Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-11
FOREIGN.

MADRID special; The Queen Regent has
signed decree appointing commission
to revise the Cuban and Porto Rican tariffs.
Ahe commission is composed Of members
representing MI the political parties in Gu
ba, number Of Spanish colonial merchants
trading with Cuba, and officials of the min
istry OF the colonies. Her Majesty has also
decreed the appointment of a commission
empowered to prevent evasion OF the pay
ment Of taxes on taxable property and in
dustries in Cuba. The first business at the
reOpening of the c0rtes will be the discus
sion of the projected Cuban reforms, in-
Guiding the formation of an administration
chamber to sit in Havana. This chamber
is TO he made up of members elected by
Cubans on an enlarged franchise, members
nominated by the Government and local
officials, such as mayors and bishops The
chamber will have no legislative power ex-
cept with the sanction of the cortes.
LONDON special: At meeting of the
Colonial Bank the Chairman, Harry Pat
key Dobree, referred to the condition OF the
sugar market, saying that the price per ton
was E6 below the normal standard and was
the lowest price ever touched. This fall in
price, he added, will mean an actual loss
ON the beet crop of Germany, which is es-
timated at 2,0OO,OOO tons, of E5, 100000,
which showed conclusively that the action
of the foreign Governments ingiving boun-
ty had not been found beneficial to the
sugar industry generally. Prices had now
reached point at which sugar could not
be grown at profit SO there should be an
early advance in prices. With the excep-
ton Of the sugar industry, the position Of
the West Indies was generally flourishing.
PRAGUE, Bohemia, special: A report
which spread among the peasantry of the
neighb0rhOOd of Braneu to the effect that
the Virgin Mary had appeared in a neigh
boring wood caused 6OO persons to assem-
BILE in the hope of witnessing the appari-
ton. The local authorities, fearing dis
turbance, ordered the crowds to disperse,
and when they refused the gendarmes
charged and wounded two of the peasants.
Reinforcements Of gendarmes had to be
summoned before the authorities succeeded
in dispensing the crowds.
VICTORIA, b. c., special: There is a
mystery about the sale into slavery among
the Indians OF little boy by Arthur Bal
llnger. Both are Americans, and the man,
who is cripple, formerly lived at Seattle,
The boy is too young to tell much of
Stery, but maintains that he once lived in
Michigan. He says Ballinger treated him
brutally, and says that he would be happier
among the Indians. The idea that Balm
ger is the chik1's father has been abandon
ed by the police, who now think that there
is some reason for putting the child out of
the way.
coNsTANTINopLE special: Tie Turkish
newspapers deny the report that Tashin
Pasha, Governor Of Bills. was assassinated
by an Armenian who committed suicide.
They say the story arose from the death Of
Heilmi Bey Valie of Savas, due TO natural
causes. They also publish a dispatch from
Iashn Pasha saying all is tranquil in Ri :
lis. Disquieting reports Of briganding in
Jacedonia have been received.
City OF MEXICO special: The earth
quake has caused great damage. The Ma
tional Thcater was again damaged, as We're
other valuable structures. The project Of
the colonization of negroes in Mexico. as
printed in the newspapers of the United
States, is not looked upon with favor. The
project is not taken seriously in this coun-
try, and general opinion seems TO oppose
negro colonization.
BELGRADE special: Alfred Mes lure,
the United States Vice Consul General
here, died after a long illness.