The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-06-05

Clar6u.
Raw sugar has remained without change
at 81 cents. But refined sugars have been
marked down a cent on white grades and
y cents on yellow grades i'll San Francisco.
The British brig Donalena has been pur-
chased for the Hawaiian trade by j. ID.
Spreckels 4 Bros. She has been placed
under the Hawaiian flag and her name
changed to the Geo. II. Douglass, after the
well known and popular Superintendent
of the Oceanic COmpany'S dock. She IS
staunch little vessel, built at Prince Ed
ward Island, and the purchase price is
stated to have been q very low one. She
will carry $50 tons freight and Is IN com
mand of Captain Howard.
The Oceanic Steamship Company has
made a special reduction of 80 per cent. on
all exhibits shipped to the Melbourne tx
position. This freight rate also covers
goods that may be returned at the close OF
the Exposition.
On the Sth inst. the lumber aud planning
mills of Kincaid & CO., on Mission and
Main streets, were destroyed by fire, and
the YolO mills were in great danger. The
loss is placed at $4,000.
An explosion occurred at the California
Powder Co.'S Works near Pinole in Contra
Costa county. The powder and nitro works
were completely demolished causing loss
of property alone of fully $4,000 Forum
ately nobody was killed.
]. B. Wooster, the Front street produce
merchant, died somewhat suddenly, at the
age of fifty-nne. Ex-Mayor A. J. Bryant
IS also dead. being drowned in the bay.
The evidence taken at the inquest to show
whether death was due to suicide or acct
dent, was very unsatisfactory, and most
people incline to the former theory.
Charles r. Backman, steward of the bark
Brussels, who set fire to the vessel, was
sentenced to thirty-fye years imprison-
ment at hard labor. His accomplice, Clar-
ence l.. Coskey, mate of the vessel, was
sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.
The most vigorous measures are being
taken against Chinese in the Colonies. In
New Zealand all Chinese ports are declared
infected South Australia proposes an
inter-colonial conference for joint action as
to their exclusion. The British merchants
at Shanghai and HOngkong are opposed to
the determined attitude OF the Colonials.
In SYDNEY an anti-Chinese bill was intro
duced by the Premier all standing orders
were suspended and the bill passed its
third reading in few hours. The stmr
Guthrie arrived there with 100 Chinese who
we're prevented from landing. The Chinese
ambassador at London has protested to
the English government at the action OF
the Colonies, and has warned Lord Sails
bury that the Chinese government will at
once absolutely prohibit the entry OF Aus
tralian ships or produce at any ports in
China.
On the evening of the departure OF the
Zealandia, May 9th, a reception was ten
dered TO Claus Spreckels by his employees.
There were over 800 present. set OF
resolutions, engraved on a silver plate, was
presented to him, and an address made on
behalf of the men by Charles Watson, who
has been chief engineer for Mr.. Spreckels
for nearly twenty years. The proceedings
passed off very pleasantly and were great
surprise to Mr.. Spreckels, who was entirely
ignorant of what had been arranged until
he was called for in the evening, to be
driven up to the Mission Turn-Verein
Hall.
The following are the dimensions Of the
new refinery buildings: The refinery pro-
Der will be so 100 feet, 132 feet high and
of 10 stories The finishing house will be
So X 10 feet, 100 feet high and ten stories.
A warehouse adjoining will be 60 Z 100 feet
and six stories high The fiitering house,
at the rear Of the refinery, will be 90 K go
feet. and 40 feet high, of eleven stories.
The boiler house will be 6S $50 feet, and
three stories high. The tiltering house will
be 40 40 feet, and five stories high.
The machine shop will be 20 K 100 feet, and
| three stories high. There will also be a
large cOODET-S0OIs anu pltAhN Vi 4OOiD iEtb
for enlarging the works, which will be start
ed with capacity of l 600 tons of raw sugar
| daily.
a fatal accident occurred at the Califor-
MIA Fireworks Gompany's establishment
Yesterday afternoon. when two young men,
Frank Barry and Michael Curtis, were IN
stantly killed by an explosion while making
Roman candles. Their bodies were burned
to a crisp, and the shed in which they
were working was destroyed.
At the California Athletic Clubs rooms
last evening, Frank Glover of Chicago and
Joe McAuliffe, the heavyweight champion
| of the Pacific Coast, fought with small
| gloves for trophy valued at S1,750, pre-
| Scented by the club. The fight continued
| till 3 O'Clock this morning, when, after
/ forty-nine rounds, Glover fell like log
/ and was unable to come to time, being
| carried helpless from the ring. McAulitfe
/ broke his arm in the seventeenth round,
but continued the fight and came of the
/ victor.
| The Canadian Pacific Company's steam-
ship Abyssinia sailed yesterday for Japan
| and China with $50 Chinese passengers and
| a general cargo. The next steamer Of the
| line. the Zambesi, is coming direct to San
Francisco, calling at Victoria only on the
return trip. This Of course brings thi:
| port into greater prominence, IN connec-
| ton with the new line, as lis terminus.
| Teemer seems to be in good form and
| should prove worthy com petitOr of Kemp
| who has Just defeated Hanlan. Teemel
has Just rOwed over the college course a
| Boston, three miles with a turn. Hs
| turned the stake in minutes 80 second!
| and finished in exactly 19mInutes4 seconds
| If Kemp accepts Teemer's challenge, th'
latter viii leave San Francisco by tht
steamer on August 18th.
The Hawaiian bark James A. King i
loading lumber at Port Ludlow for Homo
Il IS reported that J. D. spreckels 4