The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-22
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per 5. 5. Australia San Francisco,
August IA, 1883.
tFrom our special Correspondent
Sugar.

| the 18th inst, raw was quoted IN New
York at 81 cents for So deg. The
| market remains firm at the advance.
The San Francisco market for refined
| has been in a furry since the last
steamer left. The following changes will
| show what has transpired: On July
28th sugar declined Is cent, granulated
being 738 cents; July 3Oth declined g
| cent; August 1st declined Is cent;
August I'd declined q cent; August 4th
declined g cent, making granulated ga
cents. On the same afternoon there was
an advance of Is cent, and on August
9th there were three advances each OF Is
cent. On August 9th there was another
advance of u cent, bringing granulated
back to 738 cents.
The beet sugar outlook in California is
regarded as very satisfactory, the beets
in fine condition and promising heavy
return of sugar.
At Pittsburg Mr.. Spreckels and his
engineer, Mr.. Watson, have been con-
Quoting experiments with new direct
connecting
be patented all over the world, and will,
it is claimed, greatly reduce the cost OF
refining sugar.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor has commenced
suit in New York, on behalf of the Gov
eminent, against the Sugar Trust. The
complaint alleges that the North Sugar
Refinery Co. IS corporation that, Tor
establishing and maintaining a mono
poly of the manufacture and sale of re-
fined sugar and controlling the market,
has diminished it's production and thus
enhanced the price; that the defendant
combined, about August 10th last, with
all other refneries in New York, and
others in other States that the owner
ship OF the capital stock should be as
signed to a Board of eleven members
styled ''The Sugar Refineries Company"
that in return the Board should issue
certificates of stock. In conclusion the
plaintiffs demand judgment that the
North River Refinery Co. be dissolved,
its charter vacated, its corporate exist
ence annulled and a receiver be APP
pointed. The defendants have twenty
days to answer, which will expire on
August 9th.
The Austrian Government has an
nounced that it will join the Sugar
Bounties Convention if the United States
anu DIdLli Will uO GH0 SdlO.
American planters are agitating in
Cuba for annexation to the United States
owing to financial troubles.
OF Interest to Hawaii.
The Examiner has continued it's
"obiect lesson" in regard to the increase
in trade with Hawaii and direct benefits
resulting therefrom. This has, of course,
been attacked by other papers.
A number OF mango, tamarind, guava,
and avocado pear trees, that were i'm
ported from Honolulu, are thriving well
near Redding, Cal.
f. l.. Clarke has been doing some
good work for the islands among tour
lists visiting San Francisco, and he pro-
poses now to extend his work east, de- !
livering illustrated lectures, if he can
receive any support from Honolulu. !
He has received encouraging offers OF as
sistance from the east.
In the case of Minnie Schultz the |
Secretary Of the Treasury uphOlds DIR. |
McAlister in his efforts to prevent her |
from landing. He has prescribed that |
in future steamship owners bringing pas !
sengers from a foreign port must give a |
bond as a guarantee that they will re-
turn all passengers who are not permit |
ted to land.
The Oceanic Steamers.
The S. S. Mariposa lett the Colonies |
on her contract time without taking
crew of Sydney Union sailors, as the |
Alameda did, notwithstanding the
threats of the Sydney Labor Unions. |
Captain Hayward appears to have been |
successful in fighting them, and the Ala |
media takes back the Union men that |
she brought from Sydney without ship
ping them.
The Alameda will sail on August 25th !
with full passenger list, having a large |
number for Honolulu, among whom are
Prof. w. F. Frear, Miss Frear, Miss |
Hopper, Miss LOuisson, Mrs. DR.. Brown, |
r. Lille and wife, Mrs. and Miss Forbes, |
Mrs. David Center, Miss NJ A. Brewer, |
Miss II. E. Cushman, Miss G. L. |
Brewer, Mrs. L. L. Renney, w. H. |
Levers, Edgar Lewis, G. Carter and |
wife, o. P. Downing.
There has been a good deal of talk |
about the Oceanic COmpany's steamers
being withdrawn at once from the Aus
tralian trade. Nothing is definitely
known, however, and it is probable that |
they will continue to run for another
year. The North German Lloyd's Com
pany has been enquiring into the San
Francisco trade with the Colonies.
American Notes
Gen. Phil Sheridan died quite sud-
denly on the evening of Sunday, August
9Th. He had been improving some
what in health when his heart refused
to act, and all remedies proved useless.
He was buried on August 18th in the
Arlington Cemetery.
Prof Elisha Gray has obtained letters
patent for an instrument called the
telautograph designed to transmit mes
sages in the handwriting of the sender.
Another invention is the Welsbach sys-
tenn OF incandescent gas-ighting, for
which is claimed all the advantages OF
Edison's light and more, that electricity
cannot attain.
YeD-w fever has been declared cpl
demlc at Jacksonville, Florida, and the
place is being deserted.