Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

According to reports nt Kingston, Jamaica, tlie recent hurricane killed seventy people. King Edward has issued a public letter thanking the newspaper men who “covered” his Irish trip. A Leipsic court has ordered the destruction of all copies of Tolstoi’s latest book, “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” Of the twenty-four coses of bubonic plague at Pacaamayo, Peru, fifteen deaths are reported. . The situation ia alarming, as the disease appears to be in virulent form. A court martial at Monastir condemned the gendarme Halim to de%th for the murder of M. Rostkovski, Russian consul at Monastir. The sentence was carried out immediately. Became they expressed the hope that Poland would be independent again, fifty Polish girls, three of them school teachers, have been arrested for treason at Gnesen, East Prussia. A horrible disaster has occurred in the sulphur mine near Caltanissetta, Sicily. Gas in the mine became ignited and obstructed the exit of 100 miners. Three of the miners have died. Chinese imperial troops have been defeated by rebels at Hwei-Chou-Fu, in the southern province of Kwang-Tung. Imperial re-enforcements, consisting of 3,000 German-drilled troops, have arrived at Canton. Conspirators who assassinated the former King and Queen of Servia, are said to have a letter from King Peter, written before the murders, promising immunity for all regicides. It is said this letter is being held over him now. There is a persistent renewal of the rumors that the condition of the health of King Alfonso of Spain is grave. According to the reports the physicians have ordered him to stop bathing and horseback riding. It is stated that the prohibition of the physicians is due to the rapid progress that consumption has made. An unconfirmed rumor in Vienna says that King Peter of Servia has threatened to abdicate, claiming he is virtually a prisoner in the hands of the military party. It is also rumored that the entire Servian ministry has resigned, owing to discord between those who aided in murdering the King and Queen and those who did not participate.