The Portland daily press., 1881-04-06
FOREIGN.
Terrible Destruction by the Floods
in Spain.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CRIO
EARTHQUAKE.
Lord BeacOnsfield Slightly Improved.

MADRID, April 5-The floods at Seville are
me st serious The minister of public works
left by special train with eight engines, TAX
ing $4,000 from the cabinet. King Alfonso
has placed his own private purse at the dis
posal of the authorities to relieve the suffer-
ers. Sailors and royal engineers are ordered
from Carthagena and Cadz with boats and
provisions, as food is falling short in Seville.
Many houses in the city gave way before the
force of the water. The authorities lodged
several hundred of the poor In puollc buildings
and churches Three suburbs and about sixty
streets have from one to twenty-ssven feet of
water in them. The people are living IN the
upper stories. The police are taking food and
provisions by boat. Tive We hundred men are
working to strengthen the bikes and rail"ay
embankments. All the valley and country
beyond seems to be an immense lake. The
tops of trees, churches and roofs Just appear
above the waters, which sweep along cattle
and crops, and the river, which is five miles
broad before it enters Seville, is rushing over
gardens and quays, entering st. Elmo palace.
Vessels keep their anchorage with much
trouble In Seville proper the alarm is con-
siderable. as three-quarters of the town are
hourly fearing innndation If the water sweeps
away the railway entertainments Trains run
with difficulty. The line is cut in three
places between Seville and Cordoba. All
Communication is stepped in the south toward
Hueiva and Cadiz. The authorities estimate
the loss at Seville at over 81 100000, and in
the country districts it is impossible to make
any estimates. Holiday week and fair festivi-
ties will probably be suspended. The gales
have extended to the south coasts, to the
Straits of Gibraltar and even to Malaga and
Murcha. The authorities decline to state the
loss of life. The cortes will be asked to vote a
large supply for the relief OF the flooded dis
tricts. The river has inundated four square
miles of the town and forty of the country
around its mouth.
BeaconSfields Condition.
LONDON, April 5-Bulletin at 1915 this
morning says:
Beaconsield passed tolerably quiet night. Some
fresh govt appeared in his knee which explains the
The patient continues to take nourishment and his
strength is maintained.
7.30 P. M.-Beaconsfeld was comfortable
this afternoon. The improvement in his con-
dition is maintained.
The World says if Beaconsfeid RECEIVERS he
will probably formally resign the Conservative
leadership at the close of the present session of
parliament
Earthquake on the Island of zante
An earthquake occurred in the island OF
Zante yesterday. The vibrations continue
to-day and are prolonged but no damage yet.
Agitation for the Release of Davitt.
A committee representing all sections of the
Irish nationalist and English democrats is
forming in London to agitate for the uncondi-
<
extended to the United States, Canada and
Australia.
Mr.. Gladstone's Budget Speech.
Mr.. Gladstone, at the end of his speech in
the House of Commons last night, said this
was his eleventh and probably last budget. In
enforcing his arguments in favor of more
rapid reduction of the debt he pointed out that
the poulation increased one per cent. and ex-
penditureS 1-16 per cent. the revenue actual.
ly declined ] per cent.
The Times says: "Mr. Gladstone's speech
last night OF over two honrs' duration was de.
livered without any perceptible abatement of
his characteristic energy. We hope it is not
necessary to take him at his word that this
may be his last budget but if it be so the nee
essity will not arise from any defect of power
The Tunisian Troubles.
The Times Paris correspondent believes it
is proposed to exercise or impose a French pro-
tectorate over Tunis, but maintain the Bey
and leave him all authority over his Mussul-
man subjects. Certain French statesmen pre-
pose mixed tribunal under French protec-
torate, with the adhesion of the other powers.
The transports at Toulon will sail for Algiers
to-day. A telegram from Algers say the
Kho1mis occupy the wooded heights on the
Algerian frontier.
SoUKHARRAs, Algeria, April 5.-French
troops have marched for the purpose of pro.
tecting the frontier, but are not sufficiently
strong to chastise the Khoumis i'll their fast
nesses Hostilties are not expected to com
mence before Sunday. Troops at the front
have been ordered to await reinforcements and
not fight unless att acked.
The Greek Army.
ATHENS, April Sat military review held
Monday in the presence of the king and queen
and royal family and eight thousand specta
tors the king presented new colors to the va
rious regiments and expressed his qualification
at the bearing of the force. Foreign military
critics present were astonished at the rapid
progress in the training of troops. Great en-.
thusiasm prevailed.
The Chic Earthquake.
LONDON, April "a dispatch from Con
stantinople reports Castro, the chief town o.
Chic, almost in ruins. Four thousand corpses
have already been found. About thirty towns
and villages in Chic and on the mainland op
posite have likewise suffered