The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-09


If this proposition is not acceptable
to the United States Government, the
Chilean Government suggests that the
matter be submitted to the decision Of
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
In Quarantine.
The mail steamer City of Rio de
JaneirO came into port yesterday
morning January 2lst) after long
but uneventful passage from Hong
kong and Yokohama via Honolulu.
The steamer had the yellow flag fly
ing and was at once ordered into
quarantine at Angel Island. She had
on board q cabin and European, IL
Japanese and 514 Chinese in the
steerage. OF the Chinese 498 were to
have been landed at Honolulu, but
the day before arrival one of them
was taken down with small pOX, and
the authorities at Honolulu refused to
allow the vessel to go inside the reef
and not passenger was allowed to
land.
The Food G1nt In Australia.
While people are dying of hunger in
Russia uneasiness prevails in Austria
liza in consequence of the discovery
that the meat supply exceeds any pos
sible demand. A bill has been intro
duced into the Parliament of New
South Wales to substitute the exporta-
ton of frozen meat. All the speakers
admit that the glut of mutton is a
serious matter. 1t prevails not only
in New South Wales, but in the other
Australian colonies as well. At Auck
land, New Zealand, beef and mutton
are selling at prices which can leave
but little profit to the cattle-rancher.
Rib roasts of beef are offered at to 10
cents pound, headquarters of NUT
ton at cents and fore-quarters at 5
cents. Prices are about half those
which rule in this market.
China.
After many vague and conflicting
rumors with regard to the so-called
rebellion in the north of China, news
upon which reliance may be placed
has now come to hand. The chief
centers of disturbance are in North
east Chilli, not far from Newchwang,
and in Eastern Mongolia. In the
latter place religious fanaticism is
said to have been the chief factor in
the outbreak, and it is stated that
massacre of Christians has taken
place. The military authorities seem
to have done nothing to stop the out
RACES. In the other center of disturb
ance, where the movement resembles
banditti raid on large scale, vigorous
measures have been taken by Ii Hung
chang and other high officials against
the rebels, q large number of troops
having been sent against them. Ac
cording to latest information the I'M
perial troops have fought several
battles with the rebels, in each case
with complete success, and a number
of the disaffected places are gradually
returning to quietude. The native
tribes of Yunnan have been giving
trouble again by committing depra-
dations on the Chinese settlers. Their
operations, however, appear to have
been temporarily checked, and their
leader, desperate of the worst type,
have been decapitated.
Oceanic Steamship Company.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Oceanic Steamship
Company the following officers were
elected: John D. Spreckels, President;
Charles Goodall, Vice-President; J. D.
Spreckels & Bros, Agents and Treas
urers, and A. B. Spreckels, Claus
Spreckels, G. NJ. Goodall, A. l.. Tubbs
and Austin G. Tubbs, Directors. E.
Fl. Sheldon was reelected Secretary.
In his annual report to the stock
holders President John d. Spreckels
said: "Although the business for the
twelve months has not been so re-
munerative as in previous years, from
causes to which shall presently refer,
your company paid six dividends
of 90 cents per share ($75,0O0), and
there is in the treasury to-day $51, 515,
as against $33,9l3 at the correspond
ing date of 1891. The first dividend
was paid August l, 1891, and the last
the Zealandia by the Union New Zea-
land) Company's steamer Monowai,
which took place in December, 1890,
seriously interfered with the business
of the company, and iii addition to
which the payments by the Colonial
Government were reduced very
materially, q fixed rate of II shillings
($2.8S) per pound for letters being
substituted for annual subsidy, while
papers and other printed matter We're
to be carried free. The receipts for
mail subsidies from the Colonial
Government and the United States
for 1891 were SIS, ISL, as against $780,
1928 for 1890. This sum of 1851,
lOWSNGIy Will De lllCESslS6u DY the
December payments of 1891, which
have yet to be received.n
The Sugar Deal.
NEW YORK. January 22.-The Am
erican Sugar Refining Company-the
recognized trust-has authorized the
issue of 100000 in new stock for
the avowed purpose of buying up out
side competing refineries. Specula-
tive centres have been flooded with
rumors that the American has pur-
chased control of Claus Spreckels' re-
ineries in San Francisco and Phila-
delphia, and the Harrison and Frazier
Franklin refineries at Philadelphia.
These are the only large concerns
which did not come into the trust.
Herman News Agency says: 1t is
authoritatively reported that the Am
erican Sugar Refining Company has
obtained possession of the Harrison,
Spreckels and Spaulding refineries at
Philadelphia; also that the Western
Trust has acquired the California re-
fineries.
The Sugar Trust.
Evidence accumulates that the sugar
trust is determined, if possible, to OBJ
tain control of the Independent refin-
cries. The trust is capitalized at