The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-05

he strikers to desert, have returned
O their places. More moulders are
N the way from the East ana IL
ooks as though the strikers Will De
beaten.
An effort is being made to show
hat r. o. Mayer the young man VINO
under the name of Ludwig voa
Romayer, conducted a bogus matrl-
monial bureau and duped several
German noblemen, committed SUI
eide by shooting near San Pablo;
The truth is that Mayer who is we'll
known, wants to avoid further public
notoriety and his friends have pur-
posely spread the story that the man
who killed himself was him.
The Examiner has started a public
ballot for the Postoffice site. Union
square is the favorite thus far.
Wenceslaus Loaiza, agent for
Aguayo Bros, owners of the Mulatos
mines in Mexico, has petitioned the
Superior Court for the issuance OF
writ of review for the purpose OF
setting aside the order OF Judge
Levy turning over 100000 and the
mining property to John G. May
nard, receiver in the action brought
by Alvinza Hayward and w. 5. Ho.
bart against Aguayo Bros. for fraud
in the sale of the mine.
The Southern Pacific Company is
buying more lands in the State OF
Washington.
Benicia arsenal has been proposed
as the proper site for the factory for
heavy ordnance should the million
dollar appropriation pass the House.
American News.
A cyclone swept over the city OF
Louisville, KY, March 9th, wreck
ing two or three hundred homes
and killing two hundred people.
Many buildings after falling caught
fire. Everything was black; lights
being out on the street. The tele-
graph wires were Frustrated in
many directions and therefore the
reports of loss and life and damage
to property are meagre.
The Mississippi river floods have
passed the highest state. The levees
broke in many places along the lower
river and much damage was done,
but no lives were lost. The Ohio
river floods have also passed their
height.
The Secretary of the Navy has re-
ceived the report of the Board of
Officers who tested the guns of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. The
tests were successfully every respect.
Since the discovery of the infam-
Gus plot by which Burchell lured
young Benwell to Canada and MUIR
dered him at Niagara Falls for his
money, it has been learned that sew
eral young Englishmen have disap-
peared in Canada under the same
circumstances as Benwell. It is be-
lieved that they too were murdered
for their money.
The dedication of the buildings for
the Worlds Fair has been set for
October 18th, 1892. The fair will
open May LIST, 1893, and close on Oc-
tober 3Oth, 1893.
The Pan-Americans have recon-
mended the adoption of an interna-
tional trade dollar of 412a grains of
silver 900 fine.
The bill requiring all Chinese at
the next census to be given certifi-
cate as their sole right to remain in
the United States, has passed the
House. J. w: Foster is opposing it
in the Senate on behalf of the
Chinese merchants.
General Robert G. Schenck died at
Washington on the evening of the
23rd. He was in his eighty-frst
year. He studied law under Tom
Corwin, had a brilliant war record
and was Minister to England in 1870.
The Union Iron Works recently
received its final payment on the
Charleston, and the bill to relieve
the company of power penalty has
been reported favorably in both
Houses of Congress.
The Pan-American conference re-
commends fast subsidized steamship,
passenger and freight, lines between
this country and Rio Janeiro, Buenos
Ayres and Montevideo, and also
auxiliary freight lines. The sub
sides to be paid equally by the
United States and Brazil.
Saunders and Power, the Republi-
can claimants for the seats from
Montana. have been seated by the
United States Senate. Maginnis
and Clark were the Democratic
claimants.
On the 22nd the Chinese laundry
men of New York held q mass meet
ing to make arrangements to fight
the white laundrymen. They claim
to have 81, 500, 900 to make the fight.
The Chinese Consul has written to
the Superintendent of Police asking
him to afford every protection to
Cinnamon in case either side uses
violence.
James A. Flack, the ex-Sheriff of
New York, his son and lawyer, have
been found guilty of conspiracy to
obtain a fraudulent divorce for
Flack from his wife.
The new British extradition treaty
which goes into effect on the 4th
prox. does not provide for extradition
for political crimes, nor can a person
extradited for any offense be tried
for a political offense. Among the
extraditable offenses are manslaught-
er, counterfeiting, embezzlement,
larceny, receiving stolen property,
fraud by officials of banks or corpor-
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