People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The disabled British steamer Ganges broke adrift from a tug which was towing her to Havre and it is feared has been wrecked. Chamberlain's amendment to the address In reply to the queen’s speech was rejected by the house of commons by but 14 majority. French farmers claim American cattle are affected with contagious diseases and are seeking to have their importation prohibited. Lima, Peru, has been surrounded by the insurgents. The government troops are preparing for a vigorous defense. Great Britain, France and Russia are said to have demanded that the porte appoint a new governor general for Kurdistan. Fifteen thousand Chinese, with twelve guns attacked Hal Cheng and were repulsed with a loss of 100 men. Attempts are being made to stimulate anti-European feeling among the Mohammedan population of Egypt. Confirmation has been received of the report that the Chinese admirals and generals at Wei-Hai-Wet committed suicide after surrendering to the Japanese. It is reported at Honolulu that an American protectorate will be declared over Hawaii when the political conspiracy has been disposed of. The Japanese have captured the island of Lin Kung Tao, a't the entrance to the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wet. At Alexandria, Egypt, a mod attacked and beat three men belonging to a British cruiser. An inquiry is in progress. A territfic snow storm prevailed | throughout Ireland, doing much damage. In the north train service was suspended. J. Cranston, an Hawaiian exile, who claims to be an American citizen, says that he was not tried and that no charges were made against him. } Germany is moving in the matter of an international congress to rehabilitate silver as a circulating medium. Plot has been discovered on the island | of Qava whereby the natives were to j massacre all toe Europeans and Chinese j there. Several cities in Spain have been in- i undated by the swelling rivers. Royal I palace at Aranjuez is in great danger. ! Ex-Queen Liliuokalanl of Hawaii was j placed on trial for misprison of treason, j Damaging evidence was found in her j diary. England has asked the powers at Hawaii to forward the evidence against Englishmen sentenced to be executed for treason.

Manuel Ruls Zorilla, the noted Spanish republican, has accepted the terms of amnesty and returned to Barcelona. German firm at Apia, Samoa, has been convicted of selling arms and munitions to rebels in violation of the Berlin treaty. William O’Brien, the Irish leader, has been ordered to pay the expenses incurred in the Salisbury lawsuit. Turkisli commission investigating the Armenian outrages has decided to visit the Sassoun district in search of evidence. a report Is current in Berlin that Prince Ferdinand has been expelled from Bulgaria. Me is said lo be in Rnn-'iaru'a. It is reported in Rome that Mgr. Satolll, the American ablegate, will be upv-ointed nuncio at Liston. Moorish cavalrymen are on their way to Fez with two cart loads of human heads captured in the Rahama rebellion. Eieutenant Marcel Canrobert severely wounded M. Hubbard, a socialist member of the French parliament, in a duel. During the dehate in tlie house of commons Secretary Morley denied that either he or <>,-■ -ie had promised amnesty to dynamiters.