Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-27
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Porte's Reply to the CoIlec

FOREIGN NEWS.
The POrte's Reply TO the Collective Note.
CoNsTANTINopLE, July 26th-The Porte
in its reply to the collective note of the Pow
ers points ont that Article % of the Treaty
of Berlin merely expressed wish for and au-
thorized the Powers to offer mediation, not
arbitration. 1t declares that the decision of
the recent Conference gives Greece more ter
ritory than did protocol IL of the Berlin
treaty, and indicates that the proposed session
includes positions which it is impossible for
Turkey to surrender.
Rifle Shooting.
LONDON, July 26th.-All the papers men,
ton the dispute between Farrow and Hyde.
The marker who took the bride in the Olym-
pic competition is now under arrest. The
Court of inquiry has not yet given its decision
in the matter. The British team suggested
that two strangers be placed in the butts to
watch the target of the Americans during the
match, in order to see fair play. Hyde de-
clares it unnecessary.
ROumelia and Bulgaria Plotting.
BUCHAREST, July 26th.-The Turkish En-.
bassador has received information that Aleko
Pasha, Governor of Eastern Roumelia, is
treating with the Bulgarians for a union with
Roumelia, with the object of dethroning
Prince Alexander IN his FAVOR.
The New Ameer of Afghanistan.
CABUL, July 26th.-Last Friday prayers
were read in all the mosques in the name Of
the Ameer, Abdurrahman Khan. and with q
great degree of enthusiasm. At Jellalabad
the news was received with satisfaction. The
first interview between the British political
agent and the new Amer will take place
early this week, and ten miles north Of
he prit;vh I'd 10 yvith1ra xyn
from Cabul into Bala Hissain. The priest
Moshki Allan is trying to reconcile the
opposition chiefs to Abdurrahman. Much has
been done toward healing the old feuds and
strengthening the Abdurrahman party. 1t is
expected the army will evacuate Cabul in
August.
LONDON, July 26th.-The morning papers
point out the fact as significant that in pro-
claiming Abdurrahman Kahn, the formula
used was "Ameer of Cabul, not Amer Of
Afghanistan, indicating the intention of the
Government to maintain the separation of
Candahar The British forces in front of
Candahar apprehend an attack from Ayoob
Kahn.
Affairs at Cabul.
LONDON, July 26th.-In the House of Com
mons to-day the Marquis OF Harrington, Sec
rotary for India, replying to an inquiry, said
Khan were opened by Lord Lytton and con-
tinued by the Marquis of Ripon, the present
Viceroy He has simply been recognized as
Amer of Cabul. No foreign Minister or
foreign interference will be allowed at Cabul.
Temporary assistance is promised the Amer.
He will not be asked to receive the British
Missions, but Mahomedan Envoy will be
sent to Cabul on behalf of India, and it is
hoped the troops will shortly be able to re-
tire, handing over the city to the Amer.
A Cabul dispatch to the Times says: A
general feeling of relief is manifest among
the Afghans that conclusive step is at last
taken, and the new Amer will commerce his
reign with many advantages in his favor.
He will scarcely allow sentimental gratitude
to Russia for past favors to outweigh those
future favors which he knows he may expect
from the British if he behaves loyalty, nor,
if all the native testimony is to be believed,
will the Afghans themselves permit their flu
ture ruler to risk involving them in a second
contest with the British by exhibiting Rus
sian sympathies.
The Manila Earthquake.
MADRID, July 26th.-The Governor of Ma
Mia, telegraphing the Minister of the Colonies
on the 18th inst, reports that the tower of
the cathedral has fallen, but the body of the
edi6ce remains standing. The Dominicans
have abandoned the university. The Arch
bishops palace and the Intendent- Generals
official residence are uninhabitable. The
shocks continue, though less violent. News
from the provinces of the Philippine Islands
is of the most gloomy nature.
Shipwreck.
MONTREAL, July 26th.-The ship Win
chester, from Mania with sugar for the ST.
Lawrence Refinery here, was wrecked in the
Straits of Maccasca.
Insurgent Defeaf-YelIow Fever Deaths.
HAVANA, July 26th.-In recent engage
mene on the river Malay the insurgent Off
GERS Brigadier- General Pepillo Medina and
Colonel Johnson-the latter a native of the
United States-were killed by the Spanish
troops. The insurgent chief Juan Fieltes and
three of his followers surrendered, with their
arms, at Bayamo.
Sixty-one deaths occurred from yellow fever
during the week ending Saturday last.
English Grain Trade.
LONDON, July 26th.-The Mark Lane En-
press, in O review of the grain trade for the
past week, says: The harvest in England
will probably commence within week; The
wheat plant still stands well, despite the re-
cen. storms, but there is some increase in
blight. A good deal of barley was laid by
the storms, but where it escaped this the
barley is most promising. The crop of oats
in Ireland and Scotland is exceedingly good.
The market during the past week has been
almost stationary.
Irish Relief BIil-ArrivaIs at Plymouth.
LONDON, July 26th.-In the House of
Lords tonight the Irish relief bill passed to
a second reading.
The Australian packet has arrived at
Plymouth, and brings Trickett, the cham
pion sculler.
Empress Eugene has arrived at Plymouth.