The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-19
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per o. & o. s. S. Oceanic, San Francisco.
September II, 1889.
(From our special correspondent
Sugar Matters.

(From our special correspondent.)
Sugar Matters.
The local sugar market continues
steady and without especial feature, re-
ceipts of Hawaiian are light. The Cal
ifornia refinery has advanced prices &
cent all around, graduated being now
quoted at S1s cents, confectioners at
cents, other whites 81, extra 628
cents, and golden at Ga cents. Amerl-
can refinery prices are g cent lower on
granulated and d cent lower on other
whites. Since the departure of the
| Mariposa, the British bark Royal Alex
ander has arrived from the Philippine
Islands with a cargo of SO, 063 mats con-
signed to J. D. Spreckels & Bros.
San Francisco News.
The Blythe will contest still continues.
Florence Blythe the claimant for Blythe's
property has been on the witness stand
and all attempts to break her down
failed.
The captain of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Co.'s wharf, San Francisco, was
fatally shot on the 10th inst. His name
was Duncan Logan.
Melvyn Donahoe, George A. Kengar,
J. F. Chapman, John D. Spreckels, K.
II. Robertson and others are to incor
porate a company to build lnmber mill
on San Francisco Bay. The logs will be
lowed down from Puget Sound in great
RATS. Robertson is one of the inventors
and builders of the great Joggen's RATS
f1oated from Nova Scotia to New York
last winter.
Labor Day was celebrated September
I'd, all over America, by parades and
celebrations. The San Francisco parade
had about 5000 men in it.
The first wine auction was held in
Viticultural Hall on the 9th inst. Ex-
cellent prices were realized.
On the 9th inst. fire destroyed the
Cannon Island Salt Works on Sacra-
mento street, the Union Pacific Salt
Works and other establishments. The
loss was $50 900.
A sensation was created September
9th in Judge Joachimne's police court,
by the prosecuting attorney charging
two prominent Republican politicians
with offering to Fix" the Judge for
$1,000 to dismiss a murder case. The
grand jury is investigating the case.
Chinatown has a genuine sensation
Book Hing Portland Chinaman is in
the city and he charges LANG Ting-tsan
the Chinese Consul General with ap-
propriating the 100000 voted by Con-
gress to indemnify the Chinese driven
out of Rock Springs, Wyoming and
other places. Hing threatens proceed
ings in the United States Court and says
the consul has highbinders hired to kill
him.
John D. Spreckels, Adolph Spreckels
and Theodore Cramp have been spend
ing much of their time lately at the
Coronado Beach Hotel at San Diego.
Deputy Neagle, the slayer of Judge
Terry, is still in San Francisco prison.
He was offered bail, but preferred to
remain in Jail until acquitted.
The charge of murder against Judge
Field has been dismissed.
General American News.
'Sunset'' Cox Is dead.
The Cronin trial still fingers owing to
difficulty in securing jury.
The London strikers want money from
America, not sympathy.
There has been a large and important
meeting of journalists at Sacramento,
Cal. The advantages of organization
were urged.
There have been very heavy storms
and high tides at New York, and many
buildings have been carried away by the
sea.
Three persons were killed at railway
accident near Burlington, Vermont,
August 31st.
The Bidwell stage near Reno, New,
was held up by a lone highwayman,
August 9th. He shot off the lock of the
treasure box and went about the rob-
berry in the most matter of fact fashion.
He was not captured.
The lone robber who has recently held
up several trains in Wisconsin and Min
} nesota, has been captured. He is a
German and his name is not known.
Legetime, ex-President of Hayti, ar
rived at New York September 9TH He
came on the steamer Manhattan, having
left Hayti August 22d on French man
ef-war. Hyppolite is now in control,
and promises strong government. He
objects to Fred. Douglass as United
States Minister, however, because Doug
lass is negro. Hyppolite himself is as
black as the traditional ace of spades.
w. B. Strong has retired from the
presidency of the Santa Fee railway and
is succeeded by Allen Mauver.
Morales, the Mexican bandit who has
been terrorizing the southern part of the
State for the past two months, has been
captured. He even went so far as to alb
duct young woman and take her with
him. He was hunted night and day for
a month before being taken.
The Grand Army of the Republic
held its National Encampment at Mil
waukee September 9Th, 9th, 9TH and 8th
Forty thousand men paraded on the 9TH
Russell A. Alger of Michigan was elected
National Commander.
The formation of trusts in America is
greatly on the increase.
Foreign Affairs.
Jack the Ripper has been at work
again. On the morning of the 10th inst.
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