The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-10-19
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per S. S. Australia, San Francisco,
October II, 1889.
(From our special correspondent

latest quotations IN new YORK Tor
Cuban centrifugals Sc deg. test was
81 on October 10th. The California
Refinery quotes granulated at Il
cents and other grades in proportion,
and the market is weak. Three
cargoes from the Philippines, of
which two were for Spreckels and
one for Havemeyer q Elder, have
arrived since the last report. The
receipts of Hawaiian are very light.
The New Orleans papers claim to
have positive information that Claus
Spreckels will build a refinery there
as soon as the one in Philadelphia is
going on we'll. Mr.. Spreckels will
say nothing about it to San Fran
cisco reporters. It is known, how
ever, that he has been in correspon-
dence with prominent real estate
firm there in regard to buying a
tract with frontage of 1900 feet on
the Mississippi river.
The Sugar Refining Company of
Baltimore has been incorporated.
VIM. II. Spence, Frank Frick, Josh.
lowering, VIM. f Prick, and Rufus
Woods are the incorporators. The
capital stock is 81, 100000. This will
be an antitrust concern.
The Nicaragua Canal.
A brief dispatch from Central
America announces that L. B.
Miner the United States Minister
has settled the dispute between
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua over the
boundary line and that work on the
Nicaragua canal has begun. How
the dispute was settled is not yet
known, but at one time matters
were so serious that the Canal Com
pany at a special meeting in New
York asked the Government to send
a man-of-war to Greytown for pro-
lection. A man-of-war was supposed
to have been fitting out at Brook
Ign to go there, but no one as
yet is able to learn her destination,
at any rate the most satisfactory
part of the news to the Canal Com
pany is that. the wrangle which
threatened to impair the work is
over
The steamer Hondo has left New
York with another cargo of provi-
sions and dredging material.
San Francisco News.
Chinese are being landed by the
United States courts very rapidly.
They are all natives" of America,
or they are merchants" Secretary
Window has prescribed strict regu
lations for Chinese in transit to Cuba.
The cattle business of Nevada is
practically ruined by a succession of
five dry winters. There is no pas
turage and thousands of cattle have
died from starvation, while many
have been driven into California,
Idaho aud Utah.
The appointment of G. G.. Sayleas
administrator of the Terry estate has
been made by the Superior Court of
Fresno, with bonds fixed at $4,000.
There was no opposition, which
shows that young Terry and Sarah
Althea have compromised.
Judge Chancellor Harrison, an old
resident of Napa and we'll known
throughout the state, fell dead at
his home at Napa on the 25th inst.
He was John E. Swift's most formid-
able opponent for the Gubernatorial
nomination four years ago.
Governor Waterman says he is
not unwilling to accept the nomina-
ton for Governor. But he will not
get it.
The Chinese Six Companies have
given notice to the importers of
Chinese women that they propose to
break up their traffic.
All the cable roads in the city have
been sued for infringement of patent
The Board of Supervisors has
fixed the licenses for athletic clubs
where boxing contests are given at
$4,000 per year. This will close out
the low clubs and leave only the
Olympic, California, Golden Gate
and Occidental clubs.
American Affairs.
The Chinese are pouring into
Mexico and Lower California to
work in the mines.
Many more lives were lost by the
recent landslide at Quebec; than
was at first supposed. On the 21st
I'D, 23d and Oath ult. a force of
several hundred men worked away
at the great pile of dirt In all forty
nine bodies have been recovered and
it is supposed that some Of the vic.
Tins are still buried under tons OF
dirt and rock. One man was res.
cued alive after having been under
the ground for 108 hours. The cor
oner has not yet held his inquest.
A collision occurred on the New
York central road September 28th
near Palatine, n. Y. Four people
were killed and eight injured.
IA The elections in the new States OF
Washington, Montana, South Da-
kota and North Dakota were held
October LIST. The Republicans made
a clean sweep IN three of the States,
by maiorities ranging from 5000 to
1000. The Democrats? carried
Montana. This gives the Republi-
cans six United States senators and
four congressman. Prohibition was
showed under in Washington, and
Montana, and was carried by small
majority in North and South Da-
kota. Women's suffrage was beaten
in WASHINGTON