The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-12
Sugar.

dispatch from Philadelphia
dated August 1st says: The posi-
ton taken by the Philadelphia
sugar refneries and sundry indivi-
duals in the recent sugar trust
deal was more fully defined to-day
by the numerous answers filed in
the United States court to the gov
ernment's suit The answer of
the E. c. knight Company admits
that Searles did enter into a con-
tract to take the stock of that COM
pany, but denies that they ever
entered into any combination to
do the acts set forth in the bill.
They joined in the contract be-
cause it conditionahy offered a
fair price for their works, but it
was not within the provisions of
the antitrust law, nor within the
jurisdiction of the United States
courts. The contract was never con-
summated, because the purchaser
took from the stockholders their
shares of stock and did not buy
the plant.
Affairs in Tahiti.
The barkentine Tropic Bird is
in from Tahiti and reports all bust
ness quiet. Owing to the presence
of quite fleet of French war YES
sells there is a great demand for
market produce, far greater than
the supply. Naturally one or two
of the merchants are doing good
business in supplies for the feet.
Tahiti export produce, such as cot
ton, copra and cocoanut oil, is in
poor demand and very low prices
are paid. All demand for cocoa
nuts has ceased. They were in
great request at this time last year
and high prices were paid, but at
present the producer cannot sell at
any figure. Cattle, swine, sheep
and poultry are scarce and in great
demand at high prices. If four or
five dozen fowls were called for at
one time it would require a man to
go into the country and spend sew
eral days to fill the order, and sew
eral such orders would exhaust the
supply of the island. Eggs cannot
be obtained. Live pork sells at the
rate of 124 to ID cents per pound
Cattle are worth from $50 to 800
per head. Tahiti produces mere
fraction of the supply.
American News.
The Ruggles brothers, Charles
and John, who robbed the Redding
stage several months ago, and
killed the express messenger, were
taken from the Jail in that town ir
the early morning of July "a, by
body of armed citizens, and hanged
The killing was done by Johr
Ruggles, the elder, who promised
to tell where the treasure was hid
den if the mob would save his
brother, but his appeal was denied
The lynching was due to the fac
that the defense proposed to show
that the murdered messenger was
implicated in the plot. His friend!
did the hanging for fear the mer
might escape the gallows.
Edward Hobe, famous aeron
aut at st. Paul, jumped from hi
balloon with a parachute at dis
lance of mile from the earth, Blu
the device failed to work and hi
body was driven into the earth tel
feet. He had said he would neve
come down alive.
A New Bedford whaler propose
to capture live whale and exhibi
it at the Worlds Fair.
Alice Mitchell, who killed ne
girl sweetheart at Memphis, Tenn
has been declared insane, and ha
been sent to an asylum. Shout
she recover she will be again trie'
Members of the notorious Dalto
gang robbed bank in Oklaham
Territory, in broad daylight, c
July 81. The teller was a woma
who was compelled to give I
$4,000. The robbers escaped.
Bay City, Michigan, has bee
swept by fire. Three hundrt
y buildings were burned. The loss
are 100000.
Yreka, Cal, had a $4,000 Fl
on July %.
Rio Vista, Cal, was alme
wiped out by fire on July 20. ]
loss was 100000.
On July 81 Brodie, Nevada, W
burned out; loss, $4,000.
Cleveland and Stevenson We
formally notified of their nomir
tons in Madison Square Gard'
New York, on July 20. Clevela
made his regular tariff speech a
roundIy abused the Republica
The State Convention of CT
fornia for congressional nomin
resulted in the following: III
District, J. G. Davis; Second |
trict, John F. Davis Third l
trict. Judge l.. G.. Helborn Fou