The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-08-25

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ton to build.
The services rendered will be remun-
Grated asfollows; with existing steamers
Central American route, twice =
month, $l62 ,SS4 annually.
South American route to Valparaiso,
mo one 10 bid on sight SS4S,512 an
nUally.
China route $l59, So annually.
Australian route Ito Sydney semi
monthly $594, 400 annually.
Australian route (to Melbourne) $402,-
$50 annually.
The Pacific Mail Company will bid on
the China route and the Central Amer
lean. No one knows what this company
viii DO with the proposed South Amer
lean line,
J. D. Spreckels says that he does not
know whether the Oceanic Company
viii bid Tor the Australian routes or not.
All depends on the action of the New
Zealand Government in renewing pres
ent contracts.
The bids viii be opened in Washing
ton on October Goth.
Reciprocity With the West In
dies.
The new Spanish Reciprocity Treaty
and the new treaty with the Republic Of
san Domingo have been published.
Sugar comes IN free, rs we'll rs molasSeS,
coffee aud hides In return, the princi-
pal breadstuffs are admitted free into
Cuba, Porto Rico and San Domingo, and
q so per cent. reduction is made on most
articles Of export 10 those countries.
British Capital in America.
The San Francisco Breweries Linn
ted, the company which runs the local
beer trust, Is in trouble. II viii be re-
membered that the principal breweries
in San Francisco were bought by English
capitalists about year ago. Preferred
stock was sold ut SIS aud ordinary at
e10, and now they bring 60 and "a Us.
respectively. No dividends have been
paid and Ernest A. Denicke, formerly
manager OF the Fredericksburg brewery
at San Jose and now general manager of
the company, has been called to Eng
land to explain why. Local brewers
look Tor the company TO wind up its
affairs before long.
English capitalists have offered to buy
the Rand, McNally company and the j.
II. W. Jones company, both OF Chicago,
for S3,000,0 600. The companies are
among the foremost book publishers of
America.
The supreme court OF Mexico has de-
cided to hear Sonora Ruiz Burton's case
In her suit 10 Gust the international Com
pany of Mexico from j0O,0O acres in
Lower California. Mrs. Burton's claim
dates back TO 1894 and covers the land
on which the city OF Ensenada is built.
The International Company is an Eng
fish corporation and viii suffer severely.
The Grant marble quarry near Tuo-
lumne county, which has been idle for
IA years, has been purchased by an Eng
lish company and will at once be opened
up.
San Francisco News.
Ogden Hoffman, who has been Judge
Of the United States District Court since
1850, died at St. Luke's Hospital on the
9th inst. He had been i'll and out Of his
mind for months and death was ex-
pected. Judge Hoffman ranked high
among the iurists of America, excelling
IN admiralty law. His funeral was in
charge of the Bar Association.
The Native Sons may not have their
annual celebration this year on Septem-
Der ., as the railroad company refuses
to make q special rate to Santa Crnz,
where the festivities are to occur.
The Omnibus and Market street cable
roads, and the San Francisco and San
Mateo road (electricl are battling for the
control OF Stanyan street, near the park.
Each company has an army OF workmen
and hired fighters on the ground, but
the matter viii probably be settled by
q compromise.
Stanford University will open next |
month with 800 students.
]. Henry Turner, Henry A Edmonds
and DR.. Ii \. kierulff and a compile |
ment Of seven men, who were sent out |
by the United States Government from |
this city, III June, 1889, TO accurately de- |
termine the northern boundary line be- |
tween the American and British posses
sions, have returned to the city, after an |
absence OF nearly twenty-six months. |
They made thorough survey Of the dis |
puted territory on the Panhandle" Of |
Alaska
John II. Maynardes is on trial for en- |
bezzliRg $4,000 OF Spring Valley Water
bonds from Mrs. Helen Reed.
George w. Durbrow, superintendent |
of the Salton Salt Works, has Just ar
rived from the Colorado desert. He SAYS /
that the new lake is not rising, evapor
alton equaling the influx, but that the |
water is expected to rise this winter.
Fred w. Sharon has been sued Tor |
100000 Tor an alleged SANDER. The /
plaintiff IS Mrs. Sarah Mitchell
TIE . Owls Nest" a branch Of the
Bohemian Club, has rented country
place IN San Maseo county, California,
and will at once equip it. The new
viii not tolerate the COM
merciai element in the club.
Luiga Verdi, one Of the owners OF La
Yaee del Popolo, the Italian daily here,
committed suicide at Eureka, New, on
the 7th
Jim Keene the old time California
speculator is said to be on the highway
to wealth again, and is now making
things lively in Wall street.
The Swiss residents celebrated the
sixth centenary of Swiss independence
with appropriate ceremonies.
The well-knoEn periodic comet of
Encke was rediscovered on the I'd at the
Lick Observatory by E. E. Barnard. 1t
is very faint andis following very closely
the path predicted for it by DR.. Buck
and. The position Of the comet at
hours AZ minutes II seconds, Mount
Hamilton mean time, was r. A. 3 hours
IS minutes and 81 seconds.
The ferry boat method OF suicide is
becoming popular. The latest victim is
Mrs Hattie Dodge, an abandoned woman,
who went overheard on July 3lst.
The body Of John Z. Dixon, a we'll I
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