The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-30
The Work Of the Egyptian Conference.
Cholera Creating a Panic in Toulon
The City has the Appearance of Being
In State OF Siege.
Hos.iIities Resnmed.

BOstilities Resumed.
PARIS, June pa despatch to the Temps, from
Haiphong, says that hostilities against Langson
have been resumed.
Americans Arrested.
LONDON, June 29.--Two Americans who arrived
at Tullamore yesterday, were placed under arrest
and their luggage inspected.
The Egyptian Conference.
The Egyptian Conference met this afternoon at 8
O'Clock, at the foreign Office. Musurah Pasha, the
Turkish ambassador to England, was present.
At the meeting yesterday of the conference upon
the Egyptian question: Earl Granville briefly stated
the financial proposals to be considered by the
ference and the conference then adjourned to al
low the finance experts to examine the proposals
The daie OF the next meeting has not yet been fixed
The Observer believes Earl Granville's proposals
have in view the reduction of the interest
OF the unified per cent debt and the priv
LEGGED debt each to onehalf the present rates, do
main loans at per cent, and the Diaria Samied
loans at to per cent to be left at present.
Ii the revenues are insufficient to pay the Diaria in
terest, the Egyptian treasury only is to be called
upon to make up the amount less one-half per cent
The sinking funds belonging to the privileged and
unified debts are to be suspended The interest Egypt
pays on the Suez Canal and shares held by England
are to be reduced 12 to ~ as may be deemed advis-
able Engi nd ia to advance on guarantee loan Of
e3,000,0Ou to Egypt. this loan taking precedence
OF all existing loans. The proposals have also in
view the reduction of taxes in Egypt to the extent
OF from three to four million pounds sterling.
Cholera at ToulOn.
registered today. The registry Office ia open night
and day, in order to facilitate prompt interment
in cases where cholera is suspected to have caused
the death.
ToULoN, June 28.-Since yesterday afternoon
there have been six deaths from cholera.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen today received cable message from Consul
Mason, at Marseillos, as follows: "Four deaths in
Toulon. The cholera has reached Marseilles. There
have been six deaths up to Saturday noon. The
weather is very warm. general exodus from the
city has begun"
MADRID, June 29.-The authorities have ordered
quarantine against all English shipping, unless En-
gland adopts precautions against the spread of the
cholera.
ROME, June 29.-An overland passengers from
France are subjected to five days quarantine.
MARsEILLEs, June 20 AT O'Clock this even
ing two deaths from cholera had occurred during
the past "a hours.
There are no cases of cholera in the hospitals
here, and the general health of the inhabitants is
in an average condition. The board of health re-
fuses to issue clean bills of health to vessels.
ToULoN, June 29,-At noon today four deaths
from cholera had occurred during the preceding 10
hours.
NEW YORK, June pa cable despatch from
Toulon says the city looks if it was in state of
siege Patrols and guards hurry about the streets,
wagons filled with disinfectants are dragged
through the thoroughfares. and nurses, wearing
hospital badges, go from house to house. Every
ward in the city has staff of doctors told of for
special attention to its wants. and the authorities
making great efforts to lamp out the disease.
Trade is paralyzed and many stores closed. The
air is thick with smoke from many fires bsrning 1t
is now feared the epidemic will in this city, have to
run its course, but that it can be prevented from
spreading.
The Golden Club.
LONDON June 20.-Lord Carlingford presided at
the Golden Club banquet this evening. He ma de q
speech in which he said that when America realiz-
ed the benefits TO be derived from free trade her
power and influence would increase enormously.
He hoped the cattle disease act, while excluding
diseased CATTLE would not interfere with the mpor-
tation of healthy animals.
Dr.. Smith, of Sioux City, Ia. replied on beh slf of
the United States. He said that revenue reform
was making great progress in America, and that
the Golden Club would probably hear news of that
progress within the next six months.