Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Tlie Pope's benediction hns been taken upon a phonograph record and all Catholic people may hear the pontiff's voice. The Sultan of Morocco lias recently purchased nil estate in England and has deposited a large treasure of gold and jewels iu a London bank. Earthquake shocks have been felt for two days in tlie district of Voigtland, Saxony, and in the Erzebiere (Ore) Mountains. The shocks were violent. The British navy estimates for 100304 call for an expenditure of $179,184,205, an increase of $10,010,000. The maintenance estimates call for 127,100 officers and men. Leung Kai Chew, lieutenant of Kang Yu Wei, leader of the rebel forces in South China, is in America for the purpose, it is said, of raising funds and arms for tlie insurrectionists. The fortieth anniversary of the marriage of King Edward and Queen Alexandra was celebrated in London with the customary firing of salutes and ringing of bells. Their majesties received many telegrams of congratulation from public bodies. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Loudon Daily Mail telegraphs that terrible snowstorms have been -•aging in the government of Samara, and have caused hundreds of deaths. Horses drawing sledges have returned to villages with the passengers frozen to death. The German navy department makes a mystery out of some portions of its budget requirements. The government is asking for lump sums for the fleet and will not specify tlie ships or stations on which the money is to he spent. Admiral von Tirpitz admits the increased expenses are for vessels on foreign service. Two customs officers carrying a sack containing $25,000 to tlie banks were attacked at Johannesburg, Soutli Africa, by robbers. Two men threw pepper in the eyes of the officers, seized the money sack and threw it to a horseman, who galloped off with it. The horseman ran down and killed a bystander. Subsequently the horse tiolted and unseated Its rider, who was then arrested and the money recovered.