Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-12-18
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). TIE elections for mem bers Of the Nor.
~eRtaa ,PAtli1msnt which began ID
October last, have been completed and
have resulted In great victory for the
Liberal Radical party Of tho Left. OF
: total OF ia members. 65 are OF the
Left, 81 OF the Right, and IA M0defatcs.
1t Is now believed that the relations be-
tween Norway and Sweden. which since
1914 have formed the Scandina Wan
union, may experience 3 still greater
tension than during the last few years.
Norway has always protested against
her exclusion from the direction Of the
foreign policy of tho Un,6n, ahd wantA
Norwegian to bs made Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, which Office has always
been filled by Awedc. A strong light
will now be made to bring about this
result.
THk agrarian papers In Germany con-
tinue their endcavors to keep up the
fiction that American pork ID diseased.
DIR. ekbusch, the noted scientist,
has made public the results Of examina.
tons VI 5000 specimens Of American
pork. DR.. Braekbusch found traces OF
trichinD In about 2>5 per cent. OF the
specimens which passed through his
hands. He exper.mented with cats and
dogs, irving to infect them bv feeding
them with disc ased meat, but failed en-
ttrely. This the doctor considers POSI-.
tive proof that the trichinS survive but
. short time the death OF the infected
animal. He holds that American pork,
even Of poor quality, Is perfectly harm.
less when it reaches Germany.
The terms OF the reciprocity arrange.
ments between the United States aud
Germany have just been made public
and will go into effect 1T the close OF
January next. Tho trade basis 10 sub
stant,ally the same ~ adopted In tho
agreements Of Germany with Italy and
Austria. and this country Is thus placed
BY the land of the Kaiser ON q par with
its most favored nations. These con-
cessions do not by any means amount
to letting In Of our produce free by
Germany. The new duties amount to
nearly 26 cents per bushel on wheat,
SA cents on corn, and ~ cents per
pound on meats, including those cut
from the hog. But 1t Is believed these
figures are not prohibitive
REPoRrs Of the late storms In Europe
and Asia bring many stories Lf wreck
and disaster. Along the coast tho
small crafts, fishing boats, and vessels
engaged in the coastwise trade are the
principal sufferers. Many Of these ves-
sells have been unable to claw of shore
and have been dashed upon the beaches,
where heavy seas have soon broken
them up. A dispatch from Singapore,
China, states that severe gale pro-
vailed at HOngkong December I. A
large number OF Chinese vessels OF all
descriptions were destroyed and hun.
dreds Of Chinese sailors and laborers en-.
gagged about the harbor were drowned.
THERE Is growing excitement 1t Val
paraiso over the situation between Chill
and the United States, and the local
authorities are taking precautions to
prevent any renewal Of insult or injury
to Americans. The foreign reside n Is
generally regard the prospects 40 seri-
Gus, And aro not SAnguine Of = peace
able outcome of the controversy. Tho
better class Of Chilians appear i'm
pressed that the United States will not
fight. and that Valparaiso would be
protected from damage should war
break out bv the English and Germans
on account OF the large interests Of
those nationalities In Valparaiso.
Tine most serious OF oil the disasters
in the recent storm OF the English
coast was the wreck Of the British ship
Entrekin of Ramsgate in County Kent.
Thirty lives were lost. every person ex.
cept the apprentice boy being drown I'd.
After the EntrekiL struck, . part Of
the crew succeeded In launching boat
~ wlA ~ Oh 4
almost Immediately thrown into the sea
by the swsmping Ut the boat. A boy
was the only one OF those remaining on
board the ship who escaped.
SENIOR ANTONIO malta, chilean Min.
lister of Foreign Affairs, has prepared
for distribution among the Chilean lcga-
tions In Lurope and America, . cir.u az
letter giving hills side Of the difficulty
with the n,ted states growing out Of
the ] altimore trouble. He denies that
there was any concert d attack on
American sailors. says the deaths werc
the result OF drunken quarrel, and
assails MIR. Egan.
THE London Chronicles Shanghai
correspondent tclegrap phs that the rebels
met complete defeat This has teen
confirmed. klcven hundred rebels were
slaughtered on the field, and those
which were 0vertsken and captured
were Immediately executed. Martial
law has been proclaimed throughout
ManchOrta.
q THk Buenos Ayres papers report that
the recent purchase w Baron Hirsch OF
3.00l square leagues of land in the
l. ,H esn Dn~
liz for go. COO sovereigns makes him
the posscssor Of . territory laresr. than
10 owned by anv other man. snd II OK.
cceds In arcs the Kingdom Of Monte.
negro.
AT recent meeting OF miners IN
Belgium o resolution was adopted IN
favor of universal suffrage. The men
declared that II the next constituent as
embly which Is to revise the c0nstitu-
.ion does not dOncede universal suffrage
tho Labor party will reconsider the
question OF . general strike.
TnR Russian government will advance
money to peasants In the famine stricken
districts who prove that they possess
animals. tho object being TO prevent .
Wholesale slaughter Of animals.
THE Russian press dilates on the ne
cessity for the Franco Russian treaty
being made TO embrace other countries
II possible, In order to counteract the
effect OF the zollyerein
WHILE Lieut. Mansfield was making
. balloon ascension at Bombay. India.
the balloon collapsed In mid-aIr and thq
aeronaut fell distance OF 400 feet and