The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-08

and war purposes. 4 large dry dock
will also be built at cost of $500, 600
Nearly one million dollars will be ex-
pended in the plant, which will be
located at Harbor View.
+. Z. Deering, the smuggling cap
tain of the schooner Louis Olsen, has
been convicted and sentenced to one
years imprisonment aud to pay fine
of $500.
John w. Mackay is now nearly well.
His wife and son are now on the way
here from Paris
Col. y. Andrews, the well-known
proprietor of the Diamond Palace, has
decided to make his home with his
daughters in New York. The business
will be conducted by his son.
The executors of the Donahue estate
are paying off the debts and requests
made by the millionaire. The lega-
cies amount to $4,000.
The Right Rev. Bishop Kip, who
has been Bishop of the Episcopal Dio-
cese of California since 1853, is dying
at the age of 81.
DR.. Henry De GrOot, the well known
pioneer physician, was killed in Oak
land by being struck by train. He
was deaf and did not hear its APP
proach.
The Legislature has abolished the
House of Correction, and it will in
future be a county Jail.
The suit between Porter Ashe and
Tom Williams to determine the own
ership of the racer Geraldine, was
won by Williams, but Ashe has the
privilege of recovering her on the
payment of $1,000.
The City Hall Commissioners have
decided to build the tower on the new
City Hall. 1t will cost about $685. 900.
1t is stated that the officers of the
Chinese Six Companies will be in
dicted on the charge of treason for
conspiring TO defeat the enforcement
of the Geary Registration lava Fed
eral measure. The Chinese are now
registering as fast as possible.
EX-President Harrison will arrive
in California in September, and re-
main two months, during which time
he will lecture to the Stanford Uni
versity students on law.
Mrs. Honora Kelley, wife of Jas. r.
Kelley, the banker, is dead.
One of the interesting exhibits at
the Worlds Fair will be a tOpogra-
phical map of the city of San Fran
cisco, showing the entire city and
country in miniature.
A collision occurred between two
trains at Dolores and 9th street on
the 25th inst. Both trains were
wrecked but there was no loss of life.
Cornelius Kennedy, the dry goods
merchant, was killed by falling on
the pavement while trying to escape
being run over.
David Scannell for the past quarter
of a century chief of the Fire Depart
ment of this city, died on the Both
inst. while seated in his chair read
ing paper. The cause was heart
disease. The deceased was capable
officer and highly respected.
The retail butchers of the city have
organized and entered into an agree
ment to purchase no meat from the
Baden Stock Yard Company. A
merry war on meat prices will follow.
American News.
The recent floods in the San Joa-
quin Valley, California, did immense
damage by breaking levees and over
flowing thousands of acres of land
which had been planted to crops. At
Stockton the water was the highest
since the memorable flood of 1862, and
boats had to be used as means of con-
veyance through the streets of the
city. The damage done in and around
Stockton is estimated at S1,O0O,0O0.
An effort is being made in San
Diego, Cal, to arouse the State divi-
sion fever again. An organization is
being formed to work for that end
st. Paul and the northwest has been
treated to the strange experience of q
great snoWstOrm, accompanied by ter
rife thunder and lightning.
Ex-POstmaster John Wanamaker
and family are on their way to Cali
fornia to visit friends.
The western railroads have made
rates for the Worlds Fair, and, while
they are not as low as was expected,
they are reasonable. The round trip
tickets from California will be about
$50.
A cyclone swept through Tennessee
on March 23d, killing about fifty peo-
pie, injuring hundreds of others and
destroying property to the extent of
s2,0O0,OO0.
The State Department has received
official information that Queen Vie
tOria has raised the rank of Sir Julian
Pauncefort, the British representative
in Washington, from that of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tertiary to that of Ambassador, and
that his credentials as such are on the
way here. Under the provisions of
the Diplomatic and Consular ApprO-
priation bill of March, 1898, President
Cleveland is authorized to confer the
same rank on our minister to Eng
land.
The fight on the wheat corner in
Chicago is still on, and the clique now
controls over 10000, 900 bushels and all
the regular storage in Chicago. 1t is
believed the bulls will carry the deal
through and make millions out of it.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Virg mia,
of March Goth, says:
William Johnson, winter Waterman
at Ocean View, Va, near the mouth
of the Chesapeake bay, this morning
picked up on the beach at that place Il
champagne bottle with several corks
tied around its neck and with letter
inclosed, giving alleged information
of the sinking of the White Star
steamship Naronic. 1t reads:
1910 A. NJ, February 10, steamship
Naronic, White Star Line, at sea-
To who picks this up Report
when you find this to our agents, if
not heard of before, that our ship is
fast sinking beneath the waves and it
is such q storm we can never live in
the small boats. One boat has alrea-
dy gone with her human cargo below.
God let all of us live through this?
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