The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-09-10
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per s. 5. OTaripOsa, San Francisco
August "a, 1889.
(From our special correspondent
(Contlnued.)
Sugar Matters.

There seems to be no doubt that
the American Sugar Refinery Com
papv is about to establish its first
beet-sugar factory in Southern Cali
fornia at Chino, in the Pomona val
lev. six miles from Pomona Rich
ard Grid. a millionaire land owner OF
Pomona. is now il San Francisco IN
connection with the enterprise, and
JG. Oxnard of the refinery com
panv has. during the past week,
made the seventh test of sugar beets
planted on the Chino ranch five
months ago. He finds that they
average Is per cent. sugar, whereas
l4per cent. of sugar in beets are de-
manded. Mr.. Oxnard has now gone
to Germany, and his brother, ID. L.
Oxnard. who has been in that coun-
try for two months, will come to Pc
mona valley. 1t is generally be-
Geyed that their visits abroad are to
secure machinery for the sugar
PrincessMargaret, the youngest sister
factory.
Judge Ingraham of the New York
Supreme Court denied the applca-
ton of Receiver Gray of the North
River Sugar Refinery Company for
an Injunction against the Corpora
tions Company, the Sugar Retneries
Company or the Sugar Trust, re-
straining them from disposing of
their assets or transferring their
property. The Judge said that as
an appeal had been taken from the
Judgment in the action against the
North River Sugar Refinery Com
pany no injunction should be
granted until the determination of
the appeal.
Governor Lows Case.
Some very peculiar circumstances
have been developed lately in con-
nection with the supposed illness of
Ex-Governor F. f. Low, who is
manager of the california
bank. Up to a short time ago, Mrs.
Low and daughter have been in
Europe, and the Governor himself
has been in his own residence. His
physician, DR.. Herzstein, would not
allow any one to see him, would not
tell anything about his condition or
ailment and dropped some very ugly
hints as to the cause of Lows i'm
prisonment in his own house. Mrs.
Low has just come back from Europe
and Heizstein was given a short leave
and the press told that anything he
said about Low was a miserable and
malicious falsehood. DR.. Heizstein
will not talk of the matter. The
case Is a curious one and the ques-
ton is. how much longer the ex-
Governor will be imprisoned in his
own house, if at all.
San Francisco News.
The announcement is made that
the adopted daughter of G. P. Hunt
ington the railroad magnate, is to
marry Prince Hatzfeldt, an impecu-
NOUS petty nobleman who has $780,
600 worth of notes scattered about
which Coils P. is to pay off. Mr..
Huntington is to say yes or no to the
arrangement, and he is now thought
to favor the idea of buying prince
ling.
The underwriters are making
strong efforts to have the San Fran
cisco fire department strengthened
in view of the heavy losses they have
sustained this year on the Pacific
coast.
DIR. J. Milton Bowers, the man who
was once under sentence of death for
numbering his wife and whose con-
viction was clouded by the circum-
stances attending the death of Henry
Benhayon and the trial of John
a Dimming, has been set at liberty.
He was granted q new trial by the
Supreme Court and the District At
torney thought it impossible to get
a conviction on a second trial
Thomas A. Reynolds a shoe dea-
Ter Is under arrest for killing All
Foo Reynolds says the Chinaman
entered his store and tried to pilfer
some goods and he threw him out.
A hammer covered with blood was
found in Reynolds place and
the Cbinaman had a blow on the
temple.
William T. Higgins the Republi-
can boss of San Francisco died on
the morning of the Doth inst. at his
residence. Death was caused by
heart disease. He was a native of
Ireland and was born in 1929. His
political course in San Francisco
was a remarkable succession of ups
and downs, but at the close he was
the recognized Republican leader of
the city, General Dimond and others
paid high tribute to his abilities.
The Steamship Subsidy.
Much interest is being taken in
the Mercantile Conference of the
18th inst at which the steamship
subsidy question is to be brought
up. The United States Senatorial
Committee on arid lands will be pre-
sent, as well as delegates from all
the Mercantile bodies of the Coast.
The subjects to be considered are
thus stated:
The permanent establishment of
ocean mail steamship lines to Hong
kong, Central America, Nicaragua
and other routes, and the liberal
,.0mDeDsatiOD nv tho (IOvernment