Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1902 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The fire which started at Latirvig, province of Jnrlsberg, Norway, was subdued. About 150 buildings were destroyed. The loss is estimated to be over $280,000. The Demoeracia of Managua, Nicaragua, reports that the volcanoes of Mirad Valle and Itineond Vieja, in Costa Rica, situated respectively eighty and sixty miles southeast of Lake Nicaragua, are in active eruption. A special dispatch from Rome says that socialist riots occurred at Orte, Italy, during the municipal elections. The polling place was wrecked and several policemen were stabbed. The police and the military fired on the mob. Over forty persons were wounded. Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, was seriously injured in an accident that happened ou the eve of his sixty-seventh birthday, while he was riding iu a cab through the Canadian arch in London. His head was badly cut and he lost a great amount of blood. Louis Botha said in the course of conversation that after their visit to Europe, he, DeWet ami Delarey intended going to America, but that their precise tour would have to be determined by circumstances. Their object is to eollect funds for the relief of Boers ruined in the war Half a million of London’s slum dwellers were King Edward’s guests the other nfternoon. They were scattered in about 400 halls, schools and parks in varying numbers, the greatest number of the royal beneficiaries being nt Stepney, where no less than 4.7,000 enjoyed a dinner sush ns they seldom partake of. At every gathering was read a message from the King, signed by his private secretary, to the poor.