Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-19
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
SPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REcoRp-uNlos.
Cholera Reports.

Cholera Reports.
MARsEILLEs, August .-Twenty-sev
deaths from cholera were reported at Mar
settles to-day.
MARsEILLEs, August 1Sth.-Cholera is
spreading in the suburban villages. A
whole family has died of the cholera at st.
Loup.
NEW YORK, August 1Sth.-The HeaMs
Marseilles special says The great heat has
been increased by the searching wind and
the thermometer to-day marked 1919 in the
shade. Fresh cases of death from cholera
are alarming. The Mayor has secretly
opened five new temporary hospitals, but
he refuses to make any public announce
ment of the fact, for fear of alarm
ing the public. No nurses can be
found TO take care of the sick, as
the people are disguised with the Injustice
received and the small reconpense awarded
during the last epidemic. The commerce
OF Marseilles is paralyzed by the quaran-
tine. and in their distress the people talk of
holding meeting to compel the French
Government to enter into some arrange
ment with foreign powers by which the
severity OF these sanitary measures may be
lessened.
ROME, August 1Sth-A Commission has
DNNA' uPbOliitSt W tlIG hospitals OF
Rome, and to take other measures to meet
possible epidemic of cholera
Mortuary.
MONTREAL, August 1Sth.-Sir Francis
Hincks died tonight of smallpox. He
was at one time Minister of Finance.
MARsEILLEs, August 1sth.-Henri Cam
pom, godson of the Count de Chambord, is
dead
British Embassy Under Guard.
PARIS, August lSth.-in consequence of
anarchist threats against the British En-
bassy here, policemen have been guarding
the Embassy all day, and the doors were
kept closed until evening Threats are
made to hold meeting of sympathy with
Olivier Pain tomorrow.
RusI<in's Condition Improving.
LONDON, August lSth.-Ruskin enioyed
rest all night, and there is a decided i'm
proyement in his condition this morning.
Congress for Codifying International Law.
HAMBURG, August 1Sth-The congress
for codifying and reforming international
law assembled here to-day. Judge Pea
body, of New York Sir Travers Twiss, DIR.
Wendt, of London; DR.. Meyer, of Bremen,
and DIR. Woltfson, of Hamburg, were elected
Vice Presidents
Reported Killed.
BERLIN, August 18th. - Advices from
Zanzibar state that Dr. Reichard, the sole
survivor of the German international ex-
ploring expedition, is reported to have been
killed while fighting the natives during the
progress of the Ugogo expedition
Arrested as a Spy.
BOMBAY, August 1Sth-A man, appa-
rently a Catholic priest who recently ar
rived from Cochin China, was arrested on
suspicion of being Russian spy. II is now
believed that he is Olivier Pain, although
he denies it. Before his arrest he had Wis
tied the principal towns of southern and
western India.
Affairs in Peru.
LIMA via Galveston, August 1Sth.-On
the 10th instant the Government troops oc-
cupylng Canta, consisting of $50 infantry
and 100 cavalry, were surprised by the rebel
forces numbering from !, 800 to 1000 men,
and said TO be under the command of Gen
eral Caceres or Colonel Morales Bermudez.
The battle lasted five hours When the Gov
eminent troops had exhausted their am
munition, and their mitrailleuse had been
disabled, bayonet charge was attempted,
but without success, and they retreated in
confusion. Lieutenant-Colonel Bustamento,
seeing that all was lost, shot himself The
losses on both sides were very considerable
Two hundred fugitiyes of the Government
forces have arrived at Lima and environs
Rank Director Absconded
TORONTO, August 1Sth.-E. L. Knott. a
real estate and insurance agent, and Di-
rector of the Central Bank of Canada here.
has fled to New York, leaving large liabili-
ties. He succeeded in borrowing several
large sums of money before leaving, having
been considered financially sound.