The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-19
San Francisco News.


ger OF the plague becoming epidemic
there.
San Francisco News.
Mrs. E. Mayhem, formerly resident
OF Honolulu, has been found to have
leprosy, and is now at the City and
County Hospital. She has been laid
up about six months and was ignor-
ant of the malady which affected her.
Edward Bindt one of the Hawaiian
lads at the pesthouse and two others
have taken French leave of the
pesthouse. Bindt left letter behind
saying he didn't like the reward or
the quarters and said that he wanted
to go to the Worlds Fair and pro-
posed going
Right Rev. w. /. Kip, Bishop OF
California, died on the 7th inst. after
long illness, aged 80 years. He had
been in feeble health for many years
and for two years had been blind. The
funeral services were held at Grace
Church on the 10th inst.
A smelling company with capital
of S2,000,000 is about to erect works
here.
Irving M. Scott has returned from
Washington and has with him per-
fected plans of his proposed gun and
forge factory, which will cost between
$3,000.000 and $5,000,000. Mr.. Scott
wants to have an institution on this
Coast that will be able to construct all
the material that may be necessary
for coast defenses on this side of the
continent. The new factory will be
supplemental to the Union Iron
Works, and Mr.. Scott says that So
100000, If that much money is put
into it, can be made to yield good
rate of interest. The plans he has are
to carry out the scheme for which he
recently organized the Union Gun &
Forge Factory. In all probability
whatever buildings may be necessary
to hold the large quantity of ma
chinery that will be required will be
erected near the Union Iron Works.
The largest outlay of money will in a
the buildings will require considera-
plans have not been made public, and
Mr.. Scott thinks it will not be long
before he will be ready to proceed
with the work on the big gun factory.
The Altenheim, or German Old
Peoples Home will soon be erected at
Fruitvale. 1t will cost about 100000
and will be splendidly equipped.
A legal investigation is to be made
into the distribution of the Jessup
property. Out of an estate of $3.50, 900
young Richard P. Jessup, the illigiti-
mate and simple minded heir, has
been paid paid about $1,000. The bal
ance has been swallowed up by legal
harpies.
J. w. Flood, cashier of the Dono-
hoe-Kelly bank has turned defaulter
for $164, 900.
Mrs. J. w. Mackay has returned to
California after an absence of about
eighteen years abroad. She will re-
main indefinitely.
Mayor Ellert has vetoed the water
rate order passed by the Board of
Supervisors, but the order has been
passed over the veto.
Christopher b. Ryer, an illegiti-
mate son of the late DIR. Washington
Ryer has instituted suit to get part of
the 81 100000 estate left by the doc
tor.
The Chinese still refuse to obey the
Geary Registration law, the six COM
panies issuing orders in the name of
the Chinese Government not to
comply.
Hawaiian Consul General Pratt ha-
been notified by the Provisional Cows
eminent at the Islands that, until
further notice, no foreign vessel will
be allowed to change her flag and
registry to the Hawaiian. The order
is evidently intended to shut out
number of foreign.built vessels whose
owners would like to be placed in a
position to have their property come
into the United States with the Ha-
waiian Islands, if such q thing as
annexation ever takes place. Among
the vessels that it is understood We're
to have their flag changed to the Ha-
waiian is the British steamer China
of the Pacific Mail line.
The bark Hesper, on which the
mutiny occurred in the South Seas,
has arrived. The officers and crew
are all detained as witnesses. and the
trial will be set for an early day.
M The British iron ship st. James,
coal laden from Newcastle, N. S. W.,
for San Francisco, took fire In her
cargo on the voyage, and, after gal
liant fight with the flames, it became
necessary to abandon her about 800
miles off the California Coast. The
crew got away in two boats and steered
for Point Conception. The mates
boat arrived four days after the vessel
was abandoned, and, while they were
badly used up, they are now In good
shape. The captains boat came in
two days later at Hueneme with only
four in her, eleven men having died
of exposure and starvation.
American News.
Secretary Carlisle has explained his
new ruling with regard to the regis.
tering and Identification of Chinese.
He says: "The regulations of the
Treasury Department that my order
modified" said the Secretary, fare
two. First, all references to photo
graphs for the purpose of Identified
ton is eliminated from the old order;
and second, the affidavit of at least
one credible witness is made suffi-
cient, instead of two as demanded by
the old orders. These changes were
made after many consultations with
the President and Secretary of State,
and because they were deemed neces-
sary on account of the urgent protests
against the old regulation made by
the Chinese Minister, prominent Chi
nese throughout the United States,
and, most important of all, by Amer
lean residents in China, who are
greatly alarmed because of the feeling
stirred up against them through this
registration law"
1t is announced that the United
States Supreme Court will hold an
extra session in May, to pass upon
the constitutionality of the Geary
Chinese exclusion act. The renresen-