The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-16
News from the States and Europe.

The brigantine Consuelo, arrived on Thurs
day morning, from San Francisco, bringing
news to the 25th ult
On March oath; the jury by which was. tried
the indictment of the Rev. Isaac NJ. Kalloch for
the murder on the 23nd April last of Charles de
Young, senior proprietor of the San Francisco
Daily Chronicle, brought in a verdict of Not
Guilty" The trial extended over a period of
forty mine consecutive days, inclusive of Sun
days and other legal holidays. There was great
exc ltement in the city and the verdict was re-
ceiv ed with delight by an enormous crowd, some
of whom took the horses out of Kalloch,s car
riage and drew it through Montgomery street.
The foreman of jury is stated to have said that
the ground of acquittal was " seIf-defense, !" the
theory that De Young fred the first shot, having
been set up by Kalloch's counsel. Tn rejoicing
at the verdict is set down by the Examiner, as
an expression of antipathy to the sensational
journalism of private affairs"
The Constitutional amendments in Indiana
were carried by q large majority at a special
election held last March. Indiana is no longer
an October State. Henceforth it Will be reliably
Democratic. As it will no longer serve as a
political Indicator, the Republicans will not
again have occasion to corrupt it, al an enor-
nous cost.
The following is a telegram to the San Fran
cisco Examiner, dated Albany, March 24-On
motion of Jacobs (Dem.), the Senate unani-
mously passed the following resolution That
the thanks of this Senate are rendered
to President Garfield for the nomination of
Senator Robinson as Collector of the Port of
New York, and we cordially join in the request
to the Senate of the United States that they will
promptly confirm his nomination.
Malone, Senator from Virginia, has thrown
over his party and turned Republican, making a
tie in the Senate.
The italian Opera House at Nice caught fire
on March 23rd, during the performance, Il gas
jet set fire to some scenery and caused an ex-
plosiOn of gas at the rear of the stage. The ex-
plosion cut off the supply and left the house in
darkness, and the terrified crowd pressing for the
few means of egress, trampled one another down
and choked up the staircases with a mass of
writhing bodies. Great loss of life occurred
among the members of the Opera Company.
Most of the artists were in their rooms and,
though warned at once, had not time to escape.
The Prima Donna escaped, but the tenor, basso,
baritone, and a number of the chorus were burned
to death. Up to midnight on the oath, $50 bodies
had been recovered. The greatest loss of life
occurred on the gallery. Nothing but the four
bare walls of the opera house remain uncon-
sumed.
Jealousy, insanity, murder and suicide.
"Gustave Frederick, of Sioux City, shot dead,
(March pa a young girl, Julia Eberhardt, and
then put two charges into his own body. one
tearing away his heart
In consequence of an urgent telegram from
the Gar, the Crown Prince of Germany did not
wait to travel with the Prince and Princess of
Wales to the funeral of the late Gar.
Russian proposals for arranging international
measures for the extirpation of Nihilism have
been favOrably received by the German Govern
ment.
A lady accomplice of the assassins of the late
Gar has been arrested. She is the daughter
of a government officer of rank.
The situation in Ireland remains unchanged.