The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-04
History Of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednes,
day Night, July 2.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Peace Congress at Berlin is still 10 ses-
sion. As its meetings are with closed doors its
proceedings are of course unknown. 1t is Off
cially given out however that Austria will occu-
py Bosnia, doubtless with the intention of
eventually annexing that Province; that the
boundaries of Servia and Montenegro will be en-
larged: that Russiawill reannex Bessarrabia;
that Bulgaria north of the Balkans shall form
one semiindependent province and Roumela
another, with the Balkan passes in possess
sionsof the Turks; and that Roumania will
have the Dobrudja. 1t is still thought that
Crete will be given to Greece England: seems
to have abandoned her intention..of insisting on
the integrityEof the Ottoman empire.
The Times Berlin despatch says the
Montenegtin question was settled at Mon
days sitting of the Congress in accordance
with Austrian programme. Montenegro re-
ceives considerable increase of territory on the
north and northeast and acquires subject to
certain restrictions Antiyari with its harbor 4.
She does not obtain the shore south of Antivari
and care is taken to leave about 20 miles be.
tween Montenegro and Servia for the contem-
plated Austrian railway to Salonica.
The territory coded to Montenegro is about
half what was allotted to her 10 the San
Stefano treaty. In the discussion of the Rou-
manian question Beaconsfeld deplored but
contanted himself with protesting against Rus
sia's infraction of the treaties
Reuters despatch from Berlin says the
congress has decided to cede to Russia
that portion of Bessarabia which she lost
in 1856 extending from the Pruth to the
Kilia valley. The congress has also decided to
transfer the Dobrudscha to Roumania The
frontier of the new territory is to be advanced
so as to run from the neighborhood of Silistria,
without including that town, to Mongolia on
the Black Sea. Roumania will thus acquire
fertile tract Of country and be established on
the banks Of the Danube. The congress has
recognized the independence of Roumauia and
Montenegro.
The Emperor of Morocco is dead.
Prince Bismarck has proposed to the EN-
peror and the Imperial Crown Prince that as a
stroke of wise policy the eldest son of the lat
ter be sent on a visit of six months to the
United States accompanied by a numerous reti-
nue.. Bismarck expects thereby to strengthen
the amicable relations of the two countries
and crafty the American Germans and pro-
mote hostility to socialism that will have an
excellent reflex action in Germany.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Catherine M. Richards, of West Newfeld,
N. Y, was gored to death by bull Tuesday.
The wool machinery mandatory of Kent,
Baldwin 81 Co. in Chicago was burned last
week. Loss $4,000
An American has been arrested at Amster-
dam for offering to sell Russian bonds of 1862
to the amount of $4,000 which were stolen
last year in Calais. France
Col. Alvah Buckbee of Elmira, N. Y, shot
his wife Monday, because she refused to live
with him, and his mother-in-law who inter-
fered. He then committed suicide.
1t is reported that the Indians have sur
rounded two companies of volunteers in John
Day Valley, Oregon, and it is feared they will
be massacred before assistance can reach
them,
An accident occurred to the Southern express
train near Claymont, Del, Saturday night,
which was caused by a railroad tie placed
across the track, under one rail and over the
other. The engine, baggage, mail and two
express cars were thrown from the track and
wreck, three passenger cars remaining on the
track Geo. Bobe, the engineer, and son, N.
G.. Bobe, fireman, both of Philadelphia, were
killed and horribly mangled. Christian
Kranch. a boy of Baltimore, and man sup
posed to be VIM. r. Hough Of Chicago, who
were stealing ride, were also killed. Henry
Brown of Maine. formerly employedsby the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore rail-
road here, was arrested on charge of placing
the obstruction on the track and confessed.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
The Tribune's Washington despatch sssys
that Senator Dorsey reports resi- dent Have
as having said within few days that he has
not the slightest objection to the particpa ton
of Federal oficeholders in committee meet
ings, or their attendance upon political con-
ventions as delegates, and that such participa.
ton would in no sense be in violation of the
civil service order.
Treasurer Gilfllan says there is no discreU-
ancy of nineteen millions in the treasury az.
counts. He says that the amount was trans
ferred in June, 1865, to various assistant treas
urers and United States depostors for public
purposes, every dollar of which has been &C.
counted for and proved by himself and other
accountants.
BRIEF MENTION.
The Mexican claims will not be paid out for
several weeks.-Albert Longley of Cincinna-
I'll, who acted as Stenographer for the Repab-
lican visiting statesmen at New Orleans says
there was no action of the Republican visitors
which Indicated that they looked upon the
Eliza Pinkton story otherwise than terrible
reality.--Hon. William f. Cody, buffalo
BilD is seriously Ill 10 Nebraska
Borrey, of Birmingham, England. has just
died at the age of 103--The Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad, running from Flint to
Lansing, Mich, was taken possession Of last
week by its owners, it is reported in the VAN
derbilt interest, and rolling stock from the
Michigan Central put on its track. Traffic is
suspended, which cuts off the through connec-
ton with Chicago of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way.---In the boat race at New London last