The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-08-07
OUR AMERICAN Letter.
lntrresiing Points for Hawaiian
READERS.
SAN FRASclsco, July 20.

SAN FRANCISCO, july "a
The President has sent message
to the Senate raising the Hawaiian
mission to the rank of Minister Pie
nipotentary. Similar action is taken
in regard 10 the Danish and Swiss
missions, and tue missions 10 GER
tain South American governments.
There will soon be too much diplo-
matte dignity at Honolulu.
There is a good deal of tall living
in the case OF the Central American
war. Guatemala denies that any OF
its troops were engaged, while San
Salvador claims 10 have defeated
Guatcmalcan invaders and killed
200 of them. Someone has blunder-
ed truly. President Barriias Of Qua
temala appears to lie by bulletin as
unblushinglv as the first Napoleon,
who usually fred the Gallo heart
by converting n sound thrashing in
the field into glorious victory on
paper. But Barrilas has made a
peek of trouble for himself by order
ing his officers to board the Pacific
Mail steamers sailing under the Am
erican flag, and Selling arms destin-
ed for San Salvador. Secretary
Blaine now has the choice of arbi-
tration on his own account or of
sending a man-of-war to San Jose
and demanding PREPARATION for the
outrage. But as Guatemala subsi-
dies the Pacific Mail steamers
technical defence is possible.
The latest adviccs from San Sal
vador intimate that six battles have
been fought with uniform victory
for the Salvadorian army, which is
said to be penetrating into the heart
of Guatemala bent upon overthrow
ing Barrilas. The Guatcmaleans
are said to have lost several field
guns.
A revolution at Buenos Ayrcs was
frustrated by the prompt action of
the Government. Arrests have been
made and the trials were at once set.
The city is practically in state of
siege. The gold panic at Buenos
Ayres and Monte Video continues.
A serious riot at Santiago, Chile,
was suppressed by the military.
The week has its regular bulletin
of cloudhursts in Colorado and cy-
clones in Minnesota and North Da.
kota, accompanied by serious loss
of life and property. Nevada also
records serious forest fire.
The steady advance in the price
of silver since the President signed
the Silver Bill attracts attention in
England. The law comes into ope-
ration in September. 1890. Delmar,
who was secretary of the famous
silver commission, predicts the most
serious monetary panic of the cen
tury in or about 1892, unless Con-
gress next session remonetizcs silver
and provides n sufficient supply of
money for the business of the coun-
try. There can be no doubt that
| the success of the usurer class, led
by Sherman in the Senate, has been
to aggravate the stagnation in bust
ness. Trade would have responded
to free coinage bill, but it does
not respond to law which is intend
ed TO restrict coin circulation and
increase the value of gold. Should
Delmar's prediction be verified the
result may be disastrous in mors di.
rectlons than one. The producing
and labor classes would not tolerate
the continuance of o system which
wrecks their business periodically
and reduces them to beggary TO en-
rich note shavers and usurers, and
when the work of demolition sets in
no one can tell where it will stop.
/ enclose article from the Chroni-
Gle of the Oath describing the desti-
tute condition of eight Mormon ka-
nakas. 1t is to be hoped that Min
lister Cummins will take steps to
ascertain the exact condition of all
kanakas in Utah and in Mormon
Territory generally, and make the
facts known throughout the Islands.
A true statement OF fact would
check the emigration to Utah from
Hawaii. The returning cmigrants
should be able to offset the work of
the apostles of Joe Smiths religion
of lust and womau's degradation.
A freight war in the China trade
is threatened, The Canadian Paci-
fic is sending its six chartered steam
ers to San Francisco to compete
with the Pacific Mail and O. and o.
Companies for freight and passen-
gers to China. j. ID. Spreckels &
Bros. will be local agents. The two
American steamship companies will
retallate, and have already opened
agencies at Vancouver, Victoria and
Tacoma.
a great crime has been committed
in Canada. Some miscreant cut the
rope attaching a raft of logs to the
shore about sixty miles above OF.
tawa, and let it drift into the rapids.
Twenty men were asleep on the raft
and only two escaped. They were
awakened only when tue rapids tore
the raft asunder. No clue to the
perpetrator.