The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-14
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per S. $. Mariposa, San Francisco
May 3, 1890.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
(Continued.)
Sugar News.

Sugar News. i
Recent New York advlces say
the market has ruled strong and
fairly active, refners having shown
a disposition to further replenish
their supplies even at higher prices,
and the last sales show a gain OF
fully Lice. Buyers have taken
everything available on this basis
and were willing buyers yesterday
at these rates. but holders were
asking 1-16 c. more, which monen-
tarily checked business. A good
demand for refined, together with
the prospect that the supply of raw
during the next six months is not
likely to be over.abundant, appears
to have inspired buyers with fresh
courage, and hence they have
bought freely, but the effect of the
improved demand has very natu-
rally impaired fresh confidence to
holders, and hence the demand for
further advance. Cable advices
from London do not Indicate any
change in the situation there, but
both that and Continental markets
are firm in sympathy with. the
strength manifested here.
A despatch from Toronto say:
Experiments with sugar beet seed
from central Germany and Bohemia
have been very successful in On
tarlo. A large acreage was sown
this year. Should this seasons
operations be successful 1000 acres
will be put under cultivation next
year. The yield from this acreage
would equal the entire Canadian
raw sugar Importation.
Fled to Honolulu.
Charles G. Hogan, q man who for
several years was the secretary of
the Safety Nitro-Powder Company,
! walked into the office at 43O Cali
fornia street, on the 24th ult., in an
| intoxicated condition. Julian Sonn-
g,the president and manager of the
company, was in his private Office
at the time. and seeing Hogan's
condition, at once ordered him out
of the office, adding that from that
moment the position of secretary
was vacant. Hogan said he would
go home and sober up and return
again to straighten his accounts
out. He returned about noon and
ostensibly left the Office for good.
Els accounts were supposed to be
in straight condition. Since then
nothing has been seen of him ,either
by his employers, his wife or any
of his friends. An examination of
the books was made on the 10Th,
and something was suspected to be
wrong, checks signed on the 24th
being returned by the bank at
which the company did business.
The company found that the books
had not been falsifed, but that
about $4,000 had been obtained by
Hogan by means of the checks. A
detective soon learned that Hogan
went aboard the steamer Australia
on the 25th and went to Honolulu.
Mrs. Hogan who lives in Oak
land secuted the notion that he
had fed with another woman.
A Fugitive Caught.
William Whigham a fugitive
from justice who has been wanted
for perjury for the past four years
has been captured. He perjured
himself while testifying in behalf
of w. S. Trexler in Judge Toohy's
court. Whigham was greatly sur
prised on being arrested. He went
to Honolulu after leaving here and
there he met John T. Dare who
was Assistant District Attorney at
the time Whigham was indicted,
but soon afterwards resigned to
accept the Attorney Generalship of
the Haw allan Islands. When Dare
was about leaving the islands, after
completing his term as Attorney.
General, he had a conversation
with Whigham about the case.
Whigham claims that Dare told
him he could get the Indictment
quashed when he came here if he
was paid for his services, and he
says that he gave Dare $50 to do SO.
He never heard from Dare after that
but believed that the Indictment
had been dismissed.
Whigham left Honolulu soon
afterwards and went to San Diego.
where he secured employment in q
dry goods store. A few weeks ago
he came here and started in to en-
joy himself, not thinking for a mo-
ment that the perjury charge was
still hanging over his head.
Attorney Dare, when interviewed
about the matter, denied receiving
any money from Whigham, but
acknowledged having conversed
with him about the possibility Of
having the indictment set aside If .
proper showing was made.