The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-07
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS.
CFrom our special corrcspondent.)

snip Cnduu4cT5. Il IN IIGlc4It fTCU-
bles. Unsuccessful whaling ven
lures and inability TO realize on
ordinarily solvent accounts is the
cause. The creditors have extended
the time for settlement one wear
and w. +. Mighell has been ap-
pointed to act as their trustee.
Feigenbaum &, Co, the largest
wholesale toy house on the coast,
has been attached for sums aggre-
eating nearly 100000. 4 lack of
trade is the cause. The firm has
been in existence over thirty years
and has always been considered
solvent.
Suit is to be brought by the IN
derwriters TO compel Liebes Bros,
tobacconists, to disgorge about
$57, 600 paid for insurance. The
firms establishment was burned
out about two years ago, and in
formation has come to light Of a
fraudulent settlement.
John G. Quinn, internal revenue
collector, and his associates, who
wanted to control the Wasp as a
means Of furthering his guberna-
torial aspirations, have lost their
litigation to control the paper, and
L. +. Flynn will remain in Chi
cago.
NJ. Rey Wilson 6, Co., milliners,
have gone under; liabilities $4,000,
assets 5000. Fraud is charged.
A contemplated Jail break has
been discovered at the county Jail.
John McNulty, who is under SEN
tence of death, gave the plot away.
The Traffic Association has con-
cluded its second year, and, by
special vote, it will be continued
two years longer.
Governor Markham has APP
pointed Edward A. Belcher to be
superior judge vice Eugene r.
CARRIER, resigned.
Benjamin Cleveland, porter in
the post-ofIice, has been detected
as the man who robbed the regis
tered mail of 800 in gold dust
about a month ago.
The law partnership Of Barclay
Henley and Howard MacSherry
has been dissolved on account of
MacSherry's expensive habits and
failure to account for funds.
d. A. Macdonald's planning mill
on Spear street, near Mission, was
burned on the evening of the oath.
Loss, $4,000.
1t is now stated that the total
embezzlements of j. T.. Watson
and other ex-employees of the
paper house of Blake, Mohitt 81
Towne, may reach $1,000 At
first it was supposed that $4,000
would cover everything.
J. B. Stetson has succeeded Will
liam Steele as president and man
ager of the North Pacific Coast
narrow gauge road.
w. C. Rippey, who shot John w.
Mackay, has been sentenced to pay
fine of $3.50 for the revolver prac-
tice. He will have to serve it out in
Jail at 81 per day.
A bust of Senator Stanford in
clay by Rupert Schmid, the sculp-
tor, is nearing completion.
Frank C'King') McManus and
State Senator w. J. Dunn have
been arrested for conspiracy in
bribing certain of the jurors who
acquitted NJ. Is. Curtis. Curtis,
his wife and one of the jurors are
not to be found.
Marvellous progress is being made
on the buildings for the Midwinter
Fair. Governor Markham was one
of the recent visitors to the grounds
and he stated that he had no idea
such progress had been made.
In blasting out a cliff on Twenty
first street the explosion was pre-
mature and two men were crushed
under an immense mass of rock,
white another was mortally
wounded.
Consideration of the duty on
opium is soon to come up before
the committee on ways and means
in congress. 1t is rumored about
the custom-house that an at
tempt IS to be made 10 raise the
duty from $12 n pound to $50.
This is ostensibly to restrain the
importation of the drug which has
so terrible an effect upon the stead
lily increasing number of people
who become slaves to its use. The
arguments for raising the duty, it
is claimed, will be paid for by
large sums of gold from the Golfers
of the opium ring at Victoria. In
creased tariff means increased pro-
fits to smugglers. Already, it is
said, sack" of $685., 900 has been
sent to Washington. This is in
the hands of lobby who are try
ing to convince eastern congress
men that the only way to repress
the dreadful traffic is by putting
the duty at such figure IS to dis
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