The Portland daily press., 1883-08-08
FOREIGN.
Trial Of the Dynamite Conspira-
tors Begun.
The Military Rising in Spain Sup
pressed.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. THE trial of O'Herlihy
Featherstone, Dearsy, Flanagan and Dalton,
who are charged with having in their possess
ion explosives for the destruction of buildings
and lives began today. All the prisoners
pleaded not guilty.
visited Glasgow and purchased a quantity of
the strongest nitric acid which he sent to
O'Herlihy atCork.
Members of Parliament Coming 70 Amer
len.
IoNDoN Aug. MANY members of Parlia-
meat will 20 to America during the coming
recess.
The Government Again Sustained.
Motions were offered in the House of Com
mons last evening against the policy of the
Government in regard to the Transvaal aud
Zululand. They were defeated however
A Suspected Conspirator Arrested.
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Liverpool says that James McDer-
mott was arrested there yesterday on his arriv-
al from America, and was remanded to Jail on
n charge of being engaged in conspiracy to
murder public officials.
Not Cnrey's slayer.
Capt. Phelan of Kansas City, the man sup
posed to be identical with O'Donnell, the slay-
er of James Carey, is at present sojourning at
Cork, and thus could not have committed the
murder.
The British i'm Egypt.
Mr.. Gladstone in the House of Commons last
night, strongly reiterated that a permanent
British protectorate over Egypt was not iu-
tended.
The French Force i'm the East.
dispatch from Hong Kong to the Times
says: The French northern squadron here
consists of two ron-clads, two corvettes and
gunboat, mounting 55 guns and carrying 1888
men. The fleet in the waters OF Tonquin is
eal. ntntl fr.~
are 1000 troops In Tonquin, of whom 1000 are
stationed at Hanoi. The black flags are rein
forced by Chinese. The bombardment of Hue
is being considered.
French Duel.
PARIS, Aug. I'm. Etenne, member OF the
Chamber OF Deputies for Oran, fought a duel
yesterday with journalist named Mirabeau.
The latter had accused the former OF corrup-
tion. Mirabeau was wounded in the arm.
The French i'm Tonquin.
News has been received from Namdinh,
Tonqun, that the French have destroyed the
dams across the canal.
The Military Bising sa syain.
MADRID, Aug THE outbreak among
Spanish troops reported from Portugal occur
red in the city of Badajoz, capital OF the prov
ince OF the same name The garrison of the
town, numbering 700 men, pronounced for
republic, the Constitution of 1869, and Ruiz
Gorilla for President. The troops and the peo-
pie fraternize. The garrison disarmed the
gendarmerie and the Customs Guards, and oc-
cupied the railway station. The disaffected
troops also closed the gates of the fortress.
Eleven hundred persons participated in the
proclamation of the republic 400 civilians hav-
ing Joined the soldiery. 1t is believed that
the insurgents seized several thousand muskets
which had been deposited in the fortress. The
Customs Guards refused to join the movement.
IL is stated at Lisbon that Ruiz Gorilla planned
the rising
The insurgents are now marching 10 the
Portuguese frontier where they will be disarm-
ed and interned. A few Spanish soldiers sur
rendered to the Governor of Elvas, Portugal,