Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The business portion of the town of Iquique, Peru, was destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $2,000,003.... Sir Andrew Clark. Mr. Gladstone’s physician, says that Mr. Gladstone’s throat is now in a condition that will allow him to deliver speeches. Representatives of the great powers met at Constantinople on the Ist inst to consider the Roumelia question, but took no action, and adjourned to await instructions from their respective governments. The opinion gains ground that the crisis is extending and that a general war is inevitable unless the powers intervene at once. Active preparations for defensive operations are in progress in Roumelia. Frequent conferences are oeing held by the leading monarchs and diplomats of Europe with regard to the existing complications.... Mdlle. Emma Nevada was married in Paris to Dr. Raymond Palmer, of Birmingham, England. The bridemaids were Misses Morris, John-, son, Everest, and Tift, of America. Signor Salvini, the Italian tragedian, was the “best man.” > In summing up the situation in regard to the revolution in Roumelia, Smalley’s special cablegram says that it develops no decided phases, and that war Still hangs in the balance. The danger of the situation is increased by the delays of the powers, owing to difficulty in arriving at combined action. A deputation of Bulgarians waited on the Czar at Elsinore, Denmark, and solicited his approval of the annexation of Roumelia to Bulgaria. The dispatches state that the- deputation retired apparently satisfied. A collision between Servians and Bulgarians was reported on the frontier.... Germany and Spain have arrived at an amicable understanding regarding the Caroline Islands, and the Pope’s good offices will not be requred. Spain’s claim to Yap is conceded by Germany, which'in turn is granted free navigation of the Caroline waters, free commerce with the inhabitants of the islands, and the; privilege of establishing a.coaling station on one of them..,.. It is expected that King Christian IX. of Denmark will abdicate in favor of his son Frederick. The difficulty between the I King and Folkething, of Parliament, has

been of some duration, the monarch* Appointing his ministers frpm the minority, and thus gaining the enmityof the representatives of .the pe0p1e...., “Poor Carlotta’s” insanity is pronounced ihcurable by an, eminent specialist who has been for some time her custodian. One of her hallucinations is, that Maxmilian is still alivfc and that he wijl soon be emperor of the entire world... .No doubt is entertained that the Litin monetary union will be continued until January, 1877. Belgium will be represented at the approaching conference. .. .Fred .Hassaurek, a well-known German journalist and politician, of Cincinnati, died in Paris.