The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Mr.. Baifour's Services in Irish At
EfaIrs TO be Rewarded.
How Votes Were Cast Yesterday In
England and France.
Mr.. Gladstone to Have an Interview
With the Pope.

recognition of his services to the govern
ment in Ireland, Mr.. Balfour will shortly be
promoted to higher position in the minis
try than that of Chief Secretary for Ireland.
The rumor that the executive branch Of
the Irish National League in Dublin is to be
suppressed, is ascertained to be wholly
groundless Mr.. Balfour personally denies
the report, and supplements his denial with
the statement that the government has at no
time considered such action necessary, par
ticularly in view Of the fact that evidences
of the weakening and ultimate disintegra-
tion of the League are aceumulating daily.
There are other persons, quite as well in
formed Of the strength and activity Of the
League, and the determination Of its leaders,
who do not agree with Mr.. Balfour in this
assertion, but the impression Of the Chief
Secretary is of value as showing the conf
dence Of the government in its Irish policy,
and the absence of intention on the part OF
the executive authorities 10 extend ltS re-
pressive measures at present
Mr. Edward Harrington, Nj. r., and editor
of the Tralee OSentinel, was released from
prison Yesterday, having completed his term
of one months incarceration for publishing
reports Of meetings of suppressed League
branches His release was made the occa-
sion of grand demonstration by the resi-
dents of Tralee, and Mr.. Harrington was
treated to an ovation SURPRISING In enthusl-
asm anything in his experience.
Mr.. Harrington, in reply to numerous COM
plimentary speeches, addressed his towns
men in a strain similar to that in which ne
declared to the court on the occasion OF his
conviction, that he would make no promises
to resrain from repeating his offence, but
would ever do what seemed to him best Tor
fl,l m frQn gOQpQn free nrQSS and Tree
men.
The election in Winchester today gave
Moss, Conservative, 1864 votes, and Handler
bill, Gladstonian, $40 In the last election.
the Conservative candidate received 1ll9,
and the Gadstonian 7S3
Ex-EmDress Eugenie has decided that the
ceremony of the removal OF the remains OF
Napoleon Ill. and the Prince Imperial from
Chislehurst to marlborough shall take place
next Monday. By the ex-Empress's request,
none Of the members Of the royal family
will be present. The Queen will send
wreaths. Only the ex-Empress and her usu-
al suite will be present
French Politics.
PARIS, Jan. 5.-The elections Of members
of the Senate were held today. The depart
mental senatorships are divided into three
classes. One class consisting Of one-third of
the departmental senators, retires by rota-
tion every three years. The returns this
evening show AZ Republicans and 10 Conser-
vatives elected Twenty-one second ballots
may be necessary. The Conservatives have
gained four senators.
LATER RETURNS.
The returns so far show the election of 81
Republicans and 2f Conservatives. Six
second ballots will probably result in the re-
turn of Republicans making the final result
Conservative gain Of two seats.
Full returns show the Conservatives have
gained three seats.
Gladstone and the Pope.
A despatch from Rome to lie Paris says:
"AIr. Gladstone expressed wish to see the
Pope. and the latter intimated that he would
be delighted to meet the English statesman.
Mr.. Gladstone will be received by His H0li-
ness with the ceremonial usually observed
when non-Catholic visitors are admitted to
an audience.
A Hard Winter.
VIENNA, Jan. $50 far, this has been one
Of the seyerest winters on record in Austria.
Cases Of death from the effects of exposure
are reported daily. The water supply is be-
ginning to fail. The ice In the Danube has
reached Vienna. The Platten See is frozen
over for the first time in many years.
MADRID, Jan. 5.-Disastrous floods are re-
ported in Seville. Six lives have been lost,
and many persons injured. The damage by
hoods in Malaga is estimated at 100000.
Foreign Eotes.
A secret tribunal has condemned to death
the Nihilist Tschernoff and seven other pris-
oners, charged with an attempt on the Cars
life during his journey to the Don Cossack
country.
The Pope's speech TO the Pilgrims We'd
nesday is regarded as distinctly putting an
end to the idea of cOnciliatiOn with the Ital-
ian government.
Thomas Sexton, Lord Mayor elect of Dub
lin, sick with typhoid fever, is pronounced.
out of danger.
At National League meetings throughout
Ireland, the reduction of judicial rents an
nonnced by the Land Commission were de-
clared insufficient.
The American bark Eureka, supposed to
have been lost off Waterford, has arrived at
Queenstown. She reports terrible passage.
1t is reported that NJ. Caltimbach Of Paris,
an extensive speculator in Rio Tinto mining
shares, has failed, with liabilities of fifteen
million francs.
The English steamer Maude has foundered
in the Black Sea. Twelve persons were
drowned