The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-03
discussing the Irish Situation.

Marley, chief secretary for Ireland, in an adj
dress at conference of Liberal delegates
held today. Marley was discussing the lrlsh
question. He denounced Lord Randolpn
Churchills recent fragrant attempt to stir up
a civil war in Ulster, and urged the Liberals
to do their utmost to place their party In
state of complete preparation for general
election. For, said the speaker, the govern
ment is now face to face with the Irish diff
Guilty, and will probably be compelled TO
make an early appeal to the country.
Pope Leo's 76th Anniversary
ROME, March Pope Leo XIII. celebrat--
ed the 10Th anniversary OF his birthday ana
the Sth anniversary OF his coronation, Whlch
falls tomorrow, by an address to the mem
bers of the Sacred College. In this His
Holiness eulogized the union existing among
the cardinals, and urged concord among
Catholics against those. seeking TO corrupt
and weaken the authority OF the church; lie
deplored the oppressed condition OF the Holy
Sea as unworthy of the head Of the church
and Incompatible with his independence.
His Holiness spoke with much severity con
cerning the attempt to corrupt the eccleSlaS-
tical authority with the crime of furnishing
the foreign enemies of Italy secret informa-
tion about its military defenses as was done
recently in the case of man on trial at
Rome on charge of having sold such infor-
nation to a foreign power HIS Hollness re,
pelled this inputatiOn with indignation, ana
condemned the impunity with whlch vulgar
malignity of this kind has been employed to
excite against the Vatican the hatred OF the
multitude.
Attempt to Assassinate the London
Times Paris Correspondent,
PARIS. March Am attempt was made
last night to aSSaSSinate DR.. BlOWltZ, the
Paris correspondent of the London times.
AS the doctor was ascending the stairs OF his
home shot was fired at him by some un-
known person. The bullet missed him,
struck against the wall in front OF him and
fell tiattened at his feet. No clue to the
would-be assassin has yet been discovered.
The Steamer Missouri a Total Loss
LONDON, March All hopes of saving
the steamer Missouri, from Boston for
Liverpool, which stranded off Holyhead, has
been abandoned. The steamer has capSlzed
and lies broadside to the sea, and her de.
struction is believed to be only question OF
time The crew left her just before she
went over. They reached the land in safety;
The cargo is washing out OF the wrecked
vessel and boats are near her rescuing what
portions of it they can. Two hundred and
ninety-fye head of cattle were lost.
Terrible Mortality on the Panama
Canal
PARIS. March 2.-The French journal
Success charges the official Panama Bulletin
Panama Canal. It asserts that private ad-
vices show that laborers on the canal are
diving at the rate of 40 daily and 146OO year
ly, and that out of 80 Frenchmen who arrived
at the works by the steamer Washington on
October 30, 10 are dead.
Snow Storm in England
LONDON, March 5.-The snow storm con-
tinues in the north, and mails between Scot
land and London are behind thirteen hours,
and at least twelve trains are at present en-
bedded in the snow
International Hurdle Race.
A grand international hurdle race was run
today at Craydon, and was won by the Duke
of Hamilton's formerly j. r. Keene's) six
year old bay horse Bolero by four lengths.
import Duties on Foreign Corn.
The Associated Chambers of Agriculture
of Great Britain today adopted resolution
favoring the imposition of import duties on
foreign corn.
Foreign Notes.
Cardinal Angelo Jacobeni of Rome is
dead