The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-12-08
FOREIGN.
MEXICAN Missions In South Africa

american MISSIONS III south A1Tlch
DURHAM, Dec. REV. Messrs. Richards
and Jourdan, sent on a mission by the Ameri-
can Board of Commissioners of Foreign Mis-.
sions to Umseeila, powerful chief north OF
Delagoa Bay, have returned here.
Umseeila granted their request that the
American board should be permitted to estab-
lish missions in his country. A section of the
people here are disposed to resent the interior
ence of Americans in South African affairs.
The general public, however, clearly perceive
that America can have no interest here beyond
converting the heather.
Liberal Success in Londonderry.
LONDON, Dec. THE election In London.
derry county to ill seat in the House OF
Commons, made vacant by the promotion of
Hugh Law NiberaD to the Lord Chancellor
ship of Ireland, resulted in the election of Mr..
Porter, the Liberal candidate, by 647 majority
over Sir SamHel Wilson, Conservative. The
result is considered severe blow to the Land
League in Ulster.
The Irish Situation.
DUBLIN, Dec, THE Gazette offers f200 re-
ward for the discovery of the murderer OF Mr..
Rogers. the Solicitors clerk, whose body was
recently found near Rathdowney, Queens
county.
LONDON, Doc THE farmer Milligan, who
was supposed to have been beaten to death
near Shannon Bridge, on Saturday last, was
not murdered. He fell from cart while in
toxicated, and thus lost his life.
A meeting of the Irish Home Manufactur-
ers Association has elected Mr.. Parnell Presi-
dent. A resolution was adopted protesting
against the proposed motion that at the next
meeting eff the Exhibition Committee the
Queen be asked to patron.ze the exhibition. A
declaration is being widely circulated and
signed throughout Ireland, stating that the
signers will not visit the exhibition If any
members of the Royal family or any agent OF
the Government be invited to open the exhibit
tion or have any connection with it.
A Breeze In the Reichstag.
BERLIN, Dec Tin the Reichstag to-day,
during the debate in Committee OF the Whole
on the bill for the Incorporation OF Hamburg
in the Zoverein, considerable excitement
arose on account of an attack on Herr Wind
thorst in the Nyrth German Gazette. accusing
him of having raised the question in committee
whether England and Russia would not oppose
the incorporation of the Lower Elbe, and in
snuating that he had been the mouthpiece OF
foreign agents in the matter. Herr Wind
thorst declared that he only desired to prevent
any such question from being raised abroad by
eliciting declaration from the committee on
the poin. Tho attack upon him, he said. was
based upon prejudiced report of the proceed
ings of the committee.
Herr Ritter declared that he had nothing to
do either with this report or with the article in
the Gazette.
The Germania (Ultramontane organ) charac-
terizes the articles as semi-ofdcial calumny
In consequence OF Wnat Is regarueu as al III
suit to their leader the members of the Centre
party have resolved to absent themselves from
Prince Bismarck's soiree on Tuesday.
The Calf Rock Light Occupants Still IN
rescued.
BEAR HAVEN Dec. TIT has been found
impossible owing to the continuance of heavy
sea to rescus tue men on Calf Rock who had
occupied the light house which was recently
washed away. 1t is now proposed to drop a
rope to them from signal balloon and then
establish communication by means OF life
RATS.
Spanish Colonies Free From Slavery.
MADRID, Dec. Tn the Chamber of Depu-
ties to-day the minister of justice stated that
slavery no longer existed in the Spanish colon
les 1t had, he said, given place to a syste m
of apprenticeship in conformity with recent
legislation.
More Arrests in St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. THE police have
captured band of 10 persons provided with
complete uniforms of army officers and crosses
of the order of st. George. They had evident
~ intended tn participate in and disturb the
festivities of st. Georges Day, Friday. Ex-
ceptional precautions have been taken in con-
sequence of this discovery.