The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-12-23
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
San Francisco, December Ia, 1889. Per
S. s. Zealandia.

(From Our San Francisco Correspondent
The Sugar Market.
The local market remains firm but
prices have not undergone any alteration.
No fluctuations of any moment are ex-
pected at present. The Eastern situa
ton shows much unsteadiness and no
one seems to know Just what is likely to
happen. The Spreckels' refinery at
Philadelphia was opened December 9th,
Claus Spreckels himself dumping the
first hogshead into the melting pans.
| For the present the refinery will melt |
about 100000 pounds daily, and
Spreckels is amply supplied with raw
sugar for some time to come. The |
Spreckels' interests have just had bout
| with the Pacific Rural Press, which pub
lished squib to the effect that there was
much dissatisfaction among the beet
growers at jacksonville about the divis-
| ion of the proceeds of the seasons oper-
atoms. A retraction was promptly made,
the growers themselves writing to the
journal and posting the statement as
| without foundation.
The sorghum sugar business Is not as
prosperous as the Kansas and Missouri
experimentalists would have the public
believe. Many of the principal sorghum
producers say that for anything except
syrup, sorghum is a failure. An investi-
CATION has just been made into the af-
fairs of the American Sugar Co., of Ash
land, Missouri. 1t shows that extensive
frauds were carried out. The company
erected mill and then asked the town
ships surrounding the site to vote $780,
} 600 in bonds. The company had secret
process, known as the roasting pro-
cess,"> which it would not describe.
Proceedings will be instituted if pos
sible
During the month of November the
exports of merchandise to Hawaii were
valued at 1921 800, and the total for the
first eleven months of the year was 49,
: 047, 200.
, To Investigate LeprOsy.
Clarence w. Ashford, the Attorney
General of Hawaii, has arrived at Otta-
wa He says that the Government has
engaged DIR. Lutz, an eminent authority
:, on skin diseases, to make systematic
study of leprosy to see if cure is posi-
ble DIR. Lutz is we'll known to the pro-
7 fession throughout America.
l Hawaiian Cable.
I a brief dispatch has been received
from Clarence w. Ashford who is now
| at Ottawa, saying that British capitalists
. have been offered several concessions
7 to lay submarine cable from Vancouver
E to Honolulu. The dispatch also states
: that the concessions have been accepted,
L and that the cable will be in operation in
two years. The particulars are not
{ known, but it is supposed that the con-
cessions are the same as already offered
: for cable from Honolulu to San Fran
: cisco.
Davis's Funeral.
q The funeral of Jefferson Davis occurred
E on the 18th inst. at New Orleans. Six
or seven Governors of Southern States
. were present and the crush on the streets
s was tremendous. The body laid in state
d for two days before the funeral and was
t viewed by thousands of people.
e The funeral services were conducted
] by Bishop Gallagher. of New Orleans,
: assisted by six Episcopal and Catholic
: priests. The eulogy was pronounced by
= the Bishop. He referred in the mildest
l terms to the enmity stirred up by the
q war and paid a fine tribute to Davis
j worth as a man and friend. The body
e was conveyed to the cemetery on mill
q tary caisson decorated with the stars and
g stripes. The parade included the militia
o of Louisiana and other States and many
civic organizations. On the day of the
!, funeral business was suspended through
out the South and memorial services
q held.
Foreign News.
Conflicting reports have come from
Brazil regarding the new republic. From
I, Rio the news is that every one is salts
n fed, while from Para the report is thai
'G much dissatisfaction exists in Bahia
If Dom Pedro has reached Portugal, and or
# his arrival at Lisbon on the 9TH inst. hi
= was given reception by the King. The
u ex-Empress was robbed of her jewels
st before leaving Rio. The collection o
If diamonds was one of the finest in the
It world. Prince August, (the Count d Eu
grandson of Dom Pedro, has endeavoreo
to secure an abdication in his favor, blu
Is without success.
IS Stanley has arrived at Zanzibar and il
d being feted there. He will soon leav,
y seriously injured, is but little better, We
1t it is hoped that he will eventually re
g cover. The news of the accident to hin
le has made great sensation in Berlin.
re Parnell has turned up all right, having
d secluded himself for rest. He is seri
ously i'll and is not able to speak.
I3 Influenza is rife in Paris, London
8 Vienna and other cities of Europe, AM
is spreading.
Robert Browning, the poet, died a
Venice December 18th, aged "a.
u A crisis is impending in Canada, i
n being reported that the French govern
ment will make inquiries as to how ia
h the treaty OF 1853 has been violated
- The French claim that the rights granted
l in the treaty of cession have been vic
o. lated.
le Harry E. Searle, the Worlds Cham
a pion oarsman, died at Adelaide, Aus
- tralia, December 9th. His death wa
T. caused by typhoid fever which O'Conno
e thinks he contracted on the Thames
d O'Connor now claims the worlds cham
le pionship as does also Kemp of Australia
General American News.
3 Congress has not yet got down to bust
~ ness and will not until after the holi
n days. Several bills against trusts hav
been introduced and that is about al
that has been done.
The Pan-American delegates are con
sidering junket into California.
1t There was panic in Parkes Oper
v House at Johnstown, Pa, on Decembe
10th and nine persons were crushed t
death in the rush to get out.