Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1887 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

The report of Mgr. Porsico to the Vatican on Irish affairs is said to be most laudatory of the Irish people. Articles of agreement for a prize-fight between Jake Kilrain, of America, and Jem Smith, the English champioa, havo been signed at Lrndou. The mill will take place within one hundred milei of Madrid, Spain, on January 3 next. King John, of Abyssinia, has asked England to mediate between his country and Italy. The Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany is ‘progressing rapidly toward recovery. Turkey will reopen negotiations with England direct for the settlement of the Egyp-

tUn question, and not consult the other Powers. Advices from St Petersburg reaffirm the reports of the endeavor on the part of Russia to negotiate a loan in Paris. A cable dispatch announces the death of Signor Augustin Depretis, the Italian Premier, and the foremost statesman of his country. Signor Depretis was the leader of the Italian Liberals, a broad, enlightened, and progressive statesman, and the head and front of the anti-clerical movement His death at this moment, when the Vatican is making such strenuous efforts to regain some of its lost power, is likely to be followed by important consequences. The Shah of Persia will make a six months tour of the industrial centers of Europe.