The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-05
FOREIGN.
The Floods Causing Great Suffer
ing and Distress.
BODY sOF GAMBETTA LYING IN
STATE.
The Car Treatened by the Revolution
airy Committee.
FOREIGN.

WIEsBADEN, Jan 4.--The Rhine is beginning to
fall Thirteen persons were drow ned at F eisen-
htim. In ALL b. or ~ lives have been lost by the
floods. The water is penetrating tile foundations of
the fortitications at Mayence. I he barometer is
rising
LONDON. Jan. 4.-The Times Berlin dispatch
says the foundations are taking the form of great
public catastrophe The d tress is incre asng hour
ly. The military and c, il authorities making
greater exer ions to mitigate the misery of the dis
ssier There e no signs yet that the crisis of the
calamity is reached. High temperature and ,ins
continue. AT Ludwigshafen, 0. posite Mannheim,
whe ct e great Rhine dam gave away last night,
the lives OF hundreds of people are imported. A
steamer rescued many hundreds, including the
sick. The deepest distress prevails.
PFsTH, Ja. 4-The Danube has inundated
Pressburg, "a miles from Vienna.
GENEVA, Jan 4.-The Paris nd Lyons Railway,
on the French frontier, is washed away The direct
railway service between Switzerland, Francs and
Italy is interruprnd.
PARIS Jan. 4.-The rivers Ssaone and Douba have
inundated sew raj villages. Thirty-tWo houses
have fallen at LoDgepierre.
Another Parnellite Called to Account.
CORK, yan A. John o'Brien, an active Parnell-
ite, has been summoned for using intimiGatng Ian
guage against landlords in speech at Bantry.
Trouble Between Turkey and It,,ly.
LONDON, Jan. A Turki, officer has In suited
the Italia consul while walking the stree is sf
Ger. The Moslems have demand ed the punishm, mt
of the consul.
The Czar Again Threatened.
Private letters from St. Petersburg state that the
Czar on Sunday, found in his bedroom o letter
from a revolutionary committee demanding the
commencement of promised reforms aud adding
that the committee possess power to forcibly obtain
concessions.
Gambettas Funeral.
PARIS, JAN The reason for the postponing of
Gambettas funeral was to enable deputatfons from
Alssce and Lorraine and other distant departments
to attend the public view the catafalque o-day.
The municipality of st. Etlenne. where the Social
ist element is strong, has refused to send deputa
tion to join he funeral procession.
AT 925 this morning immense Is assembled
at the Palais Bourbon waiting to Gambetta's
coffin. DeputaJions from Alsace and Lorraine will
form conspicuous figure III the funeral procession
The insulting comments of S me of the Bonapart
lSt reactonary papers have caused intense indigna-
tion. The offending journals torn to pieces and
stamped upon in cafes Victor Hugo is expected to
attend the funeral and deliver short Grafton.
Gambettas father demands for the body of his
son religious burial at Nice
he coffin containing the remains of Gamb eta
lies in the ball of the Palais Bourbon covered
with wreaths. Three hundred Republican mem bers
Of the Deputies, headed by M. Brs on, visited the
Palais today and walked around the cofin.
Victor Hugo today brought wreath to the Palais
Bourbon but before he reached the room contai ming
the coffin his strength gave way and he unable
to proceed.
Tenant Farmer Beaten to Death.
DUBLIN, Jan. A tenant farmer named Camey
has been beaten to death near Clare M, iris
Carneys brother-in-law has be en- arrested TN
picion.
German Subjects Called Home.
The Pail Mall Gazette publishes under reser We o
rumor that Germans resident i'll London receiv ed a
tee from the military authorities to hold them
selves ady to repair to Germany to fulfill the tlu-
ties of their military service.