The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-01
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per :. ;. UmatilIa, san Francisco, May
q 1850.

uOJNlLuSJdutlIhS tLAS AoCC CAoI q
good budget was sent by the bark
Forest Queen sailing from San
Francisco on May 18th
The Sugar Market.
In the raw sugar market there
have been several fluctuations but a
comparison Of quotations with the
shipping arrivals from the islands
will show that the bulk Of the sugar
to hand was paid for on the basis Of
| 747 cents. The first change to be
recorded was on May 9Th when the
basis was = cents. This continued
until May 9th when there was an
advance Of / cent, making the basis
z cents. On May 18th there was a
| jump to the high quotation of the
previous month, sales having been
effected in New York at 7.47 cents.
| This basis continued till May 22d,
! covering ten out Of the seventeen
cargOes to hand. On May 2Zd there
was a decline TO = cents. The Lon
don market Is quoted at 22s. Sd. for
May, and DIS. ia. for June deliv-
cry.
The American Refinery suit.
The argument in the case Of the
| People of tn State Of California Is.
The American Sugar Refinery Com
pany was commenced on Monday,
May Gosh, and concluded yesterday,
May 23d The defer dant was al
lowed twenty days and tne plaintiffs
ten days to file briefs, and tile cause
to be submitted on June oath.
Counsel for plaintiff and defend
ant made long and able arguments
supporting their respective sides by
very numerous citations. Mr.. vii
son, for the Refinery, characterized
the evidence Of Mr. Steele ana Mr.
Alexander as being scarcely worthy
of belief. The former, he stateo
had exceeded his power as President
of the Company and had mis.epre
scented matters to Gir. Havemeyer
while as to Mr.. Alexander he cOulC
not make out whether he was stUpic
or devoid Of reason, but suisse
quently saw from his manner that h,
was sick and Therefore ceased tC
, question him.
Mr. Pearson, for the plaintiff
made the most of the statements o
Messrs. Steele, Alexander, DimonC
and Montague to the effect tina
= they had sold their stock to tn
= Trust. He also claimed that, boil
as directors and as stakeholder
their action was such as to justif.
the charter being cancelled.
Notes from Washington.
Rear-Admiral Edward Donaldson
I. S. n, aged seventy eight, died a
Baltimore.
Among the callers at the Whit
House on May 18th was the Ha
wa;iau Minister, Mr. Henry 4. [
I Carter, who introduced two friend:
o Justice II. L. Bickerton of the Ha
;. wailan Supreme Court and Georg
It W. Smith of Honolulu.
r Secretary Blaine has appointe
& Louis Dent bis private secretary
O in place Of Thomas Ii. Sherman, th
- new Consul to Liverpool. Mr. Den
is nephew Of Mrs. General Gran
and assisted Mr.. Blaine in the PREF
70 aration of his Twenty Years in Coz
e greSs."
Z There is some tal1l y47the day-
t mission and given
z5.-...ss-s5Iace In General Harrison's Cab
! met. The speculation on this pOin
is based on Attorney Miller
. elevation to the Supreme Bench. I
this be done Mr.. Swift may succeed
him.
The President made the following
appointments:
solomon Hirsch Of Oregon to br
Minister to Turkey.
Clark +. Carr Of Illinois to bt
Minister to Denmark.
= John Jarrett Of Pennsylvania Il
be Consul at Birmingham.
Thomas II. Sherman Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia TO be Consul a
Liverpool.
! Henry w. Severance OF California
was appointed to be COnsUl-Genera
at Honolulu Mr.. Seyerar was
born in Augusta, Maine He is the
eldest son OF Luther Severance, whC
5 was the editor of the leading Re
publican journal in Maine and who
was appointed United States Min
4 lister to Hawaii under President
; Zachary Taylor.
, The new appOintee went to Cali
fOrnia in l849 and gagged in mer-
camille pursuits until 1858, when he
established a business in Honolulu.
He was sent from there to San Fran
cisco as Hawaiian Consul in 1868.
and held the position for eighteen
years.
The Secretary of State is in re
ceipt of q note from the Hawaiian
Minister Of Foreign Affairs dated
April 18Th, covering a letter from
His Majesty the King, expressing
the deep felt sympathy Of the Ha-
waiian Government and people with
those Of the United States in the
loss of so many brave and devoted
officers and seaman at Samoa The
letter has been suitably acknowl-
edged by the President.
Notes from san Francisco.
The Pioneer Wooden Mills Will
cease business and disincorpcrate
i blast at the Union Iron Works
exploded and seriously injured
eleven men.
Mrs Peter DOnahue was shot at.
on Montgomery street, on May 22i
by her cousin Michael HOWiuHs,