The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-07-10
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per S. $. Mariposa," San Francisco,
July 1, 1883.
from our special oOrresroudentl

/ Inc hepuDNCdn S9nNtnllOn SVlltlIluSu
sitting all of last week without nominating
3 Presidential candidate, Sherman being
still in the lead On the morning of Mon
day, June 18th, three ballots were taken,
resulting in the nomination OF Senator
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana for Presi-
dent, while Levi P Morton of New York
received the nomination for VicePresi-
dent on the first ballot. Blaine positively
declined the nomination, and the Califor-
Man delegates, who had been working hard
for Blaine, were very much disappointed.
Harrison meets with considerable oppoSi-
ton on the Pacific Coast because of his
prof. Chinese record. Mckinley was a very
popular dark horse, and would doubtless
have received the nomination had he not
withdrawn and adhered faithfully to Sher-
man, whom he had promised to support.
The Mariposa has been delayed for day,
owing TO the late arrival OF the mails st
New York. She takes a large passenger
list, over eighty for Auckland and Sydney,
and about thirty for Honolulu Among
the Colonial passengers are: Frank Nc
Coppin. L. 5. Commissioner to the Mel
bourne Exhibition Assistant Commis-
sioneF Campbell, and A. Spencer, Commits
Sioner for British Columbia.
Since her arrival in port the Mariposa
has been thoroughly oyerhauled and re-
fitted She has been been painted inside
! and ont. has new carpets, and her lamps
! and metal fittings have been electro-plated.
| From Sydney comes news, by cable, that
the labor unions there object TO the EN-
| ployment of Chinese fremen on the Ala
! media, and have refused to discharge or
load her, or to give her any coal.
| The tariff bill Is still under discussion, no
very material alterations having yet been
made in committee. Mills expects that it
will pass the House by q majority of
| fifteen.
Emperor William will start for St.
Petersburg, To visit the Gar, on July 14th,
IN the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, in
command OF Prince Henry. He will be ac-
companied by eight of the best German
| irunclads, by Prince Bismarck and Count
Herbert Bismarck. The latest European
war scare is that several Austrian regi-
mentS have been ordered to leave Vienna
instantly for the Galician frontier, to
CheCkmate amoye on the part OF Russia
The eleventh annual eIght-oared race
between Yale and Harvard was rowed on
the 18th Of June over the Thames river
course, four miles straight. 1t was won
by Yale by n lengths; time, 20 minutes 10
seconds, the fastest time ever made on the
river. Harvard's time was p minutes II
seconds.
a large number of Chinese coolies are
going TO Yokohama and driving out the
Japanese as domestic servants. Many
deaths are reported from cholera in Cam
bodia and Cochin-China. [. 5. Consul
Hatfield Of Batavia Is on trial for forgery
and fraud on the firm OF J. Daendols &
Co. Much damage has been done by wet
and cold weather TO the tea crop at Han
kow.
From Peru comes news of hard times,
with emigration setting away from there.
The Office OF Vice-President of Colombia
has been declared vacant, and the retired
Nice-PreSident pensiOned for life. Quar-
antine against Chile, on account OF cholera, |
has been raised.
Fighting still continues at Riatea be-
tween the French and natives. In the last
engagement the French lost three men and
two officers, and had a large number
wounded. The natives carried their killed |
and wounded off the field. There are sew
eral French men-of-war there, and the |
natives are sure to be suppressed. The |
Government OF Tahiti is going in fer pro-
lection, and now leyies duties Of about so |
per cent. on all imports.
Mrs. Lillian Warren Hammersley was |
married by the Mayor of New York, on |
June 18th, to the Duke of Marlborough. |
His Highness Prince Bernard OF Sake |
Weimar, Duke OF SAKE, arrived in San |
Francisco from Japan, and here learned OF |
the death of bis cousin, the Emperor Fred |
erick of Germany.
General Washington L. Elliott, Vice
President of the San Francisco Safe De-
post and Trust Company, died suddenly
on June 18th.
Goldenson, the murderer OF the school |
girl Mamie Kelly, has good chance of
being hanged, as the Supreme Court has
denied 3 .reheaTing and Governor Water
man has declined TO interfere.
The new cruiser Charleston will be
launched from the Union Iron Works
about the middle of this month, and II is
expected that she will be ready for sea by
the end OF the year, at which time the |
larger cruiser, the San Francisco, will be
launched. The Union Iron Works have
almost completed g powerful tug for the
Spreckels Bros, and the Pomona, a steamer
OF LOO tons, has been launched for
Knowles & Griffith This steamer, it is
said, Is for the Hawaiian trade.
John D. Spreckels sailed this morning
for San Diego in the yacht Lurline, having
q 4dNE WV WIZ s4AS y ANT
All the iron mills al Pittsburg have
closed down, owing 10 g reduction of 10 to
20 per cent. in wages, which the laborers
refused TO accept. The strike closes eighty
mills and throws 10000 men out Of en-
ployment.
Assistant Secretary Maynard, of the |
Treasury Department, has notified Col
lector Hager Of San Francisco that cattle
imported from the Hawaiian Islands iced
not be ousrantined if they are sold for i'm
mediate slaughter. The animals, i'm
mediately upon arrival, must be taken
from the importing vessel 10 the abattoir
and not disposed Of for any other purpose.
This opinion has been given in response to
an application for information from the
Hawaiian Government
The affairs OF Vim. T. Coleman & Co.
grow worse and worse. The statement of
the assignees shows reduction Of $50 900
in liabilities, which now stand at about
s. 800 900, and q shrinkage Of over 81 ,0O0,-
600 in assets, which now amount to about
s., 000. 900. 1t Is doubtful however,
whether they will realize anything like
that amount.
The imports Of rice up 10 the end Of
May amounted to p SIS ,957 pounds, being
81 900 pounds less than in the same
period OF 1887. The market Is fairly active,
1ur there are urOSDacts for a very LARGE |