Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

NEWS In BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.
A TERRIBLE co.liery explosion occurre,
in Unity Brook pit, kearsley, in which fort
men perished. Sixteen bodies have alread,
been removed.
THE Coal Owners Association of nortl
Yorkshire and south Derbyshire have de
termined to reduce wages seven and hal
per cent The determination effects 25. .OO(
and 0,OOO miners.
AT Athens, on the llth inst, tete tool
place In honor of General and Mrs, Grant
The ruins of the ancient temples and tn,
Pantheon were illuminated.
! PIcAuLT 4 Co., of Montreal, wholesale ant
retail druggists, have suspended. Liabiii
ties 500, 900.
DISPATCH from Trieste says that III.
Austrian steamer Sphinx, from Cavallo
with $500 Circassians on board, caught fire
and went ashore near Cape Ella. Five hun
dred lives were lost.
AN explosion occurred on the sth inst. in
coiliery near Glasgow. Twelve men had
been rescued, but seventeen were still in the
pit. 1t was not expected that they would be
alive when reached. The rescuers were
prevented from reaching them by the fire..
quent explosions.
THEpope's Swiss guard has renewed the
disturbance of recent, and will probably
be disbanded.
CAPT. MANTHRoPE, formerly of the Eng.
giish navy, and recently Hobart Pasha's
adjutant, has been promoted and sent to
Cretan waters as second in command of the
feet there.
The Swiss guard at the vatican, on the 9th
inst, demanded the three months nav usual
on the death of a pope. Upon the refusal.
they loaded their muskets and brandished
their halberds, but were quieted by conces-
sion.
HEAVY inundations are reported in Colon
district, Cuba, damaging the sugar crop. A
waterspout near Madruga destroyed four
plantations.
CARDINAL FRANCHI has been confirmed
pontifcal secretary of state; Cardinal Sim.
eoni, project of the propaganda; Cardinal
Morichini, csmerlengo, and Cardinal Bar
toll president of the congregation of rites.
WAR NOTES.
A SPECIAL from Pera reports tina, Layard
has sent formal note to the porte directing
its attention to the great loss of life immi.
nent among the $50, 600 starving refugees in
and around tShumla. The porte declared
itself powerless to help them.
THE Russian general, Krudener, who was
waiting to be tried by court martial for his
defeat at Plevna, was released from arrest
and appointed assistant commander of
Warsaw.
TRUSTWORTHY advices from India state
that the Mohammedans are greatly excited
about the overthrow of Turkey. Serious
trouble is apprehended unless the govern.
ment takes some anti-Russian action short
ly. 1T is believed two hundred thousand
Moslem volunteers to serve against Russia
could be raised without difficulty.
ALL the homeward- bound English men.of.
war have been detained at Malta TO
strengthen the fleet in the eastern waters.
1T seems to be England's intention to in
sist that every point of the Russo Turkish
treaty must receive the sanction of the
European powers, and, as Russia has an.
nOunced her readiness to submit 10 the con.
gress only such questions IS concern Europe
at large, it is likely that she will seriously
object to England's idea of supervising con-
ditions which interest only Russia and Tur
key.
A VIENNA dispatch says that Count
Andrassy's statement to the delegations will
be to the effect that peace can only be
brought about by an understanding be.
tween all the powers. Austria cannot look
to this or that power for settlement. She
will defend the interests of Europe with
Europe, and her own interests, If necessary,
alone. 1t is expected that the vote ofcredit
will pass the Austrian as well as the Hun.
garian delegation, but the former with diff
fculty.
SPECIAL from Corfu reports that the
Turks have driven the insurgents from
Ghask, Lyocarsion and Chalkybei.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople says
that Raouf Pasha has been selected to ac.
company Gen. lgnatieff to st. Petersburg, to
exchange the ratifcations of the treaty. It I!
is understood that the car, during the
negotiations At st. Petersburg, will consid.
erably reduce the indemnity, and probably
grant some further notifications.
SPECIAL from St. Petersburg said Gen.
lgnatief' would probably embark for Odessa
on the Sth inst, taking with hisa the treaty
for ratification. 1t is suspected in official
circles there that England will purchase or
seize Eitylene for q naval station to coun.
.erbalance the increase of Russian influence.
At Constantinople it is said such step
would be looked upon with comparative in.
difference by Russia, as England is already
able to blockade the Dardanelles.
THE EAST.
HAZING has been revived at Dartmouth
IN. H.) college. Lately the sophomores in.
truded upon the freshmen, and about two
o'clock in the morning the freshmen broke
into room occupied by sophomore and
his brother, q senior, and beat them both
numerically. Two have been arrested for
assault with intent to kill, and search is
being made for others.
The steamer Senius has sailed from New
Haven, Conn, for ConstantinopIe, with q
cargo Of cartridges and cartridge machinery.
THE Home savings bank, Boston, Mass,
suspended on the 1lth INST, a temporary
injunction having been obtained.
THE Cubans residing in New York and
neighborhood have resolved to send men
and means to their faithful compatriots who
still struggle to win the independence of
their native island.
The Hsydensville Savings Bank, of Will
liamsburg, Mass has been temporarily en-.
joined from doing business. The trouble
was caused by the failure of Hayden & Co.
AUGUSTUS NJ. TURNEY, the defauiting
paying teller of the Bank of North America,
of New York, has been released on the
criminal indictments against him in $4,000
bail.
MRS. LYDIA NJ. ROOSEVELT, the first
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