The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Cable From Different
Countries.
The Egyptian Conference Meet in Lon
don in June.
and Other Fenians Ar
raigned.
Fenians ON Trial.

TUBBERcURRY, May 5.-Fitzgerald and ten 9TH
er Fenians arraigned at Sligo to-day, charged
incidentally with being Invneible and specifically
with the murder of landlords and others. Thomas
Morton, the informer friend of Sheridan, testified
when he Joined the Inyincibles he was sworn on
knife that by the terms of his oath he pledged him
self % secrecy to implicit obediness to his leaders,
to act when called upon by them and to deal death
to tyrants. He connected Fitzgerald with the Tub
bercurry branch of the Irish Republican Brother
hood by swearing that Fitzgerald came to Tubber-
curry from London to settle some differences at the
time Mr.. Sexton was elected to the House OF Com
mons from Sligo.
Another Heavy Failure in London.
LONDON May 5.-The Colon Company. limited,
No. % Clements Lane, Lombard street. of this city
has failed. 1t owed the Oriental Bank, which
failed on Saturday, 81 900 ,OoO
Municipal Elections in Paris.
PARIS, May 5.-The French municipal elections
have been held but there will be no material change
In the make up of the Paris council: Large towns
have given majority for moderate Republicans.
Arrival of Refugees mt AssOuan.
AssoUAN, May 5-Two thousand refugees have
reached this place frou Korosko, and more are
coming in daily. Evacuation is proceeding quietly
at that place. Col. Duncan having charge Of the
invested by Mahdi are expected here within few
DAYS. Several of the Bedouin sbclkhs and their
tribes will escort Col. Wortley of the Egyptian ar
my in his reconnaissance along the banks of the
River Nile they to maintain communication be-
tween Assouan and Dongola
Am Explosion i'm London Not Caused by
Dynamite.
LONDON May 5.--A heavy rain aud thunder
storm broke this city this after and in the
southern part of the city ball of fire fell to the
street AMI burst with loud report, a phenomenon
that terred residents for miles around and parteu-
larly those who witnessed it.
LONDON, May 5.-The parliamentary document
just published includes despatch to Sir Evelyn
Barring from Gen. Gordon, dated Khartoum, April
16. in which he says: LAS far as understand the
situation you state that there is no intention to
send relief here or to Berber, and consider myself
tree to act according to circumstances l shall
hold on here as long as can and if can suppress
the rebellion shall do so. otherwise shall retire
to the equator and leave you the indeibe disgrace
of abandoning the garrisons of Senaar, Kosal0.
Berber and DoDgola, with the. certainty that you
will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi
under great difficulties if you would retain peace in
Egypt"
The Egyptian Conference.
The Egyptian conference will meet in London
the first week In Jnne and is expested to last three
weeks. Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley, advises Gen.
Graham to be placed III command of an autumn
expedition to Khartoum If the English is force sent
the war Office plan is that 5000 troops start from
Assiout for Khartoum about the end of July.
Cable Notes.
The friendly relations between France and Moroc-
co have been ruptured. The cause of the trouble
was a refusal by the authorities of Morocco to dis
miss the Governor of Wazan at the dem and of the
French representative. The French legation there
upon hauled down its flag.
p Michael Davitt has abandon politics and will go
to Australia and will make that country his resi-
this change of residence is the dispute between
Davitt and ParHell asto the naturalization of land
schemes.
Giovinni Pratt, the Italian poet is dying.