The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-24
The Cholera Plague Increasing.

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The Cholera Plague Increasing.
| MARsEILLEs. Aug. 22-The cholera is
spreading in Marseilles Thirty localities
are now infected, and 140 deaths from the
disease occurred yesterday, and forty-siX
persons have died within the past twelve
| hours.
The Municipal Council have resolved to
demand from the general government a
cholera relief credit of 100000.
i In T0ul0n 16 new eases and seven deaths
occurred during the past twentyfour hours.
There was marked decrease in the chol-
era mortality yesterday. For "a hours 46
deaths were reported At the Pharo lhOspi-
tai patients died, 16 were admitted, 6 dis
charged cured and IS remained under treat
ment
Cholera is assuming form with which
| doctors are unable to cope Victims die sud
denly without the occurrence OF dlarrhea or
vomiting. The patient feels coldness which
cannot be counteracted by the use of reac-
tive or seven by the most violent friction,
| and two hours after death the body becomes
black. Although the epidemic is not conta-
gious it is feared 1000 daily will soon be re-
corded.
MADRID, Aug. s22-There were reported
throughout Spain today 4519 new cases of
cholera, and 1920 deaths from the disease.
Throughout Spain yesterday, there were
5673 new cases of cholera and 1928 deaths
from the disease. Since the beginning of the
epidemic there have been 156,077 cases and
1921 deaths.
Today's cholera returns from all the in
fected districts in Spain show total of 4,SS7
new cases and 179S deaths.
GIBRALTAR, Aug. 23.-Clean bills of
health are now issued to vessels sailing from
Gibraltar There is no cholera at the Span
ish lines, and the two days quarantine es-
| tabliShed there by the Gibraltar authorities
has been abolished
conor Nil1a Viloyarda Yninic+ar of ha in
terror, who went to Granada recently, took
| with him the sum of $222, 900 which will be
used in relieving cholera sufferers, and in es-
tablishing hospitals and cemeteries.
The London Morality Demonstration
LONDON, Aug. -22.-At twenty minutes
pasta o'clock the Hyde Park meeting held
| equalled in numbers the great assemblage
which gathered at the same place some
months ago to make demonstration in
favor of the enlarged franchise bill. Thous-
andS of women were in the crowd and ten
times as many more were on the way in the
procession to the park. One of the wagons
in the procession carried twenty-four little
girls dressed in white. These girls held
aloft banner bearing the inscription, ''Shall
the innocents be slain?' Another cart car
ried large fac-simile of the Queens letter
to Mrs. Gen. Booth approving the Salvation
Army's work in rescuing young girls from
vice. The East End contingent of the pro-
cession started toward the Park promptly at
4.oclock. This body had three bands and
carried sixty banners, all having inscribed on
| them such notices as Save our daughters,
etc The cart which carried the enlarged
copy of the Queens letter was given the mid
die place in the line of the East End contin-
gent.
This body and in line 20 four-horse wag-
ons, with the exception Of one bearing the %
| girls under 13 years of age and dressed in
| white. The wagons were laden with women
4 dressed in the deepest of mourning The
vehicles themselves were all heavily draped
with black Following the wagons were
| about 2000 men on foot. All traffic had to be
suspended during the progress of the pro-
cession along its entire route.
Fatal Fire in London.
There was a fatal fire today at Hoxton, a
| poor and crowded quarter of London Ow.
| ing to lack Of room it was impossible for the
/ fremen to work effectively, and there was a
| terrible scene when a lodging house full of
| people took fire in spite of the gallant efforts
| to rescue the inmates and man and two
children were burned to death.
England and Russia.
The Standard this morning confirms the
1 statement that Russia has abandoned her
| claims to Zufilcar Pass and says peace is
| thus secured
Germany and the Caroline Islands.
The Standards correspondent at Berlin
/ says. III consequence Oh Tile IuTOT6 III Opdlll,
| Prince Bismarck has ordered the German
| ministers at the different foreign courts to
| hold over the notes intimating Germany's
| occupation of the Carolines.
A Yacht Run Down.
A steamer ran down and sank the yacht
| Kalaish off Oban, Scotland, today. Two of
| the persons aboard were subsequently saved,
! but al. the others, including the owner, Mr..
| CrOSSman, and his wife are believed to have
| been drowned.
| An Anti-Cerman Demonstration.
MADRID, Aug 23.-An anti German dem
onstration was begun in Madrid today. At
| O'Clock 40,C90 persons had assembled on the
| prado with banners and other embems.
| Speeches were made in Spanish and French
| denounclng Bismarck S action in annexing the
| Carolines and a procession marched through
| the chief streets arousing great enthusiasm.
1t did not pass through the street upon
| which the German legation is situated At
meeting Of the military club it was unani-
mously agreed amid intense excitement to ex-
| pei German honorary members
Collision on an Underground Rail-
| road.
| LONDON, Aug. ga terrible collision oc-
| CURED this evening on the Metropolitan Dis
! trict Underground Railroad at Earls Court
! The signals had broken and become unman-
| ageable and two trains cOllided, engine
against engine. One engineer was killed,
and stoker and five others were so badly
injured that they cannot recover.
Rioting in Ireland.
| DUBLIN, Aug. 22.-Rioting is still going on
| between soldiers and civilians at London
| derry
| A later despatch from Londonderry reports
| the town is now quiet. There was a riot at
| Ready, county Armagh, to-day. Bands of
| Orangemen, returning to Ready after an
| outing, were prevented by the police from
| entering the town.
The Orangemen perSisting, the riotaet was
| read, and 80 shots were fired. No blood
was shed however.
Foreign Notes.
A ST. Petersburg despatch says the Car
and Czarina have started for Kremsler.
The Guardian of the Royal Armory at
/ Turin, who was arrested on suspicion of be-
ing implicated in the recent robbery of jewels
from that building, has committed suicide.
The United States steamers Pensacola and
Kearsarge have sailed from Copenhagen.
A Constantinople despatch says Munir
| Pacha, Minister of Finance, has visited Min
| lister Cox on behalf of the Sultan, and eX-
| pressed the Sultan's regret that the press of
state affairs should have been compelled his
| majesty to postpone an audience to Mr.. Cox
A despatch from the Hague says league
OF Dutch women has sent memorial to Par
Lament praying for suppression of the
traffic in girls
The religious festival of the crowning of
the Lady of Boulogne and Queen of Basibia
took place in Bologne, Sunday. The. cere-
mony was performed by the Nuncio in the
presence Of $4,000 people. The statue of
the Virgin was carried in procession
through the town.
Information has been received at Cairo
that Dongola has been occupied by 1000
Devishes, who are armed with 800 rifles
The political crisis in Denmark is reviving
there and four deputies are already in prison
on a charge of treason. The trial of the
leader of the opposition is impending
LIE Nord, the Russian organ at Brussels,
says that Russia has reassured China and
Japan of her pacific intentions.