The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-03
FOREIGN.
Final Passage of the Church Bill.

BERLIN, July 2.--Tbe upper House OF the
Prussian Diet has. "a to 16, adopted the govern
ment church bill. DIR. Gasser, minister OF &C.
clessiastical affairs, declared that the right OF
nomination to ecclesiastical benefits was not
worth contending for. At joint session OF the
Diet Herr Pitkamer, minister OF the interior,
declared the session closed and the members
dispersed after cheering the king three times.
Great Fire in London.
LoNDoN, July 2.-The establishment OF
Brockler & Bennington, glue and size makers,
Bermondery, London Is on fire: The tenants
OF large number OF small houses in the
neighborhood have hastily removed their
effects to places of safety. The fire Is one of
the largest in that vicinity for many years. The
loss is ESQ 900.
ChurcL ill's Attack on the Khedive.
Lord Randolph Churchill has handed to Mr..
Gladstone afidavits and other ducements In
support OF his assertion that the Kkedive in
cited the massacre at Alexandria,
Proceedings in Parliament.
In the House Of Lords this afternoon Lord
Derby, Colonial Secretary, said the govern
naent was not prepared to annex New Guinea
owing TO tho enormous extent OF territory the
unknewn character Of the interior Of that
country and the certainty that the natives
would object TO annexation.
This afternoon In the Commons in regard to
New Guinea Mr.. Gladstone said
dispatch will shortly be forwarded
Her Maiesty's government on this question
annexation OF New Guinea Is clearly null
legally and is not warranted by policy. we
are not prepared TO confirm the action OF the
Queensland government. We think the parti-
cular colony of Queensland is not well suited
for the function which 1t has undertaken TO
perform. The home government alone will as
sumo the responsibility II such a step should
be necessary. There is no reason to believe
that other powers wish to annex Guinea. The
daanatnh Will n infantiOQ 10
strengthen the hand OF the high commissioner
in regard to the policy of the neighboring seas.
Anoil Painting Exhibition.
MUNICH, July 2.-On oil painting exhibition
opened here Saturday. The American exhibit
Is good, in landscapes especially.
Contradictory Statements Regarding the
Count de Chambord.
PARIS, July 2-The Paris Union, in announc-
mg the sickness Of the Count de Chambord,
says IL has been ordered by the Count TO ask
for him the prayers OF the French people. II
is stated that the relapse Of the Count de
Chambord Is due to the bursting OF an intesti-
nal tumOr.
The Clarion says the case OF the Count is
not quite hopeless. The news OF the Counts
illness caused great excitement at Paris yester-
day. Many persons presumed that he was ac-
taally dead.
The Monarchists assembled this morning at
the house of the Marquis De Dreux Breze to
Of the Count de Chambord. A consultation OF
physicians was to be held at Frohdsdorff, the
Counts residence, and ii there was any hope
6 telegram was TO be sent 10 Paris. As no
news had been received up to this hour the
worst is feared.
A dispatch from Paris says a report in cir
culation there this afternoon that Count de
Chambord is dead is confirmed.
A despatch to Reuters telegraph company
from Paris at Z o'clock this evening referring
TO the condition Of Count de Chambord does
not mention his death. 1t is therefore prob
able the report that he was dead as confirmed
by an Exchange Telegraph Company despatch
twas premature. The Union OF Paris says that
he condition of the Count is grave, yet all
hope OF his recovery has not been abandoned.
Death of the Archbishop of st. Andrews.
LONDON, July Right Rev. John Strain,
DID,, Catholic archbishop OF st, Andrews and
Edinburgh is dead. He was born Dec. 8, 1910,
and was translated to the archi Episcopal See
of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in March, 1878.
The Hungarian Murder trial.
LONDON, July 2.--The trial Of the Jews
charged with numbering young Christian
girl Esther Salymosi, was continued at Nyire-
ghyhazs, Hungary, to-day. Araft, proprietor,
deposed that Barp, the police magistrate, had
held repeated nocturnal inquiries in the pri-
son, that he fthe witnessl had been terrorized
by seeing his companion struck and maltreated,
and that he had said exactly what Barry had
told him to say although he really knew
nothing of the conveyance OF corpse as al
legged by the prosecution.
Foreign Notes.
In the election in county Monaghan Saturday
Healey received 2,2T6 votes not 2,226 as pre-
viously reported.
tits believed the government has decided to
expel from France every member of the
Orleans family If the Comte de Paris makes
any political demonstration.