Foreign

1 rlnce Ferdinand has formerly assumed the throne of Bulgaria. Jdrs. Parnell, mother of the Irish leader is lying dangerouly ill at Avondale. (criiinny is not at all pleased with l'rlnce Ferdinand's course in Bulgaria. An enormuus amount of property in Bordeaux, France, was destroyed by a cyclone the other day. Several lives wore lost and great dam. age done to property by a cyclone in Bouthern France the other day. Official reports show that 70.009 deaths from cholera hare occurred in the northwestern provinces of India during June and uly. The elections recently hold at North wicb, Eng., resulted in a victory for the Ulad.- toue party, and indicates that the people lavor home rule. Prince Victor Bonaparte beheves that he is a sort of son of destiiiy, and he will live henceforth with au eye .single to the throne of France. Hereafter Victor will be the chief of all imperialist commissions' A great confl igration in öcutari, opposite Constantinople, destroyed 1,000 houses and two churches, and two womeii and a child were burned todeath. Thousands of persons are homelass. The sultan has do' nated L30,000 for the sufferers and has appointed a relief committee. J. X. Faga, book keeper of the larga sta tionery house of C. O. Branchemin & Co of Montreal, raised a Í23 check to $"5,000 on a bank in that city, ca heil it and absconded. He was subsequently captured at Versailles, Qucbec, al. out 18 miles from the border line, and all the money recov" ered. It transpires that Llpskl, the Loudon Jew under sentence of death, is actuallj innocent, and the judge is so convinced, but the home secretary refuses to delay the ezecution. The Pall MallU izette says Lipski's solicitor is cognizant of the mau's innocence but has kept silent to preserve lus own reputation.