Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A proposal is being discussed to establish state granaries in England as a precaution against famine in time of w&r./.. March 22 Emperor William of Germany will be 89 years old. Great. preparations are being made for celebration of the event. announces the death at Borne" off Cardinal Jacobini, in his 54th year. Gqodbody’s tobacco factory in Tullamore, King’s County, Ireland, was!destroyed by fire. The loss is $400,000.. .. The forts of Paris are to be abolished.... At the request of the Episcopal Bishops of Ireland Lord Blanket, Archbishop of Dub/ < lin and Primate of Irelaud, has convened the synod for the 23d inst.. to obtain an expression of the opinion of the churgh on the political situation iu Ireland. Similar action was inaugurated by the Presbyterians some days since. Cholera has been discovered on board a Greek brigantine at Venice.... .'Mr. Parnell, in an iufbrview, declared that he had not been consulted by Mr. Gladstone, directly or indirectly, on the subject of home rule....An American named Flood has created something of a sensation in Ireland by bringing suit for the recovery of what are known as the “Kilkenny estates.” He claims to be heir to the property, and wants heavy damages from the present occupant. At Monte Carlo a young commercial traveler who was on his bridal tour and had stopped for a few days at Moliaco, committed suicide after ruining himself atHko 1 gaming table... The cable announces the death of the Bev. Hugh Stowell Brown, the famous Baptist preacher of Liverpool, who in early life ran a locomotive on the London and, Northwestern Bond. Prince Kbapotkine, havipg been released from prison in Fiance, intends to lecture in the United States upon socialism and then locate, permanently at Hampstead. ! England... .The Belgian Government paid •,an art-dealer in Cologne $20,000 for on

original painting by Rembrandt, the portrait of a lady... .It is becoming evidfent that Mr. Gladstone is solidifying his party on his home-rnle policy. On the question of establishing a separate Parliament at Dublin, however, Mr. Gladstone still finds some of his colleagues differing widely from him. , The appointment of \JVIr. John Morley as Chief Secretary for Ireland is receivedwith moderate friendliness by the papers of the Green Isle. In the event of Morley’s defeat for re-election at Newcastle, Mr. Parnell offers to find him a constituency in Ireland. /.