The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-08-19

touch at Victoria. In the fight
that is to ensue the Pacific Mail is
considered to have little the best
of it as far as passenger traffic is
concerned, for the reason that their
delay at Victoria will be much
shorter than that of the Canadian
Pacific Company's boats, the bulk
of whose freight will have to be
handled there. Neither the Abys-
sinia nor the China have any freight
reductions, although both have en-
croachlng cargoes. The Abyssinla
has both through freight and
through passengers, the agents at
Hongkong having been cabled to
accept them a week before the
steamer sailed.
This is the second battle between
these companies for the Oriental
traffic, the first one, three years
ago, ending in the withdrawal of
the Canadian Pacific from this port
after short rivalry. No subsidy
has yet been paid by the Pacific
Mail, but doubtless would have
been paid if the Canadian Pacific
had consented to moderate its de-
mands.
Steamship Subsidies.
The prospects for the passage of
the two shipping bills were never
better. There is no quorum of the
House in Washington at present,
but the day one can be secured the
bills, already passed by the Senate
will be put through Robert ].
Creighton the New Zealand mail
agent has done excellent service in
assisting to push these bills and
the Spreckels Brothers as we'll as
the Pacific Mail Company have
been untiring in showing the adj
vantages of building up the ship
ping interests of the country.
Wars in the South.
so many conflicting stories come
from Central America regarding
the war between Salvador and
Guatemala, and from Buenos Ayres
regarding the uprising there that
it is difficult to say just what the
is at either place. The
of Lansing B. Miner,
United States Minister to Central
have all been held by
Guatemala and our government
has no official information what
ever of the trouble.
As far as Central America is
concerned, the truth seems to be
that Ezeta the Salvadorian leader
has defeated the Guatemalans in
several engagements at the from
tier and that an invasion of Guate-
maIa has been made. An insurrec-
ton in the Salvadorian ranks was
promptly suppressed. There is
talk of the other republics moving
against Salvador and arms and
are being forwarded
as rapidly as possible.
The trouble in Buenos Ayres is
a popular protest against any
more reckless expenditures on pub
lie improvements, following on the
crash President Celman is
wanted to resign and there has
been an uprising in which the navy
has joined Celman is still presi-
dent however.
There has been some fighting in
the streets and one exaggerated
and unconfrmed story of the bonn
bardment of the city by the navy
resulting in the lost of 1000 lives.
The Florence Blythe Case.
Judge Coffey rendered decision
August LIST in the suit of Florence
Blythe VS.. Abbie Ayres, ct al,
whereby the millions left undis-
posed of by the California pioneer
have been declared to be the prop
erty of his daughter, Familiarity
known as" Little Florence. The
same decision announces that
Blythe's name was Thomas Will
Liams; that Alice Edith Dickson,
with whom Blythe was cohabiting
at the time of his death, was not
his wife, and that the claims of the
outside claimants are
worthless. An unimportant eXcep-
ton is made in favor of the collat-
eral claims of the Williams heirs,
but if this were all that the attor-
neys for Florence Blythe had to
contend with, the litigation would
be quickly terminated. As 1t is,
5he case may be appealed and may
eventually find its way to the
United States Supreme Court. In
The mean time little Florence is one
Of the richest heiresses in Cali
fornia. If the decision stands, at
east S4.0O0,000 will drop into her
zap when she shall become of age
IN December of next year.
Hawaiian Scheme