Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The dowager empress has ordered the governors of the maritime provinces of China to resist forcibly any landing of armed foreigners. German residents in Samoa have sent n petition to the foreign office at Berlin protesting against the retention of Chief Justice Chambers. It is understood that the Chinese minister has informed the Italian Government that China absolutely refuses the demand of Italy for a concession at San Man bar. A German-American swindler, 0. W. H. Iteif. has been sentenced at Dresden, Germany, to fortytwo months’ imprisonment for obtaining jewelry from a court jeweler under false pretenses. A terrible battle was fought northeast

Of Caloocaa, la which the AneriamlMl 100 men, including kffled aai tejte**. Mi the rebels lost about 598. AgsauMb's forces were completely mului. A steady decrease is omgraria* Buss Switzerland te North and Seteh Aim tins Is reported te the State Dtpntnafi^ky tion te the Swiss jnees. The leaders of the Radical party in Porto Rico have decided te eignnif a Republican party with a thnenghty American platform. The *BteSte» vrii pledge fidelity te the American fist and hail the prospect te annexation te the United States. Gc-orge Bid well, the eider wf the tare brothers who gained world wide aotenrty by defrauding the Bank of Ewhud as* te $5,000,000 in 1872 by forged aecteifiea. died in a lodging bonne at Bwtte, Mon*, of pneumonia, after a two weeks' fhe* He was 67 years old. The Berlin correspondent te the Lmfcs Morning Post says: “I* their desire te «•- difficulty, the German authorities have decided to discontinue their support te Mataafa, hoping that this wffl as doer the United States to recall Chief Jartiu. Chambers.” Francesco Valencia, insurgent gowsmor of Cavite, escaped into the Ancrias fces and surrendered to Gen. Otis. He any* Agninaldo has an army of between 39J999 and 30,000 men, armed with Mansers and Remingtons, and that the mate of natinw are sick of war and are only b*** team surrendering to the Americans hf the threats of the leaders.