The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-15
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per :. :. City of Picking. san Francisco,
june 4th, 1889.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)


Foreign Affairs.
The midland counties Of England
have been visited by severe thunder
storms, and the rain and lightning
have done much damage. The
lower portions of Liverpool are
flooded and traffic is interrupted.
The bank at Preston was struck by
lightning. Numerous accidents to
life and property are reported.
Advices have simultaneously
reached the Italian Embassy at
Berlin and the leaders OF the Party
OF the Center that the Pope's health
is seriously affected. It IS said that
during the recent consistory he
tainted. falling back in his chair, to
the CONSERVATION OF all present. DR.
Ceccarelli, the Pope's chief physi-
can, is reported as saying that His
Holiness may die at any moment.
Premier Crispi Is credited with a de
sign to occupy the Vatican IN the
event OF the cOnclave of Cardinals
meeting abroad.
The large number OF troops Brazil
has placed on the frontier. avowedly
for the protection of Paraguay, and
the prevention Of war between that
country and Bolivia, excite appre
hension of an extensive war.
4 party Of teamen were robbed by
desperadoes at Pei ling and $4,000
were taken.
Minister Swift arrived at Yoke
hama May 18th. and was received by
the Mikado four days later.
Rear Admiral Belknap was hos
pitably entertained on May 9Th by
the Japanese Minister of State for
the Army.
The new harbor at Calais was
formally declared open by President
Carnot in the presence Of a great
throng Of people. The buildings
along the wharves and all the vessels
in the port were decorated with flags
and bunting.
The union seamen and fremen
have gone on a strike at Liverpool.
Many vessels are unable to hire ex-
perienced men and are compelled to
ship artesians as fremen. The
| strikers are using every effort to
prevent vessels from securing new
men.
The Ural silver miners, who are
on a strike, have set fire to the
houses Of the managers and mum
Der Of factories at Ekaterenburg
and seven persons have been burned
to death.
at a meeting Of 400 Panama canal
shareholders in Paris it was decided
to send 2 commission to Panama i'm
mediately to inspect the canal works
American Affairs.
General VIM. S. Harvey, the ablest
| officer in the Z. S. army, is dead.
Miss Kate Drexel OF Philadelphia,
an heiress TO S6,OOO,OO0, has entered
/ a convent at Pittsburg
The State of New York is prepared
! to execute murderers with tie aid Of
electricity The Superintendent OF
/ State Prisons has bought three
dypamos, which viii be distributed
! between Auburn, Sing Sing and
Clinton prisons. Each dynamo has
a capacity for creating a current Of
! 10000 volts in intensity, though l4C
| is sufficient to cause death. They
are capable of making corpses OF
| healthy men In a period of less thar
seven seconds. They cost the State
$780,
Another large sale of breweries
has been completed, a syndicate
| purchasing breweries in New York
! Albany, Newark and Harrison, y. J
! The plan of the company Is to issue
stock to the amount of S4,750,000
It is said that prominent Prohibi
tionists put 100000 into the concern
| This is a purely American scheme.
It is stated that three Of Chicago
biggest brewery concerns have join
! ed forces to fight the aggressive
| British syndicate which is trying tC
gobble up all the breweries of the
country Two of Chicago's leading
breweries have been gobbled, and
the proprietors Of the others are
scared. They must either go into the
! the gigantic combine or prepare fol-
war They have resolved to fight
The whole brewing interest of the
country which is IN a state of great
uneasiness. The steady progress of the
mysterious British syndicate in sec
uring control is alarming brewers.
The combination appear to have ex-
haustless resources. It's purchases
are being made at prices which the
sellers admit to be fabulous. The
capacity of the plants which have
already been acquired by the trust is
something enormous.
Firing on the Flag.
The steamer Caroline Miller ar
rived at New York from ST. Mare,
Hayti. She showed no signs of hav-
ing been made a target, yet Captain
Fred Miller, her commander, asserted
that such was the case. The Miller
left Cape Haytian for voyage to st.
Marc on May 18th. When she had
steamed some distance out to sea a
steamer was seen in the distance. It
was the Haytian ironclad ram, Tous-
saint l'Ouverture. The ram was evil
IDENTIFY trying to overhaul her. The
Miller's engineer was ordered to put
on more steam and the vessels speed