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menes since the Porte's reply to the collective note
Abbedin Psshs has promised the cession of Dulcigno
It is hoped, consequently, by the Porte. that tn
proposed naval demonstration will not be made
Ali Pasha has been appointed Governor of Adriano
We.
The English Missionary. DIR. Parsons. and hi
two servants have been murdered at Ismidt.
LONDON, July 31.-A Scutari dispatch says four
battalions of Mopaenegrins attacked the Albanisns
on Wednesday and were repulsed.
ROME, July 3I.-The O6servatore Romano pub
lishes Q circular letter from Cardinal Nina, Papal
Secretary of State, to the various Pspsl NunciOs, in
reply to the circular of Frere Orban, Belgian Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs. concerning the publication of
the documents which passed between Belgium and
the Vatican. Cardinal Nina accuses Frere Orban
with premeditatedly rea king of relations with the
Vatican; adduces numberless facts refuting the
charge of double-dealing against the Vatican made
by the Belgian Minister, and accuses Frere Orbsn
of having party aims.
VIENNA, July 29.-The Powers are fully deter
mined to carry ont to the last the decision of the
Berlin Conference.
RAGUsA, July 29-The Turkish Special Commits
sioners have arrived at Scutari. The President has
repeatedly, but unsucessfully, tried to obtain the
consent of the Albanian League to the cession to
Montenegro of a portion of Albania.
BERLIN, July 29.-Lord Odo Russell, British
Embassador, " as formally instructed to demand
the mission of Herr Wittendo IF to Constantinople.
and the reply was SO satisfactory as to relieve appre-
tensions.
LONDON, July 31-A dispatch from St. Peters
burg says: The latest news from Tashkend does not
indicate any very urgent preparations making by
China o n the Ksshgsr side. Ten thousand regulars
are expected to occupy Kuldja. Many Europeans,
including Englishmen, are in the province of Djiti-
shar.
PARIS, July 31.-Leou Say, President of the
French Senate, in an address at an agricultural
show, expressed a hope for better harvests. and at
tri buted the present crisis partly to q lack of facili-
ties of communicate ton with America. He advocated
q revision Of the land tax, a remission of taxation
and improved transportation.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 29.-Whatever the Sultan's
real intentions are, he is continuing military pre-
paratio ms, and efforts are making to obtain a small
advance from Gaata bankers On the security of next
years tithes. AS the Bey's oppose the annexation
of Turkish territory 10 Greece for fear of losing their
properties, Goschen, British ambassador, and some
Of his colleagues have proposed to the Porte that if
no resistance is made the Powers will give efficient
guaranty that landed and movable property of
Mussulmans will be respected.
During tn g fire in the Greek Consulate at Salo-
MICA, several cases of muskets we're found on the
premises and we're seized. The Consul declares the
boxes to have been at the Consulate since the mas
sacre of the German and French Consuls in 1875.
LONDON, July ga correspondent at CONSTANT
nople gives the full text of the Porte's reply to the
collective note, which concludes by asking the Pow
es to authorize their representatives in CONSTANT
nople to come to an understand ing with the Porte,
with the view OF 1aclntatlng negotiations In regard
to the fxation of the frontier of Greece.
Consular reports confirm the rumors that hostili-
ties have commenced between the Albanians and
Montenegrins.
PARIS, July 29.-The departure OF the military
mission TO Greece has been delayed, the Government
being anxious to avoid giving rise to any misunder-
standing.
LONDON, July 31-The Times this morning says:
The first batch of endorsements will sail from Eng
land to day. and before the end of September the
last of the 4.50O men we are sending out will have
landed at Bombay.
A Bombay dispatch says that it is now calculated
that General Phayre's force will reach Can dahar on
the 25th of August. The latest statements made are
that Burrows force numbered 1900 men.
A Bombay dispatch to the Standard says now
that the effect of the first shock of the Candahar dis
aster is over, the situation is regarded much more
favorably. 1t is now admitted that the garrison
of Candahar ought to be able to hold its ground
with ease.
A dispatch from, Cabul says the news of the disas-
ter has had no effect yet on affairs a. Cabul. Matters
are progressing as before. The news is very imper-
fectly if at all known to the Afghans.
QUETTAH, July 31.-There is DO news direct from
Candahar. Native accounts do not describe General
Burrows def eat as crushing. They state that the
British cavalry and artillery were lured by the
enemy's cavalry, feigning to retreat into an ambus-
cade, where Ayoob Khans army attacked them, in
Hicting heavy loss. General Burrows whole force
then retreated. These particulars require confirm
alton. TIL e forces retreating from Rahman and
Dubrai posts have been relieved FROM Chomanchoki.
BUFFALO. July pa terrible fire broke ont in
the Southern Park City Oh Rlackwells Island to-
day. Three planning mills, n floating elevator
and several lumber-yards. together with two ship
wards, were burned. The ire originated by an
explosion in one of the planning mills. Ii proved
to be one of the most disasterous which have oc-
Cured in this section for ii number of years, COW
ering an area of a quarter of a mile in length and
about 500 feet in width, aud burning and destroy
ing property to the value OF 1925. 600, on which
there is an insurance OF $780, 600.
LONDON, July 29-1n the House of Lords this
evening, Earl Granville. the Foreign Secretary.
replying to an inquiry. said that communications
had passed between Queen Victoria and the Sultan
of Turkey, with the knowledge and consent of the
Government. 1t was unusual to present such
communications TO Parliament, but the Queen had
in very cordial terms, expressed the hope that the
Sultan would, even at some sacrifice, accede to the
wishes of Europe.
SMYRNA. july 3O-The earthquake which occurr-
ed here yesterday demolished four or five houses.
Two persons were killed. At Burahad eleven
houses, several cafes and two minarpts We're de-
molished. Two persons were killed.
LONDON. July Seth" heavy rain has done
much damage to the crops in MIdlauds. Mineaton
and Nottingham districts.
Pleuro- pneumonia has broke out amongst the
cattle in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire West
Riding.
The Molecomb stakes for two-year-olds, was won
by Lorillard s Paw-Paw. Mel0ra second. Betting
lust before the race was nSe 10 ten against raw
Paw and ten to three against Melora. Capuchin.
and Chelsea ran side by side to the distance-p"ie.
when Paw-Paw came to the front. aud won by half
a length.
The House of Lords to-day passed the bill for the
relief of the Irish distress.
The Pail Mall Gazette this evening says In
Essex and Kent, and the adjacent counties border
ing on the Thames, the prospects of the wheat
crops have been dashed by heavy storms during
the past twenty-four hours. A heavy. continuous
rain for six hours this morning laid hundreds OF
acres of grain. and caused iIreparablr mischief.
The grazing lands between Ploiston and Barking
are five or six inches under water. The tributa-
ries also in many parts of the country rave over
flown their banks. destroying the cut hay.
The Daily News in a financial Article says:
Some Japanese gold coin which arrived yesterday
has been sold for export to the United States.
The japanese gold is of the requisite fneness. and
is therefore in special request for remittance to
America.
LONDON, July 30-A dispatch from Shanghai
says Fierce ~intrigues We're prevailing at Pekin,
and a civil war is probable.
CoNsTANTINoPLE. July 3O-England and Austria
have informed the Porte that they will guarantee
the security of all M~ussulmans' property.
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