Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

One hundred German Baptists from Kherson and Volhynia have embarked Tfbm Eibiin Tor America. Rel igious persecution forced them to emigrate. As the vessel on which they sailed left Liban, the emigrants sang a hymn which greatly affected the crowd gathered oh the wharf. The strangest strike on record is that of the wet nurses .of Vienna. All their grievances and demands can not be discussed, but the financial side of the question is that the registry offices get too large commissions. ;> President Peixoto has severed the diplomaticrelations between Brazil and Portugal. and has sent the Portuguese minisistcr his passports. The Portuguese legation at Rio de Janeiro is now in the hands of the British minister.