The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-21
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
san Francisco, February II, per :. :.
Alameda.
lFrom our Special Correspondent
Sugar News.


Sugar News.
Receipts of sugar have been very
heavy lately. The ship MacF arlane
has arrived from Manila with a cargo
for the California Refinery. The
bark Dione has arrived from Java
and Hongkong to the American Re
fnery with cargo that goes into
the unclaimed warehouse. From
the Islands the following vessels
have arrived with full cargoes:
Sailor Boy, Lady Lampson, Rosa
lind, J. G.. North, G. D. Bryant, ".
S. Bovine, Rosario, Ida Schnauer,
Consuelo, w. 6. Irwin and Sonoma.
In addition to the sugar frauds at
the New York Custom House, which
were operated through moistening
samples and the allowance of eXces-
sive damage claims, the Treasury
Department exposes one in cargo
of Havemeyer & Elders sugar. The
importers refused to give the plan
tation marks Of the sugar
and entered it at 50 degrees. An
examination showed that it ran from
50 to 50 throughout, and, on cargo
of II 900 bags, Haven1eyer K Elder
had to pay $4,000 additional duty.
Mr. Havemeyer is reported, in an
Eastern paper, as saying that the
Trust regretted ever having inter
fered with the Pacific Coast sugar
business or taking the American Re
fnery into the Trust.
Judge Barrett has appointed Mr..
Henry w. Grey as receiver of the
Brooklyn Sugar Refinery under the
decision lately rendered IN the SD
preme Court.
Political Matters.
The California State Legislature
bill against trusts has passed the AS
sembly. In addition to the common
law it provides that all trusts or com
binations may be punished by fine,
forfeiture of franchise, and impris
Onment of persons. Foreign corpor
atoms entering into com pact are to
be debarred from doing business in
California, and to pay fine of
$4,000 1t is made the duty of the
Attorney General to enforce the law
The extradition treaty with Great
Britain has been rejected by the
Senate.
1t is believed that Senator Allison
has declined to accept the Secretary
ship of the Treasury In General Har-
risOn's Cabinet
The House Committee on Ways
and Means is busily engaged con-
sidering the Senate Tariff bill, which
will be reported back to the House
this week. The Democrats estimate
the total reductions of the bill at
only $42,O0O,O00. One half of the re-
duction in the sugar schedule is
wiped out by other changes that will
increase the revenue.
Cleveland will associate himself,
after March 4th, with the New York
law firm of Bangs, Stetson, Tracey
and Macveagh.
John G. New, Ben Butterworth
and Window are spoken Of as posi-
BILE Cabinet appointees, besides
Blaine and Wanamaker. Evarts is
mentioned for Attorney-General.
Large additions have been made
to the Fertilization and Naval APP
preparation Bill.
Foreign Affairs.
Advices from Burmah announce
that Mandalay was recently visited
by two immense fires. In the first
the flames destroyed 632 houses, the
bazaar and Buddhist monastery, and
in the second 500 houses were burned.
The workmen in the glass works
at Charleroi have gone on a strike.
A number of collisions have occurred
between the police and strikers, and
many persons have been wounded.
The severity of the winter is in
creasing the distress caused by the
famine in Shan Tung and Manch-
uria. 1t is estimated that 100000
persons are freezing in Chen Kiang.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt in Canada at Grand Metis COM
ing from the west, and lasting a few
seconds.
A storm of exceptional severity
has ragged throughout Holland. The
rivers were greatly swollen, and Rot
terdam, Dordrecht, Schledate, ZwOlle
and Kampen were inundated. There
have been many shipwrecks and
great loss of life is reported.
Heavy snow storms have occurred
in all parts of Germany. The snow
was foot deep at Berlin and six feet
in the Bavarian Highlands, Thunder
and lightning accompanied the snow
fall in the west and northwest.
Traffic was nearly suspended at
Schleswig and Jutiand.
Death of Prince Rudolf.
Tue sudden death of Prince Ru
dolf, the Austrian Crown Prince
and heir apparent to the throne, has
been shrouded IN mystery. At first
natural causes were assigned as the
cause of death, but it leaked out that
be died from large bullet wound in
the head. This was said to have
been accidentally inflicted while
hunting. 1t is definitely asserted,
however, that it was the result Of :
haison with the Baroness Marie YES
cera Prince Rudolf had asked the
Pope to procure a divorce, and he
had asked the Emperor to allow him
to renounce his rights to the throne
in order to marry her. One story
states that the Prince was shot by
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