Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-03
FOREIGN.

CorsrANrrNoPLH special: It seems 10,
be definitely settled that United states
/ Minister Terrell will send no n to make
an Independent inquiry into the American
outrages, but 1t Is held that this Is no nee.
essary, as Great Britain is supervising the
inquiry which Turkey Is making. II IS 70
ported that at the last council OF ministers
a plan for reform was adopted. II provides
for the consolidation Of the provinces Eze-'
rOum, Van, Bitlis and Moosll. The COVER.
nors are to be nominated by the sultan
every five years. The first governor is to
| be q Mussuiman; his SUCCESSORS christians,
but not Americans. The military police is
to be a local body commanded by an ap-.
pointee Of the sultan. The taxes coilccte1
are to be expended within the province,
aside from a fixed sum for the public debt
and the tobacco tax. Judges are to be ell
| cctcd, except the chief justice, who Is to be
nominated by the sultan. In the meantime
news has been received Of additional dis
turbances in Sivas, where a number of Am
orleans are reported to have been killed.
No details are obtainable.
MoNTEvIpEo, Uruguay, SPECIAL: Rio
,Janeiro Is reported to be in a state Of panic.
| The troops refuse to leave for the south to
| fight the rebels. President MOracs has dig
| covered that the army is devoted to eX-
President Peixoto. The principal Offices
| refuse TO assume command i'll the field
AGAINST the rebels in Rio Grandc de sui.
The whole country seems TO be on The
| rink of rebellion again. More than ECO
officers have been arrested. 1t is rumored
that the subordinate leaders will attempt
TO release them. President M0raes is
afraid TO arrest Peixoto lest he p%rccipitate
a conflict.
VICTORIA, B. G., special: There is a
mystery about tie sale into slavery among
the Indians Of Il little boy by Arthur Bal
lingcr. Both are Americans, and the man,
who is a cripple, formerly lived at Seattle.
The boy is too young to tell much Of a
story, but maintains that lie once lived in
Michigan. He says EaIlinger treated him
brItally, and says that he would be happier
among the Indians. The idea that Balm
ger is the child's father has been abandor-
ed by the police, who now think that there
is some reason for putting the child out Cf
the way.
MoNTEyIpEo, Uruguay, special: A
house at san Gabriel, used as a hospital,
YVES burned, advices received here report,
by Brazilian troops. More than 100 rebels
persisted. Several who tried to escape were
forced back into the flames by bayonets.
Oyer POO soldiers, il is reported, have de-
| serted near Cruz Alta and have gone over
to the rebels.
CITY OF MEXICO special: Oaxaca tele-
grams published in the United States an
%nouncing CONSERVATION ON the frontier, and
that the people of Chiapas are fleeing from
t;uatemalan desperadoes, are wholly with
out confirmation. Officials on the frontier
announce everything quiet there and very
few Guatcmalan troops ON the frontier.
while Mexican troops are doing nothing
but drilling.
CARACAS, Venezuela, special: The late
decree issued by President Crepso, pro-
claiming amnesty for the rebels and re-
leasing the ten prisoners held for political
~Offenses, have caused the bands near Ma
turin and Coro to lay down their arms.
Not a rebel band remains.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, special: Re-
:, ports from Peru state that the insurgents
are within a hundred miles of Lima and
that BOrgona's troops have been reduced to
less than 1,OOO.
CoNsrANTINoPIE, special: 1smail Pas
ha, ex-Khedive Of Egypt is dying.