The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-16
FOREIGN.
Parliament House Shaken up with
Dynamite.
A Fenian Plot which only Partially
Succeeded.
Good Ground for Belief that Gorts.
chakoff was Poisoned.

| LONDON, March ia terrific gas explosion
occurred In local government office in West
minister at O'Clock tonight, destroying much
properly The report was heard in the House
Of Commons, and caused alarm. The concus-
sion was so great that it shook the side cs the
galleries and reporters gallery. 1t being the
dinner hour few members Of the house vera
present In the hall. The Duke of Edinburgh
y. was IL the peers gallery. No one was injured
It IS believed the explosion was caused by dv-
namite and was deliberate attempt made to
blow up the government Offices
Inc explosion was undoubtedly the work of
remains The jaeent streets are filed with
mYriads OF fragments of glass aud boavv nj ate
glass is lying in heaps on the ground < stona
weighing 200 hundred pounds was proiected
against King street policestation making 4 hole
SI sne SIZE O. oi mans head. Nothing will be al
lowed to be touched until an inouirv Ia mada
today. The full extent Of the damage cannot
be estimated until daylight.
rive nnndred constables are guarding the
scene. The building has tie appearance OF
having been bombarded There IA dean
trench 10 feet by 3 inches dimensions in one
toom roor which had been literally ploughed
up. Two children who were sleeping in the
house at the corner of Kingstreet were thrown
from their beds by the force of the explosion
ana ana td tneir faces badly cut. They were rescued
ana taken to the police station. Every pane of
glass IN the vicinity was shattered. A man
was arrested at midnight on suspicion of hay
ing been concerned in the explosion.
OH w III. hercOurJ mad a conference with
the chief of police at which several witnesses
were examined. The conclusion reached Waa
that the explosion occurred inside room ana
not from outside the building. After the ex-
plosion the force OF police at the houses Of par
lament was doubled. The government ofice.
and the residences of Ministers are strongly
guarded
A Huge DefaIcation.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 15.-The defalca-
uons OF M. Makoff, president of the society for
regulating the social condition of the Russian
ews, VS. ane @ who committed suicide, amount to
The Paris Emeute.
PARIS, March 15.-Fifteen Anarchists vis;.-
ed the office of the Intransigeant and attemnt-
ed TO compel Rochefort, editor, to insert
note IN tne paper denouncing its report of the
.iot last friday as sanderous. The police
y, lave since protected the premises, although
kochefort declined their services when prof-
fered ""ON pIoi-
Explosives have been found in the house CT
man named Pouquet, who has been arrested.
Inc government have resolved to expel
Upon tne completion OF their sentences, all the
foreigners who were convicted Of implication
In the riots here. They are mostly Germans
With regard to the proposed Socialist meet
ing IN Champs de Mar on Sunday next the
cabinet has decided if the crowds refuse to dis
perse three legal warnings will be given. If
snese warnings are not needed the rioters will
be arrested.
New Bishops Appointed by the Pope.
ROME, March 15.-At consistory held to-
lay the Pepe appointed several Bishops in
:luding Bishops OF Halifax, Charleston and
Grand Rapids.
Important Information Expected.
A man named Poquet has been arrested. II
expected that information more vital than
my Louise Michel could furnish touching Of
he anarchists, will be obtained from him.
Prince Gortschakofrs Funeral.
BADEN BADEN, March 15.-The funeral of
Prince Gortschaoff took place from the chapel
y Baden Baden yesterday, The physician
VINO attended the Prince states that tbers
we're enough grounds for suspecting that the
Pr1nce had been poisoned. In will made on
lis death bed the Prince requests the authori-
les TO suppress any inquiry as to whether he
lad been poisoned
.srntzry
lew cabinet
igan Implicated in the Dublin Conspi-
racy.
LONDON, March 15.-Press association SAYS
is stated James Mullett, one of the murder
onspiracy prisoners, has given information Inn
licating Patrick Egan and several others in
'u6lin crimes. The information is said to be
lthcient to Justify the arrest of Egan when
Q returns from America
An Irish Complaint.
DUBLIN, March 15.-The Catholic clerov Of
he diocese of Swineford, county Mayo, have
assed a resolution in which they charge the
government with neglecting the distressed
eople, and condemn the remedies offered
amely, the workhouse or emigration.
An International Detective Force.
VIENNA, March 15-The Russian Govern
lent have proposed TO the other Powers that
h international detective force be- Organized
} cope with Anarchists, Nihilists, Fenians
nd Socialists. France, Switzerland and Aus
ia have acquesced in the proposal