The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-02
LATER NEWS.

CONTINUED from our Supplement-
Richard P. Hammond, Jr., has been APP
pointed Surveyor General of California.
Eastern bankers are complaining OF tax
determinations against national banks
under State laws
The Parnellite manifesto is expected to
seriously hurt the Liberals.
King Milan Is reported to be anxious
forpeace. .f.s,.fsE
Schaefer and Slosson played the sixth
game of the balk-line billiard tournament,
and the situation of affairs was peculiar.
Siosson and Vignaux had each won two
games and Schaefer one game. AJvictory
for SIosson would make him richer by S5,-
600, while his defeat would make triple
tie. There was large amount of money
bet. Schaefer was the favorite, the odds
earlvlin the day being 500 to $40 in his
favor. but in the afternoon the rate be
came nearly even. Just before the game
however, Schaefer's friends offered 500 to
SEQ, and it was freely taken Referee NC
Creary announced the situation of affairs,
and stated that no provision had been
made in the event of a tie for continuing
! the tournament, but it would be played OF
! and no division of the money would be
made.
The score was as follows Schaefer-
Black, 2, O, 1, II, L, 0, 2, 81, "A, o, o.
1O7. O, 40, /, O. ia, 0, 70, 40, 2, 1, AZ, 10, /,
! 9: average. % 6-27; high runs, 107, IA.
Slosson-White-63 II, 0, 1, Is, o. p, A,
80, %, Sc, Sc, %, I, Z, o, 16, 81, 49, o. -, 90
| 2 Oi-De .
high run, So.
Wreck of the Iberian.
The British steamship Iberian, from
Boston November 10th for Liverpool, is
ashore in Dunmanus bay, and Is likely tc
prove total wreck. Dunmanus bay Is al
inlet ON the southwestern coast of Ireland
. in County Cork The cargo is valued al
f3OO 900. The vessel was owned and in
sured in Liverpool, and carried crew o.
fifty men. -..t rsf
Il The War id RuFmRh.
4 = The British expeditionary force has cap
ftured Magive town of Burmah, on th'
+ left bank OF the Irrawaddy river, thirty
five miles above Prone, having popula
ton o fabout 10 600, Among the prisoner
taken were three Italian officers serving il
the Burmese army General Prendergras
, l. at Menlbo. He states that fighting i
expected at Sagaing.
The War in Peru.
LIMA. November Further details o
! the engagement at Jauja prove that it re
2 suited in. a complete triumph for the Peru
Wan Government forces. Five hundred o
General Caceres' troops were taken pris
oners, while the Governments loss wa
a slight. Jauja is occupied by an expedi
tionary force. The rebels destroyed tn
bridges at Huori- Pampa, over which the
retreated.
n A Temperance Community.
e The entire adult population of St. Marth
village, near Montreal, voluntarily assem-
L bled in the church and pledged themselve
e to abstain from alcoholic beverages for tn
space of one year. The village has 4 popr
I lation of ? 900 persons.
n a Disastrous Cyclone.
n A terrible cyclone swept over the PHILIP
nine Islands on November Goth. Eigl
II thousand buildings, including numerOr
a churches and schoolhouses, were destroyer
= and twenty-five persons were killed
The Balkan War BusinesS-Attitude'
the Powers.
j., The Ministers of all the Powers Tepr
F scented at Athens have renewed their a
- vice to Greece to refrain from taking al
action in relation TO the trouble betwe'
rr Bulgaria and Servia that may compiled
- the situation as it now exists. Turkey h
o. echeloned 900 troops at fortified poi
y, on the Greek frontier. These troops hay
. however, been strictly enjoined to absta
er from giving any annoyance to the Greek
Us Despite this injunction it is feared that t
u presence of Turkish soldiers. on the fronti
y, will eventually result in "a collision. 7
IL demand of the Porte that the Greek CO
ell -, -. 81, 10 raoaJla6 hecauSe he has
NJ, SUI AT Oio'0 W - Cl
5 terested himself in melting the Cretans