Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-01
Events in Europe.
A GENERA l. DECREAsE IN THE
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CAPPARENT
In SPAIN.
GERMANY'S POSSESSIONS.

LONDON Aug. 3l.-There were 1888
new cases OF cholera and 1248 deaths
from the disease reported throughout
Spain yesterday. The statistios for the
past week show roughly that there was
q daily average decrease OF 300 new
cases and 40 deaths. In Granada and
Saragossa this decrease was most nota-
BILE, while in Madrid and Barcelona
there was no change. In Palencia,
| Toledo and Zimora there was an in.
crease In the number Of new cases and
deaths.
Since the outbreak Of cholera In
Spain 223, ,146 persons have been attack
cd by the disease, and 82,6l9 have
died.
In Gibraltar one death occurred TO-
day, making the tenth fatal case In
lGibraltar since the outbreak OF the dis
ease In Spain. Blk new cases and two
deaths were reported within the Span
ish lines at this point yesterday.
In Toulon the d isease also appears to
be decreasing but nine deaths occur
red from the isease during the fifteen
hours ending at 3 O'Clock this after
noon.
In Marseilles there were twenty eight
eaths to-day. The number OF deaths
during August WAS 23ll, OF which 700
were from cholera.
THE PEST IN ITALY.
ROME, Aug. 31.-Cholera has made
its appearance In Ponzone, near Acqni,
| I'm the Province of Alessandria. Eleven
persons have been attacked and four
have died. The contagion was coh-
veyed by family from Marseilles.
PORTUGUESE POST OFFICE PREcAU.
TIoNS.
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 81 The
Portuguese Government has Informed
the Post Office Department that, owing
| to the prevalence of cholera in Spain,
and the possibility of Its introduction
Through the mails, no registered sam
pies of package containing woolen III
any shape ssnt via Spain will be re
ceived or delivered In Portugal.
| CANON FARRAR's AMERICAN TOUR.
| LONDON, Aug. 81 The Rev. Dr.
Frederick w. Farrar, canon and arch
deacon of Westminster, who is about
to start for q two mouths tour tt
America, granted an interview TO the
Press correspondent to day, in the lit
tie village Of Yowya, Wales, where the
| famous divine and author Ii taking q
few days rest. He said ID:
Z" anticipate my visit to America
with the greatest interest I'd pleasure.
| am booked to sail from Liverpool fol-
IQuebec next Thursday on the steamer
lSardinia. l IexpecL to devote one weet
TO Quebtc and Montreal Then l will
travel leisurely Westward, stopping
niagara Falls, Toronto and few othe
points, and occupying perhaps o weel
on the way to Chicago, where L shal
larrive probably en- September 26.
shall be able to make only q short sta.
in Chicago then, although there are 8
, many points of interest ia that wonder
full young giant among cities, that
shall try to arrange another visit II
IOctober.
Il Not later than Septem Der 30, l mus
hurry Eastward for / am announced Z,
make the opening address Of the sessioi
of the Johns Hopkins University q
, Baltimore on October l. Next l am u
, deliver three lectures on theology t.
students In Philadelphia, and thence
/ 90 10 Washington. l am invited T.
, attend the Church Congress at Nsv
Haven, and afterwards to become tn
> guest OF Cyrus w. Field at New York
and of the Rev. Phillips Brooks
Boston. shall try to accept both thes
, Invitations. My plans for the remain
der of the trip are unsettled, and wi
, depend entirely upon the amount
/. time which find at my disposal.
a shall, however, feel disappointed II
b am unable to pay suitable visits to tt
= great trio of Western cities-Cincinnat
!, st. Louis and Chicago.
81 GERMANY's AFRICAN POSSESSIONS.
4 BERLIN, Aug. 31.-Karl Peters, Il
:. German naturalist and explorer, In a
= address delivered here yesterday ape
the work performed by the Germs
= East African Society, said that 1t alread
- had five expeditions at work In Afric
and had acquired 1900 German squa
mi les of territory, commanding acce
|, TO the sources Of the Nile, Congo al
~ Zamb besi Rivers and the chief roads
y the interior of Africa. The addre
= indicated that up to date the laI
v secured by the society contained mo
# valuable military than farming st
tions.