Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1888 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

M. Wilson, the son-in-law of ex-President Grevy, has been convicted at Paris of complicity in the Legion of Honor decoration scaudala He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, to pay a fine of 3,000 francs, and to be deprived of his civil rights for five years. Three others who were charged with similar offenses were sentenced as follows: M. Ribeaudeau, eight months’ imprisonment; M. Dubreuil, four months; and M. Hebert, one month. M. Ratazzi was acquitted. The sentence is generally approved in France. M. Grevy feels deeply the disgrace of his son-in-law.

M. de Lesseps has just made another report to the directors of the Panama Canal Company at Paris. He does not undertake to insure the completion of the work in 189), Lut the directors have agreed to the construction of locks which will enable vessels to pass through the canal in 189), before it is absolutely completed. Bonds to the extent of 600,000,000 francs arc to be issued. An Irish newsdealer has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for selling copies of a newspaper containing reports of suppressed branches of the league. At Chertsey, England. Mitchell, the pugilist, who is matched to fight Sullivan, was held in SI,OOO bonds to keep the peace. Mitchell said he did not intend to break the peace in England. A dispatch from San Remo says that “persons who have seen the Crown Prince say that he looks many years older than when he left Berlin. ‘His beard is white and he has become very thin, weighing now hardly 154 pounds. His handwriting, however, is as firm and clear as ever. He has written his will and a political testament for his son, Prince William. Dr. Becgmann has asked Dr. Lauer to prepare Emperor William for the worst”