People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Sir Julian Goldsmld, the well-known Hebrew philanthropist, who has been ill for some time past, is dead. He was born In 1838. The news of the surrender of Johannesburg after being in the possession of the insurgents for three or four days Is confirmed at London. The authority of the Boer government is fully re-established. Orders have been sent to Portsmouth Devonport and Chatham for the Immediate commissioning of six ships to form a flying squadron, the object of which Is obviously to have a British squadron ready for any required emergency. A special dispatch from Berlin to London says that Dr. iLeyds, the Secretary of State of the Transvaal, has received a dispatch which states that the Transvaal demands from England an indemnity of £500,000 for Dr. Jameson’s invasion. The Chilean press continues to attack the Monroe doctrine, declaring that the kind of protection it may afford is more to be feared than the old enemy of the country. The Correspondencla, a Madrid newspaper, states that the insurgents have attacked Hoyo Colorado, which is three leagues from Havana. The Spaniards were outnumbered and surrendered. General Campos, it is further stated, defeated the insurgents near Havana. At a special audience which Dr. W. J, Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Transvaal, had with Emperor William, his majesty declared that he would not recognize any claim of suzerainty over the Transvaal. Great Britain, by the treaty of 1884, claims suzerainty over the Transvaal Republic. Philip Reclam, the publisher, is dead at Leipsic. Disorders have occurred in the East End of London, growing out-of the fact that the German and Dutch sailors about the docks were hissed and molested. The windows in the shops kept by German Jews have been broken and several German clubs closed. The light is now on the greenback. If you voted for it you ought to grin md bear it. The president’s message is a bitter Mil to real Democrats. Kansas is being redeemed in 12 cent iorn knd 40 cent'wheat. ' • 1 N i Direct legislation is the lever that will overthrow monopoly, A modern Democrat is a man who does not advocate Democracy.