The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-05-26
FOreiUn GOSSIP.

Foreign Gossip.
Rafael Iglesias was inaugurated pres
ident Of Costa Rica.
An ea 'thquake destroys several cities
in Venezuela.
The British win a victory over ma
tives in Africa, dealing a heavy blow
to the slave trade.
The Chinese treaty was debated for
six hours by the senate in executive
session, and will again be discussed.
Lord Rosebery, the British premier,
finds his majority in the house Of COM
mons dwindling away.
A member Of the French chamber of
deputies will be prosecuted by the gov
eminent for melting a strike and in
sulting the authorities.
Workingmen held orderly demonstra-
tons in London, Glasgow and Dublin.
Resolutions in favor of the eight-hour
day were passed.
The khedive Of Egypt intends to
make a tour of Austria, France and
England during the summer. He will
also visit Constantinople.
The Ulster Steamship company will
commence June Is direct steamship
communication between Canada and
Dublin.
A bomb was exploded at the entrance
Of Prince Odescalchi's palace in the
Pratt do CASTILLO quarters, Rome.
Three persons, one of whom was the
concierge, were slightly injured. No.
damage was done to the palace.
Another severe shock Of earthquake
has been felt at Athens and in the At
lantic district. Passengers on board
the steamers traversing the straits say
they distinctly saw the earth trembling
to such an extent as to cause part of
the Notifications at Chalcis to fall.
An explosion, the fourth within a
year, took place at the cordite works
near Waltham Abbey, thirteen miles
from London. Thousands Of jars of
nitrate and sulphuric acid were in the
same unexplained suddenly ex-
ploded. -Four persons were killed and
thirty injured.
A new financial and commercial COM
pany, called the Reuters international
agency, is being formed to acquire the
advertising business Of Reuters Tele-
gram company. The latter retains the
intelligence and telegraph business in
tact. The chairman of the new COM
pany is Charles Upper, and George
De Reuter- will be director and Herbert
De Reuter- will be the managing dircc-
tor.
Sydney Buxton, parliamentary secre-
tary of the colonial office in the house
of commons, replying to a question put
by Howard Vincent, said that the gov
eminent was considering the request of
Canada, Of Victoria and of other colo
MES, to amend the Australian customs
act Of 1873, which prevents colonies
which are distant from each other,
from concluding preferential tariff ar.
rangements.
Otherwise.
II. s. Mcdowell, a business man OF
Bloomington, ILL.,, is dead.
A coal famine prevails at Lincoln,
Ill.
Rich gold fields are said to have been
discovered in Montana.
Mrs. Lease may be nominated for
congress in Jerry Simpsons district.
Twenty Ashland Coal & Iron railway
photographers have been discharged be-
cause of the miners strike.
Many Cinnamon are said to have reg
istered twice, and the duplicate certi1i-
Gates are being sold at a good price.
The Burlington road is experimenting
in the use of oil for fuel on locomo-
tives.
The Union Furniture compaoy of
Rockford, ILL.,, has been reorganized
with a capital Of $4,000.
No proceedings will be brought
against the whisky trust by the attor-
Rey general of Illinois.
The report that unemployed work.
men had threatened to burn Anderson,
Ind, proves to have been a canard.
Edward Lane was unanimously re-
nominated for congress by the Demo-
Gratis Of the Eighteenth Illinois district.
Eight telephone, telegraph and ex-
press companies In Indiana have been
sued for u total of $175,OOO in back
taxes.
Miss Florence Kelly, inspector Of
Illinois factories, reports having found
in five months 6,57O boys and girls un-
der sixteen at work.
Hiram P. Blackburn, an attorney of
Danville, ILL.,, has been adjudged in
sane. His mind has been failing for
some time.
The meeting of the Fox River Val
ley Medical association vas held at Ell
gin. ILL., Professional papers We're read
and a banquet followed.
Members Of the American Railway
union Gus the Great Northern Of
bad faith, and there are rumors of a
renewal Of the recent troubles.
All the judges of the county court of
st. Clair county, Mo-. have rendered
their designations to Gov. Stone. They
are in Jail for contempt Of court.
An oil we'll was struck at Portland,
Ind, by the Enire company, the capa-
city of which is estimated at 800 barrels
daily.
DIR. A. A. Ramsey, a pioneer of Mon
o county, Iowa, died at Abba. He
was at n time member of the legisla-
ture.
The next meeting Of the Missouri
Chautauqua Assembly will be held at
Sedalia, June q to July 6 inclusive
Thomas B. Reed or Bourke Cochran
will address the assembly.
Representative Meiklejohn has intro
duced a bill in congress granting to the
East Nebraska & Gulf Railway COM
pany right Of way through the Omaha
and Winnebago Indian reservation in
Nebraska.
John Starr Of Huron, Ohio has sued
the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
company for $4,000 damag IS. He wa;
thrown from a a and injured for lif,
a year ago and claims the company WA
responsible. er2
Mother Drexel, formerly Miss Kath
crime Drexel, the Philadelphia bell,
who founded the Order of the Blessed
Sacrament, has assumed 'chargesof til.
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