People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Boilers of the steamer Port Nichtheroy exploded in Rio harbor, causing the death of 1.30 persons, mostly excursionists. Fifteen Armenians charged with political crimes escaped from jail at ShabinkarahLssar. Troops pursued them and killed five. Ex Premier Gladstone gave expression to a wish for a reunion of the Irish party in replying to an address from the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New York. Sir Henry Ponsonby, the private secretary of Queen Victoria, was stricken with paralysis. His condition is critical. Avalanches have overwhelmed a number of small hamlets in the mountain districts of France. At Razerques three persons Were killed. Turkish newspapers deny the reported assassination of Tahsin Pasho, governor of Bitlis, by an Armenian. The Belgian government has decided to propose to parliament the annexation of the Congo Free utate. Mexico is actively preparing for war with Guatemala. An invading army of over 5,000 is awaiting transportation at Acapulco. Turkey has requested the signatories of the Berlin treaty to use their good offices with a view to moderating the demands of Russia and England with regai’d to Armenia. The mail boat Empress was wrecked while entering Calais harbor. Her passengers were rescued by the life saving crew.