The Portland daily press., 1885-07-08
France Making Preparations for a
Serious Campaign.
The Aneer Attaches Little Value to
EngIand's or Russia's Friendship.
The Cholera scourge In spain.

The Cholera Scourge In Spain.
MADRID, July There is marked de-
crease of the cholera epidemic in Aranjuez
and Valencia
the cholera exists shows that the total num-
Der of new cases of cholera yesterday, was
100 and the deaths 797.
Dublin Henors Irish Patriots.
DUBLIN, July THE municipal council
has decided to confer the freedom of the city
upon Mr. O'Doherty, one of the men of
1848.
John lDillon arrived here yesterday A
large crowd dragged his Garage to his hotel.
mayor and prominent Nationalists. Dillon
afterward addressed the people, promising
them the full support of the Irish in Amer
lea.
Violation of Persian Territory.
TEHERAN, July 7.-Persians complain of
a continual Russian violation of Persian ter
ritory and meddling with Persian affairs.
len Thousand Russians are massed at As
kabad. A detachment leaves daily for Sara
khs and is replaced by fresh troops from the
Caspian. The movement creates the inn
preston that war is meant.
Preparing for an AMMAN Campaign.
PARIS, July 7.-Oficials of the naval and
military departments are making active prep
arations for serious campaign in Adnam.
A British Ship Lost.
LONDON, July 7.-Adyices from Port Stan
ley, Falkland Islands, say that wreckage has
been washed ashore. which indicates the
loss, with her crew OF the British ship Yarra
Yarra, Captain Earl, which left Portland,
Or, February 2, for Queenstown.
Parliament Proceedings.
LONDON, July I'm the House of Com
mons this evening Sir Michael Hicks Beach
replying to Charles MeLaren said he could
see no reason why Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff should not go on special mission to
Egypt. McLaven thereupon gave notice
that he would introduce motion declaring
1t lnexpeedient to trust Sir Henry with the
mission in question.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach introduced mo-
ton that the time of the House ON Tuesdays
and thursdays be devoted to government
business. Gladstone supported the motion
because he thought it was desirable to speed
lily wind up the business of the session. In
regard to the foreign policy Gladstone said
he believed it was the duty of the late gov
ernment to support the present government
in the prosecution of important national
aims. The statement was in the main cor
rect that Russia has promised Zulfecar Pass
to the Ameer. The government, Mr.. Glad
stone said, would have his best support in all
reasonable efforts to bring that question to
settlement. Mr.. Gladstone in connection
with Irish affairs said the government incur
red great responsibility in abolishing the
crimes act, but it was not the business Of the
opposition to wish the government to fail,
and if the government could protect proper
ty by means of ordinary law he wished it
God speed.
The Ameer Impartial.
The Standard prints this morning adyices
from a reliable source in India which assert
the Ameer of AfghanStan attaches little
value to the friendship of either England or
Russia. The correspondent says the Ameer
in giving food to his subjects first exacts a
condition that they will fight if called upon
either England or Russia Large bodies
OF Russian troops are moving towards
Merv.
Another Bosphore-Egyptien Affair.
Sir Ronald Thompson, British minister To
Persia, has demanded that the Persian gov
ernment suppress a French newspaper pub
lished at Teheran for reasons similar to those
given for the suppression of the Bosphore-
Egyptien.
Foreign Notes.
A settlement has been effected in the mat
ter of the Duke of Brunswick's will. The
King of Saxony and the Duke of Cumber-
land agree to pay to the four heirs who are
not mentioned in the will, namely the Prin-
cess of HohenZollern, the Duchess Of Hamil-
ton, the Duke of Bavaria and the Prince
Alexander OF Hesse, $4,000 cash in set
tlement of all claims.
The policy OF the new English government
as outlined by the Marquis of Salisbury in
the House of Lords Monday is not regarded
In France and Germany as altogether reassur
land his statements had the effect of caus-
ing q weak feeling on both the Paris and
Berlin bourse today.
Gen. Lord Wolseley sailed from Alexan-
drla for England Yesterday