The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-26
FOREIGN.
Louise Michel Sentenced to Six
Years Imprisonment.
The Queens Health Much Improved.
Not Cholera but Virulent Fever at
Damietta.

PAaIs, June 25.-The foreman of the jury
which returned a verdict OF guilty against
Louise Michel has received menacing letters.
When the prisoner was sentenced the audience
lNin the court cheered her. Her sentence was
six years Imprisonment and ten years police
surveillance.
The commune press generally considers her
sentence excessive. Even Legitimist and
Union advocates predict Communication of her
sentence An anarchist paper reminds the
president of the court which sentenced Louise
Michel that Judge Bonjean was shot by the
commune.
The Irish Lace Exhibition.
LONDON, June 25.-The Duke OF Connaught
to-day opened the Irish Lace Exhibition in the
Mansion House, London.
nyncn, the lnformer, Released.
Lynch, alias Norman, the informer, has been
released.
Incendiaries in Russia.
A despatch reports that there have been
many fires OF incendiary origin in Kungur, a
town in the government OF Perm, Russia, and
that several persons have been arrested on sus-
pcion Of having started the fires.
Queen Victoria.
The condition of the Queen is greatly ims
proved Her Majesty was able to walk from
the train to her carriage on her arrival in
Windsor from Balmoral.
The Queen has invited the painter Angeli to
come to England and take life-size portrait
OF her, which she will present to the Emperor
William on the 25th anniversary OF his assump-
ton OF the regency OF Prussia.
Death of Gen. Knollys.
Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir William Knollys, gentle
man usher of the Black Rod, is dead, at the
age OF So years. Sir William Knollys entered
the army at the age of 16, and, though placed
on the retired list as general six years ago, he
retained till his death the colonelcy Of the cd
foot, now known as the LIST battalion of the
Wiltshire regiment. He was son of Gen.
William Knollys, descendant of the Earls OF
Baubury and an unsuccessful claimant for the
revival Of the long extinct Baubury peerage.
The Malagassy Enjoys.
PARIS, June 25-Tbe Malagassy ENJOYS had
farewell meeting with Prime Minister Ferry
yesterday. The ENJOYS will be provided with
a ''safe conduct to be delivered to the French
Commander at Tamatave.
Annamite Consuls Expelled.
A telegram from Saignon states that the
Governor of Cochin China has expelled the
Annamite consuls from the colony because of
their connection with conspiracy against
French rule. The evacuation of Quinhon has
been ordered.
Fever Raging at Damietta.
ALEXANDRIA, June 2o.--The medical chief
at Damietta reporGs that the epidemic which
has broken out there is fever of virulent type
and not cholera.
Affray between Irish Militiamen.
DUBLIN, J.2e 25.-A terrible ar-ay occurred
at C1.assgn last evening peywee1i q PARTY of
County Mayo militia and some English SOL
diers. Five of the participants were killed.
Later intelligence shows the affray at Cur
ragh was between North Mayo and Dublin
militiamen and not tstween the former and
British troops as first reported. 1t originated
in gambling dispute during which the Mayo
men called the Dublin men "Careys' and "In-
vincbes." The fight lasted over an hour,
each side using stones and firearms freely. The
conflict YVES only quelled by officers threaten
ing TO fire upon the men. One man was killed,
a sergeant. Parnell has gone to county Mon
aghan to assist Healy in his contest.
The latest report in regard to the affray at
cnrragh is seventeen men wounded, but one
killed.
Disastrous Fire in Russia.
LONDON, June ga dispatch from St.
Petersburg says number OF warehouses used
for storing herrings and cotton on the Island
of fGutnjewsky at the mouth of the Neva have
been burning since O'Clock this afternoon.
Several vessels in the river are also on fire. At
the time the dispatch was sent it was impossi-
Bile to estimats the amount OF damage.
LATER.
NJ. Gregoruff's warehouses and saw mills,
most OF the private houses, a steam fiouf mill
belonging to the Crown, a chemist factory,
bone mill and cotton store with 5000 bales of
cotton were destroyed by the fire on the Island
of Gutuiewsky. Loss so far as reported l.
500,C90roubles.
Prussia and the Vatican.
BERLIN, June pa note from Cardinal
Jacobini, Papal Secretary of State, expressing
regret that Prussia had preferred legislation 80
negotiation on the church question was handed
to Herr Won Schloezer, Prussian representa-
tive at the Vatican, on Friday last. The
protest is merely formal one. Prussia has
replied in friendly spirit.
Vacant Seats in Parliament.
DUBLIN, June 25.-Me-srs. Monroe, Conserv-
ative, Pringe and Healey, Home Rulers,
have been nominated for vacant seat1 in the
Heuse of Commons for County Monaghan.
Acquitted.
BRUSSELS, June 25.-M. Boand, extradited
from France on charge OF having obtained
600,000f from banker by false pretences and
whose trial was begun last week, has been ac-
quilted, the tribunal finding that the prisoner
was only liable TO civil action. Ii was proved
on trial that Boland really had relations of a
serious character with M. Gambetta.