Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1901 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Recent Italian census shows a population of 35,000,000, which is larger than was supposed. Tekla, King of Gojarn, Abyssinia, died of poisoning, and two claHnanta are fighting for the throne. Three condemned Chinese officials have refused to obey the Emperor’s command to commit suicide. Russian secret police have arrested many literary men, lawyers and students for alleged conspiracy. , Gen. Christian De Wet and former President Steyn eutered Cape Colony and occupied Phillipstown. The British attacked them ;>nd drove them out of the town with loss. The first Parliament of the reign of King Edward VII. was opened by the King in person. Ilis majesty was accompanied by Queen Alexandra, the Duke of York and Cornwall, the Duke of Connaught and many others of the royal family. " In the chapel of the royal palace ia Madrid, in the presence of the royal family and all the aristocracy and officialdom of Spain, Dom Maria De Las Mercedes De Bourbon y Hapsburg, Princess of the Asturias, was wedded to Prince Charles Bourbon.