The Portland daily press., 1884-04-21
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Gable From Different
Countries.
Four Hundred and Fifty Refugees Mas
sacred by Rebels.
Fears that Berber Will Be Sur
rounded and Captured.

CAIRO, April 20.-A large number of refu-
gees, owing to shortness of provisions, left
Shendy few days ago in q steamer for Ber-
Der. The steamer ran aground on q sand bank
near FL Balala and was soon surrounded by
swarms of rebels, who attacked the steamer on
all sides and massacred everybody on board.
The fugitives numbered 450, including a por-
ton OF the Shendy garrison and many women
and children.
Eubar Pasha, prime minister, fears that be-
fore long the spirit Of rebellion will reach As
sovan. He has received responding letter
from Hussein Pasha, the governor Of Berber,
who states that the attitude Of the population
Is generally threatening. He expects that
Berber will shortly be surrounded and cap
tured by the rebels who are constantly increas-
ing in number around the town and threatening
all the avenues Of communication. Hussein
Pasha says that he will resign unless troops are
sent to assist in the defense of the town.
Lo7tDoN, Aprn 20.-Genera Gordon has mo-
tilted the British government that owing to the
difficulty and delay experienced in sending
and receiving communications, he will hence
forth act on his own judgment and response
bility. Our position will be much better when
the Nile rises. SEMINAR, Kassala, Dongola and
Berber are quite safe for the present.
Sir Evelyn Barring, British minister to
Egypt, has been summoned to England to
discuss Egyptian affairs generally and the
Soudan question generally. His absence from
Cairo win probably be long one.
Reports that Ell Mahdi was recently twice
defeated BY Tegeba tribes are not believed at
Cairo. 1t is said to be part OF El Mahdfs
tactics.
Advices state that Kassala is surrounded by
a force of 5000 rebels who fire into the town
nightly. 1t is reported that Osman Digna,
i'm and that If he attacks the town, numerous
neutrals will join him against the hated Egyp-
tians.
Cholera i'm India.
PARIS, April TO- In view Of the prevalence
of cholera in India, the Ministry of Commerce
is preparing system of quarantine and in
sspection to be applied to vessels arriving from
Duel with Swords.
PARIS, April 20.-A duel with swords took
place today in the Bots de Bologne between
Joseph Casey, q Fenian who was confined in
the Clarkerswell prison in 1867 at the time OF
the time of the attempted explosion there and
Captain Scully, an Irish-American who was q
soldier in the Union army during the civil
war in America and who also fought in the
Mexican war. Scully had been suspected OF
being an informer and out of the charges
thereto the duel resulted. Scully was wounded
slightly in the neck. His sword was broken
and the combatants were afterwards recon-
ciled.
Ireland's Affairs.
DUBLIN, April 20.-A great Nationalist
meeting was held at Mallow yesterday. Ad
dresses were made by Messrs. 0'Brien and
VIM. Redmond, members of Parliament. Res
olutions were passed in favor of the independ-
ence of Ireland, Peasant proprietary, Justice
to laborers and encouragement to home manu-
facturers, and expressing admiration for the
courage, eloquence and devotion of Parnell
and the Irish party.
Gable Notes.
1t is the opinion of the German cholera COM
mission, which has arrived at Alexandria from
India, that there will be no outbreak of chol-
sra in Egypt this year.
M. Leonce Guoyot Montpayroux, politician
and journalist and ex-member of the Cham
Der of Deputies, died in Paris Sunday, in a
mad house, aged 45.