The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-20

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sBARKEY WINS
Tom sharkcy. she man who vas omc.
. United States sailor. aud Who 10 nos
one 81 tho leading pngilisls ~ IN.
world. defeated KID Mccoy. the youns
Indians boy. In the tenth round at ths
Lennon Athlete Club. New York, laAi
aieht The end came ubexpestedly and
was the result of persistent work on
the part OF Sharkey. Who finally land.
I'd a left punch on the Jaw which put
Mccoy on the hoor for ten seconds. the
sime limit, Sharkey won $4,000 In
purse money and $1,000 In bets mad,
by himself aud friends. together with
the right to challenge Fitzsimmons for
the heavy weight championship % the
world. The fight was a most sensa-
tional one II was witnessed by nearly
1000 persons.
Mckinley MAY COME.
The people OF Honolulu may have
the honor OF visit from President NC
kinley. During his recent visit 20
Washington Hugh Craig. late presi-
dent OF the San Francisco Chamber OF
Commerce, dined at the White House
and reports that on that occasion Pres
adent Mckinley promised TO come 10
the Pacific coast when the Hawaiian
cable should be laid, adding that he in
tended going TO the Hawaiian Islands
10 inspect them.
PACIFIC CABLE.
The Lodge bill was introduced In the
Senate on Saturday. It authorizes the
POSTMASTER General to make a contract
with the Pacific Cable Company for
building a cable line from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu, Japan and the Phil
ippine Islands, with bonus OF 1926, 900
n year. An attempt will be made 90
amend the measure so as TO provide
that all OF the cable for this line shall
he Of American manufacture. The mat
ter came up the same day before the
House Committee on Commerce II
was stated that Scrymser had practical
sy made contract for the cable with
English makers, and Representative
Barham OF California insisted that
there must be no limit TO the policy OF
protection. and II American cable man
Nfacturers had the capacity 20 produce
eOOd cable they should be afforded the
-. -. a
Secretary Hay in disappearing Of the
BO-called Scrymser concession Edmund
H. Baylles, vice president of the Pa
caftc Gable Company, expressed the
opinion TO a New York paper that this
disapproval would probably not delay
t1se laying Of the cable In the slightest
degree.
CASTLE IN STORM.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder reached
this port on December 80. but the bark
sntine S. N. Castle, which left Homo
lulu In her company. only arrived at
fan Francisco on Monday, the 9th
INST. having been caught In a west
southwest hurricane and for twelve
hours thrown on her beam ends. For
that length Of time the starboard rail
was under water and thirty-nine bar.
reis OF molasses were washed over
hoard Fortunately. the Castles sugar
cargo did not shift, and the vessel
bears no marks OF her rough voyage
COZ. BARBER
The name of Col Thomas II. Barber
III the First New York Volunteers has
Seen sent in by the President to the
Senate for promotion TO the rank of
Srigadier general. Among other nom
inations are Charlemagne Tower, now
minister TO Austro- Hungary. to be Am
asassador to Russia, and Addison G.
Harris of Indiana TO be Minister 20
Austro- Hungary.
OREGON AND IOWA.
AT last accounts the battleships Ore
so0 and Iowa were at Callao, Peru
where they had been given a warm
welcome by the American and British
Ministers and the Peruvian Minister OF
EOreign Affairs.
Apprehensions OF another drought In
California have been removed by Q
Succession OF rains which set in on
New Years day. The first two were
aisht, but that which began on Mon
DAY, the sth, was heavy and general
throughout the state.
Alter & sort Of plebiscite the Eighth
California regiment is to be mustered
cut Of the United States service.
PERKINS VOTE.
Senator Perkins, of this State, who
called upon the Legislature to instruct
him on his vote on the question of ths
ratification of the treaty with Spain
md was instructed TO cast his vote II
tAe affirmative, expresses surprise I'll
Wow OF the fact that the annexation o
tAe Philippines will ruin California;
beet sugar industry"