The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-05
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Cable from Different
Countries.
List Of Killed by the Great Earth.
quakes In Spain.
WARLEKE PREPARATEONs IN
ENGLAND.
Etalinn Farmers Combining for Protec-
IiOn.

Etalian Farmers Gombiniag for Protec-
IiOn.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Land owners and farmers
in northern Italy are combining for protection
and agitation. At meeting held at Milan, it
was resolved to form national leagues. A meet
ing of delegates from the agricultural districts
of Italy has been called at PAWN. to protect
against the existing tariff on farm produce.
Sgnors Palloti and Cognola, members of the
chamber OF deputies, and others, will address
the meeting.
Gsladstone's Health.
Mr.. Gladstone has been ordered to take
complete rest for the present. He is slightly
better today. He retired to Hawarden Castle
after he attended the cabinet council this af-
ternoon and will remain there until his health
is restored
Late tonight the statement is made by Mr.
Gladstone's friends that bis ailments are trif-
ling, and that he is simply a victim of over
work and not seriously i'll, as might be inH
ferred from the precautions taken by his
physician the extraordinary efforts of his at
tendants to make his journey to London as
comfortable as possible. The Tory newspapers
charitably suggest that his suffering is caused
by remorse for the insult and injury he has
Inflicted upon England, as we'll as from a Bit
ter personal humiliation.
Erratie MiIlionaire's DentI..
An erratic millionaire named Henry Keith
has been found dead in his mansion at later
ham, near London. He died OF apoplexy. He
had lived life of solitary wretchedness for
twenty years. His wife to whom be was de-
Vot5dly attached, and whom he surrounded
with every purchasable luxury, died in 1864.
After her burial Mr.. Keith never left his
mansion, and everything ia the house was suf-
fered to go to decay. He never admitted vis-
itors, and cooked his own food, which was
procured for him by trustY servant who
lived in a nsighboring cottage. He slept on
pile of rags and sscking on the floor
Of room opposite an open wardrobe in
which vera hung his wife's wedding dresses,
several ball dresses and many rich jewels
which she had formerly worn. The house was
furnished sumptuously, but there were six
inches OF dust over the handsome furniture,
and the house was indescrihably filthy.
Seeking the Dead.
MADRID, Jan. 4.-Oficial statistics up to the
present time chow that 673 corpses have been
recovered from the ruins In the province of
Granada. Two hundred and sixty-nine bodies
have been recovered IN Albania, in which
400 houses were destroyed At Albusnelas
100 persons were killed and 260 injured, and at
Arenas del Rev 135 were killed.
Additional shocks have occurred in various
parts of the southern provinces. At Lola, Alba
ma, Jaen, Relez and Malaga fssures in the
earth have appeared. A great panic prevails
among the inhabitants owing to the con-
tinuauce OF the shocks. People throughout
Granada, Peripa and Malaga sleep in railway
lIdluo VI OCCupH t6HtS anu at 0lgl6t0oY gabner
about huge bontres. Religious professions
ere frequent. In some villages the inhabitants
are suffering from famine. The bodies Of the
unburied victims are beginning to decompose.
The r7ins OF Albania present an imposing ap-
pesrance. The upper portion of the town was
built on hill and it fell on the lower portion
in the valley.
The bodies of over 800 victims have already
been recovered. Ten thousand head of cattle
were killed and all the public buildings were
demolished Seven thousand persons are
camped in the fields and hold religious services
IN the open air. Engineers report that the
remaining houses at Albuanelas are in a dan
gerons condition and it will be necessary to
blow them up in order to insure public safety.
Another Trouble ia Spain.
A heavy snow storm, accompanied by severe
frost, prevails here. Railway traffic is greatly
impeded and no foreign mails have been re-
ceived for three days.
Wariilxe Activity.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. "A division of the chan
mel squadroa, comprising the ronclads North
ordered TO Immediately prepare for service
Ammunition will be placed on board the yes-
sells tomorrow.
Speculation as the destination Of the shius Is
rife. The order of their departure is considered
an outcome OF the last meeting of the cabinet.
ChnDges in she French Cabinet.
PARIS, JAN g. Gen. Sewal will be appointed
Minister of War to succeed Gen. Campenon. 1t is
stated that Vice Admiral Peyron. Minister of Ma
rine, has also asked to be released from his post
Gen Camperon's withdrawal is the signal for send
ing fresh reinforcements to Tonquin and the
alton Of KeluDg is in order.