The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-26

record-breaker If he kept it up. At
the quarter the pace was unbroken,
and as Jib Strengthened out for the
half his speed was manifestly ill.,
creasing.
The fiagman was not at the quarter
post owing to- n misunderstanding,
and the judges watches were pressed,
for the first time, at the half, which
Flying Jib reached. in O:59 fiat. At
the three-quarters the great PAGER APP
peared to falter, but here the time
was also lost, and if any speed was to-
be made it was on the stretch. The
last half was made in o :59t.
When the wonderful PAGER darted
under the wire, Starter Lopez had to
ring the bell to quell the riot of the
cheering threats. Once il was quiet
again, Starter Lopez said: We have
witnessed something which no au-
dience in the world has seen before.
You have seen the fastest mile ever
paced. Flying Jib has beaten West
mont, and made the mile in :5St.
The audience once more broke out
in cheers and applauded the PAGER as
Andy Mcdowell brought him up in
front of the grand stand. He took off
his cap and acknowledged the salute.
The time is the more remarkable
when the conditions are taken into
consideration. All day a strong wind
was blowing, and the air was cold and
clammy. The wind caught the horse
as he came up the back stretch at the
large loop, but he forged ahead.
The Panama Canal.
PARIS, Oct. 4.-The first general
meeting for the information OF new
Panama Canal Company was held
this evening, 500 interested persons
being present IL was announced
that part Of the capital of the new
company had been deposited as legal
trust fund, and a committee of three
was appointed to examine the Vari-
Gus reports on scheme.
The meeting was a noisy one. The
turbulence of the meeting was due to
the refusal on the part of the chair to
permit to be stated how much of the
G72O,O 200 said to have been deposited
had been subscribed by the public.
Charles Palm, Belgian Consul-Gen-
eral at Bogota, was a passenger on
the steamer Panama, which arrived
here from Colon. FIR. Palm visited
the Panama Canal shortly before he
sailed from Colon. He gives an in
teresting account of the beginning of
operations by the new French syndi-
cate.
There was large number of men
at work when he visited the canal,
and 1000 more laborers were expected
TO arrive from France on specially
chartered steamer. Hundreds of tons
OF machinery which have been rust
ing away since the discontinuance of
work by the old company have been
cleaned up and repaired and are now
ready for use.
The houses along the banks in
which so many of the employees died
from fever have also been repaired |
and put in shape for fresh victims. |
Two thousand laborers have been |
gathered from all parts of Europe,
chiefly from Italy and Hungary.
Pacific Mail Rumors.
NEW YORK, October s. - Rumors |
have been current that the consolida- |
ton of the Pacific Mail and the Occi- |
dental and Oriental Steamship COM |
in the Pacific Mail directory are to be |
made. President Huntington declares |
that he has not heard of such a thing. |
AS to the rumor that George Gould is |
to be the next president of the Pacific |
Mail, Mr.. Huntington says he does |
not think Gould is ''out for that kind |
of game" adding, perhaps he is after
the canal"
TIE French in Madagascar.
PARIS, Oct. 17.-Tke Estafette says
the ultamatum conveyed to Antana-
narivo by M. LIE Myre de Vilers, the
French special commissioner to NADIA
gascar, stipulates that the French
shall exercise an exclusive protector
ate over that country, and there shall |
be permanent French garrison sta
toned at Antananarivo. Eight days
were allowed to Madagascar in which
to make a reply to the demands.
Terrible Explosion.
PANAMA, October S.-A dispatch to
the Star and Herald from Granada,
says: ga terrible catastro-
phe has occurred here. The military
barracks have been blown up and q
whole quarter of the city has been
badly damaged. The mum er of dead
is estimated at 200. The number of
wounded is much greater, but no ex-
act estimate is yet obtainable."