Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-26

formal declaration of war, and notified the
Powers to that effect.
The French papers are indignant st the
statements made by the London Times re-
specting the bombardment Of Foochow.
PARIS, August 25th.-Ld France says that
the Chinese, foreseeing the bombardment
of Foochow, stripped the arsenal of its
portable yaluableS. 1t also says the French
are making coaling stations of Pondlcherry
| and Maize.
VIENNA. August 25th-A special from
Shanghai says: The arsenal al Foochow
is in ruins, and 800 workmen are out OF
| employment"
LONDON, August 25th-Semi- official adj
vices from China report that during the
| bombardment of Foochow a French officer
of high rank was killed. Only three Chi
nese gunboats were destroyed.
LONDON, August 26th.-A. MA Foo
chow dispatch of yesterday says: During
the engagement one of the French iron
| clads was struck and badly damaged. She
Will repair during the night. The French
will recommence firing at O'Clock to-
morrow morning
The Cholera Scourge.
PARIS, August 25th.-There were two
| deaths from cholera at Marseilles last
night, and five at Toulon. The panic at
| ToulOn has revived, and the return OF fugl-
tiycs is checked.
| MARsEILLEs, August 25th.-Thc reports
of cholera from the southern departments
of France for the past twenty-four hours
| credit Herault with seven deaths and the
Eastern Pyrenees with twenty-one.
TOULoN, August 25th-One death from
cholera has occurred here since morning.
| One death occurred to-day at Hyeres and
two at Laseyne. Record of cholera i'll the
! ToulOn hospitals to-day: Admitted, o.
deaths, none; discharged, 5; under treat
ment, 10.
La SPEzIA Qtaly), August 25th.-Over
| 5000 persons have already left the city on
account of the cholera scare. -Four persons
| died of the disease on q train leaving here,
| and the carriages were immediately burned.
Trains i'll future will carry an intirmary
| and doctor, so that in the event of the
passengers being attacked with cholera they
| can be cared for at once. Nobody will be
allowed to quit the city until the Gordon
has been removed.
England and Germany in Africa.
LONDON, August 25th.-There is another
chance for a misunderstanding between
| England and Germany in regard to the
| West African territory. On July 18th the
| Germans took formal possession of Came
rooms river, in Upper Guinea, and adjoin-
ing country. This aroused great dissatis;
faction among the English traders, who
think England should have taken the river
| long ago On the 25th of July Mr. Hewitt,
| the British Consul, held n meeting of mer-
chants and local kings and chiefs at Old
| Calabar, and as a result of this the kings
and chiefs signed treaty placing them
selves and their domains under British pro-
| lection.
A Sanitary Gordon to be Established.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 25th.-Russia
will establish sanitary Gordon or the
| western frontier to prevent people from
| France and Italy entering the country.
| Travellers who left infected districts of
France and Italy three weeks before reach
| ing the Russian frontier will be allowed TO
| proceed. The importation of rags from
| countries where the cholera is prevailing is
| forbidden.
I Catholic Church Attacked by Orangemen.
ST. JOINS On. F., August 25th.-Orange-
men to the number of hundred attacked
the Roman Catholic church yacht at Hen
| ley harbor and threatened missionary
Father Lynch with death. They tore
down the Papal flag and tarred the yacht.
Death of the British ambassador to
Berlin.
| LONDON, August 25th.-Odo William
Leopold Russell Baron Ampthill), British
ambassador to Berlin, is dead.
Bradlaugh Coming.
LONDON, August 25th.-Charles Brad
| laugh will deliver a series of lectures in
America in October and November.
| Serious Illness of Princess.
BERLIN, August 25th.-Princess Victoria,
wife of Prince William of Prussia, is alarm
ingly i'll with scarlet fever.