The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-02-26
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
san Francisco, February II. per :. :.
Alameda.
lFrom our speei.l correspondeni.l

for two days owing to the late ar
rival of the S. S. Aurania at New
York
Sugar News.
There are no changes to report IN
the sugar market for either raws or
refined. the former being quoted at
5 9-16 cents for 90 degrees, and gran
ulated in San Francisco at IS cents.
!. The Pacific Coast Sugar Company
of Alvarado has levied an assessment
Of S. per share for the purpose of
extending its works. Mr.. Burr. late
Superintendent of the American Re
finery, was negotiating for the pur-
chase of this beet factory.
Legislation against Trusts is being
agitated through various State Leg
islatures, In Congress a clause has
been inserted in the Trust Bill which
infiets penalty upon all officers of
Trusts, and provides for the punish
ment of those who are connected
with Trusts even if they live in
foreign countries.
Claus Spreckels returned from the
East on February LIST, and leaves for
Honolulu by the Alameda for rest
from business
There Is bill before Congress
providing for the establishment Of
schools for the instruction Of stu
dents in the various processes OF
manufacturing raw sugar, the schools
to be under the control of the Com
missioner of Agriculture.
R. B. Mitchell. attorney employs
by the Tammany Society in the suit
against the American Refinery, has
reported to the Society that the case
will be at issue in a few days and
that the people are ready for trial.
The suit will be pressed at the earl
lest possible date.
Hawaiian Commercial Company's
stock has declined a little owing to
the effect of the Senate Tariff bill,
and is now quoted at 1921 asked
with nothing bid.
Receipts of sugar have been very
heavy lately. The ship MaeFarlane
has arrived from Manila with cargo
for the California Refinery. The
bark Dione has arrived from Java
and HongLonu To fbe 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, c. D. Bryant; W.
S. Bovine, Rosario, Ida Schnauer.
Consuelo, W. g. Irwin and Sonoma.
In addition to the sugar frauds at
the New York Custom House, which
were operated through moistening
sive damage claims, the Treasury
exposes one in cargo
of Havemeyer & Elders sugar. The
refused to give the plan
tation marks of the sugar
and entered it at 50 degrees. An
examination showed that it ran from
% to IS throughout, and. on cargo
Of 1900 bags, Havemeyer & 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
Tered with the Pacific Coast sugar
business or taking the American Re |
inery 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 Su-
1reme Court.
American Affairs.
There has been a strike on the
Brooklyn and New York street cars.
which was won by the companies.
A large fire at Buffalo, n. Y. de-
troyed seven blocks and 100000
worth of property.
j. 4. Moore. the insurance en-
,ezzler, has gone to Canada The
rauds of County Clerk Sullivan. Of
Indianapolis, exceed 100000. He
obbed his friends, widows, orphans
nd everybody with whom he came
4 contact.
Mrs. Matilda Griswold Freling- i
uysen, the widow of Frederick 7.
'relinghuysen, President Arthur's
ecretary of State, died at her home,
ark place, Newark, \. ].
Mrs. John L. Sullivan, legal wife
{ the prize-fghter, after listening to
he persuasive eloquence Of Captain
[owland of the Salvation Army, has
ecome a convert.
A. S. Cookin, cashier OF the Man
attain Elevated Railway Company, {
as gone to Canada with $4,000 to
Is 600 of the funds Of the company. t
DR.. Morrow of New York is in {
an Francisco investigating leprosy,
nd he viii visit the Hawaiian IS 7
nds for the same purpose.
The Thurlow gun, cast by the
tandard Steel Casting Company of l
hurlow, Pa, stood the Government c
st at the naval proving grounds. 1
welve rounds were fred. two of
lirty-six pounds of powder with i
lell of 100 pounds; two of forty 5
ght and one-half pounds of powder i
ID 100 pounds of shell. The gun is
5 inches in length, of six-inch bore I
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