The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-18
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per $. :. China, San Francisco, oeto-
Der o, 1890.
(From our cOrrespondentD

Government TO exchange prisoners
with Salvador. The frst-named
Government shot every Salvador
ian soldier captured in the late
war
LIE Matin of Paris publishes an
article asserting that a movement
is brooding in England among the
leaders of the Roman Catholic and
Anglican parties to appoint spe-
cial Pope for England.
The cholera is raging in the
Orient worse than ever. The total
number of deaths in Japan is
placed at $4,000 to date.
1t will be necessary to re-conse-'
crate St. Paurs Cathedral in Lon
don owing to the suicide of Edward
Easton in the building.
The English press have not taken
kindly to the relief measures being
taken in this country to avert a
famine in Ireland owing to the
failure of the potato crop.
A dispatch from Sydney, dated
the Cd, says: A fire broke out in
this city last nightly hich extended
over a large area on Pitt, Castle
REACH, Moore and Hunter streets.
The damage amounted to Fl $780,
900; insurance e750,000.
The London police have received
warning from Jack the Ripper
that he is about to kill another
woman. The handwriting of the
letter is identical with that of the
other letters which il has been the
custom of the murderer to send
to them. Special precautions have
been taken to trap the tiend.
J. Rex Burchell has been found
guilty of the murder of Benwell at
Woodstock, Ont, and has been SEN
fenced to death.
Another attempt was made on
the 28th of September upon the life
of the Car. This time the con-
spirators planned to wreck the
train by which it was believed the
Car intended to travel from st.
Petersburg to Warsaw. An OBJ
struction was placed upon the
track in the shape of five sleepers,
which were tightly wedged in be-
tween the rails. The train which
was supposed to be carrying the
Gear crashed into the barricade of
sleepers and was thrown from the
track.
A dispatch from Shanghai says
that the Chinese propose sending
their magnificent fleet, now under
command of Chinese naval officers,
on voyage across the Pacific, to
prove to the world China's ability
to handle fleet in open sea. Here
tofore the Chinese warships have
been content to cruise along the
coast, with an occasional venture
into the Pacific or Indian oceans.
Lady Dunlo, nee Belle Billion, is
playing to crowded houses at the
Grand Theatre in London.
Sporting News.
A. A. Zimmerman of the New
Jersey Athletic Club and w. A.
Taxis of the A. @. S. n. of Phila-
delphia broke the worlds five-mile
bicycle road record ON the LIST on
the Lancaster turnpike road. They
covered the distance in IA min. 80
Sec, breaking the best previous
record by fifteen seconds.
William O'Connor left Sydney by
the Austral on the 18th of August
for London, on his way to Amer
lea. Just before the steamer sailed
he was presented with a gold
watch, on behalf of a number of
Australian friends. He has been
matched to row Hanlan within six
weeks of his arrival in America. A
few days before his departure arti-
cles were signed for match for the
championship, to be rowed in
America during March, 1891, be-
tween Kemp and O'Connor. O'Con-
nor allows Kemp travelling ex-
penses, and the latter is to have the
choice of any course on the Pacific
Coast. Kemp will be accompanied
by Stansbury, land possibly by other
sculles.
Shipping News.
Captain Freeman, master of the
Inter-Island steamer w. G. Hall,
has been spending vacation in the
Atlantic States, and is now on his
way back to the Hawaiian Islands.
All American sealers intend to
change their registry SO that they
can seal in the Behring next year.
On the second inst. the Secretary
of the Navy opened the bids for
three new battle ships of 5000 tons,
and the twenty one knot triple
screw cruiser. The bids and bid
ders were as follows:
William Cramp & Sons, PhiladeI-
phia: One battle ship, s2,99O,O00,
two battle ships, s5,76o,OOO, cruiser,
s2,725,0O0.
Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco: One battle ship, s3,240,OOO,
two, Sc, 100000, cruiser, s3,O25, 900.
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me: One
battle ship, s3,149,OO0
Risdon Iron Works, San Fran
cisco: One battle ship, 1925, 900.
In the award the Cramps got
two battle ships and the cruiser.
The Secretary of the Treasury
notified the Union Iron Works that
they would be given the contract
for the construction of one of the
battle ships on the same plans
as the other two. provided that
they are willing to undertake the
work for So. 40 600 this beinp the