The Portland daily press., 1878-02-22


in Jail.
Heavy floods in California have done great
damage to railroads The Chinese quarter of
the town of Jackson was swept away ard ten
Cinnamon drowned.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at GUM
cy, H., Tuesday, in the steam saw mill of A.
W. Shield at Balmyre, Mo-. By which two men
were killed and the owner and another man
scalded fatally.
Prof. Torrey Of thu Baltimore Common
Council charges scapdalous practices upon the
members of the Board of School Commission
ers with female teachers. There is great ex-
element as Professor Torrey stands high in
the community.
A serious ARRAY took place Tuesday night be-
tween two Princeton College Sophomores and
eight Freshmen In which one of the Sopho-
mores was dangerously shot
John S. Morton has pleaded guilty to the
charge of making false certificates Of stock OF
West Philadelphia railroad, and publication Of
the same. Sentence has been deferred.
The Webster mansion at Marshfeld was
burned last week. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000
Mrs. Ida f. Hust Of North Charlestown, N.
a., shot herself fatally Saturday morning while
asleep, with pistol which she kept TO defend
herself against burelars.
TURco-RUssIAN WAR.
The prospect of peace in Europe improves.
The British fleet is in the sea Of Marmora, but
does not advance to the Bosphorus. The Rus
sian army occupies the defenses Of CONSTANT
nople but does not enter the CITY, Austria and
England have been drawing closer together
and in consequence Russia does not care to
provoke conflict. The Congress of Powers will
probably meet at Baden-Baden.
In the German Reichstag Tuesday, in
response to an Interpolation, Bismarck stat
ed that he had little practically new to tell
He then discussed the separate provisions of
the preliminaries Of peace, and showed that
Germany interests we're not affected in such
manner as to oblige her to deviate from her
previous attitude. He described the apprehen-
sions respecting the Dardanelles as not justified
by the actual situation. Regarding the posi-
ton to be taken by Germany he rejected en-
phatically all suggestions that Germany shall
interfere and declared she was willing honor
ably to mediate but did not wish to exercise
the office of arbitrator for Europe.
He energetically repudiated the idea of
Germany engaging 10 the war relative to the
Eastern question Nothing should induce him
to hazard rupture with any power relative to
any questions which Germany had no direct in
terest in. No government, at least neither of
those principally interested, had proposed that
Germany should enter upon any such course.
The Chancellor speech was loudly cheered.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Times states
that the Russians are concentrating 100000
men in Roumania. This occasions much CON-
mentin Austria.
Ia the Austrian Rsichsrath Tuesday
Prince Auersperg, Prime Minister, answering
| the Interpolation declared that Austria never
would consent to any modification of.the limits
of her power in the east which might damage
Austria.
| OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
A rumor comes from The Hague that the
King of Holland thinks of abiicating in favor
of the Prince of Orange, his eldest son.
The French Senate has elected Carayon
Latour life senator, he receiving 40 votes to
1876 for Victor Lafrance. Latour was u member
of the extreme Right in the Assembly of 1871.
The London Times editorially says it ia
stated on authority, which cannot be ques-
toned, that seventy million human beings
are now starving in the famine-stricken prov
/ ince Of North China. Imagination fails to cope
with SO gigantic calamity.
1t is thought that peace will be restored to
Cuba, the insurgents submitting on the under
standing that tho island is to receive the same
political organization and Administrative con-
Il fbnf onio nv Dart
The Papal Concave has chosen Cardinal
jerome Pecci, the Papal Chamberlain, as sue
cessor to Plus TX. The new Pope takes the
title of Leo XIII.
l BRIEF MENTION
Gov. Hampton of South Carolina has vetoed
| the chain gang bill which is supposed to have
| been directed chiefly against the colored race.
The Crispin strikes at Lynn are over, a
| compromise having been effected. The
President will not suspend Gen. Anderson
| from the Office of deputy collector at New
| Orleans.--The New York importers aud
l grocers board of trade has passed resolutions
| against the silver bill,--E. G. Bailey, for
merly of the Concord Patriot, is to be editor of
l the Boston Globe, which is to be made an
| evening Democratic ewspaper.--Secretary
| Evarts has appealed TO the Canadian govern
ment to carry out the stipulations of the Treaty
Of Washington and prevent further outrages
on the persons and property of American fish
ermen.--The Republicans elected their can
didate for municipal judge in Philadelphia
| Tuesday by majority of 25,241.--J. Mccoy,
a native of Ireland, died ID Boston Monday
| aged 109 years and nine months.--It is be-
lieved from the rulings of Judge Bletchford
that Mr. Tilden will be compelled to pay
$131 900 unpaid income tax.--Up to Saturday
night over a million tons Of ice were harvested
on the Hudson river.--$2, 000, 900 worth of
bonds are reported to have arrived in New
York Monday night--The body Of the wife
| of Ben Pitman of Cincinnati was cremated in
Dr. LIE Moyues furnace at Washington, Pa,
last week.