Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1902 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The roof of a building in the heart of the town of Teplitz, a fashionable watering place of Bohemia, collapsed. After the collapse the building caught fire and ten persons were incinerated. It is reported that the Chilean Government has signed a contract for the construction of two armored cruisers. This report obtains credence because Argentina has contracted for the building of three battle ships in European shipyards. News of a most extensive conspiracy to assassinate the Empress Dowager of China and members of her court and foment widespread rebellion, which was to involve the whole Chinese empire, was received in Victoria, B. C., by the steamer Glenesk. Captain Tartsch von Siegfield, the military aeronaut, and Dr. Linke, who left Berlin on a short experimental trip, were carried away by a gale and reached Antwerp after a five hours’ voyage, when the balloon collapsed. Capt. von Siegfield was killed, but Dr. Linke escaped with several bruises. The Philadelphia Commercial Museum’s correspondent in Bangkok, Siam, reports that the King, after looking forward to a visit to the United States, has finally decided not to come. It has been arranged that the Crown Prince, whose name is Mama Vagirevudh, shall return from England by way of this country, reaching the United States next October.