The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-16

General News Condensed.


don6tM NEWS CONDENSED.
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Ottawa, OFT, Special Telesrau, April =
IL Rta ptehensions are plainly owl
3 khS6at leading politicians as to the
recovery OF the premier. He suffer In
and sciatica. He also suffers from the
CONT: The fact that with such combination
Of diseases, and from his already shat.
tered constitution, his keen spirit
alone u keeping up his body. It would be
almost = miracle II he survives, althc ugh
he may linser for some time. Two medical
communication With Prof. Howard oi Mon.
treal is being kept up steadily. II the
Morst should happen to the first minister,
there is little doubt that Sir Charles Upper
will replace him, but no ono in the purity
can fill his shoes, and defeat would be
certain.
Miss Louise De Koven is the wealthiest
hearess in Chicago, her fortune being esti.
mated at nearly $50, ,O0O, 900. She is engas.
ed to q young New Yorker.
Mrs. Hendricks, the widow Of the vice
President, has gone to Los Angeles. Cal.
Frank Jones, the New Hampshire million
aire, is just rallying from what came near
being q trip to the valley OF shadows.
Reports OF damage by foods in the Dant-
Eic district, Germany. continues to be re-
cstved. Several villages have been inun-
dated.
Burns, Hyndman. Champion and Will.
tams, the socialist leaders charged with in
citing a mob to riot on the occasion Of the
recent gatherings OF workmen in Trafalgar
square and Hyde Park. London, were
placed on trial in the Old Bailey court.
The British home office will cease to affix
rewards for the detection of criminals or
pardons to accomplices who may make
confessions, on tho ground that the prin.
ciple involved is wrong, and that expert.
ence shows that such q course almost uni
versally fails Of it's object.
Winnipeg is trying to save sos, 900 a
year by consolidating and funding its debt
ut q low rate OF interest.
Tho Albion paper mill at Holyoke, Mass,
was damaged $50, 600 by fire.
A Pittsburs dispatch reports the rivers
sAll rising at all points between there and
the headwaters. The water in nearing the
danger line, but IL not expected to do
serious damages.
A large portion OF Charleston, w. Va,
s 5s lndcr water, and It is feared that tho
flood will be greater than that OF 1884.
ASouth Carolina farmer plowed up an
carther. pot which contained $12, 900 in
old coins. Since the discovery the entire
field has been dug up by searchers for hid
den treasures.
The primary cause OF the aggressive atti-
tudc Of Greece is the refusal Of the powers
who signed tho Berlin treaty to confirm her
in the possession of the northern frontier
line agreed upon in 1ss0by representatives
Of the powers butrejectetl by Turkey. Upon
Turkeys refusal to recognize the frontier
the powers drew the line much farther
south and forced Greece against her will to
accept the change. Probably Greccewould
have kept quiet for some time had not the
powers consented to the acquisition Of
eastern Roumelia by Bulgaria last year.
Greece urges that this is unfair and that
her demand for more territory should have
had equal recognition by the powers.
A heavy wind and snow storm prevailed
in Ontario. Many minor damages in
Bell e. Co.'s organ factory ut Guelph, one
OF the largest buildings in that city, was
blown off and several employees were in
jured.
Society at Ottawa is shocked Mt the an.
nouncenent that the senate will soon hear
apetition OF Mr. Currier, private secretary
OF the minister Of railways, for divorce
from his vile. Sir Adolph i,aron, minister
OF militia, is made correspondent.
DIR. s. A. Richmond, q wealthy citizen OF
st. Joseph, Mo-, whose sudden and mys-
terious disappearance from his home Jan.
16, created n sensation. was discovered ut
the Leland hotel in Chicago under an as
suined name and evidently insane It was
supposed that financial troubles had caus.
ed him to commit suicide, but the insur.
ance companies refused to take that view of
the case. The policies on DIR. Richmond's g
life aggregated $6O, 900.
A fire broke out in the Central railroad 3
warehouse ut Savannah and destroyed As
car loads Of corn and damaged 500 bales
ofcotton. The estimated loss is $3.50, 900.
Maud Stuart. the actress, died in New
York Sunday the 4tl. She was twenty-one
pyRmia, following puerperal fever the di-
rect result Of a confinement. Frederick de
Bellcville, an actor whose life has been ro.
nance, is the responsible occupant OF the
fiat. She was member OF the Madison
Square company, and had playedin Hazel
Kirke" and young Mrs. Winthrop" her
role in the latter play being that OF the
blind girl.
The president nominated the following
postmasters recently: John H. Saxton,
Dewitt, Iowa; Henry G. Hunt. Delavas,
Frank Able, Lead City, Oak. Fourth.class
postmasters appointcd-Dakota: Wynd.
ham, w. H. Morgan, vice Hillartl, removed.
Minnesota: Dunnell A. Weinberg, vice An
derson, resigned; Zumbro Falls, j. L. Strick.
land, vice Hardin, resigned.
The charge made against J. NJ. Whaling,
formerly Of Milwaukee and Chicago, OF se-
curing money by falsspretenses, has been
withdrawn.
Arthur Pember, formerly of the New York
Times Staff, died ut La Moure, Oak.
Segnitz & Co., close their cigar factory in
Milwaukee and discharge 600 hands.
Schulz, attorney for the Dallas (Texas)
knights, is arrested on the charge OF swim
ding and embezzlenent.
A new town is laid out in Edmunds coun.
ty, Dak., at the supposed terminus OF the
Milwaukee road.
At Fort Worth, Tex, the knights and
law officers collide, and one knight is
wounded and three officers are fatally
wounded.
Jude Caleb W. West Of Kentucky, nom.
mated to be governor OF Utah, is q partic.
ular friend OF Speaker Carlisle, and may
: be said to be almost the speakers personal
appointee. He has lately been to WASH
ington, and wasintroduced to the president
by Mr.. Carlisle. At that time and subse-
quently conferences occurred which con-
vinced the president that Judge West was
the man to stand ut the head OF the Nor
mon territory in the pending crisis OF al
fairs.
In a communication addressed to Mai.
Strait the land commissioner holds that
certain kinds Of scrip filed on land claims
do not take them of the category OF cases
covered by the order OF April 8, 1885, sus-
pending the issue OF patents. The case
:, was that OF Delos A. Scott OF Springfield,
Oak. He fled what is characterized az su.
preme court or Louisiana scrip. Mr..
Sparks thinks this filing does not entitle
one to q patent until after q special exam
ination.
President Chaplin. OF Beloit college, has
been in Washington several days. It is
understood that his errand has something
todo with the acceptancsb by Prof. Chamber.
lain OF the presidency OF the Wisconsin
State university. Prof. Chamberlain has
for years been regarded as Mr.. Chapin's
successor as the head Of Beloit college. and
It b rumored that Dr. Chaplin has given
Prof. Chamberlain chance to choose be.
tween Beloit and Madison.
Mrs. Senator Ingalls, is Q handsome