Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29
FORETGN-

FOREIGN.
Several cases of cholera are reported at
Santiago.
The British squadron in Chinese waters
is to be reinforced.
An An6-Protectionist League has been
formed in Paris.
Spanish newspapers are discussing Span
lsh rights IN West Africa.
The cool weather is having a favorable
effect on cholera at Paris.
Hon. Geo. s. Shaw, of Lefevre, has been
appointed as postmaster general.
The death of Sir George st. Patrick
Lawrence is announced in London.
II. J. Shaw & Co., large manufactures of
furniture, Montreal, have assigned.
Thirteen Germans engaged as officers in
the Chinese army arrived at Tien Isin.
Immigration returns for October show
that II, us persons arrived in Canada.
A dispatch received at Paris states that
the French forces are in possession Of Tam
sui.
Justin Mccarthy, junior and senior. each
made speeches at the Irish club in BiIming-
ham.
Fifteen persons were xii ed in a railway
collision near the depot in Hanau, Ger
many.
A report comes from Tunis that Khal-
lila, the leader of the last Instruction, is
dead.
German lawmakers are discussing ways
and means OF securing money for army and
navy expenses.
Henry NJ. Stanley will attend the Congo
conference as the technical adviser Of the
American delegate.
Geo. Dolby, Dickens manager during his
American tour, is writing personal recOl-
lecuOns OF the novelist.
The British House of Commons passed a
bill apprOpriating for money to defray the
expenses Of the Nile expedition.
Eight mild cases of smallpox have oc-
CURED among the British troops. The
camping ground has been changed.
Seven families are down with the small
pOx in Kingston, Ontario. The people are
terrified, and are leaving the village.
Gladstone wants the House of Lords to
assure the Government that the franchise
bill will be passed before the redistribution
bill is presented.
Cholera is raging in Paris with consider
able vigOr. The plague is also spreading
into Spain and a general European quaran-
tine is being made.
Another case of cholera has occurred at
BuenOs Ayres, in South America. The
s.rictest quarantine will be observed
against all the vessels coming from
France.
Two ofthe brigands who murdered and
robbed two employees Of the French Lauri-
I'm Mining company have beed captured,
and fOrty-One thousand francs were reCOV-
cred.
Miss ForteSque, of London, has begun
her suit for breach of promise against Lord
GOrmOyle, the Oldest son Of Earl Cairns.
Defendants attorney stated that he was
willing to accept a verdict Of $4,000 dam
ages against his client.
T. H. BigneIl, of Quebec, who last Sum
mer commanded an expedition to Lake
Mistassini, in the Northwest Territory,
Canada, reports that body of water to be as
large as Lake Superior, and that the Hud-
son Bay company has for a century main
tanned an agency on its shores, and kept
the fact from the public.
Patrick n. Fitzgerald, the FenIan sus-
pect, acquitted at Dublin on the 10th inst
OF completely IN the IubbercurIy cases, ar
rived ia Cork, and an immense cOncOurse
Of people greeted him. The horses were
taken from the carriage, and he was drawn
through the streets by the people, and
with a tOrchight procession and bands
OF music they escorted Fitzgerald to his
hotel.
lie Paris says. Gen. Briers De Isle,
commander of the French forces in Ton
quin, telegraphs that the Chinese made a
vigorous attack on the French gunbOats
EClairs and TrOmbe as they were proceed |
ing along the river Claire after revictual-
ling the garrison at Tayen Quan. One
sailor was killed and eight wounded. Gen. !
De Isle reports 5000 Chinese coming !
down Red river and that he was ready to /
meet them. He sent Col. Dutschere to re- |
IieVe Tuyen Guam and clear that region of |
the enemy's forces. LIE Paris adds: Three !
frst-Class cruisers are going to China.