The Portland daily press., 1870-06-10
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The Late Fire at Constantiuoplp.
1000 Bu"d-1gs Destroyed
THE REMAINS OF $50 HUMAN e E.
INGS FOUND I'm THE RUINS.
LOSS S2S,OOO, 900.
1000 Bu"d41gs Destroyed,


turkey.
n CoNsTA. 'oPLE, June 9.-The fire in the
Pera district has been fully subdued and order
reigns again. By careful count over 1000
buildings of all sorts have been DESTROYED. and
many OF them were the best in the city. The
loss OF life greatly exceeded the estimate prev
lously made. The remains of over $50 persons
have been dIsc9Yerfa a Bf the ae sHnnnfm is
The total loss by the fire is computed at e25,-
009 800 sterling. The English underw. iters
suLer heavy losses. The archives of the Brit
ish Embassy were saved The church of the
Immaculate Conception was on FIRE several
times and considerably damaged, but the Cob
elm tapest. y, the gift of the Emprr IS Eugene,
with which the church was decorated, was
saved unframed. Some of the Turks, in their
BELIEF of fanaLicism, shut themselves up in
their burning houses and refused assistance
and met their death without murmur. 1t
has been ascertained that go persons were
burned to death or killed by falling walls, and
many more are missing.
TERRIBLE SCENES.
The loss of life here by the conflagration is
frigbtful. AT some points whole families were
hemmed in by the flames and persisted in full
view OF the spectators, who were unable to res
cue them. The panic among the people was
terrible, and many who might have escaped
lost all presence of mind and were unable to
save themselves. Others in their despair made
no effort to fly and were lost.
GREAT Britain.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
LoNJoN, June 9-The alarm among tn g
farmers at the continued dry weather almost
amounts to panic.
The cable between England and ireland, re-
Gently broken, has not yet been repaired, and
the messages to and from America are some
what delayed. Nearly all the business is tran
sacted by the way of the French line and Ire
land is Geographically isolated from the rest of
Europe.
1t is reported that Disraei is about to retire
from politics. He will beiraised to peerage.
The Morning Telegraph reports that Mr..
Douglas, owner of the American yacht Sap
pho, declines to compete for the Prince of
Wales cup on the 2sth inst. Mr.. Ashbury s
Cambria has been entereI.
The American dollars brought by the steam
ship Scandinavian have been sold at IS "a per
ounce.
The Northern Association of Baptists has
sent to the House of Commons a petit
ton that the compulsory education act do not
pass, for the reason that it u1duly favers the
establish church.
YACHT RACE.
There was race yesterday between the
yachts of the Royal Thames Club. The course
was from Gravesend along the channel to the
coast of Holland and return. The wind was
N. N. e. The first thee arrived back in the
following order:-A. o. Wilkinson's Glorina,
j. Mulholland's Egeria and Commodore Ash
burys Cambria. The time of the winner was
five hours and forty-nine minutes. The Prince
Of Wales, Prince Teck and the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg Strelitz were on board the yacht.
Spain.
THE QUESTION OF A MONARCH.
MADRID, June 9.-The question of future
monarch Tor Spain occupied the sessions of the
Cortes yesterday. A motion that King be
elected by direct vote of the people was re-
lected. The proposition of re Iniring a candi-
data frr
the whole number of Deputies was carried, 1as
to 49, 1t is regarded as destroying the chances
of Duke de MOntpensier and all the other can
didates thus far named.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Gen. Prim has made personal explanation,
quoted from the dispatch of PHILADELPHIA
correspondent to the London Times, relating
to his Prim's) con oectiOn with the proposed
Cuban loan, and pronounced the dispatch false.
He said there had been no negotiations be-
tween him and the American Government or
English capitalists.
CAPTURE OF BRIGANDs.
The brigands who recently captured party
of Englishmen near Gibraltar and released
them only on payment of heavy ransom,
have been captured by troops and portion of
the ransom recovered.
Italy.
THE RESURRECTION ~ FLORENCE.
LoRENCE, June 9.-The instruction at
Lucca was summarily quelled. The disorder
was confined TO fifty. four ruffians, who seized
the arms belonging to the military school of
that city. The whole party were soon after
captured.
India.
RAvAGEs OF THE CHOLERA
BOMBAY, June 9.-Cholera is making dread
full ravages in different parts of India. At Mad
ras the disease is particularly virulent.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
PARIS June 9.-The Emperor attended the
races in Long Champs to-day.
Deputy Gambetta. whose ill health prevents
his attending the Corps Legislatif will soon
leave for the Pyrenees 10 seek the benefit of
mountain air.
The counsel engaged for the defence Of the
persons to be tried for conspiracy was hermit
ted TO see his clients to-day for the first time.
M. Elmeet, just elected as Grand Master of
the Masonic Order in France declines.
RELIEF FOR THE CoNsTANTlNopLE SUFFERERS.
The Empress Eugene has sent 10000 francs
to Constantinope for the relief of the sufferers
by the great fire. Duke de Grammont has
contributed 5000 francs for the same object.
The Pope has written letter to the recently
consecrated Bishop of Tarbes, in which he
sustans in positive terms the dogma of infalli-
bility.