The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-08-01
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per 8. S. Monowai, San Francisco.
July "a, 1891.
(From our special correspondent9
Sugar.

Sugar.
New YORK, July oath, Cuban GEN.
trifugals 96 dogs. 3 4l100c. !; granulated
Al cents.
The local market remains steady and
unchanged. While the imports con-
tinue small the Western Sugar Refining
Company is well supplied with sugar
and will easily carry over the coming
season. The trade feature of the past
fortnight has been the importation Of
493 sacks of German refined beet sugar
which came by way of New Orleans and
the Texas & Pacific railroad to Fantana
& Co., one of the largest fruit canning
houses on the Coast. They say that they
paid less for it delivered here than the
ruling local prices, and propose to keep
on importing while such conditions last
LIKE GOALS TO NEWCASTLE.
About 800 tons of sugar have arrived
here from British Columbia during the
past week and bonded for shipment tC
Honolulu. 1t is now stored on the
Oceanic dock awaiting the departure OF
the next steamer. This same sugar OBJ
tanned rebate from the government
when it left here several months ago in
the rush to get foreign sugar out and
free Hawaiian sugar in before the effect
of the Mckinley bill, and it's return is
mainly due to the recent compact be-
tween the Victoria refneries and the
Western refining combination of this
city. By that compact division of ter
ritory has been effected, the northern
limit of the United States being the
boundary line.
The Chilean Troubles.
There is little news to report regarding
the situation in Chile. Reports tina
have come to hand during the past ter
days have been very conflicting, and i
is now declared that some of the fierce
and effective combats between the con
testants that have been so wildly de-
scribed in the dispatches from that coun
try never occurred. The latest news ii
that the insurgents are steadily advanc
ing into Balmaceda's territory and tina
| in naval battle off Ccquimbo the Bal
maceda feet was worsted by the cruise
| Magellanes The insurgents are said t.
| be determined to fight their way to Val
| paraiso.
On June 9th two government cruiser
aided by land forces captured the in
surgent town of Port Corral. They hell
possession about two hours and wer
then driven out by the insurgents. Tn
| $3,O00,000 currency recently issued b,
Balmaceda at par has now been declare,
worth but thirty cents on the dollar, am
a panic is the result. The Examiner
correspondent telegraphs that the armie
| Of hOf6 OF nd drnf
that the war will not last over sixt
days.
A fight is reported to have taken plac
at Huasco, in which 200 were killed.
Santiago, Chile, has been visited b.
| the severest fire ever known in South
America. The loss was 100000
San Francisco News.
The deficit in the city's finance
grows apace. The discrepancy is nov
between $3.50, 900 and $140,0 900.
Robert j. Creighton, San Francisc
Agent of the New Zealand Government
is in Washington in the interest of tn
trans Pacific mail service to Honolulu
AMI the Australian colonies.
Pilot J. II. Rogers is dead. He wa
once resident of Honolulu.
Advices by the steamer Belgic stat
that X rle Belle~, the actor, and Mrs
James Brown Potter were married a
Hongkong about month ago. Th
story is not believed in New York.
Manage, the Samoan chief visiting thi
country, died at Cheyenne, Wyo., on tn
train while bound to San Francisco. TIL
Monowal has two Samoans aboard, tn
survivors of nine who came to this coun
try after the wrecks of the Vandalia
Trenton and Nipsic. The others die,
from consumption and hemorrhage.
Preparations are being made for tn
next Mechanics Fair to be held in Sep
tenn Der.
The report of the New City Hall Com
mission, just filed, shows that up to dat
nearly 81, 10000 has been spent on con
struction.
William Forsyth has been beaten fo
Director of the Department of Viticul
ture and Horticulture of the World
Fair. 1t is thought that j. De Bartl
Sharb will be appointed.
Frank w. Quick, who arrived from
Australia on the Monowai, is missing
He has been traced as far as Chicago
but then all signs of him have been lost
American News.
A tornado swept over northern Min