The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16

the Appeal and the letter put in
directly from the photograph, the
compositor setting it up from sound.
This is the first practical applica-
ton Of the photograph in the com
posing-room ever made on the coast.
The compositor said he could set
faster from the photograph than
from manuscript.
The Oregon and Transcontinental
Railroad Company is winding up it's
affairs and will go out of business.
The capital stock is $30,OO0,OOO.
Among those supposed to have
gone down with the wreck Of the
Alaskan, which. foundered off Cape
Blanco on the 18th of May, was
Charles Albert, a son of Mrs. A.
Mooney of Oakland. When the yes
sci went down he foated on piece
of the wreckage for seven days, sus-
tanning life with can of peaches
which he had provided himself with.
At length when nearly dead he was
picked up by the bark Kittie, lumber
laden from Portland to HongkOng.
After a temptuous voyage in which
their masts were nearly carried
away, they arrived IN Hongkong on
the last of August, from where he
wrote to his mother.
Recent exposures of the operatives
of the opium ring show that that or
ganization has swindled the gov
ernmenU out of 100000 during the
past year.
A. S. Teele, the Los Angeles de-
faulter who skipped out with a wo-
man and $4,000, leaving wife and
two children has been located In
Toronto, Canada.
Foreign News.
Minister DENLY has notified the
State Department that the Chinese
emperor has signed decree sane
tioning the construction of a grand
trunk railway from Hankow to
Picking.
On November I'd thirty operatives
were killed in Glasgow by the falling
of wall Of the building.
Four new armored battle-ships of
10000 tons each have been ordered
by the German Government. One
Will be built at the Imperial yard at
Kiel, one at the Government at Will
helmshaven, and two by the Vulcan
Company at Stettin.
Miss Clara Huntington daughter
of Coils 2. Huntington the great
railroad magnate, was married in
London on October 28th to Prince
Hatzfeldt, nephew of the German
ambassador.
A British Columbian mine owner
says the people of his province are
practically unanimous for annexa-
ton to the United States, believing
it would stimulate the development
of the country. The record of cen
fury proves that. If Vancouver and
Victoria were American ports the
Chinese question would be greatly
simplifed; also, the question of com
mercial dominance on the Pacific.
The British Columbians, however,
must make the first move.
The following telegram has been
received from Zanzibar, dated Nov.
LIST: have received a letter from
Stanley, dated Victoria Nyanza,
August 18th. Stanley has with him
Emil Pasha, Casati Marco, a Greek
merchant, Osman Effendi, Hassan, a
Tunisian apothecary, Lieut.. Stairs,
DR.. Parke, Nelson, Jephson, Bonny
and 800 people. All were we'll.
Wadelai is in the hands of the Nah
dists.
The French Chamber of Deputies
has voted an extraordinary credit of
100000 francs for the purpose of
Immediately constructing three iron
clads coast defense vessels, four tor
pedo boats, ten sea going torpedo
boats and thirty torpedo boats of
the coast defense style.
Regarding the Behring Sea trou-
BILE London dispatch says: Amer
lean rumors that the Behring Sea
dispute will be submitted to arbitra-
ton are adversely commented upon
by the majority of the press here.
The newspapers declare England
will not admit that Behr1ng Sea is a
mare clausum, whatever may be
affirmed by committee of arbitra-
ton. They contended and assert
that the contention is worth serious
consideration; that England might
just as we'll claim exclusive rights
in the English Channel, and then
offer to submit the matter to arbitra-
ton.
A London telegram says that in
Zanzibar the buying and selling of
slaves is carried on in the city with
out any particular effort toward con-
cealment. The ordinary prices for
the females ranges from $50 to $50
according to the age. The merchants
are Arabs, but they are said to be
backed by English traders.
A bill is before the Mexican Con
gress to make the term of President
of the republic unlimited.
A dispatch from Zanzibar an
nounces that DIR. Peters, the organ
lzer of the German-African Colonial
ton Society. and his party, were
massacred. One European, sup
posed to be Captain Rust, and ma
tive, escaped. The survivors are at
Mayo. It is not known if the second
column of Peters expedition, which
left Vitu early in September, was in
volved in the massacre.