The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-01-17
AT FOREIGN NEWS.
Per 81. W. Seaver," January Is.

SSo'SAI SoAuoJ ~
NEw YORK, December 2s.-on the 9th of Nov.
a bloody and stubborn battle took place between the
Chileans and allied forces. The Chileans remained
masters of the field, occupying the town Of Taracapa.
ST. PAUL, MINI . December 25th.-The thermom-
eter shows forty degrees below zero.
New YORK, December 25th.-The Tribune says |.
The President has written very little in regard to his
views about the way to crush out ~polygamy 10 Utah.
but he converses about the matter a great deal His
ideas on the subject are emphatic. lie believes that
the MormOns should be deprived Of political power.
and that no time is to be lost.
IL is quite generally believed in Washington that
General Butler has had a finger in the Maine pie.
1t is. in fact, reported that Governor Garcelcn and
his counsel have, from the very beginning Of their
operations, had the benefit Of the advice Of Butler,
whose faculty for taking advantage OF technical points
is unsurpassed and hardly equalled by any other
man in public life. The majority Of Garcelon's ooun-
sci are Greenbackers, and il is well known that But
Ter has long been in close communication with the
leading Greenbackers throughout the whole country,
and that he still believes that the Greenback party
may prove a very important factor in next years
Presidential campaign.
BANGOR. December 27.-There is nothing new Of i'm
portance to-day. All is quiet and orderly. The TO
port that the Republicans were forming n secret
military association, with threats to seize the rms
in the State arsenal, is contradicted on the authority
Of the best-informed citizens. There has been no
purpose to trouble the arsenal or any other property
of the State.
CALCUTTA, December 22.-Ex-Ameer Yakoob
Khan has arrived at Meerut. He is confined under
military and police guards, but il is doubtful whether
he will be kept there long as the proximity Of Meerut
to Delhi and to other centres Of Mussnlman tradition
renders it an inexpedient place for the safe custody
OF Mahomedan State prisoners.
CALCUTTA, December 22.-General Hough reports
that in consequence Of desultory attacks by Ghilxais,
il has become necessary to engage them all along the
line; that Ghilzais has been driven of, and he hopes
they are dispensing.
A dispatch from Peezeran says Norman's convoy
with supplies from Peexeran-Kotal reached Ingdul-
LUX on Friday, after passing through a heavy FIRE.
BERLIN, December 22.-In a letter from Professor
Nordenskjold, the Arctic explorer. 10 the Geographic
al Society, he advocates the establishment of a reg
ular navigation line to the mouth Of the river Yeniscl,
Siberia. He even believes that the mouth Of the
river Lena may be regularly reached from Russia
and America. With a view to this end he proposes
the establishing of a lfe-boat and hospitable stations
on the Siberian shores.
LONDON, December 25th.-Queen Victoria has con-
tributed $500 TO the Duchess of Marlborough Irish
relief fund. The Lord Mayors Irish relief fund had
reached nearly e200O last night.
LONDON, December 23.-Announcement was made
yesterday and extensively circulated and placarded
in London and the Provinces. stating that the At
torney- General, having granted his fat for q writ Of
error in the case Of Tichborne, the claimant, an rs
ISOLATION is being formed to assist ia the prosecution
Of the fiat to obtain remission OF sentence against the
claimant, and to promote the passage Of a Bill in the
forthcoming session Of Parliament for a reversal Of
judgment in the case.
DERLlN, DeCemOeT Z(.-lne police nave ulbOONof-
ed a printing press used for Socialist purposes. The
printer and two Of his assistants have been arrested.
LONDON, December 25th.-A correspondent NJ
Lahore reports that a suspicious movement 10 noticed
proceeding from the Afghauistan frontier. Afghans
in small parties are travelling TO different parts Of
India Every Train for the interior takes from TWEEN
ty to forty Afghaus. The authorities are on the alert,
and will watch the travellers. Another curious cir
oumstance is the fact that large numbers Of AfRans are
constantly arriving nj Bombay, and although they
are stopped at the railway stations whenever there 10
any ground for suspicion, they make their way to
various cities of the interior by by-roads. The mat
ter is attracting the earnest attention OF the Govern
ment.
BERLIN, December u. The Russian Government
does not conceal its intention Of attacking Merv and
possibly Herat IN the spring. General Kaufman
will command an expedition, starting from ANU
darya River, and General Iergukasoi with another
starting from the Caspian Sea.
New YORK, December ga dispatch from Lon
don to the Herald, dated 9th, says Bishop Nc
Cormick, of Sligo and Mayo, publishes a letter Today
stating that on Christmas Eve be gave food TO three
hundred starving people, one fifth of the whole popu-
lation of Bsllaghadereen town out Of bis own funds,
saying that he reserves for a ''darker and not dis
tant day" the money sent him by the charitable.
He gives an appalling picture OF the approaching
misery. He says Who can wonder that discon-
tent aud disafection are rife and ready to speak out
in this unhappy land, when the Government looks
on with cruel apathy IL the truth must be told, I
hesitate not to say that the Government is to blame
" AhC di5AOJ nAJ VI 6OhO VI jul pIODtCs A. y ~ %
miracle if they were not disloyal to the core" He
censures the Jealous conduct Of the Government,
who, while they cannot spare money to avert an
irish famine, can waste millions in war Of equivocal
morality and contrasts strongly the conduct Of
Prussia in dealings with the famine in Silesia.
New YORK, December 27.-Edison's electric light
process is causing more or less excitement among
the gas companies. President Place of the Mutual
Gaslight Company said yesterday that probably the
principal reason why gas stocks had fallen was be-
cause Of the strong competition between the COM
panies. The lowering Of the price Of gas has preven-
ted the payment Of dividends. Newspaper articles
on Edison's electric light had frightened some timid
holders. The heaviest stockholders in the company
were not frightened, however. They had yet to see
Edison's invention put to a practical test, nor did
they believe that his electric light could successfully
compete with gas. The Presidents Of other CON-
panies, on being interviewed, expressed similar
sentiments
LONDON, December 27.-The Economic says :"It
seems as if another scare had set in consequence Of
the kilograms reporting Edison's completion Of his
electric light. All the gas companies suffered more
or less, the heaviest decliue being f8 per share and
the smallest Gl.'
BERLIN, December 27th.-The North German Ga
zette says that proposals will be made to the Govern
meut to bring forward a bill to replace the firm Of j.
C. Godefirey & Son, Hamburg merchants who gus
pended business sometime since, by buying their fac
tories and plantations in Samoa and other South Sea
Islands, so as to avert a loss of German commerce.
By this bill a new company would be formed, the
Government giving a subsidy which would secure to
shareholders five per cent.
New YORK, December 28.-A cable dispatch 10
the Tribune. dated London, 9th, says: In regard
to the Liberal leadership, there is a trustworthy an
nouncement of the liberal leaders, asserting that they
are i~ndisposed to disturb existing arrangementsand
repeliing all discussion of that subject, adding that
Lord Harrington will shortly reappear in lancashire
under circumstances which will be equivalent 10 q
reassertion of his titular leadership. Nevertheless,
there is abundant evidence that a majority Of the
Liberal party recognize Gladstone as the only posi-.