Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1901 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Ireland lias had one of the best agricultural years on record. There are signs that the English demand for Irish agricultural produce is goiug to increase greatly iu the near future. While the Archduke Frederick, oecoinpanied by three gamekeepers, was shooting on his estate at I)ela, Hungary, he was shot by some unseen person. The bullet went through one of the sleeves of his hunting jacket. The steamship Clavering brings news of a thrilling battle which took place at the city of Chimo, China, between Chinese troops and 100.000 nrincd who were determined not to pay indemnity taxes recently levied. A hurricane lias swept over Ihe Azores. The ehiJf sufferers were those on the Islands of Flores and Corvo, where there was serious loss of life owing to the collapse of buildings. The Governor cables asking for relief for tlie peopK Gen. Hughes has expelled the agent*

of Smith & Bell and Warner & Barmen from the island of Satuar for rendering aid to the insurgents in Manila by buying hemp and other produce, knowiag that the money was going to the insurgents. “There is terrible destitution iu the Yang-Tze districts,” says a dispatch from Shanghai, “owing to the recent floods, which have not yet subsided. More than 10,(SKI,000 persons arc homeless. It is feared the distress will promote civil disorder during the coming winter.” It is umbo-stood that negotiations have already been concluded by Russia with the Rothschilds for a large loan, to be issued about the end of the year. The Czar's visit to France is expected to facilitate the placing of the loan. The sum mentioned is 1,000,000,000 francs. Aguinnldo's bodyguard, Maj. Alhambra, two captains, two lieutenants and twenty-nine men, with twenty-eight rifles, surrendered about forty miles north of Baler, Island of Luzon, to Capt. George A. Detehmcndy of the Twenty-second United States infantry, took the oath of allegiance and were released.