The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-03-02
Sugar.

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Centrifugal, So degrees, 65-lOO
cents; graduated, 81.
The sugar market is about the
same. Hawaiian is coming in at a
lively rate, and is being unloaded
as fast as possible in order to es-
cape the operations of the McKin.
ley bill, which goes into effect on
April 1st. Eastern refiners are
hurriedly getting their Louisiana
stocks into consumption for the
same reason, and are at the same |
time getting as much Java and
other foreign sugars as they can.
S. S. Australia.
The Australia arrived on the
18th, with big freight and pas
senger list. Captain Houdlette re.
ports rough trip. The second
day out of Honolulu the steamer
encountered a heavy cross sea that
forced him to slow the engines
down to half speed. Not breath
of air was stirring, but the sea
seemed disturbed nightly by some
unseen power. Great towering
rollers piled up all around the Aus
tralia, and few of them broke OF
deck, deluging her with tons of
water. One tremendous comber
curled over and dropped on the
iorecastle deck with such weight
as to spring the planking and split
both the bulkheads.
Nicaragua Canal.
AS yet the Senate has taken no
important action On the Nicaragua
Canal matter. In executive session
on the 10th inst. the question came
up for discussion and developed
such a hot debate that in order to
avoid the development of further
ill.feeling the leaders secured an
adjournment. 1t is expected that
this opposition to the scheme will
be largely confined to executive;
sessions, and that when it comes
to discussion in open Senate, the
Republicans will nearly all fall in
and vote and talk on Blaine's line
of policy.
The Hawaiian Cable.
During the past ten days Con-
gress has paid considerable atten-
ton to the bills providing for a
subsidy for the construction of a
cable to Hawaii. The first i'm
portant step in the way of pushing
the matter to success was the pas
sage in the Senate on Feb. 10th of
. local annronr;ation bill contain
the r9ooAf.p l-or i..-Ui--u 81 d.,
ing a clause providing for the sur
vey of the route. This shows the
good will of Congress-, and the only
real danger of failure of the meas
ure is in the short time between
now and the close of this session.
The Canadian Line.
A dispatch from Victoria, B. c.,
dated the 10Th says: " The steamer
West Indian arrived this morning
seventy-two days from Liverpool.
She is to 60 at once into trade be-
tween this province and Australia,
being the pioneer ship of the Brit
ish Columbia and Australian steam
ship line."
This is all that is known of the
proposed mission of the West In
dian, but it is hardly to be pre-
sumed that any steamship owner
would go into the trade without
the backing of the Canadian Pa
cific. 1t would be a losing PROPOSE
ton at first to run the steamer
without subsidy.
San Francisco News.
The State Board of Trade has
recommended General N. P. Chip.
man of Red Bluff as head of the
Department of Horticulture, VIII
culture and Horticulture at the
Worlds Fair.
Henry Il. Allen, who died re-
Gently, left an estate of 100000,
only 100000 of which was willed
to his wife.
The South San Francisco Land
and Improvement Company has
been Incorporated with a capital of
100000. Among the incorpora-
tors are P. E. Her, the Omaha dis
tiller, and others connected with
the whisky interest. The company
intends to establish great stock
yards and packing houses at Baden
in San Mateo county.
Sam Nike, native of Madras,
who has been engaged for the past
twenty years in this city as laun-
dry-man, has been sent to the Pest
house, being afflicted with leprosy.
He is seventy six years of age, and
first applied for admission to the
Almshouse, not knowing what
allied him.
The Koch treatment for con-
sumption has to all appearances
been very successful at the City
and County Hospital. Its effect
on the lepers thus far treated has
also been marked.
Coal has dropped to s12 ton,
and the power of the coal ring has
been broken.
Private Albert Blackman of Bat
terry B, Fifth Z. S. Artillery, shot
and LiIIad Dr;rnto Cottl;ob Nonn,r