The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-26
Foreign Gossip.

The civil authorities at Rattlcfortl have
organized parties securing the reserves for
plumber, and will arrest all marauders
against whom evidences OF guilt can be
proven.
The Oxford university convocation h.s
conferred the degree Of doctor OF divinity
upon the bishops OF Winchester Gloucester,
Bristol and BATH upon the revisers of the
| Old Testament and upon Rev. Phillips
Brooks OF Boston.
The Standard announces that the mar.
quis ofSalisbury, in addition to the premier.
ship, will assume the duties Of foreign secre.
| tary; that Lord Randolph Churchill will be
secretary Of state for India and that Sir
Michael Hicks Bach will be Conservative
| leader in the house OF commons and prob.
ably chancellor of the exchequer.
London Cable: semi-official etter from
st. Petersburg to the Vienna Politische in.
dicates that although Russia is not averse
to the partition Of Afghanistan between En-.
gland and Russia she il willing to continue
! to negotiate with the British government
on the basis OF the Granville arrangement,
il that course OF action should be adhered
to by the next ministry.
The native African prince Allogogha OF the
Brossavier territory, upper Guinea, while
trading at u native village, was shot and
| wounded In shoulder by n native, who cs.
| capped. The prince took nine villagers az
hostages, and failing to produce the would
be assassin he had them cooked and eaten.
Missionaries say the prince professed to be
a Christian.
Lord Salisbury has definitely accepted
the premiership. 1t is stated that Sir Stui.
ford Northcote has accepted a peerage,
leaving Sir Michael Hicks Beach to lead the
Conservatives in the house Of commons
Lord Randolph Churchill will have an i'm.
portant position in the cabinet, but the
| distribution OF portfolios will not be decided
until the arrival OF the queen.
PicrceM. B. Young, consul general ut st.
Petersburg, is native Of South Carolina,
and forty-fve years old. He graduated at
the Georgia Military institute in 1867, was
q cadet at West Point, and was within one
month OF graduation when the Rebellion
commenced. lie then resigned and entered
the Confederate army. He rose by promo
tions to the rank OF major general, and was
twice wounded. He has served four terms
| in congress as the representative ofthe Sew
| enth Georgia district, and was one OF the
commissioners to the Paris exhibition OF
1873.
The composition OF the new British cabi-
net has been partially settled as follows:
The marquis Of Salisbury, prime minister
and secretary of state for the foreign de-
partmcnt; Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancel.
lor o. the excLequcr Lord Randolph
Churchill, secretary OF state for India Sir
Richard Ashton Cross, secretary Of state
for the home depart mcnt; RI. Hon. Edward
(1ihanpl lfrl n
William H. Smith probably secretary for
war; Col. Frederick Saleay, secretary for
the colonies; the earl Of Carnarvon or Wis.
count Cranbrook, lord lieutenant OF Ireland,
and Sir Stafford Northeote, lord president
OF the council. Arthur J. Ba1iour, NJ. r.,
nephew Of the marquis OF Salisbury, has
been appointed chief secretary for Ireland;
Mr.. Holmes, attorney general, and Mr..
Monroe, solicitor general.
An Ottawa, Special says: The crown
counsel who are to conduct the prosecution
on behalf OF the government in the Riel trial
are here receiving Instructions, and up to
this time the date OF the trial has not been
fixed. 1t is understood that the defense will
first endeayor to prove Riel's American citi-
xenship. This fact established his counsel
will point out the fact that he can only be
tried for waging war against u foreign coun.
try. The trial would then have to he under
court martial, but as martial law does
not prevail in the dominion, the trial could
not be conducted in this way and would
dion citizen, it must be for high treason, and
as three out OF the six jurors are to behalf
breeds, it is believed thGiury would disagree.
This would involve u new trial, when the
same difficulty would undoubtedly be en-.
co44ntered.