The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-07-28

Lit 1uCdl lAiCS VI 10 ~
cents and the market is devoid of any
special feature save the importation of a
large quantity OF German beet sugar by
way OF Panama. The importation was
made by d. Ghirardelli & Sons, the
chocolate manufacturers, and consisted
OF $50 bags, each of 224 pounds. It is
understood that it cost them about ~
cents per pound duty paid laid down in
San Francisco which is hall cent less
than the refiners charge.
Speaking of the importation Mr. Chi
rardelli says that as long as the refners
keep up to the present standard, he
shall bring his refined sugar from Ger
many, Hongllong or even Vancouver.
A fight is brewing between the local
refiners and the Vancouver refinery.
The rice market is rather more in
buyer's favor, except for island grades,
which are firm. On Tuesday, 500 BAGS
of new crop were received by the
steamer Australia, only one-fourth Of
the quantity expected, and sold readily
at 5000 per hundred pounds, usual
time.
Steamship Subsidies.
No action has yet been taken by the
Pacific Mail III regard TO the Postal SUD-
sidy law passed at the last session.
Neither has there been any movement
on the part OF the Oceanic people. The
President and Postmaster-General have
not vet agreed about the administration
Of the law.
The Mail Company will shortly send
to this coast the new steamers Costa
RIGA and Guatemala just built at Phlla-
delphia for the Central American trade.
The company also contemplates build
ing sixteen knot ) 600 ton vessel Tor
the China l'n, when the new mail con-
tracts are :; .srded. Action viii be sus-
pended on the rebuilding OF the City OF
Rio de Janeiro until mail contracts are
awarded
Both the Pacific Mail and Oceanic
companies will shortly be put to I'M
mense trouble and expense by the resur-
rection of an old law or regulation about
eight money" which provide that every
time a vessel built abroad but owned in
America enters an American port she
shall paw 80 cents for every ton OF her
register. The money is to go to the
benefit of the lighthouse service. IRIS
obnoxious law can be enforced against
the Australia of the Oceanic Company's
fleet and the China, to say nothing OF
several sailing vessels owned here, such
as the bark Margaret, ship Kenilworth
and bark Annie johnson. The enforce
ment of the law will assuredly lead to
its repeal.
The California Steamship Company, a
new corporation, has established line
of steamers between New York and San
Diego. San Francisco and Seattle, via
Cape Horn. The steamers will make
the trip in sixty days and will be indie
pendent OF railroads, the Pacific Mail or
the clippers. Four steamers have been
engaged and one is now loading IN New
York.
The Chilean War.
Conflicting reports come from Chile
about the war. The Trans-Andean tele-
graph service, controlled by Balmaceda,
States that the insurgents are losing
ground. The insurgent advices via Pa
mama state that Balmaceda's cause is
gone.
Telegrams are at hand stating that the
Balmaceda forces have been beaten at
Vallemar, and Balmaceda also claims
the fight. Iquique is in state OF con-
slant alarm, fearing Balmaceda's troops.
Balmaceda has received notice that one
OF the new cruisers is on the way from
Paris. She will be met at Cape Horn by
insurgent vessels.
Several steamers have sailed the past
two weeks for Iquique with provisions,
etc. In all six steamers will go from
San Francisco laden with $4,000 tons OF
supplies. ~
The men-of-war Charleston and Itata
have arrived at San Diego. The insurg-
ent agents in San Francisco are trying
to release the Itata on bonds, SO that
she can load supplies here for their
forces.
1t is stated that the Itata tried to escape
from San Diego again on the Sth. she
is still in the harbor, closely watched by
the Charleston. There have been sew
eral entertainments on both vessels, and
John d. Spreckels has entertained the
United States and Chilean officers on
board his yacht, Lurline, and at me.
Hotel Coronado.
InterOceanic Canal.
A dispatch from Paris, dated the %,
saws the inquiry into the management OF
Panama Canal affairs promises 10 oe
most comprehensive. De Desseps mas
declared that he courts inquiry, but he
will probably get more than he or ms
colleagnes may desire. The soundest
tinancisI ORGAN in France, Economists
Franchise, has denounced the Panama
affair as 'the greatest financial scaAaal
of the nineteenth century," and ceinahuS
the trial OF the persons responsible Tor
the absorption OF 1900, 100000 francs
from the savings OF small capl--
talists, many of whom have been ruined
and numbers of whom are dead through
DESPAIR. The paper declares that the
series of agreements" on the faith OF
which shares of the capital stock were
ssued, were fictitious, and that many
millions were squandered In brlolng the
French press to seduce by ialiaclous
statements small capitalists to invest,
While millions more were appropriated
w members of the Council OF Admins
ration. A.
ri. B. Glaven, whose company, the !
A merican Dredging Company, did most
# the real work on the Panama ditch,
xiii probably be made chief OF the con-
;truction company now building the
Nicaragua Canal.
The New York Recorder has the fol-
owing to say of Warner Mlllers return I
o New York: "The Hon. Warner NIL
er returned yesterday from bis montns
our to California. To reporter OF tie
Recorder who called upon him ne said
hat there is a wonderful interest IN the
,uccess of the Nicaragua Canal among