The National tribune., 1884-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.


affairs should be brought to climax. An
effort at mediation win probably soon be made.
On the 18th there was a slight skirmish near
the Kinpai forts, below Foo Choo. Only 200
French troops landed and defeated few viii
layers. The object of landing was to keep open
communications between the French fleet aud
the Eastern Telegraph Company's ship. On
thc 18th the French msn-ofwar Atalante
boarded a regular Hong Kong trading junk
and threw its cannon. guns and ammunition
overheard. This occurred in the immediate
vicinity of the harhor The merchants of
Hong Kong are greatly irritated. Junking is
the only trading left, and junkmen are afraid
60 venture far outside the harbor without can
non, for fear Of pirates The cholera cpl
dcmic in Naples is gradually abating. Great
quantities Of sulphur are constantly burnt
In the streets with a view of purifying the
atmosphere During the "a hours ending
on the morning of the lStA there were 5e7
new cases in the city and 2S3 deaths, and
during the same period Of time, ending on the
morning of the 18th, there were 437 new cases
and 2s3 deaths from cholera in Naples and Sc new
eases and "a deaths in the provinces. Elsewhere
in Italy during the same time there were SO
new cases and 36 deaths. From then up TO the
present time the death rate has been decreasing,
but there is still much alarm among the peo-
pie. The police in Naples disperse the religi-
Gus professions, in the efficacy of which the
lower classes SO devoutly believe, but the
shrines arc still placed in various parts of the
town, and are frequented by throngs of sup
plicants. Outbreaks of violence on the part Of
The ignorant rabble still occur. At Giffoni a
mob opened the laZaretto, liberated the people
who were there for treatment, and threw the
beds into the streets. At Peseiano, a viii
lage OF Calabria. the populace were greatly ex-
cited. The notion was abroad with them that
the cholera remedies which were being dis
pensed to the sick were poison. In some in
stances when the dispensers Of remedies ap-
preached their houses shots were fired at them
from the windows. A small body OF Carbineers,
in attempting 10 preserve order, were received
with q yolley OF stones and shots, and were
obliged 10 use their firearms in self-defense.
There has been a slight renewal of the epi-
demic at 10nion, and several deaths have oc-
Cured in that city and surrounding country.
A number Of deaths have also taken place in
the Eastern Pyrenees. Marseiles, according
20 the latest reports Is free from the plague.
At Malta a very strict quarantine is estab-
lish ed All passengers arriving on vessels from
England are prohibited from landing there uu-
less they can produce certificates that they
have not been IN continental cholcra-infected
districts during the q days previous TO their
enbarkation- All arrivals Of vessels from
French and Spanish Atlantic ports are quaran-
tined for II days. Al vessels arriving from
the Suez Canal are allowed to enter free pro-
Tided they have not shipped any cargo at Egypt
ian ports. One death is reported at Oran, Al
Eiers. and great precautions are being taken TO
prevent spread of the desease. The prison at
Tangier is crowded with political prisoners,
who are charged with revolving against the
Sultan. The prison is in deplorable condi-
ton, and an outbreak Of cholera is feared. A
death is also said to have occurred at Stour-
bridge in England but il is by nc means Ger
tain that it was Asiatic cholera During the
continuance of the epidemic in France there
have been 10000 cases and 5000 deaths.-
Gen. Gordon. for whose relief such vast prepar-
ati0ns arc being made by England, is getting
impatient AZ the sl0Tness with which tie
expedition is being pushed forward, and says
tine number of rebels aroufs3 Khsrtoum is in
creasing. He has sent a cipher dispatch to the
British representative in Egypt asking foI
100000 with which to pay bis soldiers Gen
ROlseley viii start from Cairo en- route fol
khart0um about Oct 10, at which time it il
expected the requisite number Of troops and
supplies Will have arrived Gen. Gordon, how.
ever, seems very well able 10 hold his own fol
the present at least, as the messenger whS
brought Une dispatches reports that on July "A
Gen. GOrdOn's troops slaughtered the rebe
army which had been sent against him from
Kordofan- Another battle was tonight on Aug
30, which resulted in Gen. Gord0n's forcing
IAN A1DNi1 - ldlcE NLC siege u hAdfkOH GIs
during which Sheik Sidi, his son, and thei
followers We're killed.--It is reported that ;
Russian corvette at Nladivost0k had seized tn,
American schooner Eliza for having contrabani
goods On board. and the English schooner he
lena for Illegal hunting.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Mayor Of Charlotte. Mich, was shot ant
probably inortaliy wounded on the 10th inst
by tramp whom he ordered of his premises
-Four boilers in the Ltkens Valley c0lliery
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
exploded simultaneously on the 18th inst, in
Jnring seriously number Of workmen aul
killing 0ne.-The planning mills of Dilbridge
Brooks a. Fisher at Detroit Mich, were burnei
on the 18th inst, and $50, 900 worth Of prop
erty was destrDyed.-Mrs. Ann Rutter Q
Paradise. religious maniac who was confinea
III the Reading, Pa. hospital, on the 10th inst
deliberately set FIRE to her clothing and burnea
herself TO death. She beat off those who al
tempted TO save her. Portions OF her bod
were burned 70 crisp.-There has been ex
teDsive caVing in Of the earth near Ashland
Pa, and number Of houses are threatenei
with destruction. The surface over the Mort
Ashland mine is cracked for quarter of mi
and work in the mine has been suspended -
Two Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad train
ran into each other at Poitstown on til
18th inst. and 45 cars were wrecked, but %
one killed or seriously injured.-At Wi
Mington, DEL, last week. Edward Redden
horse thief, was sentenced 10 pay the cost Z
his prosecution, 500 restitution money. $50
fne. one hour in the pillory, 20 lashes, aud
undergo IL months Imprisonment. Richar
A Flynn, aged l2 shot and killed Eddie Sher
dan, OF the same age at Worcester, Mass, o
the 18th inst with pistol not known TO
l0aded.-John r. Heating, medical studen
blew out his brains with q pistol while ridin
with q friend ia New York city on the lst
inst No cause can be assigned for the act
Miss Ida Alton, Of Kingston, n. ", committe
suicide by taking ehloroform on the day fxe
Tor her marrlage-tae 18th inst.
INDUSTRIAL
There lis no change in the situation of IL
coal miners strike in Pennsylvania Of e0t
naen employed when the mines are all in orer,
tion, not more than LOCO are working. In Il
third pool a number Of strikers are still
camp. The women now evince disposition
engage In the strike They have organic
the tin-pan brigade" and when the no.
union miners return from work In II
evening they greet them with a serenade, an
In several instances have escorted them TO the
homes. The labor trouble seems 10 be spreai
ing in other branches of industry also: Il
Cambria Iron Company employing 5000 worl
men, have ordered q general reduction
wages IRON lv TO 20 per cent TO 20 into ele
Oct I. This action the company claims 10
imperative owing TO competition, and the gre
and continued decline in the value OF It's Or
ducts In order to equalize matters rcducti,
OF 10 per cent will be made in coal and in II
rents OF tho dwellings owned bv fine n,vra y,a =,