The Portland daily press., 1881-05-13
Further Details of the Anti-Jewish
Riots i'm Russia.

LONDON, MAY 12-The Pail Mall Gazette
says the circular of ST. Hilaire, the French
minister of foreign affairs relative to the Tunis
expedition confirms the worst suspicious which
the enemies of France entertained IN regard to
the insincerity of the diplomatic assurances
with which she began the Tunisian campaign.
France fixed upon the path OF conquest and
annexation; she used the pretext OF suppress
ing border raids to cover premedltated aggres-
sion upon her neighbours territory
A dispatch dated Thursday, p. m, an
nounces that Gen. Beard has presented an Ill
timatum to the Bey and demanded an answer
within five hours
ROME, May 12.--Dirito states that the
French troops are advancing along the railway
on the city of Tunis.
titled the Bey that if Turkish ships of war ar
rive at Golella French troops will immediate
ly occupy Tunis.
Emigrants Rushing to America.
LONDON, May 12.-The steamer Aleppo SAIL
ed yesterday from Liverpool for New York d.
rect with 800 Scandinavian emigrants, and the
Atlas sailed for Boston with about the same
number. The Atlas will also take 200 more on
board at Queenstown. The steamer Bothnia
from Liverpool for New York on Saturday
takes 700 or 800 emgrants.
More Arrests Under the Coercion Act
Four men have been arrested near Castle
Bar county Mayo, under the Coercion act
A Bailiff Shot.
LONDON, May PA bailiff was fatally shot
near Longhea, county Galway, Wednesday
night Two arrests.
The Gear Growing Courageous.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.-The Gar, Gar
ena and Czarewitchsarrived here from CATCHING
yesterday and drove to Annitchkoff palace At
noon the Gar in an open carriage with Prince
Gutenberg drove through Great Sadowa street
to Champ de Mars, the Empress aud the rest
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ing carriages
The usual Cossack escort was dispensed
| with, but brilliant cohort of mounted officers
closely preceded and followed the carriages
Enormous crowds lined Newsk, Prospect and
other streets leading to the place where the re-
view of the troops took place. The Gar took
horse near the place of review and the EN-
press took an open carriage.
They passed along five lines of troops, fol-
lowed by large suit and the usual foreign
military representatives. The troops, who
numbered $4,000, received the Gar with en-
thusiasm. The public were not admitted to
| the review grounds except by ticket and to
raised platforms erected for the occasion AT.
| ter the review their Maiesties lunched with
| Prince Gutenberg. They then visited the ca
thedral of the fortress and Votrie Chapel on
| the Catherine Canal Crowds assembled along
| the route they traversed and welcomed the
royal party cordially.
| Archangel Flooded.
The river Dwina at Archangel has flooded o
great part of that town causing great distress.
The Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia.
| Today's papers are full of accounts of the an
| ti-Jewish riots in the south and southwest
| There were two days rioting at Beregonka in
| the government of Cherzon. The shops were
| pilaged and three Jewish houses were burned.
| There was serious encounter between peas
| ants and village authorities a. Victorowk in
the government of Odessa owing to the au-
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Troops were dispatched there from Odessa At
| Kief troops are now stationed in the streets.
| One person was killed and eighteen wou nded.
| There have been 400 arrests. The municipal
council is celebrating with closed doors on
| measures to prevent further disturbances The
chief ringleaders were strangers who came
| from the north. There are accounts of rioting
| from many other places. Four hundred per-
| sons have been arrested at Balta, where pro-
CARNATIONS have been issued melting Christian
Inhabitants against the Jews.
| Mobs in the south of Russia are attacking
| students as we'll as Jews
| VIENNA, May 12.-The Presse says mer-
| chant OF Lemberg received a telegram from
Keiff today stating that the whole jewish
| quarter known as Podol had been burned The
damage is estimated at thirty million roubles.
Crowds of refugee Jews are crossing the Aus
taian frontier at Podaulczyska.
The Bulgarian Troubles
! 1t is said the dismissed Bulgarian Prime
Minister Karaveloff will be prosecuted on the
charge OF having withheld from Prince Alex
ander important letters and documents from
Berlin and ST. Petersburg. The New Free
Press says the Prince is displeased by one of
the Ministers having agitated for union of
all Bulgarians, which is contrary to the treaty
of Berlin, and at the non-suppresson of mani
festations in favor of the Nihilists
1t is stated from Sofa that Prince Alexander
will shortly proclaim Bulgaria in state of
siege.