Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-21
FOREIGN FLASHES.

China tclegrphed to her peace en-
voys full powers TO act I'm the negotia-
| lions with Japan for settlement of
the war.
Owing to the intense antl-forelgn
! feeling In the Shan Tung peninsula
American missionaries are fleeing for
safety.
Mr.. Fardel, conservative, has been
returned without opposition ns member
Of parliament for South PaddlngtOn,
In succession to the late Randolph
Churchill,
CnptaIn Cartwright Of the British
war ship Pigeon, was attacked In the
streets Of Nankin, by II party OF Chi
ncsc soldiers, who hootcd mt him and
pelted him with mud
Mrs. Anna Berg. wife Of thc Ger
man assistant commissioner at the
worlds fair ana daughter OF l.. G..
Halle, Of Chicago, Is dead,
General Salmlento has surrendered
to General Reyes, the commander Of
the government troops In the state OF
rOlIna. Fifteen hundred men surrellr
dered at the same time.
Considerable comment has been
caused IN German court circles by
the news that either during February
or ut beginning of the next month the
emperor slM empress intend to be the
guest of the French ambassador, NJ
IIcrbctt, at a grand diplomatic sorec
The British steamer CITY of Wake
field, Captain Bmbyn, from Galveston,
Jan. 20, via Newport News Jan. %,
for hamburg, with Il cargo of cotton
oil cakes and linseed meal in bags, put
in at Halifax with fire In the hold and
damaged about the decks.
Before a bench Of Judges in Vienna
DR.. l'nlltSchek Won palnlsforst, former
~ consul general of Austrla-Ilungary
IN New York and comniSs 'oner general
of Austria hungary to the worlds
fnh, was tried and acquitted OF EN-
be2z!cment The verdict was received
wltl loud cheers, and the doctor broke
down completely when he heard It,
Preparations for the celebration of
Prince Bis.
marck April |, are proceeding on a
generous scale everywhere in Ger
MANY. 'Nhc students Of all the uni
versailles ana high schools have been
offered 4 prize for the finest ode to
bismarck, the Judges to be the poets
Heinrich Scidel, Julius Wolf, and Joan
nrS Trojan The prize song is TO be
sung at the university ovation and
conmerS April l.
Throughout Germany during the
past week the cold has been intense
and IN several places the thcrmomc
tcrS have registered 20 degrees below
zero, l'ahrcnhct The Rhine, Ncrkar.
ami The Main are frozen over for long
distances, and the southern part OF
the CAttHGlt also IS frozen Heavy
snow drifts have completely stopped
traffic about Tia" Eircl mountains aud
the Rhnrland, where the snow is six
feet deep,
\ correspondent at Honolulu, wlit-
Ing up to Saturday last OF the military
court martial Says: "SiN leaders were
NIL sentenced TO be hanged They are
Charles II. Gulick, William III. Rich
ard, William Il. Seward, Robert w.
Wilcox, Sam Nowlein, and Henry Rer-
lehman. Sentence In the last two eases
will be conmuted as both have fur
nlShcd valuable evidvnSc for the COY
crnment. Queen liliuokaani Is To he
tried for treason 1t is reported 1T
Honolulu that an American protect
ora;, will he declared over Hawaii
when the political conspiracy has been
disposed Of llx Queen liliuokalaui
has nhdj,Ntcd all claim to the throne
aud has taken the oath of allegiance
, 10 the republic