The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-02

delra, has been arrested for defaIca-
tions amounting to 100000. He was
cashier and large stakeholder. The
Pacific Bank of this city is the chief
loser.
Fanny Cutie is here from England
to establish her parentage. She
claims that J. Cutie, a wealthy in
surance and shipping man, is her
father.
The Harvard and Yale graduates
resident here have played a charity
game of base ball on the 21st Har-
ward womb to 10.
George KEENAN,, the Siberian ex-
traveller and writer for the Century,
is here on a lecturing tour
A recent earthquake at Yountville
opened crack in the mountain, back
of the Veterans Home, where boring
for water was in progress, and now
there is a flowing stream of water
coming all the time.
The Hall and NarcrOss Mining
Directors have been sued for S2,0OO,-
900 by M. w. Fox. Fraud is alleged
in handling the ore. Fox charges
the Directors with having rich ore
mixed with rock to reduce it's assay
and make work for the mills, as
against the "outsiden stockholders
who were not in on the game.
Sporting News.
Peter Jackson has accepted the
offer of the National Club of London
to fight Frank Slavin for a $4,000
purse. What Slavin will do is not
known, but he has hitherto been very
chary about meeting Jackson.
Jim COrbett has issued standing
challenge to fight anybody for $4,000.
He has match on with Peter Maher,
which he considers as good as his.
1t is thought that Corbett will soon
meet Charley Mitchell, as that slip
perry pug Slavin and Pony Moore are
expected to arrive in New York
shortly.
The date of the McAuliffe-Ca
fight has been fixed for December
29th by the California Athletic Club.
Both men are training.
Paddy Ryan is to have benefit to-
morrow evening, John L. Sullivan
will box four rounds with him, and
all the pugilists of note in the city
will take part.
SIavin has hedged on the challenge
10 ule6U liz
not like Sullivan's terms.
Johnny Griffin and Jimmy LarkIn,
feather-weights, fought at New Or
four rounds.
Hattie Leslie, self-styled the "fe-
male John l.. Sullivan" and Mrs.
Gussie Freeman fought four bloody
rounds at the Grand Theatre, Will
liamsburg, n. Y, on the Goth. The
Leslie woman was adjudged the
winner.
The San Jose's have won the cham
pionship of the California Baseball
League and are to meet the Portlands
in a series of games for the Coast
championship. They won 80 out OF
147 games with an average of .612
while the San Franciscos won 81 and
lost 81.
Oarsman Ed. Hanlan is here but
has not succeeded in getting a race
with Peterson. He is to row with
Mclean shortly.
On the 18th inst. the Electioneer
stallion Palo Alto trotted a mile at
Stockton in 2:O8a equaling Maud SIS
record for mile, and going half a
second better than Allerton who had
held the stallion record. Palo Altos
time has been beaten but by one
horse Sunol 2:0S4. He will now be
retired to the stud.
D. J. feathers, President of the
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Association,
has offered $4,000 purse for stall
lions of all ages, to be trotted by Palo
Alto, STEAMBOAT, Allerton, Nelson Del
march and Pat Downing. He also
offers $4,000 for q race between Arion
2:10$, Monbars 2:18, Ralph Wilkes
2:18 and Bermuda Boy the four great
tWO-year-Olds of 1891.
Charles Marvin, the noted trainer
and driver, will retire from Senator
Stanford's stables at the close of the
season. The interference and jeal-
ousy of Ariel Lathrop, Stanford's
brOther-in law, is the cause. Marvin
has brought the following worlds
records to California;: Yearling, Bell
Bird, 2:26; twO-year-Old, Arion, 2:1O$
three-year-old, Sunol, 2:102; four
year-old, Sunol, 2:1O9 five-year-old
and worlds trotting record, Sunol,
2:O84; worlds trotting stallion record,
Palo Alto, 2:O9a.
Shipping News.
The captain and crew of the
schooner J. Hamilton Lewis are still
held prisoners at Vladivostock for il
legal sealing on the Russian half OF
the Behring.
The British bark Sarah, Captain
Greenhalgh, was wrecked on the Van
cOuver Island coast on the Sth. The
captain and crew escaped after suffer
ing fearfully from hunger and cold
The vessel is total loss.
The German ship Iron Duke, from