The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
FOREIGN.
A Terrible Explosion in a Russian
City.
ALMOST ALL THE PUPILS IN ONE
SCHOOL KILLED.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-By an accidental explc-
sion of a barrel of gun powder in a trades
mans shop near school house in Gradeno.
Russia, almost all the children in school
house who were Jews were killed. A large
number of bodies have been taken from the
ruins. The windows and doors of church
and other buildings in the neighborhood were
shattered.
A Strong Party Hostile to the Recent
Treaties in Corea.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Pail Mall Gazette is
informed that there is good res1on - believe
that troubles of the most serious kind have
broken out in Corea, whose relations with
Japan are not altogether friendly. There is
also very powerful party in Corea strongly
opposed to the recently concluded treaties with
the United States and England.
Sentenced to be Hanged.
DUBLIN, Aug. 12.-Francs Hynes has been
been found guilty of the murder of John
Doloughty, her Ter, near Ennis, few weeks
ago, and has been sentenced to be hanged a
month hence. This is the first trial under the
crimes act before a special jury. The crime
was of an agrarian character Doloughty had
continued in employment at the farm from
which Hynes had been evicted.
Rent Reductions in Ireland.
LONDONDERRY, Aug. 1.-THE sub-commis-
mission of the land court here has given judg-
ment in the first caes yet heard, an application
by tenants of the Irish sc ,ety to fix fair rent.
He reduced the aggregate rent from el49 to
G126. In the case of another applicant, a
derry, the rent was reduced G34.
Sentence of the Participants in Sensa-
tional Crime at Versailles.
VERSAILLES, Aug. 1.-THE court here has
sentenced to death Fenayron, the retired
apothc cary, who murdered his wifes lover, an
ther apothecaIy, named Aubert, at Chaton
Fenayron's wife, who, at her husbands insti-
IL w.s1sA -
night of the murder, ives c3ntonced = penal
servitude for life and Fenayron's brother Lu-
Glen, who aided him in the crime ID seven
years servitude. The trial excited extraordi-
nary intoreet, eJ the public prose ,ution did not
pres3 for the extreme penalty. in the event of
the jury considering that Fenayron we1 ac-
tuat0d colely by jealousy. 1t apr BARS that the
jury must have adopted the views favored by
the prosecution, namely, that Aubert was
murdered to prevent his divulging the guilt
OF Fenayron in C0me case of poisoning or
felonious use of drugs.
The Irish Constabulary Trouble.
DUBLIN, Aug. 13-The inspect or general Of
the constabulary forwarded last evening to the
county inspectors throughout Ireland sums
amounting in the aggregate to e180,000 for dis
tribution among the constabulary
Increased Vigilance by Dublin Military.
1t is stated that guns have been placed in
the upper yard of the castle and other posi-
O'Connell demonstration this week. Large
bodies of infantry paraded the streets with
guns tonight causing come excitement, but
the authorities are reticent in regard to the in
creaeed vigilance exercised by them.
The Dublin Exhibition.
Mr.. Parnell and other Irish members of Par
lament arrived here to-day to attend the festt-
vitie5 in connection with ths approaching
opening of the exhibition. The streets are al
ready extensively decorated.
The Christians in Syria.
PARIS, Aug. PA dispatch from Constan-
tinople states that the ambassadors upon the
initiate of France, have made urgent repre-
sentations to the Porte in regard to the agita-
tion against Christians in Syria and other parts
of the Turkish empire.
The Arrest of Meany.
NEW YORK, Aug. PA Dublin dispatch
says Stephen j. Meany ives arrested on Thurs
day night at Brennan's Hotel, Ennis, under
warrant of the Lord Lieutenant charging him
with being a dangerous character. He was
detained all night at the police barracks and
discharged in the morning on giving bail for
&C d behavior for six months. His trunks
were e3arched, but nothing of a reasonable
character was found in them.
Foreign Notes.
A Berlin dispatch says the death is an
nounced of Baron Magnus, late German Minis