Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1902 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A tremendous sensation has been caused in Berlin by the announcement of the sudden death of Privy Councillor Krupp, the famous "cannon king of Essen,” at his villa near Essen. Persia and Greece have ended a quarrel of 2,31)3 years, mid Persia has sent an ambassador to the Hellenic court, the first since Darius demanded “earth and water” of the Greeks in 491 B. C. The Sultan of Morocco has presented $5,000 to Mrs. Cooper, widow of the English missionary murdered by a native last month. The assassin was shot to death in front o's a mosque by order of the Sultan. Prince Henry, head of house of Pless, will succeed Baron von Hollcben as German ambassador to United States if acceptable to American public; the appointment is meant as compliment to Washington government. A hurricane lias swept over San Urbano, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. A hundred houses were destroyed, five persons were killed, many were injured and railroad and telegraphic communication was interrupted. The famous trading town of Resht, Persia, has been burned. It is known that 200 persons perished, nnd it is believed that many more have lost their lives. Many warehouses containing valuable stores were destroyed. In..the German Reichstag the Secretary of the Treasury, Baron von Thieltnanu, announced that the deficit in the imperial budget for 1903 was estimated to be $37,500,000. He recommends the levy of a tax on beer and tobacco. Martial law has been repealed throughout the new colonies in South Africa. The proclamation, however, reserves the right to reimpose military rule in case of necessity, provides for the expulsion cf every one considered dangerous to the pence of tiie country nnd authorizes the arrest without a warrant of anyone suspected of sedition.