The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-02-18
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
San Francisco, February 8, 1890, Per
5. 8. Mariposa.
(From Our Special CorregponIdent.)

New York February Sth Cuban
centrifugal Sc deg. 9-16c., 'granu
lated &c.
The local market for sugar has no
features worthy of note. The de-
mand is slack and the receipts of
Hawaiian are rather heavy. Prices
were marked down &c. on the 9Th.
The situation in the East is rather
firm. Advices from Havana dated
the 9Th says: 1t is generally con-
ceded that the sugar yield will be
smaller than was at first anticipated.
This is due to two cause.-the pro-
longed drought, which consider
ably decreased the yield of the cane,
and frequent fires on the planta-
tons, which destroyed much cane.
At Sagua some estates will scarcely
produce 80 per cent of the quantity
of sugar they expected. Fires have
destroyed about five million arrobas
of cane
A canard has again been floating
around in the East to the effect that
Claus Spreckels and the Trust have
been endeavoring to come to an
agreement regarding the Forthcoming
out of the business. The New York
World had it that all attempts at
compromise had failed and it would
be nip and tuck as to who got the
business. The Spreckels of course
deny that any compromise was ever
contemplated.
The exports of merchandise to Ha-
waii during January were valued at
1898, 100 as against 1906, 100 in Jan
uary, 1889 The export to trans
Pacific countries and other Pacific
islands in January were as follows:
Australia $4,000, NewZealand $1,000,
Navigator Islands 5000, Philippine
Islands $4,000, FIJI Islands 5000.
Will of Mrs. DimOnd.
The will of Ellen Gray Dimond,
the deceased wife of General w. H.
Dimond, has been filed for probate.
William H. Dimond has been named
as the executor The will bequeaths
her estate, valued at S101, 900, to her
husband, with the exception of
$500 to each of her three children,
and $500 to her friend, Mary Dugan.
The will is dated December 20, 1887,
and is witnessed by II. G. Platt and
George III. Rice.
Blockade and Storms.
The blockade on the Central Paci-
fic is a thing of the past. The trains
are running on the schedule time
once more, the letters have all been
distributed and the railroad officials
have no fear but what they will be
able to cope with any difficulty which
now presents itself.
The storms in the valley are over
and the water is receding. Much
damage was done by floods, partic-
ularly in the upper course OF the
Sacramento valley.
On the California & Oregon road
things are in a deplorable state.
There have been no through trains
to or from Portland since the 18th
ult. One hundred and fifty miles of
track is covered by snow or land
slides. The road will not be open
for a week yet at least.
Dispatches from Portland say that
the lower part of that city is flooded,
the Willamette river being out of its
banks on account of the heavy rains.
The damage will run high in the
thousands The particulars thus far
are meagre, the first word coming by
way of Chicago, which shows how
badly communication has been inter
rupted.
The Mariposa has on board two
noted passengers both of whom are
bound for the Colonies.
The first of these gentlemen is
Henry George, famous the world
over as the author of Progress and
Poverty" as a Single Tax agitator
and as one of the leading political
economists of the day. Mr.. George
is an old Californian, and in 1871, he
and William M. Hinton founded the
Evening Post of San Francisco, Mr..
George continuing as editor until
1875. He then became Gas Inspector
and it was while he held that Office |
that he wrote Progress and Pow
erty," which afterward became one
of the famous works on political
economy and has been translated into
every European language. He after
ward removed to New York and has
lectured in America and abroad dur
ing the past five years. He polled a
vote of nearly 10000 for mayor of the
city of New York not many years
ago, and actually secured more than
Roosevelt the Republican candidate.
Personally, Mr.. George is an exceed
ingly pleasant man, among his init
mate friends. He is a short, why
man and wears thick sandy beard.
He is confident that warm recep
ton awaits him in the Colonies.