The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-02
PANTC.STRICKEN.
Europe in Ferment Over the March
of the Cholera. Extraordinary
Precautions Proposed.
The Record of DeatE, in Egypt Prac.
ticaI Closing of the Suez Canal
Foreign News Notes.

Bombay, is obliged to stay in the roads and
perform quarantine with the steamer st.
Bernard, from the same place with case CT
Asiatic cholera on board.
GIBRALTAR, June 30-Quarantine for
three weeks has been ordered against all
vessels arriving from Egypt and from Otto
man ports on the Red sea.
DAMETTA, June 30.-The daily number Of
deaths from cholera is ll3
ALGIERs, June S0-The governor of Al
geria has issued an order prohibiting the
usual pilgrimage to Mecca this year on ac-
count of the cholera in Egypt.
LONDON, June 30.-In the house Of com
mons Lord Harrington, the war secretary,
stated that every precaution had been taken
to guard the troops in Egypt against cholera.
ALEXANDRIA, June S0.-An inspection of
the fresh water canal shows that the water is
good There is no epidemic here The panic
over the cholera reports is subsiding.
A sanitary commission has been appointed
here, composed of consuls, doctors and en-
gineers
There were six deaths from cholera at
Mansurah.
THE WESTWARD MARCH.
LONDON, June S0-Intense alarm prevails
in Spain over the westward march of Asiatic
cholera The Madrid sanitary council has
advised that the maximum period of quaran-
tine be imposed on all vessels from Egypt,
and has requested the ministry to urge the
British government to comply with the ad-
vice of the Constantinople sanitary confer
ence The Paris Temps points out that every
country in Europe except England is taking
precautions against the introduction of the
dread scourge, and adds that if the disease
reaches English ports it will be impossible to
prevent its spread to the continent. The idea
of1a permanent European sanitary board is
mooted by the Vienna press. 1t Is thought
the Austrian government will officially pro
pose the formation of such board.
Two thousand persons have already fed
from Alexandria. The Egyptian ministers
have voted Is, 900 for the use of the sanitary
| commission, and all fairs have been prohib-
| tied A committee of Cairo doctors disputes
the existence of genuine Asiatic cholera in
| Egypt There were fifteen new cases and
| seven deaths at Mansurah. 1t is said the
| Italian vice consul and a European lady are
! among the victims. Damietta has reported
| l0T deaths
A rumor prevails at Port Said that the
| government has issued such stringent regula-
| tons for the control of the canal traffic while
the cholera prevails that the Suez Canal
company can no longer transact its bust
ness, and has decilei to shut off traffic
altogether The local officers only answer
! by saving that vessels are passing, and
| any one can see the traffic has not beer
stopped They will not admit that they have
anv instructions at all, but say that they
shall, for the present at least, follow closely
the regulations of the khedive's government
which are stringent enough and which in out
line were suggested by the English govern
ment. The belief in well-informed circles il
that the canal has been ordered closed at onct
or within few days.
Cholera has closed Port Said tighter thar
the government rules or the quarantine law
| could Coal and water are not taken there
even when crews have to be put on short al
| lowance all the way to Malta The momen
captains learn of the alarming epidemic they
refuse to allow any one to approach from
the shore, and get under way with as littl
loss of time as the somewhat lax quar-
antine regulations will permit. Thei
fear of contagion is, if possible
exceeded by their dislike to lose time an,
money on account of long quarantining at al
|
can afford to spend twenty five days at Malt
or shorter periods at more distant points, AM
run the chances of longer detention shoult
there be any suspicion that they are carrying
the contagion. The passengers by the PENN
sular and Oriental steamship company
boats, many of whom have business of tn
most urgent character, are alarmed by tn
danger of being stopped at Brindisi or inter
mediate stations, OF being held at Gravcsent
within sight of home
The French MesSagerieS line has given motto
that its sixty vessels, making every port o
the Mediterranean will take no transfers 0
merchandise from points beyond Alexandra
unless they have been subjected to quarau
tine They may apply the same rule to pas
senrers. The vessels Of the French feet vii
leave Port Said as soon as possible, and aC
tivity on board them indicates prep1
rations for immediate departure. 1t is nO
known whether other deaths have occurre
on board the ironclads LInvincible an
LaBattaile, but that there have been more i
probable Deaths have occurred in the town
but details cannot be procured, the govern
ment having taken such strict precautions
GERMANY.
BERLIN, June 3O-The health of Primo
Bismarck continues to improve. The jaun
dice from which he has been suffering ha
about disappeared
BERLIN, June 30-A fire at tAix-la-Chapell
destroyed twenty houses and the roof an
towers Of the town hall
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, June 3O,-The bankruptcy deere
entered against James McHenry has been al
nulled
BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS; June 30.-The committee of th
chamber of representatives rejected the III
port duties on tobacco proposed by the go'
ernment
Glass Works shut Down.
PITTsBURG, June 39.-The winiow-gla'
workers will cease work for their regulf
summer shutdown of two month
The aint-glass workers, with ii
: | axppntiOn of one two houses, X