Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1893 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A flro in Vosprim, a town of Hungary, has destroyed 141 houses and done damage to property to the extent of half a million

florins. One thousand persons are homeless. - - The labor riots in Belgium are growing finrifuifl. ODi iu um— —:—■— i - • -- - t —:—— The report of the death of ex-President Gonzales at the city of Mexico is said to be unfounded; ——-—* ■ Most European sovereigns have. congratulated King Alexander o£Servia upon his newly acquired power. The dock laborers at Hartlepool resolved to support the Hull men, and will hot unload vessels of the Wilson line while the strike is pending, t There was a total eclipse of the sun on the 16th, visible in South America and southern Europe. At Madrid the eclipse was successfully observed by astronomers. IMore than, two hundred Methodist ministers in Ireland have signed an appeal to ministers in England to oppose home rule In Ireland both on religious and com? mercial grounds. A furious battle was fought at Oruro. Colombia, between the Indians belonging to the estates of Guancaaoma and Quelcata. The battle lasted five days. Thirty of the combatants were killed and a great number injured. William Waldorf Astor has bought the splendid estate of Cliveden, on the banks of the Thames, from the Duke of West-. minster. The sum paid is stated to have been $1,250,000. Cliveden is at Maidenhead. Berks, and is one of the ancestral seats of the Duke.