The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-11

the assets of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company has been filed
by the receiver, Thomas 3. Atkins,
with the clerk of the United States
Circuit Court. Among the assets is a
dredge valued at $44, 500, which was
mortgaged on a loan of $500 made by
Warner Miller and Hiram Hitchcock.
The other assets are: Cash, $206; bonds
of the Maritime Canal Construction
Company, 81 ,5S3 ,S75; unpaid subscrip-
tions to capital stock, $10,975; unpaid
subscriptions hypothetical with the
Garfield National Bank to secure an
Overdraft of 1885; money on deposit
with the Manhattan Trust Company
$500. Since his appointment last
August the receiver has recollected
something over 5000 in unpaid sub
scriptions. There is also due 1922
from the Nicaragua Steam Naviga-
ton and Trading Company and
book debit of about $4,000.
The "CommonWeaI Army"
Coxey's "Commonweal Army" has
finally reached Washington, and is
now encamped In one of the parks of
that city. "GeneraP Coxey sent the
following letter ahead to the Presi
dent:
1--WE are on a mission of peace.
There is not firearm in our army.
Nearly every member OF the Common
veal bears with Kim his membership
card in one of the many labor unions.
ave shall simply go into camp in
Washington, and within the limits of
the camp hold mass meetings and
make addresses to the people. We
have the sympathy and CO. operation
of many members of Congress, and
inland RI rom N in Was hinUfnn until
Congress takes some action on the
bills introduced by Senator PETER. 1t
is just as well to die in Washington
as to die out West.
''Of course it is impossible to pre-
dict what will take place if Congress
declines to adopt the good roads
and nOn-interest bond bills. There
is a limit to all things and patience
sometimes ceases to be virtue. Do
not place me in the attitude of issuing
threat; that is far from my mind.
But reason teaches us that starving
man has little regard for Sunday
school teachlngssand, while do not
anticipate trouble between our men
and the Washington authorities, it is,
nevertheless, possible that a collision
may take place unless Congress acts
speedily. Personally, I believe that
those two bills will be adopted by May
18th. If they are not there will be
but one party in this country at the
next election-the Pspulist party"
The mission of peace resulted in a
miserable fiasco initially. but what
will occur later when the other ear
mics" reach the capital remains to
be determined on April 25th. The
army, despite the warning of the
police, took up their march, Coxey
declaring that he would make his
promised speech on the steps of the
capitol building. The men were not
permitted to march into the grounds,
the police stopping them at the en-
trance to Pennsylvania avenue. Coxey
lodged through the shrubbery and
ran across the lawn, reaching the
tenth step before the police caught
him. He was arrested, and the men
made rush, which resulted in the
use of clubs by the police. Carl Brown
Was dubbed and arrested, and the
army driven away. The authorities
are generally blamed for using such
force, as it did not seem to be neces-
sary.
The people of Washington are not
inclined to feed the army, but Coxey
and his men will stay where they are
till they get justice. They are wait
ing for the several other armies that
are now making slow progress toward
Washington, aud if a sufficient num-
Der reaches there trouble is expected,
as hungry men are not respectOrs of
property.
American News.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on May I'd,
mob of 1000 Italians aud Poles drove
peaceable woIkmen from several of
the foundries, smashed the windows
and finally attacked the police. A
fight ensued in which many heads of
the rioters We're broken aud a great
number of arrests made. More serious
trouble is feared.
The Yaqui Indians of Northern
Mexico have ambushed detachment
of Mexican soldiers and slaughtered
$50 of them.
Banker H. NJ. Leonard, of Santa
Clara, Cal, has been convicted of en-
bezzlement in the wrecking of the
bank of which he was president. He
will GO to prison.
Senator Francis B. Stockbridge of
Michigan died suddenly on April 30th.
Harriet S. Blaine, youngest daughter
ried on April Goth TO Truxton Beale,
young millionaire of good family.
Jesse Seligman, the great New
York banker, is dead. He left prop
erty valued at SI,0O0,O0O.
There are at present $50 900 coal
miners out on general strike in the
Unite States, and factories are begin
ming to shut down for want of fuel.
The situation is serious and it looks
like long hard fight. Higher wages
are demanded.
The strike on the Great Northern
Raj way, which kept trains from
running two weeks, has ended in q
complete victory for the men.
Foreign News.
There was great landslide on the
banks of the st. Lawrence river in
Canada recently, and five people were
killed. Many square miles of country
near ST. Adams IS desOlated.