Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

One hundred thousand people attendexL—Leopnld_ von..Hanke's funeral in Berlin.... The victor in the English Derby was the bay eolt Ormonde, owned by the Duke of Westminster. The betting was two to one against the field in his favor. Bard, who took second place, had an unbroken record of successes last.year,, winning $60,01K). Henry Watterson. John W. Mackay, and other noted Americans wit-nessed-the sport. In the French Chamber of Deputies the Government submitted its measure for the expulsion of all hlembers of the famSi^ - which formerly reigned' in France. The House voted urgency for the bill ..'. . A resolution has been introduced in the Frence Chamber of Deputies in favor of the separation of church and state..:. Cholera’s ravages are increasing in Southern Japan. - - - The British Cabinet, at a meeting held on the 25th of May. decided to leave with Mr. Gladstone The 'question bT eliminating clause "24 from the home-rule bill. Itwjts understood that after the. second reading the bill would be dropped, and that Parliament will be dissolved in the fall. At a conference of British Liberals, held at the Foreign Office in London, Mr. Gladstone stated that the Government had decided to modify the clause of the home rule —l-ill excluding Irish representatives - from Westminster, provided the measure passed its second reading. The meeting expressed its cordial approval of Mr, Gladstone's position.—: Cloud-bursts are reported,from sevleraPpoints in Germany. A squadron of hussars narrowly'escaped drowning in the stables at essenfels, and the vineyards at Bingen were totally destroyed. By the loss of the steamer Lydeempn, from Melbourne for Sidney, seventy persons were drowned. ’ " * The-Salvation Army Ct-mress met at London last week. Two thousand officers and many thousands of soldiers of the army from all parts of the worid- were present. Gen. Booth said that in Great Britain alone $350,000 had been contributed to the armyX^reasury;.l.ooo girls had been rescue Atom life on the streets, and nineteen homes for the poor and friendless had been established.... It is authoritatively stated that Lord Hartington and his Whig follow*ers have decided to vote against the home-rule luea-firv when it comes up for a second reading, and Mr. Chamberlain and his Radical supporters will refuse to vote, thus insuring its success at the second reading....A fire in Berlin destroyed the oil refinery of Otto A Buettner and the wood yards of Fisher ,v Colberg, causing a loss of $1.250,000. Five firemen received serious injuries and one wo»n;in was

burned to death.... Minuter Phelps baa had a conference with Lord Rosebery, the English Foreign Minister, in regard to the fishery troubles, It is thought that a speedy and lasting settlement will be effected t The workingmen's demonstration which was to have occurred at Brussels June 13 has been prohibited, qn the ground that such affairs have a bad reflex effect. .. The police of Belfast have seized a Quantity of rifles, bayonets, and swords on board a steamer from Fleetwood, a seaport town in Lancashire..; .The allied powers have ordered their fleets to raise the blockade againrit Greece, at the instance of France.