The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-15


make it an easy matter for the
Democrats to win this fall. AS to
the latter party, it has been dumb
with establishment and JOY since
Blaine's retirement and are too
busy watching the progress of the
big contest at Minneapolis to pay
much attention to the little fracas
in their own lines. 1t is thought
that should Blaine or Harrison
be nominated it will be an easy
thing to take up Cleveland and
elect him.
On May 81 the Anti-Hill Demo
cratic State Convention met in
New York. Hill was denounced
in savage manner and set OF
delegates elected to go to Chicago
and contest with the Hill crowd
for recognition in the convention
There will consequently be two
sets of New York Democrats there
one instructed for Hill and the
other for Cleveland. 1t will make
pretty fight.
Thought of no Moment.
The arrest of Ashford, Wilcox
and other conspirators in Honolulu
is not considered here to be of much
moment. Of course the occurrence
created much talk, and gave the
newspapers a fine chance for a sen
sation, but that was about all
Ashford was formerly a resident Of
Vallejo, in this State, in 1870, and
a dispatch from there states that
he was "a natural kicker against
all existing institutions. He was
a great politician and was the cause
of more than one political row In
the old red-hot times"
A Fearful Disaster.
The oil regions of Pennsylvania
were visited on the 9Th by a disas.
ter of fire and water only eclipsed
by the memorable flood at Johns
town. 1t is impossible to give any
thing like an accurate idea of the
loss of life and property, as chaos
reigns throughout the devastated
region, and confagration ragec
in Oil City.
1t is safe to say that not less thar
one hundred and fifty lives were
lost, as nearly one hundred bodies
have already been recovered an(
many are still missing. The prop
erty losses will reach into the mil
lions. At Titusville it is estimated
at $15,000,000; Oil City the same
Corey, 100000; Meadville, $3.50,
900. The surrounding country il
probably $100,000,00O more.
The disaster started with one 0
the worst foods ever known. A
the worst stage the oil tanks a
Titusville, Oil City and elsewhere
broke and in some way the oil was
ignited. It ran everywhere on thu
water and ignited buildings will
unprecedented rapidity. At Titus
vile about all of the city was wiped
out. At Oil City little is left, anC
all the smaller places suffered cor
respondingly. Most of the large
oil tanks are gone. The disaste
is, without exception, the wors
ever known in the oil region.
A Sad Drowning.
There is now in Honolulu spend
ing her vacation, Miss Fideli
Jewett, a school teacher at tn
Girls High School in San Fran
cisco, who has some sad new
awaiting her on this steamer. He
brother, Captain Charles E. Jewett
assistant cashier of the Kern Val
ley Bank at Bakersfield, wa
drowned in Kern river, almost tn
same day that she left San Frar
cisco for the Islands. Captai
Jewett was one of a party that lei
Bakersfield for jaunt up tn
river. In the party were two boys
Willie and Herbert Greenvill,
aged 8 and s, respectively, VIII
went into the river and were caugt
in a whirlpool. Captain Jewet
boldly went to their rescue, but ha
only made two or three stroke
when he was apparently seized b
cramps or else struck a sunke
rock, and became helpless. Il
and the boys were swept over
small waterfall and all wei
drowned. Captain Jewett's bod
was found three miles from tt
scene of the drowning. There
another feature connected with tt
sad affair. Just as Miss Jewe
babe goodbye to her friends, 81
jokingly said, eff I am drowne'
notify brother Charley so he ca
take charge of my body" Tt
brother she spoke of was browne
before she was hardly out of sigl
of the Golden Gate.
American News.
The town of Coquille, Oregon
was partly destroyed by fire Q
May 31st. Loss, 100000.
Jim Town, in South Colorad
the scene of the recent big gol
discoveries, was completely d.
stroyed by fire on June 9Th; los
81 100000. The town was only