Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1902 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Ninety American soldiers died of cholera in the Philippines. The total number of deaths during the epidemic exceeds 6,500. The ministry has proclaimed Prince George, brother of the late king, King of Saxony. Prince George has taken the oath of allegiance. An operation for perityphlitis Was performed upon King Edward VII. in London Tuesday afternoon. All social and official functions have been declared off. Torpedo boat 42 of the German navy was run down and sunk by a British steamer at the mouth of the Elbe. The commander of the torpedo boat and three of her crew nre missing. An American missionary named Canright has telegraphed to Pekin from Chengtu-Fu, province of Suchwan, that a Methodist chapel there has been destroyed and ten Chinese converts have been killed by Boxers. A dispatch from Shanghai says that the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi was wrecked by a terrific explosion while lying in Yang-tse river. The Kai-Chi sank in thirty seconds and 150 officers and men on board were killed or drowned. The correspondent of the London Daily Express at Rome in a dispatch says that the Queen Dowager of Spain has asked the Pope to suggest an eligible bride for King Alfonso. It is reported, continues the correspondent, that the pontiff has recommended cither an Austrian or a Bavarian princess. Five soldiers of the Twenty-seventh infantry, forming an advance guard which was escorting a wagon train halt a mile from Camp Vicars, Island of -Mindanao, were attacked by ten bolouien. One soldier’s arm was badly cut and another was seriously wounded in the head. The Moros captured a rifle and escaped uninjured.