Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The rector of Christ’s Church, in Belfast, Ireland, when delivering an address in Plymouth, England, was charged with carrying off another man’s wife. He fled from the hall and was pursued by a mob, and captured after he had stabbed two of his pursuers. The trial of Editor Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, and others, on the charge of abducting the girl Eliza Armstrong, resulted in a verdict of guilty in the case of Mr. Stead and Mrs. Jarrett. Mr. Booth and Mr. Jacques were acquitted. The friends of Mr. Stead are very indignant at the Judge's summing-up in the case. The social-purity associations stand by him, and say he simply did his duty. Bishop Southwell is out in a letter in his defense and interest Bulgarian troops and war-ships are being concentrated near Widdin, in order to attack Belgrade by way of the river. Six persons were arrested near Belgrade, charged with conspiring to kill King Milan and to overthrow the Servian Government. Dr. Pasteur is accused of planning a huge corner on his hydrophobic vaccine matter by an envious medical confrere. Advices from Melbourne state that the natives of Fly River have murdered all of the members of the Sydney Geographical Association’s expedition in New Guinea. Gen. Lew Wallace is becoming very popular. He has been dined by the Sultan, and is among the guests at all of the spreads. He has a torpedo, it is reported, which he is trying to dispose of for Turkish defense. -England, Germany, and Russia are involved in a controversy as to who shall occupy the throne •of Bulgaria. Russia wishes to depose Prince Alexander and have Prince Waldemar, son of the King of Denmark, succeed him. Queen Victoria is reported firm in the determination that Alexander shall remain on his throne, in which she is supported by the German Crown Prince Frederick William. Church disestablishment has for a time superseded all questions of importance in British politics, and it is reported that of the thousand and more Liberal candidates for Parliament, 480 are pledged to favor disestablishment An address signed by 1,470 dissenting Scotch ministers has been prepared, and will be sent to Mr. Gladstone. The signers declare that they look to him to overthrow the state church.