The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-06

trifugal, SO degrees, 3 lie cents ;
granulated, 4 31-100 cents.
The local market is steady and
is daily becoming more active.
Arrivals from Hawaii continue
large.
A Generous Offer.
Commissioner L. A. Thurston, of
Hawaii, has received word from
Claus Spreckels that the Hawaiian
exhibits at Chicago will be trans
ported to San Francisco without
charge. 1t will have to pay rail
road rates, however, from San Fran
cisco to Chicago.
Annexation Question.
A dispatch from Washington
dated the Goth, says; "The talk
about Hawaiian annexation still
continues and is receiving re-
newed impetus from the reports
from San Francisco that the sub
ject is to be considered by the Ha-
waiian Legislature. The idea
would not excite so much atten-
ton, said one of the most promi-
nent members Of the House For
eign Affairs Committee to a cor
respondent to-day, but for the fact
that the Hawaiians are believed to
be ripe for a change Of some kind,
and that if they do not come to us
they may fall to England or Ger
many. That of course would be a
very serious matter. There is a
reluctance on the part of many
Democrats to accept the scheme,
by reason of q belief that indis-
criminate annexations are. contrary
to Democratic principles. But, on
the other hand, it is an historical
fact thas every accession of terri
tory we have ever received, with
the single exception of Alaska,
came to US through a Democratic
administration, and even Alaska
was obtained by the administra-
ton of Andrew Johnson, who
might have been called a Demo-
crat at the time. Nothing will
probably be done here until discus
sions in Honolulu afford an idea OF
the kind of a proposition we may
expect
The members of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs have
been devoting more attention this
week to the question Of Hawaiian
annexation than to any other sub
ject. The extension of American
sovereignty over the island king
dom really seems to be within the
range of practical politics. No def
mite proposition has been made as
yet, but numerous informal discus
sions have been held among the
members of the committee. The
Hawaiian Minister does not dis
courage the idea of annexation, but
the reverse. Nevertheless it is the
opinion of the best informed mem
bers of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee that the advances will have
to come from the United States.
Killed Their King.
The schooner Orion arrived re-
Gently from Jaluit, Marshall ISL
ands, with cargo of copra. She
brought two passengers, r. Watch
man, who.wa mate of the Inflated
schooner Pannonia which was
lost in the South Seas year ago
and c. H. Gibson, an employee Of
A. Crawford & Co. at the islands
From Mr.. Gibson some interest.
ing news was learned. about the
middle of last March," said he
information reached Jaluit of the
assassination of the native King
on the island of Tarawa. There
are 2000 people on the island and
the entire population were reported
in a state of civil war. Several
native chiefs and their followers
had rebelled against the rule Of
the King. One of these chiefs en-
tered the Kings home in the mid
die of the night and stabbed him
to death. A white traders wife
reached Jaluit before we left and
made an appeal to the German
Commissioner at Jaluit to send g
man-of-war to Tarawa to settle the
disturbances there. He declined
to interfere, however, claiming 6
want of jurisdiction, as the island
of Tarawa was an independent ma
tive domain. The island has
ceased to produce copra for export
as it is consumed at home during
the war"
San Francisco News.
J. J. Rey, of Britton & Rey, The
photographers, is dead He was thu
father of Mr.. Rey, of Palmer &
Rey.
The Emma Juch Opera Com
pany has gone to pieces. 1t is nov
claimed that Miss Juch is a Ger
man baroness, but that is probably
some new advertising dodge.
John w. Mackay and r. V. Dey
the executors Of the will of the lat,
Mrs. J. G.. Fair, have decided I,