The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-07
FOREIGN.
More Peaceful State of Affairs in
Ireland.
SOLDIERS DISGUISED WITH THEIR
PART IN EVICTION PROCEEDINGS.

DUBLIN, June 6.-The expedition of the
Coldstream Guards is concluded by their re-
turn to Dublin. Their last days work was
much more ignominious than the first, for
none of the cases of eviction were agrarian,
nor did any of them arise out Of the land war.
The column, having breakfasted early in
camp at New Pallas, moved out at o'clock
and proceeded to the house OF widow Mulcahy,
in little roadside cabin, near Kilmeny. She
was being evicted, not by the landlord, but by
tenant of Mr.. Synan, member OF Parlia-
ment for Limerick. That tenant was her own
mother 1t appeared that her mother gave the
house and a bit of land to the daughter as her
marriage portion. The husband has not done
we'll, and now the old lady desiring to give
marriage portion to her second daughter, who
was about to marry, she was turning out the
first daughter to make room for the other. The
eviction occupied an hour, but 1t appears that
after the soldiers left the woman forcibly took
possession again. This was purely family
squabble. Mr.. Goddard of the Property De-
fence Association, said he would not allow his
bailiffs to assist at another such eviction, the
object of that society being to fight the Land
League, not to take part in domestic quarrels.
The next case was also family affair, name
ly, father-in-law trying to evict his son-in-
law, who year ago had evicted him. Mr..
Goddard refused to interfere, accusing the
sheriff of trying to use him and his association
for purposes foreign to their objects The
next case was in the town of Neckar. 1t was
not an agrarian case, being simply a matter of
inability on the part of shopkeeper to pay
rent. The eviction was quickly carried out.
The guards marched back to camp, disguised
with their ignoble work, wet and hungry.
Very few people gathered to witness any of
the evictions. There were never more than
80 present. No priests appeared on the scene
and there was no excitement whatever. the
nature of the evictions being SO entirely diff
ferent from that of the previous days. The
people gathered in the village Streets and ON
several occasions the women and children
hooted, and on each occasion about twenty
police of the rear guard charged them with
batons and beat every one who happened to be
in the way All who hooted ran away, while
many quiet and peaceful men who were talk
ing in the streets were badly beaten. Thus
ended this last campaign of the Coldstream
Guards. To Waterloo" and the "Crimea'
upon their battle flags must be added Jim
Kennedy's holding and "Widow Mulcahy's
acre.
The Troubles in Bulgaria.
VIENNA, June 6.-Events in Bulgaria have
begun to engage the attention of the Powers.
A confidential pourparlers is taking place to
effect an understanding in view of possible
eventualities there, and especially in case
prevalent opinion seems to be that as long as
the Buigarians keep within the limits of the
Berlin treaty they ought to have their hands
free in regard to their internal affairs.
Destructive Storm in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, June Ga terrible storm
at Gatschna on the 4th inst. killed police
man, overturned the granite column of the
monument of the Emperor Paul and did enor-
nous damage.
Sad State of Affairs in Peru.
LONDON, June China dates of the 18th
state sthat the Peruvian Congress took pre-
liminary steps towards organization but want
ing quorum adjourned. Admiral Lynch, the
CHILEAN commander, had all the plans for
forming government, but cable dispatch an
nounced that the United States recognized the
government of Peru as organized under Calde-
ron. This recognition it is believed, with the
aid of Calderon in perfecting government
organization will exclude the pretences of
Pierola and others. Arequipa retains its
hostile attitude to the Chilians. Several off,
Gals who went South to assume control of
department under Caideron were killed by
mountaineers. Business is depressed and
poverty and distress prevail