The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-08-16
FOREIGN TELEGRAPHTc NEWS.

hassola, Egypt, is blockaded.
Mrs. Gladstone has written book.
Bad weather prevails at Marseilles.
Cholera has appeared at Geneva. Sw;tz-
erland. 'Ao' '"' 0"i'@-
France. oA wal VIM
water famine. -
Cholera has appeared in the nrinc;nal
cities of Italy. ''
Two more Anarchists were arrested in
Paris recently.
Ihe Emperor of Germany is in Salz-
burg, Austria.
Inc present outlook for the English hay
crop is very poor.
War between France and China again
seems inevitable.
The situation at Foo Chow, China, is
becoming alarming.
FL Mahdi has ordered so. 600 men to re.
lnforce Osman Digma.
The Sultan of Turkey is in constant
dread of assassination.
at ostend, Belgium, recently.
The Royal Palace at Athens, Greece,
was destroyed by fire recently.
Receipts from customs at Vera Cruz.
Mexico, for July, were $741 ,Oo0.
The American frigate Lancaster is
ashore Off the coast of England.
1t is reported in Paris that Ferry has
HH1o IIlIf fSyrno tr,v~ -, D1I~
A great reform demonstration took place
at Birmingham, England, recently.
Three transports have embarked with
troops and stores from Brest for Tonauin.
The Bear hotel, in Vienna, burned re-.
Gently. 1t was the work of an incendiary.
Thouanan, the younger brother of Kion.
phuve, has been crowned King of AMMAN.
1t is reported that Valentine Baker will
soon be restored to his old position in the
army.
Letters from Berlin predict that United
states Minister Kasson will be kindly re-.
ceived.
a credit of 93OO,O0O for the Soudan ex.
petition has passed the English House of
Commons.
The African Society of Berlin refuses,
from want of funds, to assist the Ger
man expedition.
Christine Nilsson, the prima donna, is
soon to spend week as the guest of the
King of Sweden.
The fiftleth anniversary of the abolition
OF slavery in England was celebrated in
London recently.
The reported alteration between Gen.
eraI Dlaz, President of Mexico, and Gen.
eral Banca is unfounded.
Earl Granville has refused to join a
European mediation in the troubles be.
tween France and China.
There was sale of $4OO, 600 worth of
vancouver fur seals at Victoria, B. c.. re-
Gently, to private parties.
Official records show that since the out.
break of cholera in the south of France,
z,ZoO nave died from the disease.
1t is now stated that Lord Beaconsfield
lett neither memoirs nor journals, and
that he never copied letter he wrote.
Several packages of dynamite were dis.
covered enclosed in newspapers at the
Nottingham, Eng, postoffice recently.
The Emperor of Germany strongly en-.
| courages the Grand Duke of Hesse in his
| contemplated abdication in favor of his
son.
The Legislature of Yucatan has peti.
toned the President of Mexico for pay.
| ment of amounts due the railways of the
| state.
Commander Manwaring has been ap.
pointed captain of the Swiftshire, sta.
TONED at Victoria, B. c., vice Atchieson,
| invalid.
The total number of persons drowned
by the sinking of the steamer Dione, in
| the Thames river England, last week, was
| twenty-one.
Queen Victoria has declined to change
her will on account of the birth of a son
to the Duchess of Albany, the widow of
Prince Leopold.
| Spain has decided to establish auaran.
tine for ten days against Italian ports in
fected with cholera, and seven days against
other Italian ports.
The outbreak of cholera at Northamp.
ton, England, is owing to the scarcity of
water. An entire family has been stricken.
No deaths have occurred.
! Latest advices from China state that the
Chinese authorities have stopped the cou.
| rler service between Foo Chow and the
landing place of the cable.
A Dublin cablegram says: A true bill
was found against Cornwall, French and
Fernandez for felony. PHYSICIANS viii
inquire into French's sanity.
| The British ship w. II. Mcneil took an
American tug in Victoria, B. c., waters
recently. There will be prosecution for
the infraction of the Washington laws.
ALondon dispatch says: Hugh Childers
chancellor. of the exchequer, is going to
| Egypt on special mission connected with
Egyptian finances, clothed with extensive
| power.
A new lighthouse has been established
on Cape st. John, the eastern end oi
Staten Island, Terra del Fuego, the light
of which is visible at distance of four.
teen miles.
Adyices from South Africa report 9
severe engagement between the followers
of Mosenia and the Beers, in which the
latter were defeated. Many warriors
were killed, including several English.
Emen.
1t now transpires that there were a
number of cases of cholera in the hospital
at Marseilles in 1883. Many of these were
fatal. The fact, however, was suppressed
in order to prevent alarm. Attendants
were sworn to secrecy.
A preliminary treaty was signed in Mex
ico last week by the acting minister oi
foreign relations and Sir Spencer St
relations with England, for ratification BY
the coming session of the Senate.
The newspapers of France now speak Of
cholera in the past tense. English anG
American bankers and tourists agencies