Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

It is thought that Gen. Wolseley cannot reach Khartoum before March 1, and that the hero of African conquest may yet be compelled to apply to Gordon to help him out of the scrape. It is rumored that Portugal is about to cede to Germany the Portuguese possessions in Delagoa Bay, in Southeast Africa. More damage was done to London bridge by the recent explosion than was at first supposed. The official report of the Department of Explosives says that the dynamite was probably suspended over the sewer-hole at the Gaze pier. A reward of ££oo has been offered by the authorities for the conviction of the guilty parties. It is alleged by United Ireland that the London police directed the dynamite sensations and pay for the explosions. Great excitement prevailed on the Vienna Pourse owing to the disappearance of Lucas Janner, the banker, and the discovery of a deficit of $1,000,100 in his accounts. Lucas Jauner, the Vienna bank di-

rector who defaulted for over 2,000,000 florins, shot himself deed at the neighboring village of Klerllng. On his person was found only 24 florins. There is a rumor that the German Sag has been hoisted over the Islands of New Britain and New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and portions of the north coast of New Guinea. The French Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 293 to 168, rejected a motion to abolish the French Embassy at the Vatican. The Prime Minister recognized tbe enlightened and conciliatory attitude of the Pope.