The Portland daily press., 1893-03-22
POPE And PHONOGRAPH.
Convicting and Sentencing More
Panama Prisoners.
ROME HOWLING WITH TERROR AT
THE BOMB THROWERS.

De LesSepS and the Others Letting Their
Deserts s-Dynamkers Terrifying the
seyen-Hilled City-A Russian Political
Murder.
PARIS, March 21.-Charles De Lesseps,
accused of corrupting exMinister of Pub
lie Works Baihaut to support the Panama
lottery bonds bill, has been found guilty
by the jury. Baihaut, who confessed his
guilt in open court, has been found guilty.
Blondin, who acted as go-between in
the bribery Of Baihaut. has also been
found guilty. All the other defendants
are acquitted. These are Marius Fon-
tame. Panama canal director, M. Sansle-
roy, ex-deputy, who was accused of
changing his vote in the committee on
the Panama bill as the result of bribery,
Senator Beral, accused of being bribed by
Baron Reinach, and Dugue de la Faucon-
conneris, Gobron and Antonin Proust,
who were accused of corruption.
The court sentenced N. Baihaut to i'm
prisOnment for FIVE years, pay fine of
$750,OO0 francs and to loss of civil rights;
M. Blondin was sentenced to imprison-
ment for two years; Charles De Lesseps
to imprisonment for one year, the one
year to run concurrently with the five
years sentence already imposed on him.
All three were condemned to pay costs
and damages demanded by civil parties
to the proceedings. The court ordered
M. De Lesseps. M. Blondin and NJ Bal
haut to paw M. Monchicourt, Houidator
of the Panama Canal Company, 375, 900,
francs the amount taken from treasury of
the company and paid to M. Baihaut for
his influence in favor OF the lottery loan
bill.
The sentences of Charles De Lesseps
and M. Blondin are comparatively light
on the ground of extenuating circum-
stances in their cases.
Pope and Photograph.
ROME, March 21.-The Pope received
Mr.. Moriarty and his phonograph again
in his private study. His Holiness told
his suite that the late Cardinal Manning
had sent him a beautiful message and
caused it to be repeated by the instru-
ment.
His Holiness then requested that Car
dinal Gibbons message be repeated,
which was also done, to the great amaze
ment of the members of the Papal
Court His Holiness said: II shall now
send my message to the people of the
United States" And bending over the
phonograph he spoke into it. Then,
turning to Mr.. Moriarty, he said:
II hand you this message. Guard Il
carefully, for it is the expression of my
love for all the people of the United
States, and I wish you to deliver it with
your own hand to the President
The message to the President and to
the people of the United States was
couched in Latin, and by the Pope's spe-
ci u request will not be published before
it has been reproduced in America.
The message was reproduced by the
Pope's desire, and upon hearing it he
said: ''It IS my voice; my very voice;
this is indeed wonderful" He then ex-
planned to the members of the court that
his voice would be heard long after his
death.
Roman Dynamiters.
ROME, March 21.-Last nights explp-
sion at the residence of Marquis Sac
chetti, grand marshal of the papal court,
has caused feeling of great anxiety in
Vatican circles, the efforts of the dyna-
miters appearing in measure to be di-
rected against the attaches of the Pope's
court. A second attempted explosion
was frustrated last night by the timely
discovery of bomb in house in the
Via Dello Quatro Fontane.
Six bombs were thrown in this city to-
day. General alarm is felt.
Russian Political Murder.
Moscow, March 21.--Mayor Alexjeff
was probably fatally shot this afternoon
in the city hall by a man named Adrinofr
who before the shooting reproached the
mayor with dishonesty and oppressioe of