The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-07

long crooked WORK Win mes
,ages have been arrested for tap
ping the wires leading to the pool
rooms. Their plan was to delay
the messages giving the winners OF
the Eastern races and bet after
they knew what horses had won
but before the news had reached
the rooms.
The sub-treasury has been trans
ferred from S. H. Brooks TO Col
onel John 2. Jackson and thus far
about 100000 of the SCI, 900, 900
in the vaults has been counted by
government agents appointed for
the purpose.
The Oakland carpenters have
struck for ten hours pay for eight
hours work.
On account of the exactions Of
the Eastern spent trust, Jost's dis
tillery at Antioch which has been
closed for two years is to be re-
opened.
San Jose has offered the railroad
company a bonus of $4,000 for
the completion of the coast line be-
tween Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco by way of San Jose. A stretch
of 100 miles between Elwood and
Santa Margareta remains to be
built.
The Chamber of Commerce has
adopted resolutions against free
coinage of silver and in favor Of
the coinage of s5,O00,0OO0 a month
in silver dollars.
American News.
The Worlds Fair commission has
had its first meeting at Chicago anc
Mr.. III. De Young as might have
been expected, has been inter
viewed.
Boss Buckley has been given {
banquet by Governor Hill of New
York .fpd is supposed to hav
pledged him the California dele
gates to the next National Demo
cratic convention.
Notice has been posted in Elk
by the "Co. H. threatening wit
hanging all suspicious characters
The notice was called forth by
number of incendiary fires.
st. Paul and Minneapolis ar
having monkey and parrot tim
over the census on account of tn
theft of some of the Minneapoli
returns by st. Paul people.
Prof. Campbell has been at Bu1
falo for week busily engaged
making preparations for his much
talked-of trip over the Magyar
cataract in his air-ship. The shi
has been reprinted and the materi'
with which the wings are to be Coz
cred is ready for adjustment.
The New York Tribune states tt
census figures of that city will sho
a population of over 100000.
The little village of Paw Pay
Illinois. was visited by a terribl
fatal cyclone on the goth. The fir
notice of it's coming was dan
cloud in the southwest. Befo.
} warning could be given great 20
ton of the southern part of the v
lage was in ruins. Many Peep
were killed and injured.
Free coinage of silver has be,
beaten in Congress by several te
votes, and it is probable that tt
final silver bill will be a compr
, mise measure allowing the purcha
of 4, 100000 ounces of silver ever
month and the issue of certiticat
on it.
: The Senate has passed the Z
munds bill. providing that the fun
n arising from the sale of the conf
Q Gated property of the Norm
9 church shall be devoted to the pu
e lie schools of Utah.
II Major A. t. Sears of Englar
o Will shortly go to Peru from Il
g city to superintend the construct
e of extensive irrigation works.
IL Clement Garrett Morgan, C
g ored man, delivered the class d
;, Grafton at Harvard college on
IL Goth.
l. Foreign News.
;. The Paris Figaro, in an article
" the Newfoundland fisheries dispU
!, declares that Salisbury, the Brit
= Prime Minister, will not accept q
- arbitration. and that if France
fuses Salisbury will repudiate
treaty OF Utrecht and open neg
p atoms for a new treaty, giving
lie French, to reasonable extent.
i'd cod and lobster fishing grounds
t5 the colonists the exclusive rig
ii on the coasts and banks.
of On going To the hotel from
lie theatre on the 23d, Sarah Bernha
st was unable to sleep and decided
IN take choral. By mistake she t.
re 12O grains. Physicians were ST
he moned and found her apparen
" dying, but after four hours b
lg work she was pronounced out
ed danger.
in The large farmers of Pomera
lie intend hiring Chinese laborer'
Ill counteract the increasing dema
ed of home laborers. Large orc
y. have been sent to Hongkong
On Chinese.
nd Jacob Baiz, the Consul Gem
rs of Guatemala, at New York, has
ne ceived the following dispatch fl
the Minister of Foreign Affairs: