The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-03

features worthy OF name. The
Refinery remains closed,
though Havemeyer & Elder have
all the employees on the salary |
list. Much of the raw Hawaiian
sugar which has been imported for
this refinery has gone East by rail
and one shipment of half a million
pounds to New York, was made on
one of the Panama steamers. The
Eastern market is quiet.
Dow, Jones Il Co.'s Financial
News Of New York, says the sugar
trust is expected to get permission
from the Court within a month to
start up the American Refinery in
San Francisco. AS Spreckels has
large quantity of hlgh-cest sugar
on hand the trust is likely to deal
him heavy blow.
The Louisiana crop has been
considerably damaged on account
of overflow in the rivers.
It is generally believed in Wash
ington that free sugar will be adopt
ed in the House, but that the Sen
ate will not concur and will propose
a small duty.
Changing Her Name.
A bill has been faVOrablV re.
ported in the United States Senate
to place the steamship Australia on
the American register and issue
American papers to her.
Last fall extensive improve
ments were made on her. She was
actually stripped to her shell and
rebuilt. New boilers were put in,
and everything except her hull was
practically rebuilt. The changes
were made in this city. at an ex-
pense of about 1926, 900, which is
over three-fourths as much as a
new ship would cost.
In view of the tremendous ex-
pense in rebuilding her, the officers
of the Oceanic Company thought
that they were in equity as much
entitled to an American registry as
if the vessel had been cast away
and afterward repaired at the same
cost. They have consequently ask
ed that she be placed under the
American flag. She is in reality
owned in America already.
The Australia will make a fine
addition to the feet of vessels UNI
der the American flag. She will
probably be placed on the Austria
liam line IN case her flag is
changed in place of the Zealandia,
which would then ply between this
city and Honolulu, being still un-
der the Hawaiian flag. She is a
fine vessel of IVA tons and was
built on the Clyde. So much money
has been expended on her within
the past five years in this port that
she is to all intents and purposes
American built.
1t is expected that the bill will
60 through Congress before many
weeks, and when tho new papers
are made out the sailing schedule
of the Oceanic Company may be
changed somewhat. The Zealandia
may then be returned to the Ha-
walian route and the Australia
take her place as a through
steamer.
A Severe Earthquake.
At 1897 A. NJ. on the Oath, the
heaviest earthquake known in San
Francisco since 1863 occurred. The
center of the disturbance seems to
have been at HOLSTER, city about
two hundred miles south of San
Francisco, where the earthquake
lasted two hours. Thirteen distinct
shocks were felt there and the earth
was shaking nearly all the time from
1886 A. NJ. till $3.50 A. M. Twelve
shocks were felt at Gilroy and the
railroad bridge at Pajaro was
thrown out of line at least two feet.
Chimneys fell at San Jose several
miles away. The railroad bridge
near Pescadero was moved several
inches out of line and made impas-
sible, and near by the ground set
tied as much as twelve inches in
some places. The shake in San
Francisco and Oakland served to
scare many people from their beds.
A Smuggling Operation.
J. w. Abrams has lodged a COM
plant with the Police Authorizes
accusing Thomas Ceyle, waiter on
the steamer Australia, with grand
larceny. Abrams asserts that some
months ago hewas steeragepassen-
ger on the steamer Umatilla, which
called at Honolulu and on which
Coyle was then employed, and that
he bad a quantity of opium in his
valise which he intended to SNUG
gle at Honolulu. Illness prevented
his doing this and he gave the va
lise to Coyle expecting him to keep
it until he recovered. Coyle took
the opium from the valise and placed
it between the mattresses of his
bunk, after which he sent the grip
sack to Abrams at the hospital. On
arriving in this city Coyle says the
opium was stolen from his bunk.
Abrams after recovering came to
this city, and when the Australia
arrived here with COyle on board.