The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-12-09

most disastrous CnaC ever visited New
England. The fire started about noon,
ragged over eight hours, devastated
square mile of the business section of the
city and caused loss estimated at
$10,0OO,0O0.
The local market is slow and without
change, the quotation for granulated
being IA cents and other grades in pro-
portion. Receipts from all quarters are
light and reiners are depending on
stocks and the expected arrivals from
Manila and Java until the new crop of
Hawaiian comes on. The California
Refinery looks to Manila for supplies and
Havemeyer & Elder to Java.
Van TasseIPs Death.
The news of the horrible death of the
aeronaut in Honolulu bay Nov. 10Th,
created great stir here where Van
Tassell was known by thousands. The
first inquiry that came was whether it
was really Van Tassell who died. His
wife, who lives in San Jose, inclined
to the opinion that it was not, but was
Joe Lawrence, New Mexican, who
travelled under his name, and accompan-
led him on his jaunts. Van TaSSell
himself, she says, was too heavy to make
the parachute leap and has not done it
for a long time. She also says the man
must have been Lawrence because had
her husband died, Lawrence would have
sent her word. She thinks that Van
Tassell intends to keep on to Australia
and live there. Van Tassell's domestic
relations here were not of the happiest,
and on one occasion she made the air
very sultry for him here. Lawrence was
engaged to be married to a young lady
of this city and is regarded by the few
who know him here as an exemplary
young man.
Malietoa Made King.
Another dispatch has been received at
London by way of Auckland regarding
the rulers of Samoa. It states that
Malietoa was re-instated as king amid
great rejoicing on the 9Th of November,
the British, American and German
representatives recognizing his authority
Who is yice-king is not stated, but it is
believed in London, Berlin and Wash
ington that Mataafa has been recognized
If this is true it relegates Tamasese once
more to private life.
The Revolution in Brazil.
The revolution in Brazil is over and
the republic is firmly established. Not
only is this true in Rio de Janeiro but in
all the provinces. The city and province
of Bahia were last to yield to the repub-
licans, but seeing the republic estab-
lished elsewhere, they acquiesced
General de Fonseca, the provisional
President, has issued manifesto to the
citizens announcing that the provisional
government will maintain order until
the new government is formed, and that
the various departments of the Govern.
ment will remain as before. The pro.
visional government acknowledges al
national promises and agreements of the
late government, the national debt and
all contracts. The United States men Of
war Richmond and Tallaooosa have
been ordered to Rio de Janeiro.
San Francisco News.
His Elk. G. w. Ashford the Hawaiian
Attorney General arrived by the steamer
Zealandia and will go east shortly. He
has little to say regarding the outcome
of the Wilcox trial. The result of the
trial of Wilcox and the other conspir-
ators, while not unexpected has caused
some uneasiness among island traders.
They look for another movement of a
revolutionary nature if the chances
seem ripe.
The latest highlander murder is that
of Pun Carp, member of the firm of
Sung Sing Kee & Co. He was stabbed
while in his store at No. Jackson street
and was then robbed of over $500.
The Pacific Postal and Telegraph Com
pany has bought out the site of the Mer-
camille library on Bush street for $157, ;
600. The library will be moved to the
vicinity of the new city hall.
Customs Inspector Atkinson was
offered $1,000 recently by Leong Sing, a
Chinese man dealer, to steal the custom
house records showing the arrival and
departure of Chinese for the last eleven
years. Had the record been stolen, it