The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-23
NEWS OF SEPTEMBER 18th.

OndTloS TdTIlSNOIIHy corresponding
clerk of the Pacific Bank, San Francisco,
has disappeared.
The American ship Parramatta Sc
riously injured the British ship Gulnare
in collision off the Irish coast.
The Peruvian troops occupying Canta
were put to flight by Caceres' men after
a bloody fight on August 18th.
Peace prevails on the American
isthmus.
Chan Nong has been proclaimed King
of Anam.
The cable companies have reduced the
rate from England to Australia to eight
shillings and eightpence per word for
ordinary messages, and seven shillings
and eightpence for press messages, and
to Bombay and Madras seven shillings
and sixpence per word for business
messages.
The Panama "Star and Herald" says ::
We shall see, in the month of October,
the first section of the Panama canal
opened in its full length, breadth and
depth The first section will comprise
the water way from Colon to near Tiger
Hill, distance of twelve kilometers.
The German bark Ferdinand Bremen,
Captain MarOhn, from Darien July 18th,
for Dundee, is believed to be wrecked at
Bell rock, near ArbecOab, Scotland.
Signals from the lighthouse indicate that
part of the crew are safe
Dominick Mccartney and Billy
O'Brien, his hacker, called at the
'WOrld' office and left a deposit of $3.50
for match, six rounds, Queensberry
rules, with Paddy Ryan, and $500 for a
bare-knuckle fight with Sullivan for the
championship. Mccartney wants to fight
Ryan with one-ounce gloves for 81, 500 a
side. He wants to meet Ryan at Chester
Park, Cincinnati
The German Navy Preparing for Ac-
tive Service.
BERLIN, September 14th.-The Ger
man cruising squadron, which has re-
turned to Kiel, is under orders to refit
for the North Atlantic, under Commo-
dore Stenha and Prince Henry of Prus-
STA. The Admiralty has postponed the
usual discharge of the naval reserves.
There are also other signs of activity in
the navy. The squadron will take sup
plies for six months and be ready for
immediate use. All ironclads in foreign
stations have been ordered by telegraph
to prepare for any emergency. The Ger
man squadron at Zanzibar has been or
dered to get ready to sail for the Medi-
terranean.
LONDON, September 14th.-In the
event of Germany persisting in claiming
the Carolines, England, mindful of her
rejection of Spain's claim in 1875, will
claim equal rights with Germany.
MADRID, September 14th.-Admiral
Bobodilla has issued a circular to the
officers in the navy, instructing them to
tell their men that the Government has
asked for an official report from Manila,
which he says will doubtless dispel the
cloud over the conduct of their brother
officers at zap.
General Salamanca declared to-day
that he had no intention of offending
Germany in giving up his decoration of
the Order of the Red Eagle, which had
been conferred upon him by Emperor
William
Further Investigations by the "PaII
Mall Gazette
New YORK, September 18TH The
"Pall Mall Gazette" people sent detect
ives to the chief cities of the Continent
to collate evidence of the traffic in Eng
fish girls for immoral purposes for use in
the Armstrong abduction case now on
trial. The authorities of Brussels and
other cities gave the detectives. permits
sion to inspect all the disreputable
houses where the presence of English
girls was suspected. 1t is understood
that the detectives returned with large
quantity of information bearing upon the
subject, which, of course, has not yet
been made public. Editor Stead will
make strenuous effort to introduce the
knowledge of these detectives in behalf
of the defense, but if unsuccessful the
result of their investigation will be pub
lished in a series of articles in the
Gazette -
A series of articles recently appeared
in the Gazette d'Italia,' purporting to
have been supplied to it by the ''Pall
Mall Gazette" which the latter en-
phatically denies.