The daily gazette., 1883-10-18
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE
MANY VILLAGES ENTIRELY DE-
STROYED.
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE KILLED
A Destructive Earthquake In Asia Minor
With Terribly Fatal Result Its-Genersi
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
CoNsTANTINoPLE Oct. 17.-Later advices
from Chos show that the earthquake was
most severe in Anatola, being particularly
destructive on that potion of the coast
which lies directly east of the Island of
Chios All the villages between Chesmrh
and Nourla were completely wrecked, aud
over one thousand persons have lost their
lives by being buried under the falling walls
Of their dwellings. An immense amount
| oil property has Ecea destroyed, the value of
which it is at present impossible to estimate.
| Chesmeh was badly damaged, but no lives
were lest. At Smyrna the shock was quite
| serious, and regular panic prevailed dur
| ing the continuance of the vibrations, but
the damage was slight. On the Island of
Chios the shock was also severe, but the
dui alton was short and little harm done.
Exactly how far the disturbance extended
into the interior of Asia Minor is at present
unknown; but reports from points lying to
the east of Chesmeh and southeast from
/ Smyrna indicate that an extensive area of
country was affected.
Most of the houses collapsed at the first
| shock, burying their inmates. The people
| who escaped became panic-stricken and
sought the fields, where many are still hud-
| died together in a starving condition and
uffering from cold. Help for the stricken
people is going forward from Smyrna.
The Horte has issued a notice stating that
10000 persons are homeless and pleading
for immediate assistance. A government
commission will start as soon as possible 10
| aid the local officials. The report that 900
persons perished is confirmed.
[Anatolia is a peninsula forming the
western end of Asia, bounded north by the
Black Sea, the Sea of MaImora, and the
Dardanelles, west by the Grecian Archipel-
ago, and south by the Mediterranean. Its
greatest length is about 700 miles, and its
greatest width some 420 miles, giving it an
area of 10000 square miles.
| LONDON, Oct. 1S.-A dispatch from Con-
stantinople reports that the shocks COM
pletely destroyed six villages and seriously
damaged many others. 1t is believed that
l, 900 persons perished.
THE FATAL YEAR.
The astrologists who selected 1888 as a
good year for earthquakes, pestilence and
accidents seem to have made hit. During
the ten months of the year considerably
more than IA, 900 lives have been lost in
notable disasters.
CRowDING THE CHRISTIANS.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 17.-The Porte
has ordered the peremptory collection of the
tithes on the Island Of Crete. The Chris
tians who resist thel payment of the tithes
are excited and trouble is feared if force is
used for their collection.
PORTUGAL REPUBLICANS.
MADRID, Oct. 17.-Intelligenee has been
| received from the Portuguese frontier that
| 900 armed peasants assembled at VALENCIA
dominic, in the province of Wanna, and
raised cries for republic. A small attach
ment Of troops was sent to disperse them,
when severe lighting ensued, during which
several persons were wounded on both Sides
Eventuallo the troops were compelled to re-
treat. Reinforcements of cavalry and in
faLtry have been sent to the scene of trouble
from 0porto.
| LATER.-The report of a conflict between
Portuguese peasants and troops at Valenea-
do'Minho, Portugal, proves to have been ex.
aggerated. The disturbance arose through
the female population of the village insi sting
that the tody of a dead woman should be
buried in church instead of in a cemetery
Quiet has been restored.
CAsTnIAN REFORMS.
MADRID, Oct. 17.-The Correspondencia
says: "The government will strictly fulfill
their program and respect all their promises.
but that before examining the questions Of
civil marriage, trial by jury and freedom Of
the press they will effect military admins.
trative and social reforms. The Cabinet
will not advise the King to conyoke the
Cortes before December"
A circular which General Lopez Domin-
guez, Minister of War, is about to address
to the captains-general of the provinces, re-
minds the army that even should it consider
that it has just motives for discomfort its
first duty should be to remember its mis-
sion and its loyalty to the King.
! PEACEFUL PROSPECTS AT ToNoUIN.
| PARIL, Oct. 17.-Au official dispatch from
Tonquin says no important military move
ments are taking place. The roads are in
1 NWYaR hal A.A
son. Huts are being erected for the accom-
mediation of the reinforcements now en-
route from France. The health of the
French troops continues good. The Anna
mite ENJOYS have arrived at Hanoi, and
are prepared to execute a treaty with
France.
o'DoNNELL's TRIAL POSTPONED.
LONDON, Oct. 17.-On motion of O'Don-
nell's counsel his trial was postponed to-
day until November 81. The prisoner was
in court and locking we'll. General Pryor
was also present and attracted great deal
Of attention.
THE LIBERAL COUNCIL.
Mr. John Bright arrived at Leeds to-day
and will preside over the Liberal confer
ence. Mr.. Morley called the assemblage to
order, and said 800 associations were repre-
sented, and declared that the government
should bring in the County franchise bill
at the next session, and If the House of
Lords objected it would be dangerous for
them. motion to that effect was adopted.
motion that any measure for the extern
sion of suffrage should confer the elective
franchise on women fit to vote, was carried.
The latter motion was supported by the
Messrs. Golden and Bright.
FOR SIBERIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 1.-THE trial of
63 members of the Nihilist Red Cross So
ciety mas just been concluded here. All
were sentenced to be sent to Siberia The
testimony of informers and others proved
that the society had ramifcations in every
part of the empire,
FRENCH MASSACRE OF ToNoUINEsE.
PARIS, Oct. 17,--The Figaro publishes a
narrative of a French officer of the par
ticulars of massacre of the natives of Hue
by French sailors. The story relates that
after the natives had ceased to resist they
were driven from the burning village un-
armed and were then shot down in piles, the
Frenchmen afterwards numbering those
who had been wounded.
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Inspecting the ISrandywine Water.