Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1883 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Three girls in Venice, sisters and members of a rich and influential family, committed suicide simultaneously by taking poison. All three had been crossed in love. Avenger O’Donnell was visited by the Secretary of the American legation in London, and found to be a citizen of the United States. Dr. Stocker, the German Jew-baiter who has made such a rumpus in London of late, had to take a dose of his own medicine the other night. In attempting to lecture on “German Socialism” he found himself In the presence of a very bad-tempered London mob, which mollified itself by issuing groans and strong epithets. He was forced to retire from the hall in confusion. A magistrate with a large force of cavalry and police prevented a Nationalist meeting at Garrison, Ireland. The crowd of 4,000 dispersed upon the advice of Editor O'Brien of the United, Ireland. At St. Petersburg Sofia Warkupensky, a lady student, was executed for Nihilism, and another female member of the Terrorist society, named Osslnuky, hanged herself with a towel in a prison cell. In the Parliamentary contest for the city of Limerick MncMahon, the Parnellite candidate, had a majority o*-er Spaight, Conservative, of 488 votes. The British steamer Holland, from Liverpool, sank off the coast of Holland during a violent storm. Eighteen persons were lost. De Lesseps said at Manchester, England, the other night that ho had assurances from his engineers that the Panama canal would be completed within the next five years. A party of London Socialists took possession of a hall In London where Dr. Stocker was to lecture. They unfurled red flags, sang the Marseillaise, and cheered for the next revolution, forcing the speaker to retire. s • There is a decline in the price of securities id the London market, owing to the large amount of private deposits awaiting investment and to the uncertain condition of European politics. Pope Leo is reported to have ex- . pressed himself favorably to the pretentions of the Comte de Paris, and to have advised the French Conservatives to unite in favor of that royal pretender. The Pope’s action has given offense to the Ferry Government, which has remonstrated, but without effect. Paris and the whole French nation have been thrown into a state of commotion by an attempt upon the life of Prime Minister Ferry. A young man, evidently a crank, had made repeated attempts to obtain an interview with M. Ferry, but was met with a refusal each time, and was finally ordered off. He made believe to go away, and finally slipped in behind some visitors, and reached the library unobserved. The usher again ordered him to leave the building. On this the youth changed his tone, and said excitedly: “I came to see M. Jules Ferry and kill him. As I cannot kill him I will kill you.” Suiting the action to the word, he pulled out a revolver and placed the muzzle against the breast of M. Philibert. Very luckily, before he could fire, M. Pbilibert managed to close with him, and both rolled struggling on the floor. In a moment several officials and, visitors threw tbomselves upon the youth, and, after considerable resistance, managed to disarm him. r tt”* young man then drew two pieces of paper from hls pocket, which he quickly put into his mouth and swallowed. He was taken

to the poHoe-fitation. The name of the wouldbe ««iuwin is Carrieu. He is not Insane, but a fanatic, and has been a constant attendant at anarchist gatherings. In an address to the Liverpool exchange, De Leseeps said the second canal across the Isthmus of Suez could only be constructed along the side of the present one, with a liberal margin Intervening for the strength of each. One of the canals could then be used for ships bound to, and the other for ships returning from, the Red sea. This was the only solution of the present difficulty.