Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

As an outcome of dissatisfaction with the constitution and the government the Y’ietorian cabinet has resigned at Melbourne. This step was taken in order to enable the premier, A. J. Peacock, to reconstruct the ministry. Twp hundred and fifty fishermen are reported to have been drowned in a gale which has made havoc of the herring fishing fleet on the west coast of Japan. The Japanese cruiser Musashi was driven ashore, but her crew were saved. Col. Barker reports that he captured Commandant Manie Botha, his adjutant and eleven others, near Frankfort, Orange River Colony. This is regarded as important, as Manie Botha is a nephew of the commandant general and Gen. De YY’et’s ablest lieutenant. Eighty-four Moro prisoners, under juard at Manila, made an attempt to .’scape. At a preconcerted signal they ;ot between the soldiers forming the guard and a company at dinner. The latter, realizing what had happened, fired on and pursued the Moros, killing thirtyfive of them and capturing nine. Advices from the island of Martinique announce that the volcano on Mont I’elee, which had been inactive since 1851, has been alarmingly active. One day it belched forth smoke, ashes and flames. The town of St. Pierre was covered with ashes to the depth of a quarter of an inch and appears to be enveloped in fog. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has been summoned to Rome, owing to the attempt of his daughter, Princess Beatrice De Berrone, to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Tiber. Princess Beatrice arrived at the Sistine bridge richly attired in evening dress and wearing her jewels. Before throwing herself into the water she made the sign of the cross. The princess was rescued with difficulty and was half dead when taken from the water. She declared her motive to have been jealousy of her husband.