Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1891 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

By the wreck of the Topsy in the West Indies four lives were lost. Civil war over the suffrage question in Belgium isimminent A severe engagement was fought recent*' ly at Tokar, Egypt, between the Egyptian troops and Osman Digna’s so ces. OsmanDigna vas completely routed. One thou-' sand lives were lost in the engagement i It is announced that the Prince of Wales wffrvisft Ireland during the comhrgFummer. The Earl of Zetland, the Lord Lieus tenant and Chief Secretary Balfour are understood to have urged the Prince to make the proposed visit, with a view of giving encouragement to the industries of thah r: country. The Princess of Wales is reI orted to be assiduous in the attention she pays to the Zetland-Balfour fund and for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland. The Princess and her daughters have sent contributions ot clothing to the fund, and have also solicited subscriptions for the same charitable cause. Messrs. O’Brien and Dillon,who recently surrendered to the police at Folkestone England, and who were taken to Clonmel ail in or -er to undergo their terms of imprisonment, were transferred to Galway jail at daylight on the 19th. The prisoners'' Were taken from Clonmel jail in a saloon* carriage. Though secrecy was observed throughout the proceeding, the inhabits anta of Tipperary got wind of the affair and assembled tn crowds at the railroad station and enthusiastically cheered the two members of Parliament as the train stopped for a few moments in their midst. Dillon and O’Briep will complete their sentence in Galway jaiL