The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-24

Mrs Harrison, wife of President
Harrison, is laying dangerously i'll
at Loon Lake, New York. She has
consumption, and her case is con-
sidered hopeless. The physicians
attending her are constantly re-
moving accommodations of water
from the lungs. That she will ever
get back to Washington is not be-
lieved.
The Transcontinental Associa-
ton viii fall TO pieces on January
lst. The Canadian Pacific, Rio
Grande, Great Northern, and
Northern Pacific have given notice,
and the Northern Pacific will fol-
Low.
I The steam whaler Kite arrived
at St. Johns, Newfoundland, on
the 18th, with the Peary and the
Peary Relief Expedition from the
east coast of Greenland. Peary at
once sent a dispatch TO the Navy
department claiming the highest
discoveries on the East Coast in
latitude 81 deg. y, longitude 5
deg. w, on July 4th, 1892. Peary
was accompanied by his wife and
party and p men, went north last
year. The Expedition took CEN
sus of all the Esquimaux north or
Melville Bay.
John G. Whittier, the poet, died
on September 7th at Hampton
Falls, \. H., at the advanced age
of So years. He was conscious to
the last, and really died Of old age.
Mr.. Whittier was born in Haver-
hill, Mass, In 1907, and went into
the newspaper profession at an
early life. His poems are known
wherever the English language is
read.
Admission Day september 9th)
vas generally celebrated through
out the State. The Native Sons
gave a big parade at Santa Rosa.
Foreign News.
The are rumors that the Glad
stone Ministry will shortly begin
the evacuation of Egypt by the
British. An agreement viii be
made with Russia and France, if
this is done, by which the canal
viii always be open to British war
vessels.
General Enrico Cialdini, the
Italian soldier and stateman, died
at Rome on the 9th, aged 81
years. He took a prominent part
in the movements of 164S and
1859, the latter resulting in the
unifeation of Italy, and led the
Italian troops at Rome in 1870,
when the temporal power of the
Pope ceased.
General Crespo has been hailed
by all parties in Venezuela as Die
tator. Crespo has been called to
Caracas to form a government.
Some arms and ammunition for
Venezuela have been detained at
New York, and the steamer South
Portland, on which they were dis
covered, is held at Liberty Island,
New York harbor
lane, London, is involved in the
failure of the London and General
Bank, the Liberal or Permanent
Building and Investment Society
and the House and Land Invest
ment Trust, and there is a run on
the bank. The manager recently
said: "Our total liabilities, which
We may be called to pay On de.
mand, amount to E5,674,000. We
have securities on which we car
Immediately realize f5,544, OO0!'
Several London banks are known
to be in weak condition.
De Giers, the Russian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, is quite i'll a
i Aix-les-Bains. He was recovering
from sickness when he suffered Z
relape His condition is now worse
than ever. The complaint is in
Illumination Of the liver.
| Rear Admiral John G.. Howell
u. S. N, retired, died at Folke
stone, England, On the 18th inst.
aged 70 years.
| Sporting News.
Mention was made in the last
letter Of the defeats Of Billy Myer
light weight, by Jack McAuliffe
and of Jack Sicily, bantam
weight, by George Dixon, at New
Orleans on the 9Th and 9Th Of
September, respectively. The great
heavy weight battle between Sui
Ivan and Corbett took place on
the 7th. 1t proved the pugilistic
surprise Of the century. Before
the battle Sullivan's friends were
sure he could pull down the s45,.
600 prize without effort and the
odds arranged 3 to l on him. The
fight itself demonstrated what skill
and brains could do against bull
strength. Sullivan rushed Corbett
again and again and tried to land
knock out blow, but every time
that he rushed he was either stop
ped by Corbett's jabbing with the
left hand in the nose or stomach
or else Corbett deity lodged. Thi:
went On for twenty rounds, and in
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