Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1883 — FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN NEWS.

The funeral of M. Gambetta, at Paris, was tbe occasion of one of the most Imposing pageants w.tnssscd in modern time* The remains of the dead statesman were escorted to the cemetery by a procession estimated at 300,000 persons, and the procession was witnessed by a 1 Peris and suburbs, who had gathered along the line of march, some of them many hours before. Twenty regiments of the garrison were stationed along the route. Every Ambassador was present, and 6ent his carriage to Join the cortege. At the entrance to Pere la Chaise orations were delivered by eight leading spirits. Reinade, an intimate friend of Gambetta, declared that death arose from an accident in handling a pistol, and that the woman mentioned as an assassin nursed Gambetta devotedly for thirtyfour days. Over 1,000 lxonses were washed away in Frankenthal, Germany, by the recent overflow in the Rhine, and sixty persons were drowned A bloody fight occurred between Albanian and European members of the police force at Alexandria. Sagasta lias formed a new ministry for Spain, with Gen. Martinez Campos as Minister of War. Gilles, a Vienna journalist, was charged by the German Government with insulting Bismarck, and his extradition was demanded, but the Austrians decided not to grant the request The German Reichstag has been petitioned hv 6,000 persons to enact a law closing commercial and industrial establishments on Sunday. The police of Berlin broke up the largest public meeting of workingmen held since the passage of the Socialist laws, because of objectionable sentiments uttered by Stoeckel, a Jew-baiter. John O’Brien lias been tried at Cork for using intimidating language against land ords, and sentenced to two months in prison. Ex-suspects named Hodnutt and Gilho ly were convicted of the same offense and similarly sentenced. Edwin Booth inaugurated his Berlin engagement with “Hamlet” His impersonation created immense enthusiasm, and he was repeatedly called before the curtain. The floods in Hungary forced 6,000 persons to abandon the town of Raab, and many were drowned in attempting to escape. Michael Davitt, in a speech at Birkenhead, declared that the people of Ireland had had enough of ..futile agitation, and were going to fight it out this time. Lady Florence Dixie has expended her relief fund of £5,000 in relieving distress in the West of Ireland, and says that it has been the means of keeping the ropfs over 20,000 persona She claims that it is the duty of the Government and the Land League to help the people.