The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-13
DIR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
San Francisco, October 25th, per BARK
entine Planter
tErom our Special correspondent
Foreign Affairs.


There were 400 passengers on tae tram
which was crushed by the landslide in
italy. One hundred and fifty dead ana
wounded have been identified. N&ny oil
the victims are unknown. Scores con-
time to be unearthed. The WorE IS I'M
peded by the cold and snow: neEeral
headless and armless corpses have oeeh
found in a neighboring river A young
priest was buried for two hours, by mis-,
take, and when eXtrlcated IL was louHu
his hair had turned white.
An attempt has been made by lncen-
diaries to destroy the FontalheE1e1u
forest. Fires were started In n !: &c piI Yte
and were extinguished with difficulty.
! The loss is 100000 francs. Two men
were arrested on suspicion OF starting
! them.
At a meeting at Lyons De Lesser Q"
clared the Panama canal woui'
opened for traffic in July, 1890. He sad
| ne wished to correct the report that the
opening would be delayed until 1891.
The Hamburg-Pacifc Steamship line
| has been merged in a new company with
increased capital. New vessels have
been ordered to enable the company 10
establish fortnightly service.
A Couple OF Embezzlers.
James E. Bedell, who embezzled $751;
600 bv forged mortgages, has pleaded
guilty and informed against has accom-
Dlices. Thomas AxwOrthy, City Treas
urer of Cleveland, Ohio, has been miss
ing since September 29th. lie was re-
markably prosperous business man own
ing vessels, real estate, coal mines, iron
ranges and other investments. dis
bondsmen, Senator H. B. tayne and ).
Fl. Wade, Jr., who are pledged for $oO0,-
600. have attached the whole OF his
nronertv. The National Bank OF Com
merce has also begun suit to recover
$25, 900 on a prOmissory note. Inc Guy
of Cleveland will lose $5OO,OOO ana Is
worthy negotiated $4,000 worth OF CITY
J. bonds with Blake Bros. & Co., OF New
York. The bonds we're not hypothe-
Gated and the city will be the loser
There is only So 900 in the city treasury,
all its money in various banks having
been attached by the bondsmen. AK
worthy arrived at Montreal on SePten-
Der Both, leaving again on October "a oy
a Canadian west-bound train. While al
. Montreal he consulted Geofrion, O. c.,
who informed him that his ottense was
extraditabe He was laboring under
great mental agony and drinking hard
Mails and Trains.
The jury that investigated the Mud hui
disaster on the Lehigh Valley road
found the engineers guilty OF crlmlna
NEGLIGENCE in failing to see the danger
signal. The lookout men were tOura
g. guilty of gross negligence, as also Tia
rear brakeman and conductors. W AZ
rants have been issued for the arrest o
the parties.
Another bad accident has occurred OF
the Erie road near Otisville, New York
Two west-bound trains collided, one run
ming into the rear of the other, ana a
the same moment an east-bound expires
ran into the wreck. Two locomotive
and twelve cars were smashed, bu. foI
FS' tunately nobody was killed though ther
were over half dozen serious Injuries
At Port Costa, Cal, the Central oPel
oP land train jumped the track yesCCrta
as it was leaving the boat that transfer
the trains across the straits. TIRE
ladies we're seriously injured, one
them internally.
- The Canadians are complaining OF II
mail service between Victoria and "a
~ Francisco. The mail that arrived whel
| by the S. S. Mexico this week was ke
on the wharf for over six hours betol
being sent for by the San Francisco 70
flee authorities, who had been hottie
of it's arrival.
Democratic postmasters have bee
caught tampering with the mails, Fuhs'
tuting Democratic literature Tor that so
out by Republican senators IN Congre
sional envelopes. Senator Stewart "a
ItS exposed the fraud.
The Baseball Tour.
Gorgeously colored posters, telling
the coming of the Spalding- Ware bal
ball party, on the way to Australia, Ne
been received here. They plan to Hea
~ Sacramento November Sd, and tois c
~ the following day. After remaining lac
~ a week, and showing local athletes h
to play the national game, they will
to Los Angeles. On November II
thew are booked to sail for Australia
the Alameda They expect to have ii
enough for match games at II 1nol'
and Auckland. According to the p
gramme, they are due in Sydney
December 18th, and they plan to retr
the latter part of February.
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