SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1274, 30 July 1886, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Lord Colin Campbell, defendant in the divorce case of Campbell v Campbell, applied to the Court on July 2 to have struck from the petition the paragraph charging him with adultery with persons unknown, The Court reserved its decision for a forte night, and in the meantime will read the whole of the correspondence and all the affidavits submitted by Lord Campbell in his cross suit to substantiate the charges that Lady Campbell had been tguilty of adultery with the Duke of Marlborough, Chief Fire Commissioner Shaw, and others.

The peasantry of Sorvia refuse to pay taxes, aud are in a state of riot.

Eight persons were instantaneously killed on June 3q by an accident to a mail train frera Belfast to Dublin. The train while going at a high rate of speed left the rails snd knocked down a bridge. Twenty persons were wounded, and the train was completely smashed. The accident was doe to the expansion of the rails caused by excessive heat. The driver and guard were arrested, but are held blameless. An express train on the Stuttgart-Berlin railway ran into a local train at Muetzburgh on July Ist Nine persons are known to have been killed. None of the express’s passengers were fatally hurt. .Vladame Patti appeared in a concert on Wednesday, June 22, in the Albert Hall, London, for tho first time since her marriage to Nicoliui, and was warmly received One of M. do Pasteur’s patients was innoculated for rabies, but died on June 24th.

The Grants having discovered the extent of Earl Oairus’a dissipation, refuse (so the story goes) to give him the hand of their daughter Adele, and the engagement has consequently been broken off. in the case of Cyrus W. Field v. Labour chere, of Truth, for libel, which was called on on the 28th June, tho Attorney General, on behalf of the defendant, withdrew his ijlea of justification and expressed regret lor publishing the article; he also stated that ho and Sir Henry James (Field’s counsel) had agreed upon the amount to be paid by Laboucbere iu satisfaction of costs, and asked the Judge to discharge the jury. Mr Field, however, refuses all compromise.

Home, the once noted spiritualist, died in London on June 22.

The Abbe Liszt, who was reported to bo dying at Wietnar, hai recovered bis health. Ihe ma’e of the British baique Arkbw, who was picked up at sea in an open boat and brought to Queenstown, haa dis* appeared. The rescued man had said that the Arklow was sunk in collision on May Bth. He left a note stating that his heartrending story of the collision was false, and added; “I left the vessel for a reason which I will hereafter explain,” Twenty-four men were killed and sixteen entombed alive on June 24 by an explosion in a colliery at Roehville, France. A Paris despatch, dated June 24, says a group of Parisian tinanciera have advanced 25 000,000fr to the Panama Canal Company.

Dr Gudden, who was in the company of King Louis of Bivaria when he committed suicide, attempted to rescue the king, and was also drowned. There are evidences that a violent struggle occurred in the lake between the king and Dr Gudden. Footprints were observable in the soil on the edge of the lako where the bodies were

found, and there were also bruises on Dr GubJen’s face. The king, before plunging into the water, divested himself of his two coats, which wi re found on the bank, and led to the discovery of the bodies. In the Crawford v. Dilke case, on 11th June, on the issue as to Sir Charles Oilke’s right to have the Queen’s Proctor reopen it in order to enable the ex-member for Chelsea to produce testimony in his own vindication, Mr Crawford asked tho Court to refuse to allow the Proctor to inteiveue, alleging that the only witnesses who would lie produced to contradict the confession of Mrs Crawford were Sir Charles D;lko himself, whom that confession implicated, and his servants. Mrs Crawford’s counsel con tended that mile s it could be proved that the divoice was obtained through collusion, which was not allege ', the Proctor had no right to intervene. Tho Judge decided that the Pioetor had a right to intervene if the fresh evidence now offered by Fanny Stock and Sarah Gray was material, allowing that the plaintiff a charges were untrue. The Judge refused to moke Mrs Crawford and Lady Dilke parties to the Proctor’s suit to enable them to bo heard by counsel. Despatches dated 23rd June say that in Egypt and Burraah the British ate threatened with increasing difficulties in the conduct of the campaigns. The Provisional Government is also a failure. Thebaw's disbanded soldiers are constantly attacking the British garrisons. Every attack has been repulsed, but the garrisons are worn out with incessant duty, lo Egypt the dervishes are resuming activity, and the Soudan border is once more threatened by hoides of rebels. From both countries come urgeut calls for reinforcements. A despatch from Rangoon, dated June 29th, says that' a force of British..troops, with two ba' teriea of artillery, had a severe fight with 1500 Burme e. The rebels were strongly entrenched neai Tummuc, and the tight lasted near five hours. The British, failing to dislodge the Burmese, retired Several officers were killed and wounded. Anxiety is felt on account of Russia’s evident attempt to renew difficulties in the Balkans. A large Russian force is embarking for points on the Black Sea, Over 25 persons were drowned through the capsizing of a ferry boat while crossing the Moldon Rivet in Bohemia.

The town of Independenc ,<u Nevada, was tota’ly destroyed by fire. Archibald Forbes and Miss Lulu Meiggs, dauuhtr of General Meiggs, were married at Washington.

The British barque Alliance (Thomas), frem Melbourne, capsized in Williametle river, Oregon. Tho crop reports from all pirts of the State of California promise abundant harvest.

The Tariff Bill was defoal ed in Congress, but a second one is to be submitted. The fixed duty on wool of the first and second class will be 10 cents per lb, and of tho third class 3 cents.

The fishery dispute has been settled by Canada receding from her position to cons tinuo to seize American fishing vessels fishing within fishing limits.

ITanlan beat Hosmer in a three-mile match near Quebec.

The majority for secession fmm the Canadian Dominion was 12,000 out of a popular vote of 60,000 in Nova Scotia.

Advices from Chili mention that Moody riots have occurred in that country on tho occasion of tho Presidential election. Over 50 persons wore killed. The Sanliagan hospitals are filled with wounded, people.