The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-03-16

Moreno in San Francisco is denounced
as rank old fraud, but there is good
evidence to show that his empty mouth
ing in Washington assisted in defeating
the Cable Bill.
San Francisco News.
John G.. Quinn has been made Col
lector of Internal Revenue succeeding
the late William II. Sears.
w. R. A. johnson has been succeeded
as agent of the Pacific Mail Company by
j. NJ. Dow who is now agent at Panama.
1t is said that Williams, Dimond q 20.
may again become local agents.
The Harbor Commissioners have
| awarded the contract to complete the
seawall across Market street to the San
/ Francisco Bridge Company for $50, 1887.
Governor Markham has signed the
bill appropriating 100000 for the
Worlds Fair and preparations will be
made at once to collect the display.
Some of the patients treated with
Koch's lymph at the various hospitals
show great improvement while others
are no better. DIR. Beck of San Fran
cisco has letter from Sir Morell Mac
kenzie in which he considers the lymp
good for lupus and possibly leprosy but
not for tuberculosis.
Commodore T. II. Allen the we'll
known stevedore is dead.
Senator George Hearst, the million
aire miner, turfman and politician died
in Washington on the 2Sth ult. after q
long illness. Nj. nj. Estee,C N. FELTON,,
A. z. Williams, NJ. H. de Young, and
George G. Perkins are mentioned as his
successor.
A $I2,o Towage Bill.
J. D. Spreckels & Bros. have the dis
tinction of earning possibly what is the
largest towage bill assessed against .
vessel during the past ten years.
On the 23d ult. report was received
that ship was in distress near Point
Reyes and two of Spreckels' tugs the
Relief and Active and two of the opposi.
ton the Wizard and Sea King started on
race for her. The Relief beat them all
out. When the Relief came up to the
ship it was discovered that she was the
Jessomene from Newcastle, N. S. W..
which had been partially dismasted il
the same storm in which the Elizabeth
vas lost. She drifted up under Point
Reyes where her anchors were thrown
out and held her until the tug came. Al
that time a terrible storm was raging
and the vessel was in imminent danger
of going ashore.
"Want tow" asked Captain Has
kell of the Relief approaching the Jes
; somene.
Eyes! Give you $500 to take me L
San Francisco" replied Captain Zeal o
the Jessomene.
Twelve thousand" replied Captain
Haskell.
"Make it six"
"No. Twelve thousand" replied Has
kell again.
5 Give me lit then"
! That settled the bargain. Captain
8 Zeal, acting for the underwriters, hs
refused to pay, and Spreckels ha
e libeed the vessel HOT fight is as
sured in Court, though Pilot Dollive
says that the tow was worth not $12 ,OOO
r but $4,000.
/ Shipping News.
4 The new cruiser San Francisco la
r been ordered to Chile to protect Amer
9 lean interest. The Baltimore and Pensa
cola are already there.
The Cunard Company will this sum
y mer build two new II 900 ton vessels TO
u the transatlantic fleet. Five days is tn
time they are expected to make acros
U the ocean.
Two new vessels for the English navy
!. the Royal Arthur, of 200 tons, and tn
Royal Sovereign, of 14,150 tons, wer
u launched at Portsmouth, Eng on tn
J. Goth inst. Queen Victoria and tn
l. Prince of Wales both witnessed tn
q launch.
,, The Canadian Pacific Company
. round the world excursions by the ne,
3 steamers Empress of India, Empress ,
U China and Empress of Japan are pre-
u nounced great success.
u An attempt was made to sink tn
coasting steamer Corona on her last tri
- from San Diego. Some one cut the rue
der lines and tried to open a lower por
The Alameda has about 5000 bays
3, sugar bound for the Colonies to make u
q deficiency in the Colonial market.
q J. D. Spreckels & Bros have libelle
n the ship Hespendes and bark Alex. NJ
9 Neil for salvage done to separating tn
le vessels after they had collided in recer
70 storm on the bay.
70 The sesler J. Fl. Lewis has returne
IL to port with nine men in irons. Thel
re was mutiny on board. She sailed Q
u the 18th.
q, T. P. H. Whitelaw has bought I'll
"a wreck OF the Elizabeth for 5000. He all
10 bought the right to salve all properl
re below the low water line for eighty pr
IN cent. of the value OF the goods saved.
IL The brig J. D. Spreckels arrived c
10 the 9th ult., having broken the roun'
ie trip record to Kahului. She left Ss
Us Francisco Jan. Doth, and returned
y 291a days. Her three last round tril
~ were SO. IS and 291a days. This is
Oh splendid record.