The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-24
[Per Alameda, yesterday !.

from the Colonies shortly after
noon yesterday, and brought Aus
tralian and Samoan advices up to
August 18th. A condensation of
the most important news from
those papers appears below.
American.
An italian steamer has arrived at
New York with cholera on board.
The Chicago Exhibition has funds
in hand, and is paying dividends.
Mr.. Crisp, democrat. has been elect
| ed speaker of the house of representa-
tives.
A man has confessed to firing the
Worlds Fair, in order to cover extern
| sive thefts by employees.
During Russian fete in the Chicago
Exhibition an insult was paid to
| picture of the Car by anarchists. In
the melee knives and daggers were
used, and twelve persons were
| wounded.
The citizens of Denver (Col.) J, fear
| ing riots in consequence of the closing
of the mines, are organizing charitable
aid for the men thrown out of work.
The cabinet is discussing the policy
of permanently maintaining United
States war ships in Samoan waters.
Senator Bland will introduce bill
providing for the repeal of the silver
| purchase act and substituting free
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio
of Is to ].
y caucus of the democratic mem
bers of the senate indicates that the
| silver men are strong enough to pre-
| vent repeal of the Sherman silver act
unless some substitute be introduced.
At the Chicago silver convention,
held on August 4th, violent speeches
denouncing the attitude of Great Brit -
ain and President Cleveland rd o
! IIiyered end wild disorde~.1 WEI h ue
eventually a resolution in favor of the
free coinage of silver YVES carried.
The president eXhorts congress to
repeal the Sherman silver act, and to
take such action as will prove its re-
solve to fulfil the national obligations
in money matters recognized by civil
lied countries.
The president, in his message, says
the accumulation of useless silver and
the depletion of the gold reserve have
deprecated the currency, and the
present financial disorder is wholly
l
would be asked to legislate upon tariff
reforms after the silver difficulty is
remedied. It is generally expected
the message will be highly approved.
The president in his message to con-
: gress, says gold in the treasury has
decreased S26, 100000 in three years.
, The export of gold in 1898 already eX-
ceeds the imports by S17,500, 900, and
each days delay in dealing with the
| monetary question is dangerous.
Public opinion comments on the
action of the president in promptly
: dealing with the silver question and
postponing the tariff revision.
The English press comments on the
colorless tenor of the presidents mes
sage generally.
The New York correspondent of the
London Times says all kinds of mon
ey are selling at two per cent. premi
um, and paper money ranks higher
than gold. Inland exchanges are par
alyzed.
The Philadelphia correspondent O.
the London Times says each city IL
the United States is carefully guard
ing its own supplies of specie.
The ''silver'' democrats in the low
er house have agreed to oppose the re-
peal of the Sherman act, unless the
present system is replaced by free
coinage. They have resolved TO APP
point a committee to draft q free coin
age bill.
Half a million pounds in gold was
. dispatched from London to New York
on August 10th, and another million
goes on the 18th.
\ thousand miners thown out OF
work IN the state of Colorado, owing
to the silver crisis, are said to be
starving. The parks are being turned
into camps of refuge and the officials
of the state are providing food for the
destitute.
Owing to the recent financial fail.
ures there are a hundred and twenty
thousand persons who have been
thrown out of employment in the
| United States $4,000 in Chicago
alone. Ex-president Harrison says it
is pitiful to see the distress caused by
the closing of the factories. If the
crisis is prolonged, the coming winter
will be a terrible one.
Colonial and European.
DIR. Ambrose, Nationalist, has been
elected for Mayo in place of Deasy.
Cholera is spreading in Tunis, Hun
gary, and towns at the mouth of the
Danube. One hundred cases are re-
ported in Moscow.
The tariff war between Russia and
Germany is increasing in bitterness,
! and tension has become so acute as to
threaten disturbance of political re-
lations. The Russian Government is
!. al, - CO..,