Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1887 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The cable records the adroit work of two female adventuresses in London and Paris. One posed as a beautiful heiress, the other ■as her mother or guardian, as’occasion required. The alleged heiress was represented as a young' widow or young girl anxious to form a matrimonial alliance because of a false step. ' A number of marriages were entered into, the victims then' being thrown overboard, their high social position stopping their mouths. The women have been arrested in Paris. Active military preparations, said to be supported by Russia, are in progress in Montenegro... . The innkeeper at Bucharest who made an attempt-on the life of Prime Minister Bratiano has been sentenced to twenty years’ penal servitude. The French Minister of Commerce announces that for the first time in history wheat of excellent quality' and superior weight has been exported by Russia from the Caucasus. Large cargoes have been sent from the ports of Poti and Batoum,... The wheat harvest in Victoria is 12,000,000 bushels, an average of twelve bushels per •acre. The exportable excess is 150,000 tons, or 60,000 tons over that of the preceding year. The organ of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro says it belongs to Montenegro to take the destinies of the Servian race in hand and restore the great empire of King Douchan as it existed previous to Turkish subjugation. The article is supposed to explain the extensive armaments which Montenegro has been making recently... .For the express purpose of dissipating rumors that he intends to return to Bulgaria. Prince Alexander of Battenberg is about to take a prolonged tour in Egypt. ...The Vatican is debating whether the Knights of Labor of America is a proper organization for Catholics to join.... The River Weser is blocked with ice from Bremen to Vegasack .... The loss of life by the fire at the Madras (India/ People’s Bark, was too. The Queen is seriously displeased with Lord- Randolph Churchill for omitting to advise her of his resignation before publishing it. What makesjhe matter all the wotse is that the resignation was written bn Windsor Cattle paper, presumably while Lord Randolph was staying at the Castle as her Majesty's guest.. ..Excit-

ing scenes were witnessed last Saturday in County Clare, Ireland. While a number of bailiffs, accompanied by 100 policeman, were evicting tenants in Maynoe, a wild district, the chapel bells were rung and horns sounded, and the people quickly assembled, headed by priests. Three evicted tedents were reinstated as caretakers, and m two instances the bailiffs had to abandon their attempts to evict tenants, owing to the menaces of the populace. The. police were unable to quell the disorders, and withdrew from the scene. During the disturbance Father O’Flynn, Inspector Heard, and several policemen were injured by being hit with stones.