The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-11

POpu'aE SUBSCRIPTION Is TO be
raised n to build a home for Mgr.
oatalli, the Papal delegate.
lhe failure Of firm In Cleveland.
ONO, whose paper had been en-
dorsed by Governor Mckinley has
ielt the latter penniless. Friends
offered TO assist the great tariff
maker 10y subscription, but he De
chned all such overlures and will
begin at the bottom Of the ladder
again.
1t has been finally decided that
President Harrison will take the
chair Of law at the Stanford Uniyer-
sity. He will arrive here in May
and begin his course Of lectures.
The United States Government Is
about to buy gold in the London
market. Secretary Foster Of the
Treasury Department has decided to
issue $50,0OO,O00 Of bonds under the
law OF 1875, known as the resump-
tion act, and to place them in Lon
/ don. In fact the issue has been al
ready arranged for, and on Saturday
last Drexel, Morgan Il Co. offered
one half the whole issue, or S25,000,-
900, of bonds for sale in the London
market.
The most impressive scene ever
witnessed In the walls Of the Cali
fornia Capitol building was on the
recent occasion Of memorial services
| for the late James Ct. Blaine, the
great statesman and friend of Cali
fornia.
The latest effort at big combine
| is that Of Eastern capitalists who are
trying to secure control Of the entire
natural gas fields Of Indiana and
thereby gain monopoly of furnish,
ing fuel for manufacturing purposes.
The death of Rufus Hatch, who
was once one of the kings of Wall
street, is announced, at the age of 62.
He made and lost many fortunes and
died poor.
A Washington special says: After
| a conference with Secretary Of the
Treasury Foster, Carlisle said he
could not see any occasion for appre
hension in financial circles, as the
Government would not allow gold to
60 to a premium. My course as
Secretary is very plain" he said to q
friend. Zone of my first official steps
will be to issue bonds. This will be
followed by special session of Con
gress. The Sherman Act will be
repealed"
Cremation is growing in favor in
New York The latest subject was
Henry de Mile, the noted playwright.
The crematory in that city is now
kept quite busy.
The coast line railroad to the south
is being completed by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. Two
thousand men are now at work in
San Luis Obispo county and the gap
will soon be closed. This will bring
all southern overland passenger traf
fic up the Coast and the line will be
very popular one.
The inauguration of President
Cleveland will take place tomorrow
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the ceremonies and the &C
commodations of Washington are
taxed to care for the thousands who
will attend Many Californians have
gone east to see the affair.
The Columbian Government has
granted an extention Of the franchise
to the Panama Canal Company til
March 81, when it will be determined
whether or not further time will bt
allowed.
Warren d. English has served no
tice upon Congressman Hilborn o
Alameda county, Cal, that he vii
contest his right to sit in the mex
> Congress. English charges fraud il
the counting of votes.
A Washington dispatch says: Th
Nicaragua Canal bill is dead. 1t
friends look for a glorious resurreC
! ton in the next Congress, but tn
present one has no hopes to offer i
1t may pass the Senate, where Tia
the two half-acre maps still han
upon the wall, but the House vii! nc
attempt to consider it. The sub
committee Of the Committee on For
; eign Affairs appointed to investigat
. the subject has decided TO hold n
more hearings. The members hav
. come to the conclusion that there
l. no chance of pulling the bill throug
at this session, and they see no use
{ wasting any more time on it.
: Julia Force, prominent youn
-" woman of Atlanta, Georgia, commi
% ted one of the worst crimes IN til
history of the country, by wantoni
y numbering her two grown sister
j aud justifying herself in the act
the police to whom she surrendere,
!, She asserted that she had been Il
X years prosecuted not only by h
, mother but by her brothers and 81
- tiers, and that she was forced to ki
II the latter for self preservation. A
9 examination showed that the woma
+ was insane.
a. Allen Marvel, President of tn
% Santa Fe Railroad Co., died in Sa
n. Diego, Cal, on February a,
h Bright disease. He had brought Il
IT great railway system out of ruin
a practical success.
=. The next Secretary of the Nav
II Herbert of Alabama, has declared
# favor of larger navy. He says v