The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-09-17
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per o. 8. S. Australia, San Francisco,
September 8, 1891.
(From Our Own Correspondent
The Pacific Gable.

w ARLINGTON, sept. 1.-COmmOdOre
Ramsey, Chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton in the Navy Department, said to a
correspondent to-day that it had been
decided to use the United States Fish
Commissioners steamer Albatross in
running the cable survey from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu. The Albatross is now
at Puget Sound on her way south from
Behring sea. Commodore Ramsey said
she ought to arrive at San Francisco in
two weeks, and that she might be ex-
pected to be fitted out with apparatus
and begin the work of survey in about
one month from this time. He said it
would take about two months to do the
work, so that the survey will probably
have been completed by the time Con-
gress meets. Lieutenant Commander
Clover, Chief of the photographic
Bureau in the Navy Department, and
son-in-law of the late Senator Miller of
California, is entitled to credit for his
work in expediting this matter. While
of course the survey work would have
been done sooner or later, Lieutenant
Commander Clover frequently brought
to the attention of the Secretary of the
Navy and Commodore Ramsey editorials
from the San Francisco Bulletin show.
ing that the people of California desired
this work done before Congress met.
The survey will be made under the
supervision Of Lieutenant Commander
Tanner.
San Francisco News.
The citizens of Vancouver have a
grievance against United States Consul
Jay Ewing, and are moving for his re-
moval. He would not seal carload of
silk after office hours.
George Croker, son of the late Charles
Croker, was seriously injured by fall
from cable car last week. He is slowly
recovering.
Attorney General Hart has filed a
petition charging the Hibernia Savings
and Loan Society of this city with hav-
ing upwards of 100000 of escheated
money in its possession belonging to the
State. He will endeavor to have the
money escheated to the State.
There have been no new Developments
in regard to the estate OF Mrs. Mark Hop
kins-Searles, except that Searles has
sol&ited an interview with the disin-
herited foster-son Tim Hopkins, for the
purpose of compromising the case with
out going into Court.
The widow of the late John Wieland,
the noted brewer, died last week. She
leaves an estate worth 81 100000.
The late Judge Hogue left an estate
valued at $125, 900.
The monument to Starr King, the
patriot, orator and preacher, has been
completed and will soon be unveiled in
Golden Gate Park.
Good progress is being made on the
Belt Railroad along the water front, and
it is expected that cars will be running
within sixty days.
Warden Hale, of San Quentin, has de-
feated plot of some of the most desper-
ate criminals in the prison to murder the
officials and set the convicts at liberty.
The ringleaders are now in solitary con-
fnement and subsisting on bread and
water.
The North Beach and Mission street
railroad is to be equipped with electric
cars. The change will be made by May
LIST next.
P. E. Maxwell, who was implicated in
the murder of r. S. Coloni, in Oakland,
has been liberated on the ground that
the evidence was not sufficient to hold
him. The decision is very unpopular.
On September 4th the Los Angeles ex-
press when seven miles south of Modesto
was stopped by several masked highway
men, who forced the engineer to halt the
train and then assist them to break open
the express car. They showed the nerve
and skill that comes of experience, and
no doubt they would have looted the
treasure in the express car had it not
been for Railroad Detective Len Harris.
He, though armed only with 32-caliber
revolver, boldly attacked the gang. In
his haste to get shot at them he ex-
posed himself and was MORALLY wounded.
His attack, however, and the shots fred
by the conductor of the train evidently
ratified the robbers, for they fed Just
when they had blown hole in the ex-
press car with dynamite bomb. Two
men by the name of Walton have been
arrested and are accused of the crime.
L. j. Rose, of Los Angeles, the famous
breeder of fast horses, has announced
that poor health has compelled him to
retire from the turf. He will sell his
great stable in the near future.
American News.
It is reported that the Vanderbilts
have secured control of the Union Paci-
fic Railway, and that Jay Gould will no
longer guide the affairs of that great cor
poration. AS the Vanderbilts own the
Chicago & Northwestern, it is believed
that they are seeking an outlet to the
Pacific Coast.
Reports from North Dakota and Mani
toba say that frost has done great dam
age to the wheat crops. In some places
the loss is so per cent.
The outlook for high prices for wheat
improves daily. California will have
about 100000 bushels for export.
An engine drawing two coaches on the
Railroad, in PENNSYLVANIA. has
broken the worlds record for fast run
ming, covering mile in 80 4-5 sec., or at
the rate of over 90 miles per hour. Five
miles were covered in min. 26 As Sec.
and the fastest ten miles in min. IL
sec., an average of 43 sec. per mile.
On August 9th, a fast passenger train
near Statesville, North Carolina, on the
Western road, jumped from a bridge
ninety feet high, and was dashed to
atoms. The train was running at the
rate of forty miles an hour, and the acct
dent resulted in the death of the en-
glneer, fireman, all the brakemen and
thirty.six passengers. The conductor
was the only person who was able to
walk to the station and give the news of
the disaster. 1t is said that the accident
was caused by the removal of rail from
the center of the bridge.
Captain Andrews of the dory Mermaid,
who undertook to cross the Atlantic. |
was picked up by the steamer Elbruz.
alter being nearly lost in terrific storm.