The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-15
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
San Francisco, November 9Th, per s. 5.
Australia.

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Baron Newsborough is dead.
The King of Holland is dying.
Cardinal Newman is dangerously i'll.
Lord Tennyson is seriously i'll from a
rheumatic attack.
The decree forbidding the sale of DIR.
Mackenzie's book in Germany has been
rescinded.
Vizeteuy & Co., publishers at London,
have been fined G100 for publishing
Zola's works.
Five thousand Golfers in the Rhoudda
and OrgmoOr valleys have struck for ad-
| vance wages.
Governor Blake of ST. Johns, New
foundland, has been appointed Governor
| of Queensland.
Thirty thousand men employed in the
Derbyshire collieries have been con-
coded an advance of ten per cent. in
wages.
The Pope has named December 31st
for special thanksgiving services in the
Catholic churches throughout the world
for grace during the year of the Papal
Jubilee.
Queen Natalie has sent formal pro-
test against the divorce granted to King
Milan by the metropolitan OF Belgrade to
the Greek orthodox synods of Bucharest
and Athens, to the holy synod of St.
Petersburg and to the ecumenical patri-
arch of COnstantinOple. King Milan has
settled l 100000 francs on ex-Queen Ma
talie. The Crown Prince will be per-
mitted to write to his mother three times
weekly. The Archbishop of Carlovitz,
who approved the Milan-Natalie divorce,
has suddenly resigned on the plea of bad
health.
A courier recently arrived at Zanzibar
from Tabara, and reports that party of
Arabs met SANKEY'S rear guard west of
Albert Nyanza last November. The rear
guard was composed of thirty men,
Stanley was with the advance of the eX-
petition, two days march ahead. The
expedition had endured great suffering,
and, owing to the thick forests, was un-
able to march much more than mile
and quarter daily. Many members
died and forty were drowned while cross
ing large river. Stanley was forced to
fight hostile tribes to secure provisions.
SANKEY'S health is good. He was aiming
to reach Wadelai, where he hoped to
arrive within fifty days.
Sporting Matters.
Beach and Hanlan have signed arti-
cles to row for el 900. The race is to be
rOwed on the Paramatta river on De-
C0nDer ISL.
The Australian papers are talking of a
new yacht now building expressly for
contesting for the America cup. 4
challenge is to be sent to New York from
the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
A dispatch from Australia announces
that Scarf defeated Kemp in the match
for the sculling championship and $500
a side on the Paramatta river. The
victor, Scarf, is comparatively a new
man. He has rowed three races within
the past five months, defeating Wulf,
Nelson and Stansbury. In his race with
the latter he rowed the course in 19m.
35s. He is only 20 years of age, and his
hackers declared themselves willing to
bet $25 900 on the result of his race with
Kemp.
Spalding's baseball teams have arrived
and played their first match in San
Francisco on Sunday, November 4th,
the All-Americas winning The party
comprises thirty-six people including
representatives of the Eastern press.
They will leave for Honolulu by the Ala
media on the 18th inst. The positions OF
the two teams, in their first match,
were as follows: