Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A slight earthquake shock has been experienced a t Sant a Madona, Spain. No da ma ge was done. X Great activity prevails among the Rdsl sian troops en -the' Austrian and Ar-, nienian frontiers. It is reported that two army corps are concentrated around ifowno. _________ l \ M. Bourgeois has formed a new ministry for France as follows: Bourgeois. Minister of the Interior and President of-the Council of Ministers; Ricard, Jus,tice and Worship; C’avaginas, War; Lockroy, Marine! Berthelot. Education; Doniner, Finance; Guyet d’Essaigne, Public Works; Mesureur, Commerces 'GombeSjy Colonies. A correspondent in Rio. Brazil, telegraphed Tuesday to Buenos Ayres, Arthat news has been received from the Governor of Para confirming the report of the passage ‘of British troops through that territory. -A correspondent at Havana of an English newspaper received orders from his paper to embark at once for Venezuela, in anticipation of the demonstration Great . Britain is expected to make at La Guayra to. enforce the demands of her ultimatum. A dispatch from Madrid says that Lieutenant Generals Marin and Macias have been- ordered to Cuba. Santiago ad-viceszi-aeport that • Hollgolbsongo was burned hy the rebels. The inhabitants fled to Santiago for refuge. From BayaTiid comes the report that a fight occurred near Baire, Rabi, the'rebel leader, being repulsed gnd left twelve dead on the field. Several new bands of insurgents are reported to have been seen near Vuelta Abajq. The insurgents have burned tlPe buildings of the Jlnaguaybo and San Rafael sugar estates, and American property near Remedies.: . A dispatch from Sophia announces that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria will have "TfcXinfant Priuce~Boria bdptized u in RuNSfflgorthodoxfaitll.fhl'riiieeFerdinand is a strong Roman Catholic, like his mother, Princess Clementine, of the Orleanist house, and his wife, Duchess of Parma; but in this instance he has allowed liis political ambition to get the best of his religious sentiments. This move on the part of the Bulgarian prince will do much to secure his recognition by Russia, and hence by the other European powers, as the legitimate sovereign of Bulgaria, of which principality he has hitherto been merely the de facte ruler. A severe and prolonged earthquake shock was felt at Rome, Italy, at 4:38 Friday morning. Many houses swayed badly, walls were cracked, pictures and other articles fell from the walls and other pk-ces, people ran panic-stricken into the streets and a serious disaster was for n time apprehended. Happily, the first shock seems to have ended the seismic disturbance. So far as is known no serious dainage was done. An inspectionof the public buildings will be made to determine the extent of the injuries, -if- any, that have been sustained. Tint prison of Regina Colli was so badly shaken that the terrified prisoners broke out into open revolt and tried to escape. The situation became so serious that the troops from a neighboring barrack Were hastily summoned. The inmates, were driven back to their cells at the point of the bayonet. The Vatican buildings were severely shaken. The series of shocks lasted about eleven seconds. Two clocks in the observatory were stopped, and the old tower of the Roman College was cracked. Earthquake shocks were also felt at, Rocca di Papa, but, although -the = pWplE == w®feTHrawffifito T s = paaic7 = no = ie = rions damage was done.