River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-08-20
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THE OLD WORLD.
There We're ,433 new cases of cholera
reported throughout Spain, and ,6iS deaths
/ from the disease. There is great excite
ment in Seville over the governments
/ proposal to abolish the power of the local
| authorities during the prevalence of
| cholera, because of their inefiiciency in
! sanitation, and to itself assume the
direction of the city's local affairs. The
/ populace are hostile to the doctors and
4 averse to any interference in family affairs,
and they strongly support the local
/ authorities. Great crowds assembled in
/ all the public places last evening to discuss
/ the situation, and the civil guard WOES
/ called upon to dispense them. The ravages
/ of the cholera in Granada are horrible.
/ Scores of the victims of the disease drop
and die in the streets, where, in many
cases, they remain for hours before they
are gathered up at night for
hurried and unceremonious burial in com
mon trench. Granada is suffering most
| from cholera The people attribute the Wis
! itation to divine wrath and wear anulets
to preserve them from taking the disease.
| The priests and sisters of charity are assid-
uous night and day in attending to the
wants of the sufferers. The archbishop has
sold his equipage in order to obtain funds
/ for relief measures and has offered his pal
ace as a hospital.
The Paris chamber of commerce has sent
a memorial to the government protest
/ ing against the pretensions of Germany
in assuming possession of Port SECURE
and Little Pope, on the west coast of
| Africa, and urging the government to
maintain the rights of France along that
/ part of the African coast.
| A private telegram from Zanzibar states
that the dispute between the sultan and
/ Germany has been adjusted and that the
sultan admits German supremacy of the
disputed territory and promises to with
draw thence the Zanzibar troops.
| Reports received from Marseilles state
that the cholera there has received a fresh
impetus, owing to the extreme heat, and
! that the number of new eases has steadily
| increased, and that the disease is unusually
fatal in consequence of the heat.
The reports of the massacre in AMMAN
were greatly exaggerated. Instead of TO-
600 it is now stated that only few hundred
Christians were killed.
At 2 p. IN. on the II inst, the queen pro-
rogued the English parliament until Oct
81 The session has continued for ten
months,
PRoROGCING THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
At ? o, clock on the 18th of August the Eng
fish parliament was prorogued until Oct. 81,
the lord high chancellor reading the queens
speech as follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen; am glad to
be able to relieve you from the luooTs of
session wh;CL has been protracted and egeot-
full. When YOU assembled in October | in
formed you that an expedition was advanc
ing up the valley o. the Nile 20 the relief of
KhartOum. Three months later, with deep
sorrow, which was shared by allmy people,
| learned that the expedition arrived too
late. The heroic Gordon and his cOmpan
ions had fallen. An endeavOr, which was
Intellectual, was made to reach khartoum.
by constructing a railway from Suaklm to
Berber. My troops were ultimately with
drawn from the whole OF the Eastern Sou
dan, except Suakim, and from Western Sou
dan, down to AlashYret Although the OBJ
jects of the expedition were unattained, |
have great reason to be proud of the BRAY
cry and endurance displayed by my soldiers
and sailors, and of the skill wherewith they
have been commanded. | received with
great pleasure the loyal offers of military
assistance for this campaign from my col
onies, from the native princes OF India, and
a contingent from the colony of New South
Wales served with distinction in the actions
on the coast OF the Red sea. The death of
FL Madhi will probably enable me to per
form with less difficulty the duties tow ard
the ruler and people of Egypt which events
have imposed upon me. | shall not relax
my efforts to place government and good
order in that country upon firm founda-
ton.
friendly nature. Difficulties which were at
one time of an anxious character arose be-
tween my government and Russia concern
ing the limits of the territory ofmy ally, the
ameer of AfghaniStan Negotiations for
their adjustment still continue, and will, |
trust, lead at an early period to a satisfac
tory settlement. The progress of events in
South Africa has compelled me, III the in
tereSt of the native races, to take under my
protection Bechuanaland and certain ada
cent territories. am taking the necessary
steps to place the northern frontier of my
Indian empire in a condition of adequate de
Tense. in the absence of which the prosper
ity and tranquility of my Indian subjects
are liable from time to time to be interrupt
ed and disturbed
Gentlemen of the house of commons l
thank you for the liberality wherewith dur
ing the past year you nave provided for the
services of the country.
NV Lords and Gentlemen: | have had the
pleasure of giving my assent to measure
enabling federal action III certain matters TO
be taken in my colonies in Australia; to
much needed amendment to the criminal
law end to a bill establishing a new depart
ment in the government for the manage
ment of Scottish affairs. | have also been
glad to concur in the measure increasing the
number Ofoccupying freeholders in Ireland.
| notice with sincere satisfaction and graf
ification that an effort has been made by a
bill. whereto assented, to diminish the evils
of overcrowjed and unsanitary dwellings,
which binders so seriously the moral and
material well being of the laboring classes.
| regret the depression which has so pre-
vailed in many of the important trades and
agricultural and manufacturing industries
of the country and which still continues. |
have directed the issue of commission to
inquire into the causes IF this depression
and to ascertain whether il can be alleviat-
ed by legislation. During the past session
your time has been principally occupied by
the enlargement of the electoral and extern
sive changes which you have in consequence
made in the constitution of the house of
commons. / earnestly trust that these
comprehensive measures may increase the
efficiency of parliament and may add to
contentment among my people. 1t is my
purpose before long to seek their counsel by
a dissolution of parliament. | pray the
blessing of God may be upon their extend
ed liberties and that the members who are
called upon to exercise new powers will use
them with the sobriety and discernment
which have for so long period marked the
history of this nation.