The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-02

ng to a London correspondent,
humber of English sporting men,
few Of whom saw the Slavin-Kil-
rain set-to, and were betting on
olavin from the start, will shift
their money this time to Jackson.
Germany's Retort.
PARIS, April 15.-Le Matin pub
fishes a Berlin dispatch which
says: One of the diplomats ac-
to Berlin who fears not to
shout out at times is United STAGES
Minister Phelps.
At the commencement of the
year began a conflict between Ger
many and the Dominican republic,
based on the reciprocity treaties
which bind the United States to
San Domingo-namely, the most
favored nation clause-and Ger
many requested the same condi-
tions.
The Dominican Government re-
sisted for a long time, but strength
always carries victory, and in the
end she succumbed to the incvi-
table. 1t was then that Minister
Phelps interviewed officially and re-
quested an audience with the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs.
Minister Phelps remarked how
ungenerous it was to force a little
republic to make disastrous con-
cessions. Baron Won Bieberstein
remarked dryly that he ignored the
fact that the United States had ac-
quired protective rights over the
republic of San Domingo, and fur
ther, that Germany had availed
herself of her indisputable rights.
The matter stands there to-day
The press applauds the wholesome
lesson administered to Minister
Phelps and hopes that he will not
renew his insolent Intervention.
The Closing of the SpreckeL.
Refinery.
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-Thert
is much depression among the 6O(
employees of Spreckels' sugar re
finery, which shut down Thursday
Although it is announced that The
closing is only temporary, the
workmen generally are of the opin
ion that it will be months before
the kettles and caldrons will agar
be filled.
A dealer well informed on the
subject said: "The shutdown il
not caused by overproduction. In
quiries at the office will show tina
they have but one brand on hand
The main object of getting a res
friction placed on the production i
to keep prices up to the limit" 1
is also possible that steps will b.
taken to close the remaining rein
cries here.
The Sugar Trust.
PHILADELPHIA, April 13.-Sev
eral agents of the sugar trust were
in this city yesterday, and it was
reported that the object of thei
visit was to confer with the whole
sale grocers relative to asking al
arrangement by which the trus
will allow a rebate of about forty
cents a barrel to the grocers wh(
maintain the retail prices.
This plan has already beer
adopted by several other corpora
tons controlling products manu-
featured in this country, and it i
said that it has worked very sue
cessfully.
The trust is closely watching
the movements of the w. J. Nc
Cam Company, which intends t.
erect large sugar refinery in thi
city. Nothing has been hearC
from the firm recently, but it i
understood that its representative
are quietly at work and that tn
influence of several large capital
lists has been enlisted. 1t is be
lieved that all the money needle,
to build a refinery will be sub
scribed within a short time an,
that operations will begin befor
the first of the summer months
Rev. DR.. Spa1dine Started as
lutheran.
BosToN, April 13.--The announce
ment that the Rev. DR.. James Fiel,
Spalding is to retire from the Epis
copal Church has caused a sensa
ton among religious people here
On the last Sunday of last Novem
Der DR.. Spalding, who had been fo
twelve years rector of Christ Epis
copal Church, Cambridge, formall
announced to his people his inten
ton to go to the Roman Catholi
Church. In his sermon on tina
occasion he explained that he coul
no longer feel at home in the Epis
copal Church, because of rational
ism, free thinking and liberation c
unbelief.
Missionaries May Return.
LONDON, April 15.-The Time:
Madrid correspondent says tn
difficulty regarding American mis-
sionaries in the Caroline Island
has been satisfactorily arranged