Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-11
FOREIGN.
In fine Of Peaee,

In Time Of Peace.
LoSpox, Auz. 1Q-Psrsis ia engaging
German ohcerz 70 reorQanize her army.
Russia u buil6ina harriediy Q STRAIT
eatsal railway 10 the Austrian frontier.
kuskia, Successor.
Mr.. Hoekomer has been elected Slade
Professor Of Fine Arts at Oxford Uni
versity. be sueceeds Ruskin. WHO 10 i'll.
Tsuion Csnadens.
ToULox, Aug. lo-Ths sanitary con-
ditioo OF this city 10 excsllecf. and il il
not believed iha; cholera will prevail
The CheIer. In spaIa.
MADRID, Aug. l0.-Four thousand one
hundred and seventy one new Gases of
cholera and I5ll deaths we're reported
yesterday throughout Spain
Collision.
LONDON, Aug. I0-At Liverpool last
evening the British bark Cimbriau, from
Portland. Oregon. came In collision
with the British ship Elizabeth Nichol-
son, from Manila. Both vessels we're
badly damaged.
The Eclipse Of SIR Charles Dixie.
LONDON. Aug. Stu order TO rniti-
gate the disastrous effects 70 the Crav-
! ford Dixie scandal the Liberals are cir
culating the statement that Sir Charles
Dixie denies that be had criminal inter
course sith Mrs Crawford. Mrs.. Crav-
ford herself has withdrawn the oonfes-
sion made to her husband. and when in
the witness box will declare that the
confession was not true. and vas made
under hystericsl illusions. Mr.. Crav-
fOrd's friends insist that he has evil
1 Aar.aa
/ but say that be will not persevsre in the
action unless convinced that it Ia per
fectly iustifiable and absolutely neces-
sary. The trial will be the last of q
eavy list TO be beard in the Divorce
Courts in December.
The name of Sir Charles Dixie has
been expunRed from the list Of speakers
for che coming electoral campaign. Sir
Charles will pass the autumn at his
villa near TOulon.
ship seastied.
LONDON, Aug. l0.-Ths American ship
Phineas Pendleton. for New Yerk, which
took IRE at Manila on August LIST, has
been ssuttled, as the only means Of ex-
tinEuishing the flames.
suffering at Granada.
MADRIB. Aug. l0.-Granads 10 TODAY
in most deplorable condition from the
ravaRes Of cholera. The state Of sf-
fairs is really verse than it was in
Naples last year during the cholera cpl
demic in that city. There are no doc
tors nov in Granada. The dead bodies
| Of the cholera victims lie unbuFied in
the streets.
Relieved By AbyssinIans.
SuAKIM, Aug. 10.-A force of Abys-
sinian troops sent by King John, has re-
lleved the garrison of 1900 at Jarri,
south of Kassals.
Restless Black Flags.
Pans, Aug. l0.-The Minister of Ma
Fine has received an official dispatch
from ToDquin stating that the Black
Flags had raided five missionary sta
tons and completely destroyed them,
killing many Christians. Eight thou
sand of the followers of the mission
aries have taken refuge with the French
troops.
The Cholera at MarseilIes.
PARIS, Aug. l0.-Reports from Mar |
settles resolved today state that the |
weather Is again very warn, and that |
cholera is increasing to such an extent |
that hospitals have been opened for the |
reception of patients suffering from |
the disease.
Reports from Toulon state that two |
deaths from cholera occurred there, and |
that several new cases are reported.
An lnqHiry into the Depression In |
Trade.
LONDON, Aug. 10-Lerd Iddesleiph, |
First Lord of the Treasury, moved in |
the House of Lords this afternoon, that
the peers approve tine proposed appoint
ment OF commission to inquire into
the cause Of the present depression of |
British trade. He said the proposed |
commission was intended to ascertain.
IL possible, what were the actual facts !!
respecting the depression, and to in |
quire into the causes of it, and would |
report Its findings to Parliament With
out formulating q trads policy. The
commission would be composed of the /
men best able to make the desired in |
quiries. There had been great com
plant concerning the depression in /
British trade in recent years, and he /
hoped the Lords would sanction the ap-
pointment Of the commission.
Earl Granville opposed the appoint |
ment OF the proposed commission, re-
itsrating bis argument that by appoint |
ing IL the Government would encour- |
age the public in the false belief that |
Parliament could, by legislation, re- |
medy the evil complained Of.
The Feeling In Herat.
TKHKRAN, PERSIA Aug. 10--A letter |
received here from Herat dated July |
SOth, last, states that two thousand men
are engaged constantly in the work Of
repairing the forts and erecting great
astions. The writer asserts that there
IL great enthusiasm among the citizens,
and determined resolve to defend the
city frem Russian attack.
The Delayed Qaeen.
VIcrokIA.- Aug. l0.-Steamer Queen
Of ths Pacific arrived last night, having
bean detained Oh the way By an acei-
dent TO her machinery.
The BsuBaary Commission.
LONDON, August 10.-rhe Afghan
boundary commission are nine miles
vest OF Herat buying males ahd cameis.
A letter from Akabad has the follow
ing: "Rhe Russian railway 20 shis place
will DO completed by October LIST. Of
neials are busily engaged in buying |
grain. Since the conquest Of the Aka |
haitekke territory 1000 Russians have
died from the effects Of the climate on
them"
lseiating Gibraltar.
GIBRALrAR, August l0.--A person |
having died here today from q malady, |
apparently cholera, the spanish author |
tiles promptly instituted land Gordon,
debarring Gibraltar from communism |
ton with contiguous spanish terrisor :. |
This action 10 proving source OF much |
annoyance to many persons In Gibrsl- |
tar. whose families live in the adjacent |
villages. which they cannot reach under |
the new arrangements
Ftghfing arennd kassala.
CLIRo. Aug. f0.-Maior Chermside |
taleQrsphs that the rebels In July at
tackled Aleeden, 90 miles east Of kAs
sala, and we're revuIsed with the loss Of |
seven sheiks and $40 men. The kassAla |
garrisoa is furnishing.
The Rad Of . Rexsiuslsa.
HAVANA, Augaest i0.--rhe EnRlish
mail steamer. which arrived here today. |
bfuaeht the following advicesL The
rewplution in Vsnexuela 10 ended. On |