The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-05-27
sners on the street to pay over 81 ,oOO,.

owners on the street to pay over 81 ,000,-
600.
The Government has instituted pro-
ceedings to condemn the entire City
Cemetery near Point Lobos for fortifca-
ton purposes.
The transit of Mercury on the 9th inst.
was successfully observed away from San
Francisco. Fog interfered in the imme-
diate vicinity of the city.
Woodford, the man who won the re-
cent brutal sleep-fasting match, has re-
covered his wonted health.
The funeral over the remains OF the
late John T. Swift, Minister to Japan,
occurred on the 1lth. 1t was an impos-
ing ceremony.
George William Gushing is on trial in
the Supreme Court for killing Dennis
Driscoll in June last. The murder re-
suited from a fight over can of beer.
Ii Young Yew has become Chinese
Consul General at San Francisco.
Highway robberies are becoming very
FREQUENT. The latest and most daring
one was on the 9TH, when sailor was
held up on Market street near the Palace
Hotel.
A gang of local counterfeiters is at
work.
American News.
Dispatches received at New York on
Nav l3, report that fresh revolutions are
expected in Venezuela, Hayti and Dutch
Guiana. 1t Hayti three separate at
tempts have been made to assasslnate
Hipolyte, and great excitement prevails
there. In Dutch Guiana, the people OF
| the lower classes have revolted against
the authorities and bloodshed is looked
| for. $50.
The alleged heirs of the late million
| aire merchant prince, A. I. Stewart,
| have begun a contest in the courts to
secure some of the vast fortune left by
| him. General Ben Butler represents one
| of the contestants, but it is thought that
the prospects for breaking the will are
not very bright.
A successful test of armor plates has
lust been made at Annapolis by the Gov
eminent. Three kinds were used-steel
nickel and steel, and a composition
known as Harvey nickel. They were
| fired at twenty times each by a Hotch
| kiss rapid firing gun. at distance o
1 thirty feet and velocity of 800 feet {
second. The steel was demolished, the
nickel and steel perforated, while the
composition withstood the test and des
troyed the projectile, which barely dent
| ed the face of the plate. The latter Ii
regarded as wonderful discovery.
The steady drain of gold from thi
country to Europe has at last brough
the yellow metal to a premium. Up
wards OF $35 100000 has been takel
The physicians in the New York hos
| 1e = hai fSro lnG0 n
faith in the value of Koch's lymph as
cure for consumption. The benefit Oh
tanned by lepers has been found to b
but temporary.
The effect OF the Mckinley bill upo
the manufacture of buttons, has been T.
reopen all the old factories and star
several new ones, all of which hav
more orders than they can ill. Wage
have been advanced from forty to ninet
per cent.
The Illinois legislature has passed
strict antitrust bill by vote OF 100 to Al
The Chinese Government has an
nounced that it will make grand dis
play at the Worlds Fair.
The new transatlantic steame
Fuerst-Bismarck has broken the tim
record of twin screw steamers by sailin
from Southampton to Sandy Hook in
days IA hours and Is minutes.
The line OF the Great Northern Raj
road through the northwest has bee
decided upon. 1t will connect St. Pat
with Puget Sound and is claimed to b
$50 miles shorter than the Norther
Pacific.
Some of the gold buried by the il
fated "Donner Party" at Bonner lax
in the Sierras in 1916 has been disco'
cred.
Foreign News.
Cables received from Toxic on til
18th, announce that on the 18th, Jal
: anese native policeman named Tsud
Sanseo, attacked the CZarowitz while /
was visiting Otuo, six miles from Lal
Kioto. The assailant used sho
sword, and inflicted wound on tt
{ head. The knife was DETECTED by 81
helmet. The Czarowilz defended hin
self vigorously and was CALAMITY assis
| ed by Prince George of Greece, WI
felled the japanese with walking site
, Ever since the Czarowitz has been c
his travels he has been constant
. guarded, particularly in India.
: Gladstone is suffering from low feve
( The Prince of Wales is over ST. SOC, On
' in debt. Pressure is being brought {
f the Queen to pay the bills.
t II Madame Blavatsky, the theosophi
q >leader, is dead.