People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, was shot in the face by a fanatic while retuhninfe from a conference with the Japanese plenipotentiaries. Teresa Decovora, an alleged “saint, is inciting the ignorant people at Mulato, Mexico, to rebel against the government. A terrific storm swept over Great Britain, killing many persons, and causing great damage to property. The British steamer Storm King ran into and sunk the Italian bark Giuseuppe during a fog. The crew was rescued. A syndicate of Americans, headed by George Pullman, has secured a concession for the building of a railroad in northern Mexico. Cuban insurgents enticed Spanish troops into ambusli and inflicted serious losses at Rayamn and Ellebre. Baron von Thielmann is said to have been appointed German ambassadoi to the United States. A balloon, thought to be from Nansen, the arctic explorer, was sighted at Kjollsfjord, Norway. Senor Canov.is del Castillo has been requested to form a cabinet by the queen regent of Spain. The Ja P ..nese fleet has begun an attack on the i'isi ers islands, which it is intended to make the base of operations against Formosa.