Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-31
FOREIGN NOTES.
ministerial Council Presided Over by the
suItan-Slgnor Crispis Advice.

! fRy Anglo-Amerosn cable 20 tho DispAtchI
| CoNsrANTISopLE, July 30.-A Ministerial
/ Council held here over which the Sultan
/ presided. resolved to- send new commits
sion To Crete 10 endeayOr 70 settle the DIFF
fculties there. il was also resolved % dis
patch eight battaliOns OF troops 10 the
/ island.
Signor Cri-pi, the italian Prime Minister,
/ has advised the Turkish Government 10
attempt 20 conciliate che Cretons. and If
necessary 20 resort 10 the mediation ~
/ the European Powers. Italy, bee says m
couiuuct.onwith other Powers. VIII not as
sent 20 annexation of the island Boy Greece.
The new commission viii consist of Two
Mussulmans. two Christians % represent
the Christian majority ia the Cr,tou Use
: sembly. and two representatives Of tine
insurgents Sartinskv. Governor oi Crete,
has been recalled and has started for Con
stantlnOple.
A spEEca PROM LORD CHURCHILL
BRNINGHAM, July SO-Lord Randolph
! Churchill made n speech here tonight. iie
SAID that the Conservative partyln Blrming-
ham ought 10 receive larger recognition
/ than the Dissidents appeared willing o. ac-
! cord. Elections ought not 10 proceed on
/ the principle of men before measures. The
/ Conservatives had the right to ask the Dis
sidents 10 define decisiyely the platform on
\ WHICH, iut lhAlfI app fhifNls W AlAt fiiAN'fl ~
Otherwise the DissIdeuts could not expect
/ the Conservatives to vote for policies
which. apart from uuiOnism, the C0nserya-
| tive party would strongly and even dcs-
peratelv oppose. IL the Conservatives
! chose 10 exert themselves they would carry
more than half the seats in Birmingham.
DERyIsHEs KILLED.
CAIRO. July 96-Advces from Assousan
state that the advance of the Deryisnes IL
| continuous. though slow. A skirmish oc-
| CURED yesterday between the Egyptian
patrols aud the Derylsh outpOsts, during
which sixty Deryishes were killed.
General Grenfeu, commander Of the
Egyptians, is moving southwark and has
reached Jonh.
DESTROYED by Az EARTHQUAKE.
YOKOHAMA, July 8O.-A dispatch received
from Nagaski to-day SAYS that dreadful
earthquake has occurred IN the western
part Of the island of kiousiou. and that the
town Of Kumamoto was totally destroyed.
A large number of people nave persisted,
but no approximate estimate of the num-
Der can yet be made. The amount OF pro-
perty destroyed Is reported 10 be enormous.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
PARIS, July 30.--Ld Presse, Boulanglst
organ. accuses the Government of talsity-
ing 5000. 900 voting papers at the elections
for Councils Generals on Sunday. The cor
rected returns show that Boulanger was
elected in twcnty-three cantOns.
THE SHAH IN PARIS.
PARIS, July 30.-The Shah of Persia ar
rived in Paris from England to-day. He
was received by President Carnot and was
welcomed heartily by the crowds which
had gathered 10 witness his arrival.
Two French men-of-war have been order
ed 10 proceed TO the Island of Crete.
SIXTY HOUSES BURNED.
Havana. July 9O--Lan Luis, a village
near Santiago Do Cuba, has been visited by
a disastrous fire. Sixty houses were de-
strOyed and two children burned 10 death.
GENERAL ELECTIONS.
PARIS, July 30.-It is stated that the
general elections will not be held before
September or October.
KILLED BY THE REBELS.
ZANZIBAR, July S0.-Insurgents have
blocked the road u Mpwapwa. Three
French mission-runners were killed while
trying TO get through the rebel line.
CHANGE or BASE.
RodE, July 30.-The Italian Government
has directed that a battalion leave Masso-
wan and occupy Asmara.