The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-29
CHoLERA'S MARCH.
The Dread Disease Takes Firm
Hold in Egypt.
Increase of the Death Rate Daily.
The Stricken Cities Being
Deserted.
Alarm in Europe at the Approach of
the Pestilence---A Plot Unearthea
in Germany. General For.
cign News

DAMIETTA, Egypt June IS. There were l29
deaths here during the last twenty-four hours
ll3 of which were from cholera.
ON FRENCH wAR-sHIPs.
Four deaths have occurred at Port Said on
board the great iron-clads of the French
feet LIntransigeant and LaBatailie.
PRECAUTIONS.
IsMAUA, June 2S.-Vessels from here 70
Suez are forbidden to communicate with sta
tons on the canal owing to the fears that the
cholera may thus be spread
PoRT SAID, June 2S-An order has been
issued prohibiting any person proceeding
from here to any other towns in Egypt.
LONDON, June 2S.-Panic over the plague
in Egypt has spread throughout Europe. The
German government viii SEMI Dlefieal ey-
pertS to namietta to investigate and report
whether the fatal malady now raging there
is veritable cholera. The Turkish French,
Italian and Austrian governments have or
dered strict quarantine against all vessels ar
irving from African ports. The Paris Temps
says: "Asatic cholera ragged in Bombay
last May, ana the English delegate to the
sanitary commission at Constantinople pre-
vented the taking of proper precautionary
were more important than the public health >
So far the fatalities are confined to the
poor Damietta is being rapidly deserted.
All steamship berths for a week hence are al
| ready engaged. One hundred and eighty
refugees from there are quarantined In the
vicinity OF Port Said No confidence is
placed in the sanitary Gordon around the
city, which is composed of Egyptian soldiers
A number of refugees from the infected dis
triot have arrived at Alexandra Many fa-
tai cases are reported from Port Said Roset-
ia, and Mansurah
A commission has been formed to provide
means for protecting Alexandra against the
malady This has done little however,
toward restoring confidence The festivals
usually held ON the anniversary of the khe-
dives accession to the throne will be stopped
All the ministers have been recalled to Cairo.
| A CONSPIRACY UNEARTHFD.
LONDON, June 2S-The Central News cor
respondent at Berlin says the arrest Of
Kra2ewski, the Polish author, and others, has
led to the belief that a conspiracy exists for
betraying secrets relative to the German mil
itary organization There were twenty
arrests at Berlin and Dresden of per
|
conspiracy Other arrests have been made at
Halle, Hanover and Bologne.
A SPY CAPTURED IN RUSSIA
ST PETERSBURG, June 2S-An Austrian
Staff officer has been arrested near Warsaw
He had in his possession strategic plans of the
River Bug.
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, June 2S.-Owing to the late hour
of the arrival of the steamer Alaska at Liver
pool, the reception to the American rifle team
did not take place. The team left Liverpool
for Birmingham, where they remain fol
practice, the ranges at Wimbledon not being
available.
Trevellyan, chief secretary for ireland, in
replying in the house Of commons to the
question of Cowen, whether it was true that
pauper emigrants had been sent to America
with the knowledge and consent of the gov,
eminent, said the reports about the landing
of paupers in America were greatly exag.
gerated. The steamer Anchoria took no in,
mates of any workhouse, and all the emf
grants sent hy the commissioners had beer
supplied with funds. No paupers had been
sent by the board of guardians. He also
stated that no definite offer for sending emf
grants to Canada had been received from the
Dominion government.
BIRMINGHAM, June 2S-The American rif1(
team arrived and are the guests of the Mid
land Rife club
| ITALY.
LONDON, June 2S-The Standard CORES
pondent at Rome says the pope is indispesed
He is much disturbed by the state of affair:
in ireland and France
GIBRALTAR, June 2s.-The Italia ha
passed on her way to New York.
FRANCE.
LONDON, June ga desperate attemp
, was made in the carriage of a railway trail
running from Calais to Paris to murder AM
rob Rev. Mr. Witchborne, an English clergy
man The murderer attacked Mr.. Witch
borne with a chisel stabbing him five times
The assassin tried to make his escape whel
the train arrived at Amiens but was cap
tured after terrific struggle. The wounds o
the clergyman are very dangerous, and it
not expected that he will survive them. TIL
assailant is also an Englishman.