The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-12-08
FOREIGN.
The Floods in France.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE LOUIS
BLANC.
FOREIGN.
A Modern Great Fire of London.

u, LONDON Dec. Z.
The premises of Forster, Porter & Co.,
wholesale hosiers, on Wood street. extending
back to Philip Lane, are on fire, and the con-
migration threatens to become most serious
Several houses on Philip Lane have caught
nre, and the street being very narrow, it is diff
hcnlt for the firemen to approach the burning
buildings. The flames have extended on Phil
ip Lane south as far as Addle street. Two
pubic houses are now burning.
[sEcoND DISPATCH.
LONDON, Dec. $3.50 a. m.-Fire is one of the
largest that has occurred here for years. The
buildings on the whole o. the northern side of
Addle street have been gutted. Rylend's ware
house Is completely destroyed. The outside
wall OF Forster, Porter & Co.'s building has
posite side of Wood street. The fire is steadily
gaming headway. 1t is stated Forster, Porter
g Co., and Peter Reyland are fully insured.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Fire fire on the opposite side of Wood street
is now extinguished. the flames being confined
TO the block of buildings bounded by London
wall, Philip lane. Addle street and Wood
street, the whole OF which block it is expected
will be destroyed. Silber & Fleming's ware
house on Wood street was Quilted. The only
part of the block now intact is that facing
London wal The buildings facing on Adde
street is still burning fercely. Part of Rey-
lands warehouse on the corner of London
wall and Philip lane is safe at present.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.]
Owing to the seriousness of the fire Cant.
shaw, chief OF the fire brigade, has called out
nearly the whole force of the fire department.
The Prosecution OF Healey and Davitt.
DUBLIN, Dec 7,-Interest IS centred in the
prosecution of Healey and Davitt, and the tri-
ais at the Green street commission, which is
presided over by Judge o. Brieu, who long dis
charged the functions of crown prosecutor
there He opened the commission and his iu-
state of Dublin.
The Cuban Refugees.
LONDON, Dec. MIR. James O'Kelley, M.
r., has forwarded to the foreign office copies
OF letters he received, stating that the Cuban
refugees were surrendered at Gibraltar. One
OF these letters is from Macco and relates the
circumstances attending the illegal surrender
OF the refugees to the Spanish authorities. Mr..
y Kelly was in Cuba during the iDsurrection
and was taken prisoner. He has written a
oook In relation to the Cuban insurrection.
A Rebellious Prince.
A dispatch from Rangoon to the Daily News
reports that the eldest son of the late King OF
Burmam has escaped from Benares. IL is be-
| lleved he IS In route to upper Burmah to raise
| rebellion
Murder by Nihinsts.
| A dispatch from Berlin to the Morning Post
says young lady banished to Siberia for COM
W.
| the Governor of the Transbaikal Territory.
The Floods in France.
PARIS, Dec. Back of the Jardin des
Plantes the water is over three feet deep
| Camps for the workingmen have been estab.
lished in the park at Vincennes.
The floods in the Seine district continue
Several workshops at Iveysur, Seine, have been
ment.
Expelling the Poles.
| Intransigeant journals state that three Poles
received notices of expulsion from Paris for
connection with revolutionary society.
| Socialists Increasing.
Advices from Germ sny indicate that there
has been of late very decided increase IN the
uen belon to the extreme Left
-" ffor the late Loui:
nc. will Of the deceased orders q
city civi. funeral. He bsqueathes his lib
rary to the city OF Paris.
Can't Go to America.
| VIENNA, Dec Tine emigration from the
| mountain districts Of Hungary to America has
| caused the Hungarian government TO request
| passports
Death of Americans Abro d.
HoNa KONG, Nov. s, via San Francisco
| Cal, Dec. 7.-Capt. Field Of the American
| ship Mary L. Stone, and Capt. Swap of the
| American ship Nearchus Of Newburyport,
Mass, died of cholera at Manila, toward the
| end of October.
More Repressive Measures.
BERLIN, Dec. THE ort on the execu-
tion of the Socialist law presented to the
| kechstag yesterday, ct ,cludes as follows
The conviction is irresistibly forced on the gov
| ernment that repressive measures must be con-
| tinued.
Guilty of Rebellion.
CARLO, Dec. 7.-Mahmoud Sami, Abdelal
Pasha, Ali Fehmy and Toulba Pasha were ar.
raigned this morning, and pleaded guilty to a
charge of rebellion. The prisoners were SEN
fenced to death, but their sentences were COM
muted to exile for life by the Khedive. 1t is
rumored that European mob in Alexandra
will attempt to lynch the prisoners.
Elected Life enators.
PARIS, Dec. 7.-Agenor Bardoux and Jean
Jules Clamageran have been elected life Sena.
tors.
Post Office Robbed.