Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

London dispatch: “A terrible explosion took place in the Pendlebury colliery, near Manchester. There were working in the mine at the time it occurred 349 miners. One hundred and sixty of these were at work in the level in which the explosion occurred, 201 have been recovered alive, twenty-two bodies have been taken out, and 122 are still unaccounted for. The work of exploring is impeded by bad ventilation and water.” By the foundering of the French gunboat Reynard in a recent cyclone in the Gulf of Aden, 127 persons—the entire crew—were lost. The Ameer of Cabul is massing his troops in Afghan-Toorkistan, which action will endanger the Russian forces should they move toward the Oxus River. One hundred and sixty persons are known to have been killed by the explosion in the Pendlebury Colliery, near Manchester, England. The French Chamber of Deputies have defeated a measure for the exemption of priests from service in the army reserves. The Spanish Ministry has resigned, because of tho decision of King Alfonso to visit the cholera-infected districts. All the shops are closed in Madrid. The Abbe Ratifol has discovered a manuscript of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark of the date of the sixth century. Herat will soon be re-enforced by 2,000 Afghan soldiers. The municipal authorities of Paris are changing the names of streets named after tho Bonapartlst period. “The Marquis of Salisbury held a conference with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Arthur Balfour, and other Conservative leaders,” says a London dispatch of June 2;.\ “Rumors are rile that Mr, Gladstone will resume the Premiership. Tho Tories want assurances that tho Liberals will'aid them in carrying on the government, but the latter believe tho Tories should go it alone. To compel assistance, the Tories have postponed action on tho redistribution bill. This deadlock thus far favors the Tones.”