The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-10

BERLIN, Jan. S.-The minister of 1ustioa
has sent q message ci condolences TO the priyass
secretary OF the late Herr Lasksr. DIR. ctoee-
ker's organ OF the Reichsbote contains an arti-
Gle insulting to the memory Of the deceased
statesman on account Of his Jewish creed.
Work Of NIhilisss.
ST PETERSBURG, Jan. 9.--Tt 10 now learned
that the nephew OF the late Lieut.. Col. SoH-
deikin who was with the latter ct the time the
Colonel met bis death and was himself shot
has been delirious ever since the socourrenes.
Count Tolstoi minister OF the interior has
caused his body guard TO be increased to thirty
men since the discovery in Lieut. Coonsl
Sudeikins rooms OF Nihilist letters throatsA-
ing death to the Count.
Archbishop Gibbons Starts fer Amsrisa.
ROME. Jan. 9.-Archbishop Gibbons Of Bal.
timore started on his return TO America yeslsr.
day. The Pope has formally appointed him
apostolic delegate to, and president Of shs ns-
tional council OF Catholic prelates to be held In
Baltimore November next
Settled by a Duel.
PARIS, Jan. "a duel with swords between
M. Aurelien Scholl, and a journalist nAms&
Dion was fought today in consequence OF An
article printed In the Evenment'(A newspspsr).
M. Scholl was wounded in the side, NJ Dion's
sword breaking in thrust and leaving fraK-
ment in the person OF the former.
The Battle at ssntsy.
PARIS, Jan. 9--Admiral Courb4t in his re-
port to the government says: The loss OF artil-
lery and stores by the FIRE and explosion al
Hanoi on December %, was not serious and
can be replaced from Saigon ia fortnight.
Admiral Courbet also reports that the epsmy's
loss in the attack by the French forces upon
Sontay was 400 killed and 600 wounded. The
Annamite commander aud Lieutenant were
wounded and several Chinese officers in the
service of the ADnsmites were killed The
French soldier wounded at SoDtay are all do
ing well. The Anaamites left ia SontaJ 20
bronze Cannon, 400 Kilogrammes of dynamite
and l50, 900 rifle cartridges.
Matters in Egypt.
CAIRO, Jan. 9.-NubAr Ptsna assumed the
Office today of prime minister Of the new
Egyptian cabinet.
France aud Tonquin.
LONDON. Jan. 9.-The Times despatch from
H.iphong, dated the 9th, says General Beehot
holds Sontay with 1000 troops aud the country
for ten miles around is clear of the enemy.
The city OF Hung Hos, above Sootay, on the
Red river, to which it is believed the Black
Flags retreatsd, has been abandoned.
Annamities RepuIsed.
HoNa KoNG, Jan o. An explosion oc-
CARED at HsLoi ON tue 18th ult, destroying I've
batteries of French artillery. Quo man was
killed and three others Injured and several
houses and barracks badly damaged. TIVE
Thousand AMMAN ties attacked the French post
neld by fifty marines and after several hours OF
hard fghtinz the enemy retired with loss Of
a hunired in killed and woEnded.
Pilgrimage 10 vietsr Emanusl's Toub.
ROME. Jsu. "a pilgr mage TO ths tomb OF
Victor Emanuel took place today. II Il sati-
mated that 900 were in tbs procession, rep
resenting the six great provinces OF she king-
dom. The procession marched through the
principal streets Of the city to the Pantheon,
ana for two hours de6led before the monument
erected over the tomb of the late monarch, up-
on which we're placed four hundred wreaths
aud other floral tributes.
endeiiin's Assassins.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Jan. ct is reported that
five Nih,list assa>sns OF Lieut.. Col. Sudsikin
have been arrested
sympafhy for NarisaalIsns.
LONDON, Jan. 9.-The Dublin correspondent
of the Times states that tho actions Of the
police at the meeting Of Nxtionalsts aud
Orangemen at Dromore on the 1st inRt. have
shaken public confidence In their neutrality,
cooluess and discipline, they having trsnssd
the Orangemen with marked brutality while
clearing the street. 1t is generally believed
they sympathizs with the Nationalists.
Failures i'm Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9.-Seriuus itfioulties are
reported in the corn trade. John Herd, Jr.,
corn broker, has failed, with extensive lia-
bilities.
Lace Factory Rurned.
LONDON. Jan. 9-Austin's lace factory, Long
Eaton. near Nottingham, has been burned.
Loss $780, 900.
Fereign Notes.
A Vienna dispatch says Q contract has been
concluded between an American manager aud
Herr Sonnenthal, court actor, Who will awe
series of performances In tho United States
during the coming summer. Herr Sonuonthsl
is to receive e45 900 besides travelling expenses.