The Portland daily press., 1885-08-17
FOR EIcN.
Report thAsDsman Digna Has For
saken His Followers.
Civil War Broken Out at Khartoum
and the Mahdi's Successor Killed.

SitH war BFOkSn OQI at NNdTtOQT1
and the Mahdi's Successor Killed.
The Dreaded Cholera Still on the In
crease.
Six Hundred French Soldiers Die of
the Plague.
A Great Fire Said to be Raging in
Russian Forests.
LONDON, Aug 15.-There is dead lull in
British politics at present. Most of the min
listers and leading politicians are enjoying
themselves in the country. The Marquis of
Salisbury has gone to Hatfield to enjoy
vacation. Lord Randolph Churchill is visit
ing the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim
Castle. The duke has definitely abandoned
the Liberal party and joined the Tories.
Lord Iddesleigh has gone to Pyne, near
Exeter. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon,
| secretary of state for Scotland, has retired to
his castle on the Surrey Of the Liberals, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, home secretary
under Mr.. Gladstone, is ruSticating at his
country seat at New Forest while Sir Charles
Dixie has retired to his villa in the south of
II MI. JOSepu OudIlDHIldln Is pre-
pairing for his Irish tour. The holiday pause
in legislation is to be much shorter than
! usual. Prime Minister Salisbury will not
tarry long at Hatfield. He has arranged to
60 next week to Cecil chalet at Dieppe,
| France He will return to London on the
7th Of September, assemble the Cabinet and
| open the Tory campaign. The only new
phase in home politics which has developed
during the past week is the activity Of the
agitation in favor Of church disestablish-
mpnt5 MIR .IpcSa GOllinug Radical member
of Parliament for Ipswich, Mr. Henry La
bouchere, Mr.. Richard Dillwyn and other
Radicals, make diSestablishment the main
plank in their platform, and they insist that
the church funds should be applied for edu-
catiOnal purposes The Scottish Disestab-
lishment Association has issued manifesto
urging the enlarged constituencies to demand
the abolition of the state church.
Regarding the Queens Speech.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-The speech from the
throne at the propagation of Parliament is
being vigorously discussed by all parties.
The reference. of her majesty to the Afghan
frontier question, and her intimation that an
early and amicable settlement of this all-im-
portant matter is probable has caused a fav-
0rable impression and has done much tow
ards restoring more h0pful feeling in all
circles
subscriptions to the Grant Monu-
nnent.
Subscriptions to the Grant memorial fund
have already been received by Drexel, Har-
fund, from large number of influential peo-
pie of all nationalities. A large amount will
undoubtedly be subscribed here.
Russian Forests Burning.
Dispatches from st. Persburg report that a
great fire is raging in the Couronne forests,
Russia. A large area of the timber has al
ready been DESTROYED The fire broke out on
Thursday, and despite all efforts to check it
has since burned with unabated fury.
Osman Digna Again Heard From.
A despatch from Suakim states that Os-
man Digna had forsaken his followers and
fled to Kordofan. The result is that many
ShiekhS are going into Suakim and offering
submission to the British commander.
Lord CoIeridge.
Among the many sensations that have
moved London lately, the romance of Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge, who it was reported
a few days ago, was to give an American
beauty an opportunity to sway his judicial
mind forlife, has played a prominent part
All London commented freely upon the sur
prise that woud overspread social circles if
his lordship should SO far forget his posi-
tom as to marry San American, and the
outcome of these rumors of Lord Coleridge's
purposed domestic foreign alliance has been
| awaited with interest. The suspense was
was united to the lady, Miss Amy Augusta
| jackson Lawford, whom, as will be relnen-
bered, he met on the steamship which con-
yeyed him home from his recent tour
strictly private. A special license had been
applied for and granted Augustslo.
The Cholera.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-Reports of cholera,
| which reach here from Spain betray a fright
full condition Of things. The epidemic is
| spreading more and more. The accounts of
| terrible ravages which have come to London
! have aroused great anxiety among all persons
who are in any way concerned in Spanish
affairs. All Anglo-Spanish firms who have
| offices in London have made an attempt to
| do something to stem the cOntagion, and
| have addressed the Spanish ambassador on
| the subject and offered to make united ap-
! peal to the people of England for assistance
| for the cholera stricken districts. The am
bassador has forwarded the offer to the lord
| mayor of London, but the mayor replies that
he is not prepared to invite an English ma
tional subscription, so the effort of the An
! glo-Spanish firms remains for the present
| without result Advices from the afflicted
| sections in Spain to commercial houses in
| London describe an utter paralysis of busi-
ness everywhere throughout the country.
The stories which come from the infected
districts recall the worst of the scenes we as
sociate with famine and war. In the town
of Erla, province of Saragossa, the may or
and all other city officials are dead or strick-
en- down with the plague. All the doctors
| and chemists have fallen victims to the pes
thence. Shops are closed and the town is
nearly deserted. The mayor of the neigh
ing town of Egen, which is the only place
from which the fugitives could expect aid,
has forbidden the citizens to render any as
sistance, and has declared an absolute block
ade. No person is allowed to Egen on any
preteXt whatever. This is an instance of
what is commonly going on throughout
Spain. Provincial towns are shutting
their gates to all intruders and physicians =;
government officers as well as people gener-
ally are fleeing. The survivors of Erla
camping on the hillsdes, with but scanty
means of subsistence. According to latest
news, some of them had set fire to the town,
hoping by that means to burn out the plague.
Fear of importation of cholera is taking
practical shape along the Mediterranean
coast, and vigorous quarantine precautions
have been established at Gibraltar and the
all French and Spanish vessels. Marseilles
steamers are not allowed to call at Malta or
the Suez ports. 1t is said that most urgent
measures have been taken in other places to
ward off the threatening pestilenee.
The Madrid Gazette says that during the
"a hours ended yesterday, 5000 new cases of
| cholera and 1850 deaths from the disease
were reported throughout all Spain. During
that period AZ new cases and 3S deaths were
reported in Madrid. The aspect of affairs is
appeared in the founding hospital and other
public establishments, and in the best quar-
ters of the city.
There were 81 deaths from cholera in Ma
drid during the "a hours ended at noon to-
day.
A Vienna dispatch says: 1t is reported
that the cholera has broken out in Trieste.
Holland has declared Gibraltar infected
with cholera. There were four deaths there
today from cholera, traced to infection con-
tracted on Spanish soil.
MARsEILLEs, Aug. 16.-A British steamer
which arrived at Algiers yesterday was for
hidden to enter the port as there had been a
death from cholera on board. The steamer
was ordered into quarantine, but she return
ed to Marseilles instead In the meantime
there had been another death on board The
health authorities here have accordingly en-