The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-12

was orderly. The celebration in
Germany was not nearly as large
as was expected. The day was
generally observed in England,
France, Austria and Spain, but in
Italy demonstrations were forbid
den by the authorities.
In America the movement took
the nature of & demand on the part
of the carpenters for eight hours
work day instead of nine or ten.
Strikes occurred in Chicago, Boston
and Philadelphia, but elsewhere
the day was not observed as COM
pletely as the agitators hoped it
would be.
The San Francisco carpenters
held picnic May Day, and yester-
day resumed work as usual. The
Oakland carpenters are now work
ing eight hours only and in thirty
seven breweries in San Francisco,
San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento
the hours of labor were cut from
ten to nine and an advance of 81
per week in wages granted.
San Francisco News.
B. B. Schwartskopf, who repre-
sented himself as an adjuster of the
New York Mutual Life Insurance
Co., committed suicide at the Bald
win Hotel on the 1st inst, rather
than be arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Frank Williams, the stage rob-
Der, who held up nine stages last
fall, has been sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for his crime.
Mrs.Sarah Althea Terry succeed
ed in raising row at her no ne in
Fresno, April 24th. She created a
disturbance in the law Office of N.
G. Caldwell, who had her elected.
She afterwards threatened to kill
him.
A canal, six miles long and fif-
teen deep, is to connect Ssn Jose
with the waters of the bay.
It is authenticity announced
that the sale of the Wieland brew
cry to the English brewing syndi-
cate has been contaminated. The
price is $2,65O, 900 of which 81 $780,
900 is cash and the balance is in
bonds.
G. p. Huntington has been visit
ing III Oregon. He is still engaged
in celebrating on his quarrel with
Senator Stanford.
Philip Armour the Chicago
packer has announced his inten-
ton of erecting a great pork and
beef packing house near the Hunt
er's Point dry dock.
Charles e. Clarke has been con-
victed of the murder of Captain
Duncan Logan of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company.
James Cutler representative of
the Risdon Iron Works has re-
turned from Washington where he
went to investigate the awarding
of contracts for new men -of-war.
The Risdon Company will it is
SAID bid on all government work,
having concluded an arrangement
with the Pacific Rolling Mill.
The moulders strike is without
feature. The men appear to have
lost as their places are nearly all
filled by non-union men.
The trial of George G. Pratt for
the attempted murder of L. Il.
Cromwell has begun.
An English company has pur-
chased 1000 acres of land in the
San Felipe Valley near Gilroy and
will engage in tobacco growing.
A battle between the union fish,
ermen of the Columbia and their
employers IS on with chances fav-
oring the latter.
American News.
Another Benwell mystery is an
ticipated by the police of Montreal.
A young Englishman named Kim
Der disappeared mysteriously there
q few days ago. When last seen
he was in the company of two
strangers and he had plenty of
money on his person.
It has been learned that the man
who shot John M. Clayton "a Re-
publican congressional candidate
in Conway county, Arkansas, in
1888 was Thomas Hooper who
died in California some months ago.
He did not shoot Clayton for poll
teal reasons, but mistaking him for
Powell Clayton Ex-Governor of
Arkanas fred from revenge.
The electrocution of Kemmler
the New York murderer, has been
further delayed bya writ of habeas
corpus from the United States cir
cult court of New York to deter
mine the constitutionality of that
mode of execution. The fight is
being made by the New York cleo
trio light companies.
Representatives of the United
States, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Sal
vador, Honduras. Bolivia, Ecuador,
Peru and Brazil have signed the
international American treaty of
arbitration, and the other American
republics are expected to do the
same.
President Harrison has signed
the bill appropriating 100000 for