The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-13
July Sd.

the death OF any enemy OF france.
July Sd.
A fight between the Yaquis and
Mexican troops took place, in which
400 of the latter, with General Garcia,
were killed. The report of battle
between United States troops and the
Apaches at Oputo, Mexico is con-
firmed.
Unreasonable rains and thunder
storms have been experienced in
California.
Fatal Game of Baseball.
May Sanders, a twelve-year old girl,
was watching game of baseball at
Harrisburg, Or, when a hardbatted
ball struck her i'll the abdomen. 1t
was thought at first that the blow
was not serious, but inflammation set
in, which finally produced death.
The Brunswick Succession.
The Bundesrath confirmed the de-
cision of the Judicial Committee in
declaring that the succession of the
Duke of Cumberland to the Duchy
to Brunswick would be incompatible
with the internal peace of the en-
pire.
Canadian Oarsmen Beaten.
The Argonaut four-oared crew of
Toronto, which had been practicing
daily for the Henley regatta, rowed
in the third heat for the Visitors cup.
The Trinity Hall Cambridge crew
came in first and the Toronto crew
second. Trinity Hall won easily.
The Gordon Memorial.
The Gordon Memorial Committee
approved the resolution of the Prince
of Wales in favor of establishing a
home for training poor boys for mill
tary and civil life-GOrdon's pet idea.
The memorial fund amounts to
e1S,031.
Russia Threatening Herat.
In the Russian camp near Herat,
sickness and great mortality are rife.
The Russians are occupying the
Penjdeh oasis. The Governor of
Penjdeh is dead. Popular rumor has
it that Russia is only awaiting the
autumn to advance on Herat.
King Alfonso Visits one of the Cholera
Infected Districts.
King Alfonso left Madrid in an
ordinary train for Aranjuez, travel
ing incognito. No person was aware
of his intention to make the journey.
On arrival at his destination he
visited the hospitals and their cholera
stricken patients. In the meantime
the Kings departure became known
in Madrid. The Senate and Chamber
of Deputies suspended their sittings
and proceeded to the railway station,
accompanied by the Queen, and well
coined him back. On alighting from
the train he received a tremendous
ovation from the vast crowd which
had assembled. King Alfonso under
went the usual disinfecting process at
the railway station on his return.
The total number of new cases
of cholera reported in the infected
districts is 1,427, and the total num-
Der of deaths 489. The epidemic is
decreasing in Murcia and CastelIon
de la Plana. In Valencia, however,
there is little change observed.
Slaughter of the InnOcents, who Are
Murdered for Money.
The vital statistics of London show
fearful mortality among insured
| infants. The books of the insurance
companies show that the death rate
among infants who are insured Is
much greater than the general death
rate for the same ages as published III
the Government reports, which in
clude, of course, both insured and IN
insured infants. If the two classes
could be separated in the official re-
ports so that they could be compared
it is believed that it would be shown
that the mortality among the insured
is so per cent greater than among the
uninsured. These facts strengthen the
! SUSPICION into the conviction tha
MANY infants are deliberately muir
dered for the sake Of the insurance Oh
their lives.
The note of alarm has been sounded
by the actuaries of the more respect
able insurance companies and echoed
by many physicians. 1t has now
been taken up by several medical anC
legal newspapers, which are implor'
ing Parliament to devise some remedy
for the growing and horrible crime.
a FEMALE FIGHT
| between Fair and AriStOcratic EGG
Iish Lady Politicians.