The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-19
IRELAND's TROUBLE.
A Mysterious Passenger by a
Foreign Steamer Arrested
in New York
ON SUSPICION OF BEING ONE OF THE
ASSASSINS.

New YORK, May 18.--A man giving the
| name of Michael Turner was on board the
steamer Wisconsin which arrived yesterday
| whose actions and words during the voyage
excited suspicion among some OF the. passen'
| gers. He had no baggage, and only the cloth
/ ing he wore. As soon as the vessel touched
the pier he was the first to go down the gang
plank and Immediately disappeared pas
senger named Kettle also left as soon as possi-
bic, took carriage and repaired to the police
station, where he gave some information to
the police relative to Turner, but the after
| cannot be found 1t is surmised that Turner
knew or had something to do with the assas-
sinations in IrelaRd. His ticket was purchased
| In the Dublin office of the company at e10 los
| on the day of the assassnations and counter
signed in Queenstown on Sunday morning, SO
that 1t is fair to presume that he took the last
OF the night train from Dublin to his port OF
destination. AS the Wisconsin passed the
Seythia at quarantine Turner was told that
officers were searching that vessel for the as
sassin, at which 1e showed great TIRE pidation.
The detectives did not board the Wisconsin,.
I E When last seen he was making tracks as fast
as possible across West street, looking furtively
to the right and left as II fearful at every step
of being intercepted by some one. That he
feared meeting with some one was evidenced
by his peculiar manner and action which did
not fail to attract the attention of more than
one person.
Michael Turner, the suspected assassin Of
Cavendish, was arrested here to-day aud taken
before the British consul. He takes the mat
ter as a joke. Mr.. Perry, as passenger on the
Wisconsin, says he met Turner at several fairs
in Ireland, and found him only jolly fellow
The officers of the Wisconsin scout the idea
OF his being an assassin.
Special Prayers for Ireland.
LONDON, May 1S.-A Canterbury despatch
says the Upper House of Convocation has
agreed upon form of prayer for use during
the present troubles in Ireland. 1t asks for
preservation from secret conspiracies and open
violence, the appeasement of tumuts in Ire
land and the healing Of her sores.
Condemning the Repression Bill.
A meeting Of the Irish parliamentary party
to-day unanimously condemned the re preston
bill as unworthy of the Irish people and fraught
decided to ask Gladstone why the arrears bill
was not printed and whether he will expedite
it,
Trevelyan called attention to the failure of
justice in Ireland He declared the new bill
would facilitate summoning of witnesses. He
defended the provisions against the publica-
tion Of seditious articles by referring to the
charter of the Irish World and United Irish
man. He said the government had reason to
think in their efforts to suppress outrage they
would have the assistance of those who be-
come tired of the terrorism to which they had
been so long subjected.
Dillon maintained that failures to convict
ere not the result of intimidation but of
popular sympathy. The bill he declared
would have no other effect that to provoke
secret organizations. When the measure ex-
pired the league would rise again and Parlia-
ment would have to do the work over again.
Debate adjourned till tomorrow.
General Notes.
LONDON, May 18.-The Times says Parnell
will strongly oppose the repression bill on the
ground that it should be delayed until after
the arrears bill has been passed.
The fear of being arrested for the Cavendish
and Burke assassnations is SO general in Ire
land that peasantry travelling outside of their
own district apply to the police for passports.
Many emigrants leaving the south of ireland
for America resort to the same course.
At a private meeting in Dublin all the Irish
judges except the Lord Chancellor unanimous
ly resolved to send strong remonstrance to the
government against the proposed abolition of
trial by jury.
NEW YORK, May 18.-Six stowawaYs arrived
IreIaud, to-day. Marshal Knox has ceased ex-
amining arriving steamers
BosToN, May 1S-John Dursin, claiming to
be Grand Master of the Massachusetts, Grand
Lodge OF Oraugemen, will publish a card in
the morning in Which he says that the letter
read at the recent irish indignation meeting
in Faneuil Hall extressing sympathy of the |
order in Massachusetts and throuohout the |
country with the objecs of the mesting. was
utterly without authoriq from the Grand |
Lodge He further says Oangemen are not in |
sympathy with any revolutionary measures |
whatever