The Portland daily press., 1893-09-29
Gladstone's Speech.

London, September 2S. - Mr.. Glad
stones references to the peers in his Ed
inburgh speech have produced pro
found sensation.
After passing reference to the intelli
gence and incompatible unity Of the
Liberals, without which the minority
would, he said, have broken down and
destroyed the bill without sending it to
the House of Lords, he continued:
81 was not so sure when Lord Salisbu-
ry threatened, year ago, to destroy the
home rule bill, that the Lords recognized
that this might involve the question of
their own independent and responsible
existence. If it should ever happen in
the vicissitudes of political affairs that
the House of Lords, by some accident or
collateral process, should bring about
dissolution of the House of Commons,
depend upon it the people will not con-
slider home rule alone, but will mix with
it another question, on which the Lords
may bitterly lament, when it is too late,
that they ever raised an ISSUE"
''For my party" said Mr.. Gladstone,
II find this retrospect sufficiently en-
couraging. If the nation is determined,
it will not be baffled by phalanx of 500
peers. We have the will of the country
to execute, and cannot submit to the
House of Lords, Ialthough they bear
high-sounding titles and sit in a gilded
chamber. The next session will not
pass without your seeing this subject
again appearing above the waves where
it has for the moment appeared to foun-
der. The nation has given us the au-
thority and propelled us on our course,
and it is our duty and our hope and be-
lief that we shall find, with the help of
the Almighty, means to reach the goal"
A Pest Ridden Ship.
Rome, September 2S.-The mail steam
er Carlo R., which sailed from Genoa for
Santos, Brazil, on July 30, has returned
with cholera aboard, and is in quaran-
tine at Asinara Island, near Sal dinia.
The steamer was infected when she
reached Brazil, and was not allowed to
land any passengers. During the whole
voyage ia persons died of cholera, most
of them on the way home. Seventeen
cases of cholera were reported by the
ships doctor last night.
False Alarm Precipitates Fatal Panic.
Warsaw, September 28.-A false alarm
Of fire was given today in the synagogue
at Kalwarya, near Suwalki. The build
ing was crowded with Jews at worship,
and all started at once for the two exits
and despite the shouts of the rabbi that
there was no fire, fought to get out. AZ
ter struggle of ten minutes, two-tnirds
of the congregation were still in the syn
agogue. As no fire had appeared, they
became calmer and, with the care-takers
the rabbi eventually restored quiet Nine
dead bodies were found near the exits,
and 20 persons lay unconscious and
bleeding, where they had been trampled.
Fully 100 persons were injured lin the
rush. Fifteen are suffering from wounds
likely to cause death.
Thousands are Starving.
London, September 2S.-The decline IN
traffic receipts of various railways owing
to the coal miners strike is very great
Meanwhile the sufferings OF colliers and
If is computed that there are 10000
women and children on the verge OF star
vation MANY of these subsist on raw
Vegetables. having no coal with which to
cook their food. Several pawn brokers
in the strike districts have given up
business because they have not enough
capital t2 enable them TO advance th money money
ford district the relief committee is vain
Iy irving to feed two thousand families
rendered destitute by the stopping of
strike pay
in a number of strike distrlcts yesterday
at all of which resolutions were adopted
n favor of resuming work in all collieries
whose owners will allow the old rate of
wages. The resolutions were not, how
ever, supported unanimously, and more
over, It is not likely that the mine
owners will accede to the federation's
conditions,
Leo and Humbert.
LONDON September IN Nsvs sasp a,spatteee ten
italian government has decided to refuse
to grant sxeauaturs to all italian bishops
nominated at the last papal conastory.
This step is attributed to the Pope's re-