The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-22

outward voyages for 20 knot vessels. 1t
is also provided that steamers taking the
benefit of this bounty shall be SO built
as to be convertible into cruisers in case
of war, and requiring also that their
shall be under the super
vision OF the Secretary OF the Navy 1t Is
believed that the bill in its present form
will be adopted at once by the House.
After it has passed that body their is no
doubt of its adoption by the Senate as
that department has already passed the
Tonnage and Subsidy Bills.
The New Hawaiian Line.
The granting by the Hawaiian Gov
eminent of a subsidy OF 81 900 per month
for a regular steamer service between
San Francisco and Hilo, is bearing good
frnit Messrs. Livingstone q Clark who
until recently operated the Farallon, are
now preparing to purchase two steamers
OF not less than 1000 tons, to be placed
upon the line They will ply between |
the ports of San Francisco, Hilo and |
Honolulu via San Diego. Much OF the |
freight trade will be drawn from the in
dependent planters, who cordially favor |
the new enterprise. They are hemmed |
in to some extent by long freight con-
tracts, but as these expire from time to
time the new company will secure their
patronage.
The Mexican branch of the business
has increased TO such an extent that in
addition to the Tillamook, now running
regularly to southern ports, the steamer
Farrallon will be chartered to alternate
in runs with the Tillamook.
San Francisco News.
The new and elegant iron steam
| ship City of Seattle has arrived in this
port from Philadelphia, after voyage OF
| II, 900 miles She was built in the
above-named city under orders for the
Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship
| Company. The vessel is a gem of
marine architecture, and will ply be-
tween Victoria and Puget Sound ports.
! The bark Hope has arrived from Oyak
with cargo OF 10000 cases of salmon.
She entered a hurricane on December
I'd, and was swept by heavy seas for
some time, loosing her steering gear and
sustaining other damage. The captain
reports the pack at Oyak very success
full one.
A new coast steamer called the Del
Norte has been launched from the Ii
huron ship yard. The new steamer will
be companion boat to the Crescent
City, and will ply between this port and
Crescent City in the passenger and
freight trade. 1t was built to the order
OF Hobbs, Wall q Co. of this city; will
cost when completed about $50, 900, and
has the following general dimensions ::
Length over all, 1877 feet; breadth of
beam, 80 feet; depth of hold, Is 6 feet.
The Thetis, for several days past, has
been the scene of considerable hurry
and hustle. She has been ordered to
succeed the Ranger as a survey boat in
southern coast waters, and will sail in a
few days, to be gone five months. Ac-
companying tue Thetis will be several
persons delegated to make soundings
and surveys IN the vicinity of Acapulco,
to which port the cutter will first pro-
coed.
Repairs to the cruiser Alert have been
nearly completed. She has full COM
plement of marines, and will shortly
!, sail for China.
!, The Charleston has gone to Mare
Island to change guns with the San
Francisco. The Charleston's eight-inch
: guns will be placed on the new cruiser
J and they will be replaced by nine-inch
, bores.
The steamer st. Paul, which recently
returned from Alaska, has been char
tered by Getz Brothers, Liebes & Co.
otherwise known as the Kodiak Packing
Company, to run in conjunction with the
steamer Haytian Republic between this
: city and Puget Sound ports.
/ The Gaelic took 1928 Chinese passen
gers to Hongkong on her last trip.
l The Congressional Committee on I'm
| migration has been taking testimony il
t this city for several days, during which
Ill l. g. 4
} Chinese and Chinese hmm igration has
2 been taken. The committees report OF
: it's investigation will be submitted t.
i Congress for use in the further consider
< alton of the Chinese question.
American News.
$ In response to Senate resolution, the
Secretary of War has transmitted to Con
gress letter from Major General Scho
p, field, bearing on the Indian complica
: tons. General Schotield in his lette
:, says "There can be no practica
= disarmament of the Indians excep
8 by making them actually prisoners O
= war and holding them under such re
straint that it will be impossible fo
them to secure arms or ammunition"
The first application OF Dr. Koch't
lymph in New York was made at St
Luke's Hospital on the 9th instant
Three wards have been set apart for tn,
use of patients who are to receive tn,
Koch treatment.
Edward S. Miller, crank, who ha
been under the eye of the police depart
ment of Washington fever since the as
j, sassination of President Garfield, ha
: been arrested. He is rational on ever,
subject but one; he believes that it de
wolves upon him to kill President Har
rison and Secretary Blaine
s The Indian situation is still muddled
B. General Schofeld, on the 18th, received
r a dispatch from General Miles, of which
t the following is an extract: "Report
} from General Ruger and General Brook
S are favorable. The presence of tn,
e troops now in position has had a de
5 moralizing influence upon the Indians
e and those that week ago were deian
e and warlike are now giving evidence O
g submission
' On the same date row occurred be
e tween the peace and war factions OF tn,
} Sioux which ended in bloody melee, il
which fifty bucks are reported to hav,
been killed. 1t is said that since tn,
= fight 5000 Indians, comprising the tw,
a factions referred to, have promised t,
report to the agency and give up tn,
e Messiah craze.
e Jay Gould, who recently gained con
a troll of the Union Pacific Railroad, i
} working for a combination of all the
t Western railroads. His efforts are bein,
n ably seconded by G.. z. Huntington, o
: the Southern Pacific Company. 1t il
: claimed by its promoters that the pro
posed combine is not for the purpose o