The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-12-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
Pacific Mail Wins a Point i'm a
Case Against the Government.

A company has been organized
at Los Angeles to manufacture
glass.
Denver, Colorado, has a 11-year
old murderer whose object was rob-
berry. He is now on trial.
!. Cleveland, Ohio has Furnishing
branch of the Malta. Two attempts
were made to murder policemen,
and witness who appeared against
the cut-throats was shot at in his
own door. Several of the Malta are
in custody.
VIM. Mayber, of Rireton, Iowa,
is under arrest charged with poison
ing five wives. Each, it is alleged,
was killed to secure life insur-
ance policy.
Kansas City is mystifed over the
death of well-known citizen, who
went to his forefathers after long
prayer that he might die. He was
young and healthy. Grief over the
loss of a child was the cause of his
death.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - The
Court of Claims to-day gave a de-
cision favorable to the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company in its suit
against the United States to re-
cover $17S, 583 additional compen-
sation for the conveyance from
October 9, 1875, to September rs,
1885, of mails "from San Fran
cisco to New Zealand, New South
Wales, Queensland and Victoria
otherwise the Australian colonies"
upon the ground that the COM
pany has not been paid the full
sea postage on the letters and has
been paid nothing on the other ar
ticles contained in the mails re-
ferred to.
The findings of the Court, which
were prepared and read by Judge
John Davis, settled two points in
the controversy which will have a
most important bearing on the
final settlement of the case. One
was the definition of "sea" postage,
as being the difference between
the total postage and the United
States Finland" postage, plus the
inland postage of the foreign re-
ceiving country, and plus all inter-
mediate transit charges.
The other was the conclusion
that the statute of limitation in
this case began to run at the
end of each trip and that plaintiff
can recover only for the period be-
ginning six years prior to the pres
entation of his claim to the Post
Office Department.
The Silver Conference.
The International Silver Confer
ence which has been in session in
Brussels for some days past, has
made no progress towards an agree
ment. Baron Rothschild, the great
banker, made a proposal that
America shall continue the pur-
chase of silver and the European
powers shall buy an amount equal
to 100000 year for five years
at 43d. If silver should rise above
that price purchases are to be i'm
mediately suspended. This was
finally rejected and Rothschild
then declared that unless the con-
ference came to some understand
ing and made arrangements to re-
lieve the strain on gold, a panic
would follow the end of which no
man could foresee. He proposes
also that the legal tender of silver
be raised in England from e2 to
G5.
It is not thought that an agree
ment can be reached as there are
so many divergent views.
Stopping Immigration.
At a recent meeting of the U. S.
Senate immigration Committee g
proposition was advanced that bids
fair to be carried, which prohibits
all immigration except from North
or South America for one year from
March, 1898. The committee has
also decided to submit to Congress
propositions as follows: That nj
Immigrant shall be admitted int
the United States between the ages
of twelve and fifty-fve years unless
he can read and write freely hi
native language, nor shall any per
son above fifty-fve be admitted
who cannot read or write, except a
member of family; no immi
grant shall be admitted unless b.
possesses 800 in money or it
equivalent, except that the head Of
family may bring or send for othe
members of the family if he or the.
possess $25 for each member; al
intending immigrants must brinI
certificates from United States Con
suls abroad; all persons seeking
final naturalization papers mus
give seasonable notice to the cour
and some official representing tn
government must investigate tn
application. That there is goo
reason for these measures is see
in the following government figure