Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-10-19
FOREIGN JOTTiNGS.


excitement and surprise in the Reischs.
rath when Count Taalfe, president OF
the ministry ard minister Of the in-
terror, announced that he desired 10
submit bill for the eXtention of the
/ franchises He declared the govern
mcnt itself had resolved to take the
| initiative IN the matter, rs II was con-
vinced that 1t was impossible to further
delay measures of franchise reform.
| The bill Introduced by the govern
tnent aims at enabling anyone properly
| fulfilling his duties as q citizen to vote
ut all elections. The premier con-
cluded by advising the House to dis
cuss the bill at the earliest date. In
view OF the prevailing agitation. Count
Taatfe's action is considered a very
clever move and one calculated to cut
I the ground from under the feet of the
agitatois. The proposals contained in
the bill produced II profound impress
| sioi1. The socialists are not satisfied
with the measure, because it does not
touch the existings group system Of
! eiectfons With four classes OF con-
! stltuencies. On the other side it is
argued that the proposed reforms only
apply to the middle classes. whose
votes will be sWairped by the increased
socialist votes. ID is not at all certain
that the bill will he passed. but its in
! PRODUCTION is regarded important as
opening al era of parliamentary re-
| form.
! AMSTERDAM special: The body of
the woman found by the p lice at Am
stitt is not that Of Miss scamit. one of
the supposed victims of Hendrick de
Jong. the aged Wholesale wife mur-
derer, but that of a girl who has been
| missing II month. So the de Jong
mystery seems as far from being
cleared as it was from being weeks
ago. The body of Miss sarah Juett.
another of the women supposed to have
been murdered by de long. has not
been found yet. Two physicians. ull-
der pretense of examining the prisoner
with regard to his health. are to
hypnotic him, and while he is in that
| condition Try to make him confess to
where lie has hidden the bodies Of his
victims. The police have given
up the use Of bloodhounds in search
ing for the bodies and now seam to
he relying & entirely upon the hypnotic
statement OF DR.. de Jong of The Hague
and DR.. van Reuterghen of this city.
! This experiment. cia,sed as one of the
most remarkable in the hist Dry Of
criminal investigation. is attracting
much attention here and throughout
Europe.
LONDON special The Warrck col
liery owners have accepted the sug-
. gestions OF the mayors of Leeds. Shelf
field. Bradford, Noting lam ami
Btrnsiey. regarding the settlement uf
! the miners strike. and the indications
| ave that fngand's great strike j.
( about u end. Negotiations With that
end III view are now progressing The
time flXed Tor the resumption Of work
I Is six weeks hence. but may possibly
| be sooner. The Coal Miners Associa-
! ii"n in Derby declined the uvertures
and the deadlock existing b.tween
/ them and the strikers still exists
! DCBLIN spccia': 1t Is evident from
the speech OF John Redmond, the
leader of the Pa,nellite party. at a
| meeting here and the resolutions of
/ the meeting. that the Parneltitcs
/ have definitely broken with Gladstone.
+! claiming he has abandoned Irish in
! terests. and will hereafter fight all
English measures i'm the House of
Commons.
CITY OF MEXICO special: The burst
ing OF u water dam in the territory of
Tepuca caused great loss of life Twen-
ty-four are known to be drowned. At
| Santa lnez. state of Oaxaca. the town
is inundated, the town hall and many
other buildings swept away. There
are similar disasters in other towns.
RIO JANEIRo special; One of the
forts in the bay surrendered to the in.
surgents.