Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1894 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The Sultan of Morocco has the mumps. 6 Forest fires are raging in parts of Ontario. Serious rioting occurred at Bombay. One was killed. Gen. Barrios, representing Nicaragua, has arrived in London. Baron Erlanger, the well known German banker, died at Geneva. The insurrection of the natives of the island of Lombok grows more serious. Prof. Von Helmholtz, the noted scientist, died at Berlin, Sept. 8, aged seventy-four. Prince Bismarck continues to enjoy good health and the Princess is improving. The English court will remain in mourning until Sept. 21 out of respect to the memory of the late Count of Paris. Twenty-one farm laborers were killed in Samaria, Russia, by eight farmers in order to escape payment of wages due. The chief leaders of the insurgent Kaffirs in South Africa, after continued fighting, have surrendreed to the Boer com-ma-nders. The officials have discovered in Sicily a vast association of sheep stealers, having branches all over the island. Seventeen arrests have already been made. L’Atorlie, of Paris, says the Emperor of Germany is trying to organize a conference of the powers with a view of bringing about a general disarmament. A large consignment of California fruit arrived in London Sept. 8, and was in good condition. This shipment was promptly sold at auction at remunerative prices. The Pall Mall Gazette prints an article. with the object of showing that Premier Crispi is rapidly approaching a reconciliation between King Humbert and the Pope. Three hundred feet of track on the Mexican national railroad west of Ben|veres and west of Alidor have been washed away by the floods. AH trains are tied up. Rumors of the death of ex-Sultan Mutad y, who was deposed Aug. 31,1876, in favor of his younger brother, the present Sultan,Abdul Hamid 11, are in circulation at Constantinople. The Canadian government has decided to become a party to the convention agreed upon to meet at Dresden in 1895 to consider measures to prevent the introduction and spread of cholenu---, A dispatch to the London Times from Tien Tsin, Sept. 14, says that news has reached there from Ping Yang that the Japanese, on the night of Sept. 12, made an attempt to surprise the Chinese camp, but were repulsed with great loss. The movements of the Japanese troops were impeded'by the standing crops, which also hid the enemy from them.

The Sultan of Turkey, through the Turkish Minister at Washington, has contributed 300 Turkish pounds to Mayor Gilroy’s fund at New York for the relief of the forest fire sufferers. The value of the Turkish pound is about >4.38. The contribution was acconlpanied by an exthe gift was by the command of the Sultan. Advices from Australia by the steamer Warloo say that an immense nugget of gold was found at Cool Gardle, eclipsing the famous Londonderry find. The nugget, which has been called the Dun nugget, after its finder, weighs 1,800 ounces, and is worth over >30,000. It was taken from a reef, the whole face of which glitters with gold. Tremendous excitement prevails, and since the find property has increased at the diggings 500 per cent. At a State banquet at Berlin. Sept. 7, Emperor William made a sensational speech to tho assembled noblemen in, which he declared that opposition to tho King by noblemen was a monstrosity. He said he was the largest landed proprietor in Germany and his interests were identical with all landholders. In conclusion the Emperor said: Now, gentlemen, it is td you I this day address myself. Forward to fight for religion, for morality and for order against tho parties of revolution. As ivy winds itself around the oak, beautifies it with leaves and protects it when tempests rage so does the Prussian nobility close around my house. May it, and with it the whole nobility of the German nation, become a bright example to those sections of thd populace which are still wavering. Left usonter together upon this struggle. Onward with God, and dishonor to him who forsakes his King,