The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-26
DEATH ABROAD.
Forty seven- People Burned on the
Shore of Lake Como---Disaster
in the English Channel.
Riot in Ireland--Fo
eign Notes.

LoSnoN. June 25.-Tbe intelligence of a
frightfn calamity at a place of amusement
in Defvio, on the shore of Lake Como, has
Just been deceived While the performance
at puplet theatre was in progress the stIuc.
ture took fire and was entirely destroyed.
Forty seven lives were lost and twelve Others
were injured
TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
A fatal collision occurred last Friday night
of Portland. between the iron passenger
vessels Huunui and Waitara, of the New
Zealand Shipping company, the latter vessel
sinking within half an hour Seventy five
persons persisted Sixteen were recovered,
three Of whom We're saloon passengers All
the second cabin and steeTage passengers of
the Waitara were lost Survivors say no
crash was heard, the sides of the Waitara
giving way like pasteboard.
RIOT IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, June 25.-A terrible affray oc
Cured at the Curragh of Kildare last evening
between a party of County Mayo military
and some English soldiers Five were killed.
O'Donnell, member of parliament for Dun.
garven, in a letter to The Freeman's Journal,
says the adoption by the Parnellites of the so.
called bill providing for the abolition of Irish
civic royalty forces him, as Home Ruler, to
resign from the party at the next meeting, as
he sayE the bill is really intended to convert
the vice royalty into the principal secretary
ship of state, the incumbent of which is to
be appointed by the queen from among the
Irish members of parliament.
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, June 25--The queens condition is
greatly improved She was able.to walk from
the train to the carriage, on her arrival al
Windsor from Balmoral The queen has in
vfted the painter, Angel, to take her life-sized
portrait, which she will present to Emperor
William on the 25th anniversary of his as
sumption to the regency of Prussia.
Lynch, alias Norman, the informer who
testified against the dynamite eonspirators
was released from custody to-day because Of
his services to the government
IRISH LACE EXHIBITION.
The duke of Connaught to-day opened thu
Irish lace exhibition at the Mansion house
He expressed the hope that the exhibition
| would lead to an extensive lace industry am
the prosperity of Ireland
r.. GERMANY.
BERLIN, June 25-The lower house of the
diet finally passed the governments chucl
bill--224 to l07
r...- i. ITALY.
LONDON, June 25.-The intelligence of
| frightful calamity at place of amusemen
| in Dervio, on the shore of Lake Como, la
| inst been received While a performance
was in progress at puppet theater the struc
ture took Are and was entirely destroyed
Forty-seven persons lost their lives ant
| twelve others were injured
EGYPT.
| ALEXANDRIA, June 25-The medical chic
| 1t Damietta says the epidemic which ha
| oroked out there is fever of virulent type
and not cholera.
The sanitary committee pronounces til,
-pidenic at Damiatta cholera The numbe
Of eases is increasing
PERU.
| PANAMA, June 26-Letters by the las
steamer announce that the Chilans vii
| gradually evacuate the north of Peru, unde
the treaty made with lglesias, and that he. wi
| first establish his government, commencn
in Trujelli and other leading towns, before b
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