Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-20
FOREIGN.
Gsrdsns Danger.

Csrdsns Danger.
!. CATRo. Sept. 10 Two more telegram
nave been received from Gen. Gordon
} ne complains of tae siosness of the AT
tnoritles IN sending the relief expedi
tlon and states that the number O
rebels oeseising khartoaIs Is iucrsa.
ing.
Trying 20 settle.
PARIS. Sept. f9.-LS F0liairs SAWS tia
China Is Indirectly trying TO resum,
negotiations With France. NJ Pstenou
ire, the French Minister to China. ha
ASKED Prime Minister Ferry what atti
tude to assume IN case China takes
more direct course. and has been in
1 formed that Chinese overtures must b.
received With extreme caution. as 1t Ii
now believed they are not in earnest
/ out only manoe1vsring for the sake OF
| gaming time.
win Not Pay the Tax
DUBLIN. Sept 19.-The municipal au
thoFitlss of Limerick have folly re.
solvsd not to paw the extra police tax o,
send depG.4tIo- 30 Ear! Spencer. the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. whom they
denOunce IS a tyrant. The extra police
were appointed by the Cover, meut OF
the plea that the local authorities did
NOS furnish sufficient protection against
outrages- and the cost Of their mainte-
nance vas assessed upbn the com mum
Ties tn which they were assigned. liz -
taiS tax that Limerick refuses 10 pay.
Batch Drnrienry
The HAGUE, Sept. ~ The Dutch
NM GHt ShnWz 1ata5s -,F ~
HORNS, which has resulted mainly from
dsm JrallZ ttion in silver. tits proposed
20 place a tax IN tobacco.
Aa Egyptian Lean.
LONDON. Sept. - 1T is asserted that
England Is going to lend Egypt eS,Oo0,-
go to pay the floating debt and the Al
e1andrla indemnity. the balance to be
Used IN the construction of irrigation
works.
Money for Egypt
CAIRO, Sept. l9.-In accordance with
the decision of Mondays conference
regarding Egyptian finances, in which
Lord NorthbroOk, Sir Evelyn Barring.
Nubar Pasha and others took part, the
Ministry of Finance has given orders
that the revenues be assigned to the
Caisse dc Ia Delta Puolique for the re-
demption OF the unpaid debt by pur-
ohases In the open market, which should
be temporarily paid into the Egyptian
Treasury. The purpose of this action
Is to enable the Treasury to pay the
current expenses of the Government
and the tribute to Turkey. Such pay
ment Is now impossible, owing to a
heavy deficit. The Caisse protests
against this action of the Finance Min
lstry. They say they will hold the
Governors provinces answersble for
payments made witROut receipt from
the Caisse.
Kettres from Parliament.
DUBLIN, Sept. l9.-Thomas Sexton re-
tires from Parliament rs representative
for Sligo, and Will contest another seat.
Declared Insane.
MONTREAL, Sept. l9.-Harold DeWolf,
Of New York, who came here with Bid
Winning, has been declared lunatlc and
removed to Tongue Point Asylum.
Forgery.
1t is said a warrant has been issued
for W. j. lngraham, late manager of the
Federal Bank, on charge OF forgery
again in New York.
To Ascend the Nile.
CAIRO, Sept. l9.-General Lord Wolse-
ley leaves to ascend the Nile about the
10Th Of October, at which time it is ex-
pected that the requisite number of
troops and supplies of stores will have
passed Wady Halfa en- route to Khar-
toum.
Wen the Prize.
TORONTO, Sept. 10 There was a great
crowd at the competitive drill of secret
societies. The knights of Pythias won
the prize.
ROyalists In France.
PARIS, Sept. 19.-The projects of if
teen differen mt departments have for
mally notified Waldeck Rosseu, Minis
ter OF the Interior, of the formation of
royalist councils.
No Demonstration.
DUBLIN, Sept. l9.-The Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland has proclaimed against
Nationalist demonstration announced
for Birradow, County Kerry.
Attacked by Mob.
Moscow, Sept. 10.-A mob today at
tackled gen d'armes who were taking
Nihiiists to st. Petersburg. The gen
darn IS were Obliged to use bayonets.
DaHford Heard From.
VICTORIA, b. c., Sept. 19.-J. s. Dan
ford, mentioned in dispatches from
Cheney, w. T., in connection with
bank failure there, arrived here on
Monday. He claims to have sold his
interest in the Spok me County Bank of
Cheney. and branch at Alkali. Or, on
the second of the month, and offers in
support document purporting to be an
agreement relative to such sale, in which
the purchaser agrees to pay all liabili-
ties of the bank. He further claims
that all securities taken by himself and
wife we're, according to instructions,
delivered to the First National Bank of
Portland to secure an overdraft of the
Cheney Bank. He refers to the First
National Bank of Portland as to the
correctness of his statement.