The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-05-14
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
Per $. :. Alameda, San Francisco, May
., 1889.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
Sugar Matters.


There is no change to report eithe.
! in the price of raw or refined sugars
Since your last advices, on Apr
26th, the basis in New York, for 81
degrees, has remained at TAT cents
all arrivals deriving the benefit Of
the high rate.
Assistant Secretary Tichenor ha;
sustained the appeal of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company from
the decision of the Collector of Gus.
toms at San Francisco in assessing
recent importations of sugar from
Java in excess of their polariscopic
strength, on the theory that they
had been artifcially colored so as to
degrade them below No. IL, Dutch
standard. Samples of the sugars
were submitted to experts at Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, who re-
ported that the sugar is perfectly
normal, containing no artificial color
ing. The department therefore de-
cides that these sugars are liable to
duty according to their polariscopic
test or their apparent color at the
time of their importation. This de-
| cision is in the matter of the cargo
of the steamer Westmeath, on which
the American Refinery under protest
paid over $4,000 duties, in addition
to $144,35417 paid on the invoice
valuation.
American Affairs.
Frederick Augustus Porter Barn
ard, late President of Columbia Col
Iege, died at New York on April 9th
from paralysis.
z. S. Spalding of Honolulu passed
through Chicago on April 29th en-
route to New York. He says that
while he was riding from San Fran
cisco to Chicago he made $4,000 by
a rise of two cents pound in sugar.
Three thousand miners have quit
work at Brazil, Ind, on account of a
reduction in wages.
Ten thousand pounds of dynamite
exploded at O'Dell Station, near
Hastings on the Hudson. in stor-
age shaft of the big aqueduct with
out hurting a single person. The
aqueduct was damaged to the extent
of nearly $4,000.
st. Paul, on May I'd, Washington
Irving Bishop, the mind-reader, and
Mabel Clifford Tabor were married
at St.Joseph's Hospital, to set at rest
doubts about the legality of the pre-
vious contract of marriage entered
into in California.
The Spanish-American CONNER
cial Union has been organized in
New York for the development of
trade between the United States with
Mexico, Central and South America,
the West Indies and Philippine Isl
ands.
Forreston, about twenty miles
north of Dixon. Ill, was swept by a
terrible confagration. Three bust
ness blocks were entirely destroyed.
Loss about S125,000.
A circus exhibition was given by
society people of New York in a
large tent erected in the grounds of
James Waterbury Jr. The perform
er5 were society people and amateurs.
San Francisco Notes.
Philip A. Roach, pioneer politi-
clan. is dead.
On May LIST seven cases Of violent
and sudden death were reported at
the Morgue before 1870 p. m. Cap
tain G. a. Holt, of the steamer Ajax,
dropped dead on the Oakland ferry
boat Captain I. Fogg, of Red
wood City, dropped dead in the Post
Office. E. o. F. Hastings, well
known lawyer, was killed by Suffer
street cablecar. A boy was crushed
to death by a large truck in front of
the Grand Hotel. An unknown body
was found in the bay. A colored
man was found dead in his bed,
and a Chinaman was found dead in
a hallway.
The Washington centennial was
celebrated by grand parade
in San Francisco on the 3Oth of
April, and on the LIST May nearly
10000 children enjoyed themselves
at Golden Gate Park. In New York
the celebration extended over three
days, the marine review probably
being the most noteworthy. The
centennial ball ended in asdrunken
orgy.
leave San francisco for the east till
May lst.
Hawaiian Commercial Co.'S stock
continues to sell at $3.50.
Among passengers booked to
leave are: Per UmatiJla: Mrs. f. NJ.
Hatch, Mrs. Lewis and daughter,
Miss Laura Dickson, Miss G. II.
Brown, Miss Minnie Brown. PEI
Mariposa: H. A. p, Carter and fam
lily, S. Louisson, B. f. Dillingham;,
DR.. j, s. B. Pratt.
The cruiser Charleston will start
on her trial trip this week.
Ex-Judge Terry swears that the
celebrated Hill-Sharon marriage
was destroyed by fire with
his library at Fresno.
Naval Notes.
The contract for building the great
armored coast-defense vessel has
been awarded to the Union Iron