The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-31
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per y. y. .'AuSEraIia.-' San Francisco.
May 22nd, 1855.
lFrom our Special Correspondents


On the 8th inst. the lumber and planning
! mills OF kincaid d Co., on Mission and
Main streets, were destroyed by fire, and
! the YOO mills were III great danger The
| loss is placed at SIS, 000
! An explosion occurred at the California
| Powder Co Works near Pinole in Contra
| Costa county. The powder and nitro works
were completely demolished, causing a loss
OF property alone of fully $40, 600 Forum
| ately nobody was killed
J. B. Wooster, the Front street produce
merchant, died somewhat suddenly, at the
age OF fifty-nlne Ex-Mayor A. J. Bryant
is also dead, being drowned in the bav
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 X. Backman, steward of the bark
Brussels, who set fire to the vessel was
sentenced to thirty-fve 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
were 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, q reception was ten
dered to Claus Spreckels by his employees.
There were over 800 present. A 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-
per will be 60 100 feet, 132 feet high and
of 13 stories. The finishing house will be
50 X IS feet, 100 feet high and ten stories.
A warehouse adjoining will be so X $50 feet
and six stories high. The filtering house,
at the rear of the refinery, will be 60 $50
feet, and 40 feet high, of eleven stories.
The boiler house will be 60 $50 feet, and
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be 100 40 feet, and five stories high.
The machine shop will be 20 X 100 feet, and
three stories high There will also be
large coOper-shOp, and plenty OF room left
for charging the works which Will be start
ed with a capacity of 900 tons of raw sugar
daily.
fatal accident occurred at the CalifOr-
MIA Fireworks COmpany'S establishment
yesterday afternoon, when two young men,
Frank Barry and Michael Curtis were in
lii cd hXra XU1i ia al
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 a trophy valued at 81 $50, pre-
sented by the club. The fight continued
till 3 O'Clock this morning, when, after
.forty-nine rounds, Glover fell like a log
and was unable to come to time, being
carried helpless from the ring. McAuliffe
broke his arm in the seventeenth round,
but continued the hight and came OFT the
victor.
The Canadian Pacific Company's steam
ship AbvsSinia 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 this
port into greater prominence, iii cOnnec
ton with the new line, as its terminus.
Teemer seems to be in good form and
should prove a worthy competitor of Kemp,
who has Just defeated Hanlan. Teemer
has lust rowed over the college course at
Boston, three miles with turn. lie
Turned the stake in 9 minutes 30 seconds
and finished in exactly 10 minutes seconds,
If Kemp accepts Teemer's challenge, the
latter will leave San Francisco by the
steamer on August 25th.
The Hawaiian bark James A. King Is
loading lumber at Port Ludlow for Homo
lulu.
1t IS reported that j. D. Spreckels &
Bros. are negotiating for the purchase of
the Marquis Del Campo's steamer Costa
Rica, the finest boat of this gentleman
fleet. If the purchase were made she would
be placed under the Hawaiian flag in the
Island trade.
The shin r. B. Sutton sailed on May
10Th for New York with cargo OF DIS
go pounds of sugar, shipped by the Amer
with IA slight mishap in the harbor, drag
ging her anchor and fOuling the ship 5. L.
Hitchcock.
CAPTAIN Weber is no longer connected
with the Canadian Pacific Company, ana
does not act further as their Superlntend-
ent at Victoria or Vancouver.
The brigantine j. ID. Spreckels has been
thoroughly repaired, and is now on her
wav again to KahuIui.
The bark e. S. Allen, built at Bath,
Me. for Rent0n, Holmes IL Co., has been
launched. She will be placed in the Ha-
wAiian trade, under command OF captain
Thompson.
The damage done to the Queen of the
Pacific is more than was anticipated. Her
plates were dented. and about mldshlpS
her entire bottom, keel and all, is knocked
ont of line four inches Nine frames are
also broken, and the cost of repairs is estI-
mated at $150,000
Hro-.Nuvs CHRISTI