Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-05-01
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AtTrcnton Falls, Ont. The Crandall house
and sixteen other buildings were burned
Loss, $4,000; insurance, siS,0O0
Prince Leopold was refused by Miss Barring,
Lady AHhburton's daughter, whose coming mar
rage was announced the day he died
The pope win hold a consistory abou the
end OF June, when he viii create several car
dinals. Eleven hats await disposition
London Truth says that Sam Ward is recoy-
ering from an attack Of fever at Rome. Es-
forts 10 induce him and his nephew u join the
Catholic church failed
PROD Theodore Mommsen, who has been a
! prominent member Of the neichstag. declines
seeking reelection tothat body. His present
action is taken because Of his aversion 10 pub
lie disputes with the government
Sir Edward watkin, N p, offers el,ooO
toward the rescue otGcn Gordon He asks
the London Papers 10 open a fund for this
purpose. He SAYS: Two hundred thousand
pounds would be collected in a few days"
Official kilograms received by Mr.. Baize,
consul general Of Guatemala. state that the at
tempt on the life Of President Barrios has no
political gignis s~usso. - assassin, Mr.. BaiZ
thinks, is some crank initiating Rooth lad
Guiteau.
In Dublin the jury returned a verdict that
Elliott swords, Byrne and Fitzpatrick were
guilty Of the murder Of Mrs. Smythe. The
j.dge %concurred, and sentenced each 10 ten
years' penal servitude. Swords and Elliott
protested Innocence.
The AngIo-French commission, to regulate
the Newfoundland fisheries, has terminated its
iabors. France renounces the right to fishing
in certain bays OF the island, but viii exercise
strict supervision over places where former
treaties empowered French subjects 70 fish
The Dublin police regard the ominous notices,
purporting 10 enlanate from the Inyincibles,
which were fonnd IN yarions parts Of the city,
as q hoax. The purpose of this, they believe,
was % stimulate contributions Of money FROM
America, which Of late have been seriously
falling on
Minister James Russell Lowell presided
Thursday evening, the 25tL, over the annual
glorihcation Of the Robert Browning cult,
known as the meeting Of the Browning society,
which organized in October, 1881. The attend
anee was large and included most of the literary
men now IN London.
Bishop whipple says he was standing in
rspt silence in Yorkminster, overcome by the
grand interior, when he was approached bya
typical countryinan, who exclaimed: "walI,
rbIdHEti, thttSb put ehuB putAf ohiAu, blO
men who put up this here didn't build stun
houses for theirsel's and old wooden houses
for their God, did theygr
The arrest Of Pat Fitzgerald, the alleged
Fenian in London, was made the subject ofa
discussion in the commons on Thursday, the
9lth. William OBrien called attention to ssthis
hugger- mugger system of secret societies and
secret inquiry. sexton condemned private ex-
animation. Harcourt, home secretary, repu-
dated the charges Of inhumanity brought
against Trevalyan-
The English government has sent an invita-
ton 10 a proposed conference regarding Egypt
ian affairs 10 all the powers which signed the
treaty Of Berlin II estimates that Egypt Is
now in need Of a fresh loan OF s6,o0O,O00 IN
order to meet the most pressing requirements
on Il and points out the difficulty % devising
q guarantee for such a loan, inasmuch Ne all
the reconrces Of Egypt are already pledged.
II proposes NJ solution Of the difficulty, but TO
consider the question
Prince Bismarck IL preparing a radical re-
vision of The Substitution Of the empire. He
proposes to amend the election law, making a
new classification OF electors. He will impose
upon deputies Of the rciehstag an oath Of fileli-
" 10 the constitution. II the reitastzg rejects
theee charges the German princes will be con-
yoked in accordance With the terms OF the
present constitution 70 frame q new constitu-
ton e~mbodyiug Prince Bismarck's ideas.