The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-07
ALONG SEA and SHORE.
The Australia Takes Ont q Large
Party to Honolulu.
Another Discouraging Message From the
Whaling Fleet-4he City OF oyoney
Sails for Panams.

There was a great time at the Oceanic
Company's wharf yesterday afternoon
when the Australia sailed for Honolulu. A
band was on the wharf to give send-off to
Sam l.. Shortridge, the well-known politl-
clan and attorney. When it was seen that
Mr.. Shortridge was in company with Claus
Spreckels and it was learned that the MIL
lionaire sugar reiner was going along, TOO,
there was much speculation rs to the OBJECT
of their trip The gentle iDslnuatlon Dy
Mr.. Spreekels that he was just going Tor
holiday. that's ALL" did not find greater
credence than Mr.. Snortrdge's plea that he
was going to gather little fund OF health
and energy for the coming campaign.
1t was generally understood that the real
object of these gentlemen is connected with
the rand invasion of the American market
of cheap refined sugar from Hong-Kong
Hundreds of tons Of this article have al
ready been imported by way OF the Sound
and British Columbian ports. 1t Is pro
dueed in Hong-Kong by the very cheapest
kind of c0olie labor; the sugar enters that
port free; the bags cost next to nothing !;
fuel Is cheap, and against such odds the
American rehners, Working with nigh
priced labor, are pOwerlesS to compete. The
project seems to be to refine the sugar in
Honolulu, where labor is cheap, fuel cheap
and the raw material is obtainable right on
the spot. AS an illustration OF the depre-
citation in the Hawaiian sugar trade, 1t Is
stated that shares in the Hawaiian Com
merciaI Company which were worth S37
each three years ago have dropped TO 81 ..
Ii is believed that the new project, III car
ried out, would put new life in the trade Of
the Islands, whatever result IL might nave
on American renneries.
Among the other passengers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Lewis of the wealthy firm Of
Lewis & Son. Honolulu. This couple will
be remembered from the romantic story OF
their marriage in Honolulu after an engage
ment lasting only few days. There were
also in another party j. c. Wilson and
Claude Wise, respectively staff correspon-
dent and artist of the New York World.
Miss s. l.. King, Miss Kate W. Stoney, Miss
A. NJ. Sutton and Miss Marie Mango. Yet
another party was composed OF A. A.
Moore, r. w. Fitzgerald and Judge Hen
shaw, all OF Oakland and ell engaged in the
trial of waterfront case. George Brown,
son of the admiral. Captain Matson OF the
Lurline and A. II. Glasscock of Visalia also
went out on the steamer, which had IS
cabin and SO steerage passengers.
The moves yesterday were the bark Car
ondelet from the stream to Howard 2, the
bark Fresno from stream TO Mission 2, the
steamer Umatilla from Beale to Broadway,
the bark Earlsc0urt from Port Costa to
stream. and the Palmyra from stream to
Third street.
The steamer Keweenaw arrived yester-
day from Puget Sound with 5000 tons Of
coal.
A letter has just been received from Cap
tain Cook of the Jessie ii. Freeman giving
the catch of whales for the seven months
cruise to june IL as IL only, distributed as
follows: Bounding Billow 4. Josephine 4,
Andrew Hicks 4, Jessie III. Freeman !,
Wanderer /, Horatio i, Northern Light l.
James Allen /. The Triton, Mars. John
and Winthrop, Blakely, Lydia, Alaska, Sea
Ranger, Mermaid and Jane Gray were
empty. and the Stamhoul was not reported.
The feet started for Boring Sea on June 20.
next two or three weeks. there will be a
very bad financial showing when the vessels
return here.
The powerful odor of brimstnne around
Green-str wharf is due to the fact that
| the British ship Thirlmere and the schooner
| Queen, both from Hakodate. Japan, are dis
charging sulphur at the wharf.
The Japan sealing feet is homeward-
bound and may be expected in about six
weeks time.
new attempt will be made to construct
and launch monster lumber raft at Fort
Bragg.
The brig J. D. Snreckels arrived from
Kahului yesterday. She had one notable
passenger. Colonel Volney Ashford. the
Hawaiian revOlutionist.
lne bcs IS Fa q lbs cQGrHg9an hsso takfe e
Umatilla, who is dangerously i'll with Dneu-
iHODld MaIe OlSen OF the NeWOern Is 1il-
ing Halls place on the Corona.
Giovanni Gotali is one of number of
offenders who are In the habit of obstruct-
ing traffic on jackson street by drawing
wagons across II. Yesterday he cansed the
mail for Sausalto TO miss the boat, and was
charged at the North Harbor station with
obstructing the United States mail.
The American ships Carondelet and Car
rolton paid off their crews yesterday.
The Pacific Mail steamer Colima will
make the next trip TO Panama and way
ports In place Of the Elder, and will leave
on the 18th inst.
The steamer CITY Of Sydney sailed for
Panama and principal way ports yesterday
with 80 cabin and 2S Storage passengers.
The partly dismasted bark CLAIMS is being
repaired at Howard No. g.
Captain j. w. Faureck has taken charge
OF the schooner Robert and Jennie.
The Alaska salmon season has COM
menced, and fish are being caught at Lor-
ing and Yoos Bay
The fine iron clipper ship Tillie Z. Star
buck has been chartered at Portland by
Taylor, Young q Co. for New York direct,
and the bark CarroltoD, from Nanaimo to
San francisco. with option OF San Pedro,
by John Rosenfeld's Sons.