The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-04-29
OUR San FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per o. ;. >. Australia, San Francisco.
April FL, 1891.
From our special correspondent
Sugar.


combination of Spreckels and the Trust.
The latest phase was stirred up by dis
patch from New York on the 18th inst.
which printed an article on the subject,
that has called out sharp reply from
Mr.. j. D. Spreckels.
San Francisco News.
The Union League Club of this city,
Republican organization of a social
nature, gave Governor Markham
banquet on Friday evening last, at the
club quarters on Geary street. The affair
was one of the most brilliant ever seen
in San Francisco.
There is great deal of excitement
among wheat buyers and wheat sellers
owing to the unexpected activity in that
product. Prices, owing to the large de-
mand for export to Europe, have jumped
up almost to boom figures, and it looks
as though there would be a continued
advance for the next thirty days. The
activity is due to the failure of the
European wheat crop.
The blowing gas well discovered at
Pleasanton a short time ago continues
| to astonish the citizens of that place.
No means has yet been adopted to uti-
| lie the escaping gas.
Andrew Hedgeberg, who was wanted
| by the police for the brutal murder OF
| Mrs. G. G Fossum week ago, commit
| ted suicide by throwing himself in the
| Sacramento river. His body was caught
in fisherman's net.
Professor Schrafer, who has been prob
ing the sands on the beach near the
! Cliff House during the past nine months
! in search of a supposed buried box of
| treasure, claims to have located it by
magnetic attraction, and the work of
sinking a shaft TO uncover the box is
now going on.
Brigadier-General John Gibbon of the
regular army, commander of the Depart
ment of the Pacific, returned from active
| service on the 2lst inst, at the age of
| "a. He has been constantly under orders
| since July LIST, 1912. His successor to
the command of this division is General
Ruger, who comes from Minneapolis.
| August V. Kantz has succeeded to the
vacant Brigadier-General ship.
The advance sale of seats for the Sarah
| Bernhardt engagement in this city was
great success, and is said to be the
| heaviest she has ever had in the United
| States. The total for several perform
| ances was about $40, 900.
NJ. G. Thielman, treasurer secretary
| and manager of the Eagle Insurance
Co., The Germand Land and Cattle Co.
and The California Raisn Co., has been
indicted by the United States Grand
Jury for using the mails for fraudulent
purpose. He was conducting very
bold swindling scheme.
The South San Francisco Land and
Improvement Co. has decided TO begin
at once on the construction of the pro-
posed extension stockyards, packing
houses, ETC. The yards will be connect
ed with the bay by ship canal which
can accommodate vessels of any class.
A large vein of coal has been discov-
cred across the bay in Marin county. 1t
is believed to be very extensive.
The pool sellers who have been pro-
| hibited from selling pools in the city,
and who have been knocked out by the
| Supreme Court, have as last hope ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court.
The steamer Australia on her last trip
brought numerous dignitaries and nota-
| bles, among them Commander Bishop
of the Iroauois, relieved by Captain
Reed and ordered directly to Washing.
ton; Colonel w Fl. Cornwall, EQuerry
in Waiting to the late King; Mrs
Samuel Parker, wife of the new Premier,
and family; E. G. Macfarlane and
others. The gentlemen in politics report
satisfactory state of public affairs and
that the financial condition of the Islands
is remarkably good.
| MIR. Herbert, the owner of the Lakes
of Killarney, Ireland, has arrived from
Honolulu on his way home.
American News.
Unless the courts grant stay CT judg
ment two murderers will soon be put t;
death by electricity at Sing Sing Prison
New York. Preparations for the electro
cution are now complete.
Henry Watterson the prophet of the
Louisville Courier Journal, is out with
the announcement that President Har
rison and Secretary Blaine have com
bined for the reelection of Mr.. Har
rison in 1892.
The Miner Investment Company hal
made an assignment through it's presi
dent. The concern was capitalized a
81 200, 900.
The Western States Commercial Con
gress has been in session at Kansal
City for several days, discussing al
kinds of commercial and financial cues
ton, with view to bringing about {
better understanding of such natter
among business, and TO recommendin,
necessary Legislation
The Citrus Carnival at Chicago which
is being held by the orange growers O
Southern California, is amazing the citi
zens of the windy city 1t is ATTENDED
by thousands of people every night.
| Thu frnoro1 of tho Lotto Ev. Goyarpo
Waterman was held in San Diego ON tn,
14th inst.
Four steamers loaded with Immigrant
from Europe, are Quarantined in New
York harbor. 1t is feared that they ar,
infected with typhus fever, yellow fever
and varioloid.
The faculty of Cornell University hav,
refused to permit the students to emplo,
R. G. Ingersoll as speaker of the day TO
Law Students Commencement day
The action is purely ON a religious basis
: The coke strike on the Pennsylvani,
coal mines is still on and the trouble ap
pears to be growing more serious. TIL,
strikers are now to be evicted from thei
homes which are the compauy's prop
erty, and it is feared that bloodshed vii
result.
The President Coming.
J Great preparations are being made b
receive the President on his arrival mex
week. A special train will meet him q
Yuma, and when he reaches San Fran
cisco there will be public illumination
Banquets, speeches and receptions galor
are being prepared.
The President has been most enthusi
astically received on his Southern tour
In every place from Louisville to E
Paso, n. NJ, he has been accorde
honors rarely witnessed. His trip was
rather roundabout one, taking in A,
, lanta, Ga, Galveston and other larg
cities.
DwindIins from Sight.
The New Orleans lynching and the in