The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-03
FOREIGN.
New Austrian Minister to the United
States.

New Austrian Minister to the United
States.
CAIRO, Nov. 2.-Herr j. Won Scheeffer, con-
sui general of Austria at Alexandria has been
appointed Austrian Minister at Washington.
Important Arrest at st. Petersburg
Threats Against the Gear.
LONDON, Nov. 2-The st. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Telegraph says: 81 have
trustworthy information that the police have
just made an important capture. Suspicious
having been directed to the inmates of house
in respectable quarter of the city, the police
surrounded the place at night, burst open the
doors and seized a man and woman who
were preparing dangerous explosives. Social
lists pamphlets were found in the rooms. The
man is a student in the School Of Mines"
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Standard says Last week numerous Nihilist
procamations were distributed about the city
and several copies were thrown into the bar
racks of the Imperial Guard. 1t is stated that
the Gear has lately received many threatening
missives.'
Work on the Atlantic Cables.
The cable steamer Faraday is now at Graves
end. The officials of the American Telegraph
and Cable Company says she will sail again
during next week. She will endeavor to re-
pair the first cable, and then proceed to Nova
Scotia, to commence laying the shore end and
the intermediate section of the second cable
The interruption in the first cable is, roughly
speaking, over a Thousand miles IrOm tu0
British shore. and its cause is not known.
About 100 miles OF the second cable have
been laid.
Council of the English Cabinet.
A Cabinet Council has been summoned to
meet next week.
Conservative Gains in the English Elec-
tions.
The Conservative gain in the municipal
elections is Sc, and Liberal gain 49, The most
important change is at Staley bridge, where
the Conservatives gained six seats in the mum
icipal council. They have gained four in Old
ham, three in Cardiff and three in Liverpool.
Commercial Treaty With France.
MANCHESTER, Nov. 1.-The Paris cores
pondent of the Guardian telegraphs that the
British commissioners who came to negotiate
for France British commercial treaty will re-
turn home Saturday. There will be a treaty.
Dynamite on Board a German Steamer.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. IA considerable
quantity of dynamite was discovered during
the seach of German steamer recently de-
tanned in the Dardanelles while on her way
from Hamburg to Odessa.
No Money to Redeem Confederate Bonds.
LONDON, Nov. 2-The Pail Mall Gazette
says there is no truth whatever in the state
ment that there is a large amount OF money in
the Bank of England deposited to the credit
of the Confederate government and available
for the payment of Confederate bonds
Floods in Dalmatia.
VIENNA, Nov. There are great floods at
inundated and crops much damaged. The
roads are submerged and postal communication
suspended. The river continues rising.
A Plot Against the Gear.
BERLIN, Nov. 2.-Five employees in the
Cars palace at Getchina have been arrested
and one of them revealed plot to repeat at
Getchina the Winter Palace explosion. Many
naval officers have recently received copies of
a revolutionary proclamation summoning them
to Join the cause of liberty and Justice