The Portland daily press., 1883-09-05
The German Railway Disaster.


The German Railway Disaster.
BERLIN, Sept 4.-The total railroad disaster
at Steghiit has long been apprehended. The
government, after its purchase of the Berlin
and Potsdam Railway, asked the Diet to vote
sum sufficient to alter and enlarge the de-
pot at Steglitz, the minister of finance, in his
request therefor, stating that he was unable,
nnder the existing dangerous circumstances,
TO undertake the responsibility for the lives of
the great number of passengers which were
constantly imperled If the grant sought to be
obtained was refused. A vote was taken upon
this request by the Diet and it was rejected.
The reactionary press throw the blame for the
accident upon the National Liberals in the
Diet, thep having refused to vote upon the
question. The Emperor has ordered COM
mittee to make rigid inquiries into the cause
of the accident.
Distress i'm Southern Ireland-An Amend
ment of the Land Act Demanded.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-The recent storms have
almost totally destroyed the grain and other
crops in the South Of Ireland. The authorities
distress GoHssaGsnt aBB5t6 tie df0ps gsHssfh
strike against rent is thought to be imminent
The board of guardians throughout ireland
have passed resolutions demanding the amend
ment of the land act.
dwelling of the Lafayette Monument.
PARIS, Sept. 4.-Mr. Walker, United States
consul general here, the United States consul
at Lyons, and Congressman Ochiltree of Texas,
will attend the unveiling of the Lafayette
monument.
Foreign Notes.
But three deaths from cholera occurred in
Alexandra Monday and the epidemic is now
considered nearly extinct.
A violent wind-storm prevailed in Paris on
Saturday night, destroying much property.
The Ban of Croatia is to relieved of his
functions by the government, pending the set
tlement of the Hungarian escutcheons i'm
broglio
The bishop and town council of Stratford-
upon-Avon strenuously oppose the exhuma-
tion of the remains of Shakespeare.
The King of Portugal has issued decree
ordering the Court into mourning for four
days in memory of the Count de Chambord.
The period of mourning at the Imperial Court
of Germany has been made eight days.
Harwood, the English hangman, is dead.
A Split i'm the Royalist Ranks.
A serious split in the Royalist ranks which
has been noticed by careful observers to be inn
pending ever since the illness of the late Count
de Chambord became alarming, is now beyond
the possibility of concealment The quarrel
has been made public by the peevish refusal of
the Count of Paris TO honor the obsequies of
his distinguished cousin at Goritz. This &C.
ton has incensed the Legitimists, who inter-
pref the action of the Count of Paris as no.
tice of his determination to contest the will of
the Count de Cbambord, or in other words, to
maintain his own claim to the throne of France
and to refuse acqniescence i'll the testsmentsry
disposition, which gives the presidents title to
the Italian prince named in Chsmbord's will.
The Orleanists say that the son of Don Carlos
is but cadet of the house of Bourbon, and
neither by residence, sympathy or utilization has
he fitted himself for the monarchy of France.
The Lagitimists have taken great umbrage
at this line of argument and policy on the part
OF the Count of Paris and his partisans, and the
rupture between the two factions of Royasts
has been widened to such an extent that it is
doubtful if they will ever coalesce to such an
extent as to make effective their claims to the
government o. France.