The Portland daily press., 1885-07-22
Rebels Attack kassaIa and Are
Badly Defeated,
With a Loss of Three Thousand
Killed and Wounded.
Reported Massacre of French in
West Africa.
Cholera Appearing In New Sections
of Spain.
Indication of Increasing FrIendliness
Between England and Russia.
A Steamer Sunk by a Collision and
Thirteen Lives Lost.

CAIRO, July 21.-A large force of rebels at
tackled Kassala and made several attempts
to carry it by assault, but they were finally
repulsed, and the garrison at Kassala fol-
lowing up their victory, captured the rebel
camp, with 1000 oxen and sheep and 700
rifles. The enemy lost 5000 men killed and
wounded, while the garrison's casualties
were small.
LONDON, July 21.-News of the attack on
Kassala was sent to Cairo by Major Cherm-
side. The attack took place on the 18th and
10th of June.
The Cholera in Spain.
Madrid, July 2i.-There were in Spain
yesterday, 2417 new cases Of cholera and 952
deaths. The disease has broken out in
Guadalojaro, Burgos and Almera.
The French Massacred in West
Africa.
LONDON, July 21-Intelligence has been
received from West Africa that the King Of
Dahomey with many followers, on May 10th,
made a raid ON the villages under French
protection near Porto NovO. His troops in
dulged in the wholesale massacre of the in
habitants and burned all the dwellings. One
thousand youths and women were captured
and carried back into Dahomey to be sacri-
feed at the cannibalistic feast
Pain Reported Alive and Well.
CAIRO, July q. = Bosphore-E -Egyptien
publishes letter from an engineer named
BERTHE who has just escaped from Berber, de-
claring that Oliver Pain, the alleged French
adviser of the Ell Mahdi, and who it was re-
Gently stated had been killed by Arabs for
the reward offered for his head by British
officers, is not dead but alive and well at
Berber.
Parliament Proceedings.
LONDON, July 21.-Mr. Bourke, under
foreign secretary, in answering inquiries in
the House OF Commons this afternoon, said
that during May, 1884, M. Billing had Of
fered Lord Lyon, British ambassador at
Paris, to obtain the ransom of General Cor
don from El MaEdi for the sum of $3.50, 1000
Lord Lyons forwarded the offer without
comment to Earl Granville, then British
minister of foreign affairs. The first condi-
tion of the offer was that its acceptance
should be accompanied by the payment of
$4,000 down. Earl Granville, after consul
tation with other members of the late gov
ernment, instructed Lord Lyon that for va
rious reasons he must decline the Offer
Friendly Relations Between Russia
and England.
LONDON, July 21.-Russia, asserting to
the issue of the Egyptian loan, the British
government, has instructed the Rothschildss
to issue the loan in August. The consent Of
Russia is held to indicate growth of friend
ly relations with England and has caused a
rise in all international stocks.
Thirteen Lives Lost in a Collision.
PLYMOUTH, Eng, July 21.-Steamer Hecla
collided with the Liverpool and London
steamer Cheerful in a fog today. The latter
foundered, and 13 of the crew and passengers
were lost. The Hecla rescued the remainder.
Foreign Notes.
The Wesleyan Conference began its ses-
sions at Newcastle today. Seven hundred
clergymen are in attendance. The confer
ence has elected Rev. Richard Roberts pres
ident