The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-14
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

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/ by the Sioux Indian, Waketah, are some
OF the startling climaxes of the drama
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
Egyptian Medical Congress.-consul
! General Long, of Cairo, writes that the
/ First Egyptian Medical Congress will he
heIo Dec. 1873 1903, instead Of Dec. 1914.
| Coffee Crop OF SaIvador.-Consi,I CEN
eral jenkins writes from San Salvador as
7 IOlIOWS: The present coffee Crop viii not
exceed 4000G,0G0 pounds The Weld for
! 1sVI was 05,6NOO0 pounds. The deficit is
! que TO the early rains, which fell soon
! after the harvest of last year and caused
/ the coffee plants to blossom prematureIy.
| ms bloom, however, was destroyed by
| the north winds Later, when the rains
! came IN their proper season, the plants
! POISONED second time, but very fee
| bly,.
Exposition of sportsmangnip at St. Pc
tersburg. -ConsuI General Holloway
writes from st. Petersburg that an in
ternational exposition of craftsmanship
will be held at St. Petersburg during
voted to automobiles, bicycles. aero
nautics, rowing, Workmanship athletics
| ard games, hunting, sailing and photog
| raphy. The exposition will be held under
| the auspices of the benevolent society
having charge Of the Labor House for
! Cripples
Education in Spain.-Consul RidgeIy re-
| ports from Malaga, that, according to
! the statistical annual Of the council of
| public instruction, just published, there
az 'oto puOt &c sCIloo-S IN tle LoIIy -u!ie
/ provinces OF Spain, CLASSIFIED in the fol-
| lowing manner: Nine thousand three
! hundred and thirteen for boys, 1872 for
! girls, and g. 1913 for children of both sexes.
! The number of children attending schools
! is 1611314 The province having the
smallest number of pupils is the Can
aries, with 1888, and the one with the
! greatest number is the Asturias, with
! &C, lis The expenses of the public schools
! of the province OF Madrid amount to
4 1564,877 pesetas $500, COD. The total num-
I Der of private schools in Spain is 6,1Sl,
attended by 166,SSO boys and 1850 girls.
New German Meat-Inspection Law-It
! is OmciaIly announced in the reichsblatt
that paragraph p of the new law regu-
lating the inspection of cattle INTENDED
! for slaughter and inspection Of meat
will go into force on Oct /, 1902.
This paragraph provides that no SUD
stances of any kind shall be applied 70
! the preparation of meat intended for sale
( which shall make it injurious to health.
/ The Importation Of such prepared meat
from a foreign country is forbidden and
| no traffic in it is permitted.
| The chemical substances which are con-
| siGered deleterious are: Boracic acid and
/ it's salts; formaldehyde, alcali hydrooXie
or carborate; sulphuric acid and its
J a :
and it's salts; saHcylic acid and its COM
binat tons; and chlOric-acid salts.
These provisions of the law also apply
/ to the use of colOring stuffs for meats
| and meat products. However, the yellow
| cClCring of margarin and the cOlOrs ap-
! piled to the covering of sausages are
/ excepted.
Trade Openings in Poland-Vice-ConsuI
! HCrodynsh reports from Warsaw, in
regard to the openings for American prod
ucts at that point. number of mer-
! chants he says, desire to enter into
commercial relations with American
/ manufacturers of paper, stationery,
leather work, bookbinding materials,
aud this line of trade generally; and
! they have requested the consul to send
I ddd1 esses, price lists circulars and sam
/ pies, so as to enable the purchasers to
become familiar with the qualities Of
Under date of Feb. r. Mr. Horo5ynsld
sends translation Of a letter from the ex-
ecutive committee Of the agricultural eX-
hibition, to be held at Vino, in August
] next, which sets forth that the exhibit
! is not only for the purpose of showing
| the advance IN agriculture in the dis
tricts represented, but also to enable ag-
ricUlturists to study improvements IN
/ this line of industry. The committee
wishes, in view of the likelihood that the
| commercial treaty between Russia and
I Germany will not be renewed after next
| year, to see samples of farm machinery
| would like for United States exporters
| to be represented. 1t is possible. it
{ says that the German goods heretofore
in use will be replaced by other foreign
articles.
Exhibit of Hydraulics and Navigation
/ at Dusseldorf-The department has re-
/ ceiYed from the German embassy, Wash
{ ingtOn, notice of the exposition of by
draUlcs and navigation, to be held at
/ Dusseldorf in connection with the Ninth
International Congress of Navigation.
Owing to space and means being Inn
tied, the exhibition will, as far as prac-
! ticabIe, be restricted to models, plans,
printed works, photographs and tables
! of general interest. The congress will
! hold its sessions from June % to July
! 5, 1902 Intending exhibitors are re-
/ qucSted to make application as early as
/ possible, sending the announcement of
the objects to be exhibited, with their
\ size to the general secretary, Gehelmen
Baurath Sympher, Berlin w. &C., Wilhelm
4 StTasse 80 by April /, 1902. Objects to be
\ exhibited are to be sent to, and removed
4 FROM the Tonhalle at the expense and
1 risk Of the exhibitor as well as all spe-
\ cial arrangements for display Of goods,
4 except tables and hangings, generally
used for such purposes. Special informa-
Z ton regarding exemption from duty for
\ objects exhibited will be furnished as
4 soon 2s the question is decided.
Blank applications and copies Of regu-
1 IatiOns sent by the embassy, are filed
!
] commerce, where they may be consulted
I by parties interested.
German Beer Statistics-Gen. Guenther,
/ of Frankfort, says: From the latest
! volume of German statistics. 1 have COM
/ piled the following figures with reference
! to the beer industry. The production Of
/ beer in the German empire during the
/ year ended March 81, 1901, was 1,SG0, ga $50
! gallons. The imports Of foreign beer
| mostiy Pilsen beer from Bohemia) We're
I 14.SS9 800 gallons. and the exports Of Ger
! man beer amounted to 2l,ll2,SOs gallons.
! The estimated consumption of beer per
| capita Of population was 1922 quarts for
! the whole of the empire. The govern
ment revenues derived from the manu-
! facture of beer in Germany amounted to
$22, $40. The tax on beer per capita
| amounted to 1919 cents.
| Life-Saving Congress at Nantes-Am :
bassador Porter, of Paris sends copy and
| translation of a letter received from the
| Society of Life Savers of Brittany, rela-
/ tive to an international congress of life
] saving, preservation of health, and mar
/ thine security which Will take place at
! Nantes, July 81 to Aug 4, 1902 under the
honorary presidency of the minister Of
| the marine. TIE hope is expressed that
/ the government Of the United States will
! be represented. The congress Will con-
slider life saving in water and from fire,
! plotting in fog life saving on board
| steamships, moral and physical devel-
opment of sailors and fishermen, etc.
Bicycles in raguay-Consul Rufffn re-
| ports from ASuncion: Bicycles are being
| introduced here in considerable numbers,
owing to the fact that the streets in the
| city are being paved and some Of the
suburban thoroughfares placed in good
| order. This IS a new market for bicycles,
| and those which are particularly desired
| should be from S. to 20 centfmeters C256
to 20 fnches) in diameter. weighing 16 to