The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-15
FOREIGN.
Nearing His End.

| him to go below and order some beer, saying
that he would 90 himself, but did not care II
have his wife see him. O'Donnellswent be
low and Carey followed soon after. While
there drinking together Carey said, with ar
oath,'T believe you know me-" ODonnel
replied: 'Yes; you are Carey, the infermer.'
| Carey then drew a pistol and attempted tt
| fire, but O'Donnell knocked it upward, drew
his own and fred. Carey's son was the first
person to come toward them. He picked NJ
his fathers pistol. Beyond this O'Donnell
refused to talk on the subject.
Binns, the hangman, has arrived at New
| gate prison to make his preparations for the
execution of O'Donnell.
Mr.. Lowell, the American minister, says be
is not free to discuss the steps taken to obtain
| respite for O'Donnel. He is hampered In
| approaching the British government upon the
question by the result of the Lamson case.
Efforts are still being made to secure meet
ing of the jury under the strictest obligation OF
secrecy.
The Exchange Telegraph Company reports
that all of the jurymen who convicted o.
get them to join in memorial for respite
thus far have been unavailing.
Meetings we're held in various parts OF Lon
don yesterday in support OF the movement to
procure a respite for O'Donnell. At con-
ference held at st. Bridget's Club in Holborn
the following resolution was passed:
1--WE, having heard O'Donnells last state,
ment to his brother, made on Thursday
earnestly urge tho Home Secretary to obtain a
are firmly convinced was q miscarriage OF
justice for daring to defend himself against
a murderous attack made by one who has been
fitly described as the most infamous criminal
of modern days."
~ 1I..k.o r.
Gladstone.
ODonnell's statement to his brother yester-
day is substantially the same as that quoted by
Mr. Rnssel at the trial. O'Donnell adds: II
never said to Cabitt, the witness for the pros
ecuton, what he swore about my having
threatened to take Carey's life. do not in
tend to made any further statements"
Am Eaglish Cotton Mill Burned.
The cotton mill of the Jones Co., at Leigh
has been destroyed by fire. The loss is $780,
600.
Rash Nihilist.
A Nihilist named Rutchkof, who escaped
recently from imprisonment at Charkow, Ru g.
sia, returned to the prison to free his compan-
ions when he was seized by the guards. He
shot gendarme and then shot himself infict-
ing fatal wound.
loss OF an English Steamer with all her
Grew.
Steamer Aux, Liverpool for Rotterdam was
wrecked in gale Tuesday. crew of 21
men were drowned.
Rumer that Hicks Pasha is Alive.
CAIRO, Dec 1.-THE Governor of Dongola,
telegrsphs to the Khedive that the Kowawcer
tribe report that Hicks Pasha was alive and
safe at Birket ON November 18th, but that all
communication with that place has since been
cut off by Gowama tribes. The Governor says
the Bedouins of Dongola generally credit the
news 1t is not, however, believed at Cairo.
BarbRrities of the Ma dagascar Bombsrd-
ment. !.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-Advices from the French
bombardment of Madagascar ports, state that
the French Admiral gave no notice to the peo-
pie on shore before opening fire upon Vahe-
mar, nor offered TO secure the safety of the
British citizens by taking them aboard vessels
On leaving that place the French offered to
convey British subjects to Tamatave. The Of
fer was accepted as the people had lost every
thing and feared the resentment OF the natives
who might hold them responsible for the mis-
fortunes when passing Mahaneto. While re-
turning to Tamatave the French commander
observed .rhe flag of the Flarss again flying ov-
er the town. He then bombarded the place
fer the third time and finally passed leaving
the flag flying.
A Warming 10 Switzerland.
BERNE, Dec. I14-M. Reiehonnet, head of
the political department of the federal coun-
day said: HBe on your guard. Let the Swiss
people prepare to defend their country for
many black clouds are gathering on the En-
ropesn horizon. The war long auerted will
hardly be escaped after 1884, and may even
VT sssrislo -
The Reported Revolution at Huc.
PARIS, Dec. 14.-The government is still
without information relative to the reported
revolution at Hue and the poisoning of the
Anamite king. 1t is well known, however,
haa hAa awal =
since the signing of the treaty with the
French. Eight hundred French troops occupy
the forts at Hue and on the river, and seven
gcnboats are stationed in the stream. The
government, therefore, has no fear for the
safety of the forces. 1t is reported the arrival
at Marseilles of M. Tricon is erroneous.
Proceedings i'm the Chamber of Deputies.
Ia the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Gre
vile Reache criticised the conduct of the
Port au Prince. Prime Minister Ferry replied
that the Hay tien government admitted its re-
sponsiblity, and France would see that indem-
nifty to the French sufferers was duly paid and
an inquiry iuto the conduct of the consul in.
stituted.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-A letter from Earl Gran
Vile was read suspending Colledge until the
charges sagains. him were disproved. Mr..
Colledge deposed he had suspected for the last
three years that vessels were wilfully stranded
near Kirtsch for the purpose of getting sal
wage. The actual culprits he declared, were
the Russian government.
Foreign Notes.
Reports of heart-rending character come
| from the people along the coast of Labrador
| who are in starving condition. The land ii
| of inferior quality, not capable of sustaining
| human life, and the inhabitants follow fishing
| and hunting for a livelihood. The fisheries
| this year have proved failure, leaving the
n At.s r..
the actual necessaries Of life. The Provincial
| Government of Quebec has sent two schooner
| loads of provisions to keep the people from
| dying of starvation.
The American ship Martha Cobb has arrived
| with the crew of the British bark Grecian
| Philadelphia for Oporto, which foundered a
1 sea.
Areguepo has been evacuated By the Chill
| ians.
| M. Pierre Richard de Loprade, the poet ant
| author, is dead.
| The Castlebar police have been informed O
/ Ireland, and detectives have been sent to Eng
| land to arrest some suspected persons.
The British war office is daily issuing order
having reference to the shipment of supple
and war material to British stations in China
The steamer Hankow, under orders to sail TO
| China next Wednesday, is shipping heav
| guns and howitzers.
Mr.. John Bright, in a speech at Oakwortl
on thursday night, referred to the extension
of the county franchise as one of the creates
measures to be dealt with in the next session @
| Parliament.
The coast of Holland, in the vicinity O
Schvingen is strewn with casks of powder an,
| dynamite from wrecked vessels. Forty thou
sand kilogrammes of powder and five hundre
kilogrammes of dynamite have been picked u
by the customs authorities.
The Fortune Bay herring feet this seaso
numbers twenty vessels, fifteen from Glouce
ter, one from Portland and four from Nov
Scotia.
The government steamer Napoleon III We
damaged by fire at Halifax, N s., yesterday.
The Protestant and Catholic archbishoI
and clergy of Dublin, refuse to sign q memol
ial TO the Government, petitioning for commit
tation of the sentence of death passed upon J,
seph Poole for the murder of John Kenney
Seville Place
The Tory members of Parliement will DR.
pose Sir Matthew White Ridley as a candida
for Speaker of the House.
NJ Henry Martini, the well known historic
is dead. Aged 70.
A Just Decision.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Dec. 14.-Agnes Mu
, raw, convicted in the City Court a few da
ago of enticing Annie Walsh of New Britai
into house Of ill fame for immoral purpos
and bound over to the Superior Court for iris
, was brought before Judge Torrance in Il