The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-28
San Francisco News.

Father w. J. Walsh was killed by
. cable car on the 18th inst. He was
weiI-known in Honolulu.
A coal pile of 10000 tons at the Pa
cific Rolling Mill has been burning
for some days, and all efforts to put
ont the fire have been futile. The
fire is smouldering rather than burn
ing, and it is difficult to get at the
fire.
Henry d. CogswelI has sued to re-
cover possession of the COgswell
School from the city. He charges
that the building and endowment
have been diverted from their orig
inal purposes.
San Francisco has been dining,
winning, and iunketing the visiting
citation. The delegates have been
having fine time, and have been at
all points of interest about the bay
counties.
The State Worlds Fair Commits
sioners have opened up the ball in
collecting the State exhibit for the
Chicago display.
Jason Springer & Co., and the
Little and Knowles Lumber Co., two
lumber firms have failed. The failure
of Jason Springer & Co. was due to
fires, and the losses in both cases are
about $4,000. Another house that
has gone up is that Of Il. a. Swain,
the queensware dealer.
A new marine hospital is to be
built on Angel Island, with accom-
modations for 500 patients.
Another scandal has broken out in
the Greek Church. A man named
Bell states that he was hired to MUIR
der B. NJ. GOpchevitch, and was
offered 81 900 to do the job. He says
that John Angus hired him to do the
deed The motive is to be found in
the perpetual fight going on in the
Church here, and the men belonged
to rival factions.
Florence Blythe has attained her
eighteenth year, and though now
wearing diamond engagement ring,
says that she will not marry young
Reyes, the notary, until she is
twenty-one.
The rainmakers have been at work
in the San Joaquin Valley. 1t is said
that they have made clouds, but no
rain.
Jake Rudolph, the body guard of
Buckley, has returned from England,
and says that his master is well, and
will be back to San Francisco to pay
off his scores against those who had
him indicted by the grand jury.
A new railroad between San Fran
cisco and Ogden is proposed by some
Ogden capitalists. They have q route
which will shorten the distance 143
miles.
Frank Grygla, Assistant Superin-
tendent of United States Buildings, is
in the city to investigate the amount
needed to build the new post office.
He will recommend that the appro-
priation be made 100000.
American News.
Harvard University will send an
expedition to Central America, and
the party is to start early next month.
They will explore the archaeological
treasures that exist in the forests of
Central America.
A mysterious individual who has
made it his business to slash at the
Threats of drunken men in New York
City, has been captured by the police.
He has been identified as Henry G.
DoWd, an insane person. In all he
killed one man and fearfully wounded
eight.
It is reported that the Chicago and
Northwestern road will at once eX-
tend its line from Omaha to Ogden,
with San Francisco in view as the III
innate end of the road.
Senator Teller is trying to have an
international silver congress held in
London. Germany and England are
said to want this country to lead the
way in this matter.
Bills without number have been
introduced into Congress. No legis-
lation of any note has heen enacted,
however. One of the most important
bills that has been brought in is one
that provides for the election of
United States Senators by direct vote
of the people, and assigning one Sen
atOr to every million of people, IN
stead of two to state.
Senator Stanford has sold his great
horse Arion, with q record of 2:l0f at
two wears old, to J. Malcolm Forbes,
of Boston. He has sent q carload OF
young horses, mostly the get of Elec-
tioneer, to New York for sale.
James Gordon Bennett has decided
to suspend the London edition of the
New York Herald.
Congressman Holman has secured
the adoption of his resolutions in the
House, calling for economy and re-
form in the public expenditures. A
stand is taken against all grants and
subsidies.
United States Senator T. c. Power
of Montana, has gone to Washington
with knife in his boot for Justice
Field. He is expected to revive al
the we'll known charges of corpora
ton influence against Field.
A street car strike is on at Indian
apolis and no cars have run for many
days. The trouble is over whether
the employees shall pay fares when
riding on the cars and not on duty.
There have been two or three incip-
lent riots over the matter.
Foreign News.
A new Ministry has been formed il
Portugal. 1t is the fifth in two years
A revolution is said to be impend
ing i'm the Argentine. The financia,
situation is very bad, and the out
break is expected after the forthcom
ing election.
Cardinal Manning died on thu
morning of the 14th, in London
Death was caused by a complication
of troubles following an attack OF The
grippe. He was born in 1905, ant
studied theology at Oxford, subse
quently entering the ministry OF TIT
Anglican Church. At later date
in 1851, he left that church and be
came a Catholic, and was made Car
dinal in 1875. His works are very