Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1896 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Dr. Salmon, the oldest free mason in ‘the world, is dead at London. He was 106 years old. Dr. William Salmon was a resident of Glamorganshire, Wales, He had been a mason for eighty-five years and celebrated his birthday last month. He had not been outside the grounds of his house since his 100th-- .birthday and quit smoking when he was 90. Washington dispatch: In the-Compctl-. tor case it can be authoritatively stated Unit at the request of the United States the Spanish Government —will postpone the execution of the death sentences upon American citizens until the views of the United States respecting the application to their cases of the treaty of 1795 and the protocol of 1877 can be presented and considered. The announeemeut of the ..postponement of the executions medris a delay of some weeks at least and that the matter will be taken up bv the diplomatic representatives of the United States in . Spuiu and be made the subject of the exchange of correspondence on the intorpretathm to be given the treaty provisions between the two nations. Meanwhile, the effect will be to allay popular excitement both here and in Spain,. .1. Smith, tlie agent of the Russian Steam Navigation Company at Chefoo. China, and also the agent for various American missions, has secured the foreshore at Chefoo belonging to Fergusson A Co., agents for steamships and the Ne\V York Life Insurance Company. ’ Other firms objected, but Russia intervened and the Chinese acceded to the request of the Russian vice-consul. A dispatch tq the Loudon Glnbe from Shanghai says that the Russians have seized lot 12 of the British concession at Chefoo, iu defiance of all legal and treaty rights. The Globe’s editorial comment contains the remark that: “The'seriousness of the news from Chefoo cannot be overestimated. The action taken is in direct contravention of existing laws and treaties and cannot be viewed by Great Britain as other than an unfriendly act.”