leper was presented
for examination. The patient was a cheer
full looking mulatto from one of the West
India Islands. He smilingly submitted to
the scrutiny of the students, many of whom
for the first time beheld "a real live leper."
He is a tall, well-made young fellow of
about &c years, and seemed amused by the
scientific manner in which the students
examined him as he circulated through
the room.
Jay Gould retired from the street De
cember 31st, says the Mail and Express, y
with $4S, 100000 of regular dividend-paying
stock in the Western Union, MissOuri-Pa-
cific and Manhattan Elevated to say
nothing of a very large amount of stock
and bonds of other corporations.
ShipwrecEs.
The British steamer Sidonian, Captain
Crawford, from Leghorn for New York,
was sunk off Syracuse. Sicily, by collision
with the Italian steamer Malta. The Sido-
MANS passengers, crew and valuables were
saved
The steamship City of Chester owned by
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany but chartered by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company of California, struck
the south spit of Eureka Bay, California,
on the LIST January, half way between the
heads and the bar after the latter had been
safely crossed. The mail and passengers
were landed. She was likely to become a
total loss.
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