Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-07
HE MUST STAY IN PRISON
THE SENTENCE OF MIR. DILLON
 IS CONFIRMED.

BalfOur Says That He Got His Prison
 Rules From the Liberals-The British
 Schooners sezure-Foreign News.
 LONDON, Aug. 7.-The Court in Dublin has confirmed the conviction of Mir. John Dillon, and has refused the application for writ of habeas corpus for his release from Prison. The application was based on the ground that, owing to informalities, the county court judge who sentenced him on appeal had no Jurisdiction to rehear the case.
 In the case of magistrate named Latch ford, who was convicted of the charge of riotlng at Tralee, County Kerry, the Dub lin Court has decided that his sentence and Imprisonment were illegal, and has dis charged him from custody.
 In the House of Commons last evening Mr. Balfour, referring to the discharge of Magistrate Latchford, said that his release mad nothing to do with the merits of the case, but was simply due to technical error in the order of imprisonment Reply Ing to Mir. Sexton's charge that MT. Bal four was responsible for the deaths of Man deville and Ridley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland said that the prison rules had been adopted by the last Liberal Chief Secre- tary, and that he would never consent to draw distinction between one class of of lenders and another.
 In the House of Commons last evening MT. Smith, the government leader, said the government had received no information that Justice Day had resigned from the Parnell commission.
 Nevertheless reports are reiterated that justice Day has notified the government that owing to the objections made to him he will refuse to serve on the commission to inquire into the IImeS' charges against members of Parliament. It is said that justice Wills will be substituted for him.
 Sir James Ferguson, Parliamentary Sec retary of War, stated in the House of Commons last night that MT. West, the British Minister at Washington, had been instructed to request the United States Government to postpone the sale at Port Townsend of four British schooners pend- ing an inquiry into She legality of their seizure.
 Mir. Balfour, Chief Secretary fore Ire land, delivered an address before 30,000 persons at Tunbridge yesterday. He de- clared that the Irish controversy was con- ducted by calumny instead of by argument. He had been told that the Parncu Com mission had been appointed 10 crush the governments political opponents. He asked how this could be done if the ac- cused men were innocent.
 The Irish IfneS, the organ of Dublin Cas- tie announces that Justice Wills will be appointed ill the place of Justice Day.
 The Empress Victoria is coming to Scot land in the autumn to visit the Queen.
 Mir. Lane, NJ. r. for Cork, writes to the press that whom he was in prison he was unable to eat the prison food, although he was starving. Ridley begged him to go into tho hospital "because," he said, Eff you do not they will starve you to death here" Ridley then brought him better food and finally said "I must either defy the Prisons Board or have an inquest upon you, and as 1 don't want q verdict of mur- der against me, 1 will give you exercise despite them"
 few days afterwards Mir. Ridley came to Mir. Lane's cell in an excited state and said that he had received a terrible repri- mand from Dublin fo" allowing Mr. Lane to take exercise. He also said that he had orders to sign a certificate authorizing the inh1ctlon of punishment which would cer- tainly kill MT. Lane. He again begged MT. Lane to go in the hos pital and he aceeeded.
 BERLIN, Aug. 7-Rain continues falling In torrents, but reports from the provinces say that the floods are beginning to sub side. Terrible damage has been done to crops and many head of cattle have been lost at Konigsberg, Elbing and Sagan The
  Bromberg. Groat damage has done to property in many places.
 It Is reported at Munich that the meeting of the Italian Grown Prince with Crown Princess Stephanie at that place is re- garded as a preliminary step to his be- trothal to Stephanie's sister, Princess Clementine, of Belgium.
 Seven Socialists have been sentenced to Imprisonment for terms varying from two &k-k the imperial house.
 Prof Delbruck, tutor of the late Kaiser Frtedrich's sons. has published interest ing "reminiscences of Kaiser Friedrich.
 The King of Sweden will arrive her on tn 20th inst, to act as godfather to Kaiser Wilhelm's youngest son.
 Prince Alfred of Salm Reifferschedt- Dyck, formerly Imperial Court Marshal, is dead.
 PARIS, Aug. 7..-General Fades, the Com. munist leader, who died of apoplexy Sun day while making speech at the meet ing of the strikers, is to be buried to- day. The funeral will be made the occasion for an immense demonstration. All the members of the trades now on strike, and of the communistic socialist and Anarchist societies will follow the remains to the cemetery, where a meeting will be held over the grave. Trouble is feared as all the disconted elements of Paris will be gathered. The navvies themselves are ex- pected to number 12, 900 and will add new and dangerous feature to the demonstra- tion. Extensive precautions are being taken by the civil and military authorities. General Saussier has given special in- structions to the officers commanding troops of the garrison in the quarters. More trouble may occur.
 The Chinese Preparing to Fight England.