Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-16
FOREIGN NOTES.
Landed, but Resisted by the Natives
other Items.

LONDON, October l5.-Advices from Bris-
bane. Queensland. state that Sir William
MacGregor. Administrator Of New Guinea.
ACCOMPANIED by party of thlIty-two men,
recently landed on the island of Demara.
A force Of $50 mattress made an attack upon
the party but after hard fighting they We're
finally repulsed. When The natives re-
treated they left eleven Of their number
dead or wounded behind them. Several of
the whites were wounded. Sir William 5
party then set fire 10 and burned the vii
lage OF the natives.
KING OF PORTUGAL DANGEROUSLY I'LL.
LISBON. October Is 1t is officially an
nounccd that the condition of the King IS
critical. Iis whole body Is parayzed. The
last sacrament has been administered.
RUSSIA AND GrEAL,NY.
ST. PETERSBURG. October lj.-The semi
official NOrOe Irerpyd IN an INSPIRED article
affirms the friendship Of Russla for Ger
many, and says Russia relies upon Prince
Bismarck 20 MAINTAIN peace.
MINISTER cRIsPI BANQUETED.
RoMr. October ia banquet was given
TO Prime Minister Crisp n Palermo last
night Forty-nine senators and liJ men,
ber5 of the Chamber Of Deputies were
present. Crispi delivered an address IN
his parliamentary labOrs since 1887, tho
blame of which he admitted It would be
unjust to impute TO the majority either
in Parliament or the country, espe-
cially after the signs OF affection re-
Gently lavishCd upon him when an
assassin attempted to take his life. He
touched upon the reforms necessary
in the educational system. and promised
measures foT the relief of the poor lie de-,
clared that it was necessary TO combat I'll
persons high OF low. who We're seeking 20
undermine the political ed'hce of Italy.
The temporal power Of the Pope. althoUe n
il had existed for centuries had been only
a transition period. Rome existed before
il and would continue to exist without IT.
Complaints or threats either from home or
abroad would have no effect. After AS
serting that the Pope possessed per
feet religious liberty, and was only
restricted. aud less harshly than IN
other Catholic States, from encroachine
upon the sphere OF national right, which Is
the right of reason Crispi exclaimed
to frighten PrOmetheus with the thunder
bolts Of Heaven. Orr task IS to fight in
the cause Of reason lie next touched
upon the subject Of Anarchism, which, he
said. was easier 10 combat than the Church.
lie appealed TO all men OF advanced but
reasonable ideas 20 separate openly from
the creators of disorder. national discOrd
and social Reorganization, who were pre-
tending to represent the ideas of 1lazzinl
and Garibaldi.
COTTON INJURED By F1RE AND WATER.
LONDON, October ia fire on the
steamer Pocasset, AT Liverpool from Sa-
yannah. has been quenched. Three hun.
dred bales Of cotton were damaged 10y IRE
and water.
RFsU,TD.
LoNDoy. October l5.-Fish's cotton-mill-
at Blackburne resumed operations to-day
ORDERED TO MELT THE EMPEROR.
CoSsTANTNopLE, October lj.-The Sultan
has ordered the imperial yachts Sultanier
Stamboul and IZzedin to meet Emperor
William upon his arrival at the entrance
TO the Straits OF Dardanelles and 10 es-
cort him to Constantinople. Fuad Pasha
and Aimed Pasha have been appointed by
the Sultan to act as special aides to the
Emperor during his stay in Turkey.
CoAI-NINERs Of A STRIKE.
PARIS. October l5.-Six thousand coal.
miners are now on a strike az Lens. Add
tional troops have been sent to preserve
ORDER The Mayor Of the town threatens 70
resign rather than quarter the soldiers. IL
is reported that the miners are committing
depredations.
HOODS IN TyROL.
VIENNA. October l5.-The floods in Tyrol
have increased, causing enormous damage.
In consequence Of the floods Emperor
Francis Joseph has been obliged to post
pone his journey to sec tho Empress at
Meran.
TO BUILD AN IRoNcLAD.
BERLIN, October 15.-The Gormania
Works Mt Kiel have obtained q contract for
building the first of four ronclads for the
German Government. The new vessels
are TO be Of 10000 tons burden and are TO
cost g, SOC, 900 each.
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD.
LONDON. October 16.-Claude Mauerkes
and Sidney WoOlfe. proprIetOrs OF the
Mining Record. and NJ. Mari, a writer on the
Financial Times. have been arrested on a
warrant charging them with threatening
to publish libel with intent to extort
money.