Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29
THE FRANC0YCIIINA WAR.
A FRENCH DEFEAT IN TONQUlN.
The Chinese said to have Totally Ami
Inflated II French irmy-The Egyp-
tian Problcm-i Cholera Panic


tian Problcm--h Cholera Panic
SHANGHAI. Aug. 2i.-According to re
ports received at Sontay $4,000 Chinese
troops have invaded Tonquin and had an
engagement with the French in which it
is asserted the French were annhilated
and several Thousand Chinese killed.
According to the above despatch the mass
ing of this large force ON the frontier at
Vonquin had been going on for some time
under the supervision of experienced
military leaders. and so well did they CON
duct the affair that the Free E. omman-
dcrS were unaware Of the prG yOf any
wen regulated Chinese fol & It'll the
latter swept down upon H.. Ike an
avalanche with the above '~ The
French troops it is said, foughf" 4 crate
" and repeatedly charged T. Z inese
lines. but as fast as the latter W; :. oxen
into they closed up again with It ~ able
military precision, and many ha1 " and
encounters cnsued, the French fin g nc
cumbing to overwhelming odds. y
The Bombardmcnt of Foo Chow.
| SHANGHAI. Aug. 21.-Thc French loss
in the bombardment of Foo Chow was
seven killed and fourteen wounded The
Chinese loss is estimated at 1000 killed and
1000 wounded. The Chinese man-of-war
"Iangwu" was exploded by IL torpedo
after it had fired Il broadside at Il French
. torpedo boat. The boiler of the latter was
! exploded by hand grenades thrown from
/ the "GangWu,' after which the boat was
sunk 10y the "NOlta' to prevent the Chi
ncSr capturing it. 1t is reported there are
i ij,Oo0 Chinese troops in the vicinity of Foo
Chow.
The Egyptian Problem.
LONDON, Aug 25.-ticn. Lord Wellesley
will start for Egypt Sunday lie will pro-
cccd to Cairo to assume immediate com
maud of the forces in Egypt, and direct
the operations for the relief Of khartoum.
RumOro are current at Cairo that Egypt
has notified England that she is bankrupt
since Ycsterday.aud unable to meet current
expenses.
Canada Called Upon to Assist in Rescuing
Gen. Gordon.
OTTAWA, Aug. 21-The Governor Gen
cral has been ordered by the home gov
ernmcnt to secure the services of
six hundred Canadian Voyageurs
to go up the Nile with the eXpedi-
ton for the relief of Gen Gordon at khar-
toum They are to take flat bottomed
boats up the Nile and make portages
around the rapids. 1t is intended to take
300 men from the Ottawa district and the
remainder from the Quebec and st. Maur
ice regions. Applications are already
rushing in Indians will be eligible The
Governor General has written to the
militia department asking for the names
of some militia officers whose services can
be obtained to take charge of the NOyageur
contingent. Preference Will be given to
officer, who served under General Woles-
ley III the Red River expedition. some
| French-C Canadian officers will also be
taken. rs it is expected the majority of the
| VovageurS will be French-Canadians. An
advertisement calling for volunteers will
be issued at once
The Cholera.
PARIS. Aug. 47-The report of the rava-
gc, of the cholera in the southern depart
ments Of France during the last twenty
four hours is Il, follows: IicrauE :
DEATHS Gard !, Audc /, Eastern Pyrcnecs
~.
Germany has submitted IA proposal to
the powers that there should he at Suez ii
strict quarantine of three weeks duration
for ships from the cholera ports, which
pass through the canal.
\ Panic in Italy.
= ROME, Aug 47.-A false report got
abroad IN Civita Nccchia yesterday to the
effect that the government was about to
/ establish a quarantine of fifteen days
II against llt.I Guy. | HIS tIttlt'l Il lllIol
\ of excitement among tourists and visitors
, of all classes. Eighteen hundred persons
T. of all sorts, including even hotel walters
| beSiegcd the railway station and took the
r. freight train by storm. Five hours were
Y spent in passing over thirty-eight miles to
. Rome where they arrived in Il most for
: lon and demoraliZed condition. They
were angry and indignant though when
e they learned that the report which caused
J., the panic had no foundation.
The deaths from the cholera in
+ Italy during the tWenty-fOur hours
II were as follows; At BergamO eight
/ CampobaSso seven, BuSca ten, FosdinovC
e three, Parma, three, Turin seven. At La
Il Spezia during the past thirty-siN hours
II there have been seventeen death. Al
: SpeZia the bodies of persons who had dice
o from the cholera have been found secretly
buried in private gardens only Il few inche:
below the surface of the ground Thi.
fact explains the sudden increase of thu
= epidemic after the showers of rain having
e set free the miaSma from the dead bodies
# THE CANIP-MEETING SEASON.
,r The Gathering at Morrisville.
e The State Temperance camp-meeting a
Morrisville, Thursday was addressed b.
- Rev. {. ID. Hills of Boston. In the after
# noon Neal Dow of Maine, make speech