The Portland daily press., 1884-10-25
THE OLD WORLD.
ala for A. ND. sullixnn,. Fnmilr,

Aid for A. M. sullivnn's Family.
DUBLIN, Oct 24.-It is proposed to raise by sub
scrption fund Of 10000 for the benefit of the
family OF the late Alexander NJ Sullivan.
Matters i'm Tonquin.
PARIS, Oct. 24.-Reports are curreut here that
the Chinese pushing their advance into Tonquin
and are about to besiege Hung Hoa.
A Train AuIscked by Nihilisis.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24.-A desperate attack
was made by body of Nihilists on train carrying
the mail, in which $500, ,oo0 as 1t was nearing
Kharkon. who attempted to wreck it for the pur-
pose OF robbing the mail pouches. The guards who
were on the train opened fire on the would be
wreckers, aud the engineer putting extra
head OF steam during the confusion which followed,
flew past the robbers amid a shower of bullets and
brought the train safely to Kharkoff body OF
troops was sent to The seene but the Nihiliss made
their escape and no trace of them was found.
The Pugiiistic Am -rican in Cou {.
LONDON. Oct. 24.-G. E. Rogers, the American
who was arrested last Saturday at the instance of
Mr. Parkinson, editor of St. Stephens Review. on
street Police Court today. He was bound over in
the rum of 9l0 10 keep The peace and forbidden to
approach the office of the St. Stephens Review.
France and China.
HANOI Oct. 24.-The remainder of the Chinese
troops b-fole Chubeen have withdrawn, ana the
Chinese there have abandoned their entrenchments.
PARIS, Oct. 24.-The reegraphe says that France
has de lined Engand's oVertures 10 mediate in the
NOT Cholera.
PARIS. Oct. a. Yport. in the department Of the
Seine Inferieure where the last outbreak of choer.
In France has ccurred, is in bad sanitary condi-
ton, and there is scarcity of drinking water. The
inhabitants of The place a e drl nken lot and
some doctors believe that the dea hs which h4ve
been assigned to the cholera were really caused by
the cheap and vllainous spirits which the victims
drank. Two cases cholera have occurred at st.
Leonard, village in the vicinity of Yport.
Patching Up ihe French Financial ., stem.
At Ca iinet council yesterday it was agreed to
make a reduction of CO., 900 francs in the apprJ
piiatiOns for the Ministries of War, Finance, In
struction and Public Works There is already In
hand 6, 600 600 francs with which p y the inter.
est on railway blnds. M. jules Roche proposes to
the Budget Commi tee to tax religious congreg4-
tions per cent, which will produce A., 00, 900
francs annually, and to reduce The State subsidies
to railways.
Nihiiist Sentences Commuted.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct "a Only two of the per-
sons who were reported to have been executei ut
the st. tetersbug citadel last Saturda. for Ioti-
cal off nces, paid the death penalty. The sentence
of both the aud OF the other four officers of
the Russian army was conmuted to banishment to
Siberia.
Increasing the Income Tax in England.
LONDON, Oct 24-It is stated that the expense
Of the Nile expedition will be met by adding
penny to the income tax.
Gable Notes.
At Agrania. the capital of Croa. ia Yesterday
gendarmes prevented Is suppor ers of M. Star
ceuics from taking their seats in the Diet. This
action was due to the contempt of authority of
tue House shown by those members.