The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-10
SIR CHARLES dixie.
The DIsgraced Statesman StIII Defy
ing Public Opinion.

NEW YORK, August 1st.-The "Irl- /
bune's" cable special from London of July /
31st says: The published runors Of Sir /
Charles bikes fight to the Continent in ,
anticipation of a prosecution for perjury /
are incorrect. Lady Dixie was yesterday /
seen driving in Bond street in an open car
riage and pair. She and her husband re- (
main for the present in London. Sir
Charles Dixie still has a useful friend who
hints in the press that he may offer a re-
ward of 5000 for Fanny" the witness
who hitherto has been easily discovered
when it was supposed that she might help
Sir Charles Dixie but who vanished when
her evidence was likely to injure him. The
suggestion comes from the same quarter
that Mrs Crawford may be prosecuted for
perjury. Her crime appears to consist in
having convinced the Judge and jury who
refused to believe Sir Charles Dixie.
American News.
1t is believed in Washington that Con
gress will adjourn on the 4th or 5th O.
August
Samuel J. Tilden is said to be paralytic
and hopeless invalid.
Parson Downs, BostOn's notorious
preacher, is getting even with his enemies
by making sensational disclosures in de-
Tense of his character. His first effort is
likely to be ten days wonder.
The Project of OpOsura, Sonora, and
several companions have been murdered
by the Apaches.
There are fears of an Indian uprising in
Washington Territory, and troops have
been sent to the scene; a company of vol
unteers have gone to protect the settlers.
Haggin's Ben Ali won the one and three
quarter mile race at Saratoga in 2:04, the
best time on record Preciosa won the
one mile and seventy yards race in :4S1a.
Graham. the cooper who shot the Whirl
pool rapids at Niagara, is preparing to go
over the Horseshoe falls.
Governor StOneman has called an extra
session of the California Legislature on ac-
count OF the Riparian Rights question.
An Internal machine, which failed to eX-
plode, was found on the doorstep of Gibbs
& NAHUM s store, Chicago.
e. a. H. Encampmemt
Everything is in readiness at San Fran
cisco for the National Encampment of the
full of strangers, and the spirit evinced is
one of high anticipation. COMMANDMENTS
Chief 5. S. Burdette arrived August LIST,
and was welcomed by parade and sere-
nades The list of names on the grand
roster was supplemented by the signatures
of nearly 1000 visiting veterans.
a Marine Disaster.
HIGHLANDS IN. j., July 31st. - The
schooner yacht Sarah Craig was upset near
the Government dock at Sandy Hook dur
ing the storm last evening. Six ladies and
a young man were drowned. Nine of the
yachts party, who were found clinging to
the rigging after she capsized, were rescued
by tug. There was a pleasure party on
board, bound from Philadelphia to New
York.
A Disastrous Explosion.
PoTTsyTLE (Penn.) July 31st-At :15
o'clock this morning tremendous explo-
sion, the shock of which was distinctly
felt in this city, occurred at st. Clair, two
miles distant. Dynamite had been placed
under the Baptist Church and exploded
wrecking the building and entailing dam
age to the amount of several hundred dol
lars. The perpetrators have not been dis
covered but the act is universally re-
garded as the result of a crusade of the
Law and Order Society" through whose
efforts Daniel Walker, an old and respected
citizen, was convicted and imprisoned for
a technical violation of the liquor law, and
who died in a short time afterward, his
death being generally attributed to his
npr.iSoDmpDt
miscellaneous News.
The Able List is dead.
Sara Bernhardts husband narrowly es
capped arrest in Brazil for associating with
smugglers.
A team of Irish gentlemen lacrosse play
ers has sailed from Belfast for New York
A fine display of California fruit is now
being made in the New York markets.
Smallpox is raging at Santiago, Soutf
America, and in the surrounding country.
1t is expected that vaccination will bt
made compulsory.
The vexatious passport system still con
| tinues in Colon, much to the disgust anC
/ ANNOYANCE of intending travellers.
Mr.. Alfonso Pezet has been appointed
| Consul General for Peru at Panama. H,
| is chief editor of the Spanish section OF th(
! Star and Herald"
! The electric light has been introduce,
/ into Chile, and has been placed in the new
! theater in the capital.
| At Chile important reforms are being
/ attempted. One project provides that NJ
/ Senator or deputy shall be interested il
any public contract; another is that neithe
the President nor any minister shall give
an office to a nears relative unless it i
/ proved that he is qualified in every respec
to hold it. Another project is being agi
! tated which is of a most startling charac
ter, and that is that the President of the
/ Republic shall in future be elected by {
majority of Congress instead of by the pub
lie Agitation in this matter is due to the
terrible bloodshed at the last elections
when upward of forty persons were killed
! and & large number wounded.