The Portland daily press., 1886-08-16
poRT1ANn MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1e, 1886.
FOR EICN.
RiotIng Resumed at Belfast Again
Saturday Night,
One Man Killed and Others Reported
MortaIIy Wounded.
The Troops Charge on the Mob and
Clear the Streets.

BELFAST, Aug. 14.-The Belfast police do
not dare to venture into the Shank Hill dis
trict for fear of an attack by mobs
The Irish newspapers express gratifica-
tion at the decision of the government to ap-
point a royal commission to inquire into the
Belfast riots,
Catholic leaders have again exhorted their
followers not to provide pretexts for Orange
attacks.
DUBLIN. Aug. IA detachment of Kill
dare police, while marching from DUNCAN
non railroad to the barracks, was attacked
by mob with stones and bottles. Inc
crowd was soon dispersed without blood
shed. 1t is feared there will be trouble In
Lurgan and Newry tomorrow.
orangemen Attacked by Mob.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-The Orange procession
while passing through the streets OF Wldnes,
Lancashire, yesterday evening was ]eered at
by spectators. The Orangemen thereupon
broke ranks and attacked the crowd. One
OF the spectators was stabbed and mortally
wounded and two policemen and number
of other persons were injured.
The cenesta Beaten by the Irex.
In the race for the Cape May cup between
the Irex and the Genesta, the latter OF which
won the cup in the United States last year,
the Inex was victorious, arriving at CoWes
at 1.10 o'clock p. n. to-day at which Time the
Genesta had not been sighted. Inc start
Was lldut db ~ " ClUOh yOooNA0NJ AANAAo
and the course was about ITO miles.
The Moors in Germany.
BERLIN. Aug. 14.-The Moorish ministers
of foreign affairs and war have started Ior
Berlin with an autograph letter from the
Snltan of Morocco to Emperor William, and
to confer with Prince Bismarck In regard to
Germany's relations with Morocco and to
study the German army. They will prob
ably engage German officers to drill Moorish
Ill nf xuit X
ChoIera's Ravages.
LONDON. Aug. 14.-To-day's returns from
the choleras infected districts in Italy are:
Bartetta III new cases and Il deaths, Padua
l3 new cases, and deaths, Bologna IL cases
and deaths, Ravinno 29 new cases ana IL
deaths, Vicenza IA new cases and deaths,
Brend0la IL new cases and deatnS, anu III
new cases and deaths elsewhere.
Rioting Resumed at Belfast.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-Rioting has been re-
sumed in Belfast From midnight last night
until this morning rifle fight was IN pro
gress on the Shank Hill Road and Old Falls
Road, one person was killed and many were
wounded The town was wild with excite
ment. A despatch from Belfast says:
sectarian strife has recurred in deplorable
cold blooded fashion, Expert mar marKsmen si
this morning conducted a rife fight from
roof tops, chimney stacks, and street cor
ners. Immense crowds of partisans who
carefully kept out Of the range were pre-
pared to assist by supplying ammunition and
removing the wounded. The sides were equal
ly divided. The moon shown brightly
throughout the contest The Orangemen
admit that one of their men named Macfar--
lane was killed, and that two others named
Smith and johnson were mortally wounded,
also that there were numerous minor casual
ities on their side They claim they killed
and wounded many Catholics, but the latter
deny that they sustained serious losses.
Many houses were riddled by bullets. When
ever the military appeared the combatants
Shifted their ground. Finally at 5 o'clock af-
ter the riot act had been twice read the
troops charged upon the crowds and cleared
the street temporarily. An old man and two
women, the inmates of a house on Conway
street. from which many shots had been
fred were arrerted. They stated that three
men had forced an entrance into the house
and haG remained there all night firing from
the roof and bowling to the crowd which es-
corted prisoners to jail The mob to-day re-
peatedly fired upon the police. A tavern
owned by a Catholic situated in Protestant
district, was looted and the order instruct
ing police to use buckshot instead Of bullets
has been cancelled. The populace is sullen
and menacing.