The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-23

William n. Brown, . prominent citissn,
was shot and killed at The staunton Va
airgrounds by Stuart Koiner. The shoot
ing grew out oil old srudge. Koiner IL in
jail. and the jail 10 guarded to prsvdht
lynching.
Gen. Sir Frederick Roberts viii superin.
tend the great military maneuvres In De.
cember in the Puniaub country, in India.
The force which will be assembled will mum.
ber 1000 officers and men, beside
contingents from the native Indian states.
A cable dispatehrsports that Agnes Rob-
ertson, who is still hrs. Boucicault, has q
ca I'd in the LoiGaon World alleging that
Dion BoucicagatS recent marriage in Aus.
tralia to Miss: 4orndyks, q member Of his
company, IL bisamous. Mrs. Boucicault
says she has never been divorced from her
husband.
Londun Gable: lam able to state that the
annexation Of Upper Burmah is positively
decided upon. Long conferences at the
India Offices resulted in this determination.
There is not the slightest ground for the
statement OF Conservative dissensions in
the matter. The Conservatives welcome
the opertunity for cheap glory.
An ultimatum has been sent to King
Theebaw ordering him to reduce the claim
against the Bombay trading company; to
remove the restrictions against British
traders and to accept a British resident at
Mandalay. Gunboats have been ordered to
Rangoon to await orders to enforce the
governments demands by q demonstration
at Mandalay. No troops are being prepar.
ed for operations against Burmah.
Lord Randolph Churchill, Lord Sails.
bury and Lord Dufferin disagree in regard
to the measure necessary to preserve Brit
is :; influence In Upper Burmah. Mr.. Glad.
stones government sent Lord Duiferin to
eliminate French intrigues in Burmah.
Lord Salisbury is satisfied with the assur.
ances OF the French that they have no de.
sign on Burmah. It is thought probable
that Lord Dufferin will be recalled from
India.
Lord Lyons, the British ambassador at
Paris, and NJ. de. Freycinet. the French
minister OF foreign affairs, have arrived at
an understanding by which their respective
governments shall observe strict neutrali-
ty il Turkey fights any Of the Balkan states
or Greece, and the other powers should
hold alooi 1t is believed that hostilities
are inevitable, as both Servia and Greece
disregard the injunction to adopt q peace
policy, and say that they will keep quiet
only on condition that they be compensat.
ed; The troops which form the garrison Of
Salonica are marching nOrthward toward
the Roumelian frontier. The Bulgarians
are entrsnched ut Prcstina, in Roumelia,
near the frontier.
Private advicss from Ottawa say that
Riel will be further respited until his case is
heard by the judicial committee Of the pri.
w council. The appeal o Louis Riel, the
leader of the half-breed insurrection in the
northwest territory, came up in London
Tor argument. His London lawyer, Fran.
ces Henry Jeune, Immediately on the open.
Ing OF the court asked for the postponemcnt
OF the case until the arrival OF Mr. Fitzpat-
rick, Canadian counsel, who was bringing
with him an important document respect
ing the matter. Mr.. Webber, the attorney
general, opposed the request. The court,
however, agreed to postpone the case until
the 2Gth inst. The court room was crowd
ed, but there was no excitement.
Post London cable: .iatters in the East
are decidedly more serious. There are not
wanting well informed persons here who
consider war inevitable. Every one feels
the suspense OF the situation. One thing
is certain. At the first collosion the boast.
cd triple alliance will 60 to pieces like a
coniurors apparatus. Russia is showing
her hand more clea ly by the car gracious
reception OF the Bulgarian delegates, and
katkoff's sudden visit to Philipopolis, os-
tcnsibly in the interests OF his paper. Bull
garia has sent three special envOys, with
secret instructions. to London, Vienna and
Canstantinoplc. II hostilities are to be
avoided it will probably be through an un-
derstanding between Prince Alexander and
the Porto to unite in crushing any armed
attempt to alter the situation.