Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-29
FOREIGN NEWS.
The War in China.

PARIS, August 28th.-Following is Adj
miral Courbets report of his operations on
Min river up to last evening:
MIN RIVER, August 27th-6 P M.-Our opera
tions against Mingan forts have been success
fully concluded. We have shattered all their
cannon with gun cotton. The attack on Kan
pal will be made to-day.
Coubet has been ordered to Hainan after
taking kelung.
ENGLISH MEN-oF WAR ORDERED IN READ1-
NESS.
LONDON, August 2Sth.-The man-of-war
Canada has been ordered to be ready to sail
for China on September 9th. The Dread
naught, commissioned for the Mediter-
ranean, and several other ironclads can
proceed on short notice to Chinese waters
THE KINPAI FORTS DESTROYED.
SHANGHAI August 2Sth-To-day there is
heavy cannonade between the French
fleet and the Kinpai forts, which are situa-
ted at the northern mouth of the Min river
LONDON, August 2Sth-A Times dispatch
says The Kinpai forts have been destroyed
A later dispatch from a Foochow CORE
spondent of the Times says | have Just re-
turned from Kinpai All the defenses
along the Min river are gone. The Chinese
troops have bolted. The French feet can
lombard, but the occupation of the main
land is impossible.
CHINESE COMMANDERS.
SHANGHAI, August 2Sth. - Chang 81
Tmg, Tartar General in the province of
Kinang Su, has been appointed High Com
missioner for the North and South. Ii
Hung Chang retains the Governorship of
Pee Chi Hi only. Tso Tang takes COM
mand of the troops in the south.
PARLIAMENT NOT TO BE SUMMONED.
PARIS, August 2Sth.-Minister Ferry has
no intention, at present, of summoning
Parliament. He says that, owing to
China's treachery, it has been impossible
to treat her as Il civilized nation.
SHANGHAI BoMBARDED.
LONDON, August 28th-A dispatch which
left Shanghai at > P. NJ. to-day says: Ad-
miral COurbct began the bOmbardmcnt of
Shanghai yesterday. A heavy cannonade
still continues.
THE EXPELLED FRENCHMEN.
HoNGKoSG, August 2Sth.-The French
| Consul and French merchants expelled
| from Canton on last Saturday by order of
| the Viceroy have arrived here. The mob
at Canton invaded the Catholic Cathedral
| on Wednesday, The building was cleared
| by the efforts of foreign Consuls. who in
| duced the French Bishops and missionaries
| to leaves Canton.
| LATEST OFFICIAL REPORT.
PARIS August 2Sth.-Admiral Courbct's
| official report up to this evening is as fol-
| lows:
! Min RIVER (5:30 2. NJ. August 2Sth.-The prin-
| cipal batteries of the kinPai channel have been
| destroyed. and we hope to destroy all the other
| forts this evening A line of torpedocs barring
| the entrance to the harbOr are being fiShed up
| and the explosives secured. The gunbOats are
| able to leave the river by another channel The
| cable.
Cholera Reports.
ROME, August 2Sth-The following
| shows the progress of cholera in Italy in
| twenty four hours Bergano, 13 fresh cases
| Bologna, deaths, fresh case; Campo
| bosso, 6 deaths, II fresh cases; Laspezia, s
| deaths, 10 fresh cases; Milan, fresh case;
| Naples, deaths; Parma. 5 deaths, fresh
eases; Turin, 5 deaths, I fresh cases. In
the province of Cuno there were 81 fresh
cases, of which 26 were in the town of
| Busca. Twenty-one of these cases have
already proved fatal.
BERLIN, August 2Sth.-The report that
| Germany had proposed to the powers that
a quarantine for three weeks be established
at Suez for vessels from countries infected
| with cholera, is untrue.
| PARIS, August 2Sth.-Four deaths from
cholera occurred at Toulon to-day, two at
La Seyne and five at Marscilles. Record in
the Toulon hospitals for the twcnty-fonr
hour ended this evening: Admitted, 4 :
| died ! ; under treatment, 81.
| The deaths from cho,era in the depart
ments of southern France to-day mum
bered 81.
| Second in Command.
CAIRO, August 18th. - General Lord
Woselcy has appointed General Earle to
the position of second in command of the
Gordon relief expedition. General Earle's
brigade has been ordered to move. so as
| to reach the second cataract early in DC
tober.
Fighting in Peru.
| CHAR1LLos PERU, August 2Sth.-In
Lima, yesterday, there was a storm of bull
lets for over six hours. Caceras entered
the city with his rabble and began the
firing. The night before all the Govern
ment troops were withdrawn into the Guar
| Tel and palace and the entry of Caceras.
although not unexpected, was somewhat OF
a surprise His men captured the Quartet
and the Church of ESmerccde and San
| Augustine from which they kept up a
| fusilade They also attacked the Guada-
lupe railroad station. About $50 persons
were killed in Mercedes and Bodegones
streets and near the palace square A Ger
man proprietor of a cigar store was killed
| while looking from q balcony. All the tel
| egraph wires were cut for miles out of the
| city, and no trains are run. Nothing oc-
CURED at Charillos.
| Operations of the Rebels in the Soudan.
SUAKIM, August 2Sth.-The rebels sue
ceeded last night in removing two mines
which had been laid near the town for the
purpose of exploding when they attacked
the garrison. They also captured three
| dhows near the harbor, and killed four
sailors. The other sailors OF the dhows-
| seven in number-escaped. The rebels
! took the three dhows and twenfv.fiyf.