The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-02
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per s. s. Mariposa, San Francisco,
August "a, 1889.
(From our special correspondent.)
Sugar Matters.

The San Francisco market ID quiet ana
unchanged, the refneries quoting granu-
lated at s cents and other grades in pro-
portion. There is nothing worthy of
note in the eastern market since the de-
parture of the Australia.
Judge Wallace's decision in the case
of the People of the State of California
against the American Sugar Company is
anxiously awaited by the business men
of this city, as it is an important matter
to them. It will be remembered that in
the latter part of 1888 the State Attorney
General brought suit in the state courts
against the American Refinery to secure
the forfeiture of the corporation fran
chise, on the ground that it had joined
combination known as the Sugar Trust,
whose object was to limit the supply and
increase the price of sugar, a domestic
article of consumption. The suit was
begun November 5, 1888. Trial was
commenced April 10th and concluded
April 16, 1889. Oral arguments were
made from May goth to 23d, inclusive,
and the case submitted on May 23d as of
June 23d, the attorney for defense being
allowed twenty days to file briefs and
plaintiff ten days to reply. AS yet no
decision has been announced by the
court, and the attorneys have received
no intimation as to when the judge will
render it.
Claus Spreckels, the great sugar manu-
facturer, whose mammoth refinery on
the Delaware is one of the landmarks of
Philadelphia, has decided to duplicate
the plant. Mr.. Spreckels is in Europe.
Claus A. Spreckels, who is associated
with his father in the management of
the great refinery, has notified the con-
| tractor for the construction of the build
ings, and George Watson, general man
ager for Mr.. Spreckels, that the capacity
of the refinery would be doubled. The
work of erecting the additional buildings,
| which will adjoin those now in course of
construction and placing in them the
necessary machinery, will begin soon.
| The producing capacity of the works
when completed will be about 1000, 900
pounds of sugar daily. The entire cost
of the plant will be between $4,000, 900
and 100000.
Six sugar estates at Sagua, Cuba,
which heretofore produced only musco-
vadoes, are setting vacuum apparatus
for making centrifugals next year. The
planters are struggling for good field
hands. The wages demanded are very
high. The coming crop of the Sancti
Spiritus district is expected to be $4,000
bags Of centrifugals and 800 hogsheads
of muscavadoes.
E. Thompson former resident of Hi
nois is experimenting with sorghum at
Red Bluff, Cal. He made $50 gallons OF
! syrup from an acre of cane this year and
he expects to set out ten acres in cane
next year. He is imbued with the idea
of making granulated sugar from sor-
| ghum deeming the Kansas and Illinois
experiments great success.
The Killing of Terry.
The body of the late Judge David S.
Terry was buried at Stockton on the
afternoon of the 10th inst. The services
were conducted in the Episcopal church
and the place was crowded to sufoca-
ton. There were no services at the
grave and Terry's hot headed friends
refrained from making any unusual re-
marks at the cemetery though it was ex-
pected that Judge w. E. Turner OF
Arizona would make speech there.
On the afternoon of the 10th inst
Justice Field was arrested by Sheriff
Cunningham of Stockton on the warrant
sworn out by Sarah Althea charging him
with murder. The papers were served
in the Federal building at Sansome and
Washington streets and Immediately
| thereupon Field was released on writ
of habeas corpus issued by Judge Saw
yer. The hearing of this writ will take
| place on the 9th inst.
Early on the morning of the 18th
Neagle, Terry's slayer, was brought on a
special train from Stockton to San Fran
cisco, but one stop being made on the
way. He was brought on writ of
habeas corpus issued by the United
States Circuit Court which claims juris-
! diction over the case. The departure
| from Stockton was made at 4 :45 a. M,
so as to avoid any trouble in Stockton.
There was the liveliest sort of bowling
there as soon as the news spread, but it
was too late. Neagle is now in the Jail
at San Francisco and his case will be
heard Immediately after that Of Justice
Fled on the 18th.
LeprOsy Increasing.
The Board of Health and the local
physicians are bordering over what
measures should be adopted to stamp
out leprosy which is admittedly on the
increase in San Francisco. There are
ten lepers in the smallpox hospital and
hardly month elapses but what the
number is increased. The Board of
Health has notified the occupants of
quite number of buildings in China
town to vacate as the buildings must be
torn down. Two lepers were found in
four buildings there, and to what extent
the disease exists in Chinatown no one
knows or can possibly find out. The
Chinese undertakers, or many of them
have hospitals in connection with their
establishments, and after a leper has
left their premises they will occasionally
tell the Health officers of it but not be-
fore. A white leper has just been dis
covered in a Tehama street lodging
house. The victim is an expressman.
Lepers have been found in the wash
houses in New York.
The Behring Sea Dispute.
The cutter Richard Rush has seized
two more British schooners for illegal
sealing in the Behring sea. The vessels
taken are the Pathfinder and Minnie.
They have been ordered to Sitka The
Canadian government is preparing a
statement of pecuniary claims to be for
warded to Washington.
Great Britain has refused to send any