Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1885 — FOREIGA. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGA.

In Paris the architect Caudray, although married and having children, maintained a liaison with Mme. Bessier, the wife of a shopkeeper. The other day the lovers quarreled, and Caudray, going to the shop in the absence of Bessier, shot his mistress dead, and then ended h's own existence by putting a bullet through his brain. The husband of the woman on learning of the' tragedy became a raving maniac.... Cholera, it is rumored, has crossed the Spanish frontier into the Department of the Aume, France. London dispatches state that the Pall Mall Gazette exposures continue the reigning sensation in London. “In answer to a question, the Home Secretary stated in the House of Commons that the police would use every exertion to suppress the alleged abominations and bring the perpetrators to justice. A number of responsible men, including Cardinal Manning, Ijave agreed to examine the evidence 'collected by the Gazette, and report to the public their conclusions.” TiiE Anamite troops at Hue have surrendered their arms to Gen. de Courcey. All who were engaged in the recent attack upon the French troops, with the except.on of a few ringleaders, are offered amnesty if they surrender within twelve days... . A Cairo dispatch says that unless measures for relief are taken before Sept. 1 Egypt will be completely bankrupt... .At Black Rock, Ireland, during a musical entertainment, the British flag was hauled down and replaced by a green flag. .. Negotiations with Spain concerning a new commercial treaty with the United Stites have been suspended.,.. .Dispatches from Madrid state that the cholera is less violent and a general decrease is reported in the provinces. Dr. Ferran has arrived at the capital and entered a protest against the Government’s stopping-other doctors practicing inoculation.... Galicia, Poland has been visited by destructive floods. Large portions of the city of Craeow and the town of Skavina were under water. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the result of its revelations, says: “Letters. of sympathy arrive by every post. A large proportion of those who write promise to subscribe sums varying from 5s to £IOO to defend the Gazette in the event of its prosecution by the officers of the law. It will, however, be time enough to think of defending ourselves when anybody shall be foolhardy enough to attack us." The Bishop of Chester urges the paper to ÜBe

its influence in securing amendments to the law for the better protection of girls. Dr. Gjegg. senior Bishop • of the Reform Churbh of England, commends the paper for its course.... Late reports from Afghanistan are to the effect that the Afghans are not loyal to England and are ready to promote the qims of Russia. .... The clerk to the English Cfbnsul at Askabad was flogged and imprisoned, by the Russians because he refused to divulge the names of English agents operating on the frontier... .Terrible floods have lately occurred in Austria and Hungary. At Pesth a waterspout destroyed $250,000 worth of property. . /