The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-16
From Foreisn shores.

From F0re18n shores.
Lord Window is running a model
public house on his English estate.
It is rumored that Lord Roberts is to
be the new knight Of st. Patrick, in
succession to the late Lord Limerick.
The most valuable sword in England
Is the one presented by the Egyptians
to Lord Wolseley. It is valued at $1O,-
900.
The King Of Greece receives the
smallest income Of any European Sow
ereign, his salary only amounting to
100000.
The Duke of Devonshire's party at
Bolton abbey recently in one day shot
over the Lakewood and forest moors,
the bag being 1913 brace.
James Mcneil Whistler, the Ameri-
can artist, who a short time ago de-
cided to spend the rest Of his life In
Paris, has changed his plans and gone
to Rome.
The scientists of France will cele-
brate on Friday Of this week the fif-
teenth anniversary Of the discovery OF
the planet Neptune by Urban LIE Yer
rier and John Couch Adams.
In connection with the statement that
the Queen Of Italy has just learned to
ride the bicycle, it may be mentioned
that King Humbert was long deter
mined opponent Of the machine.
Leprosy in it's worst form exists in
Montreal. Lee Tung, Chinaman who
died Of mysterious illness, has been
found to have been a victim Of it. An
inspection of all Chinese boarding and
lodging houses and stores has been Or
dered.
The British warship Wild Swan is
ashore somewhere along the Central
American coast, according to reports
that have Just reached Esquimault
from the south. The particulars are
not obtainable, but 1T is believed that
she is in very dangerous position.
A Vienna dispatch to the London
Daily News says that as an outcome
of Emperor Francis Joseph's visit to
Bucharest, the King Of Roumania has
promised to join the driebuad while
Austria and Roumania have agreed to
hold the Danube as q scored trust,
Otherwise.
The Massachusetts Republicans have
nominated Roger Wolcott for governor.
Roeliff Brinkerhoff was reelected
president Of the National Prison asso'
citation.
w. F. Porter has accepted the nomi'
nation for governor by New York Dem
ocrats.
At Galena, ILL.,, Martin Gordon, sup
posed to be the oldest man in the state
died at the age of 1O2 years.
The national prison congress met Of
Milwaukee, WIS.,, with 125 members
in attendance.
At Huntington, w. Va, Hon. Thomai
Hawkins, the oldest member OF the
West Virginia legislature, died. aged "a
years.
The Republicans Of the Third dis
trict Of Connecticut unanimously re
nominated Col. Charles A. Russell fol
congress.
The situation at Leadville, Colo, 1.
very quiet at present, but the Creates
precautiOn is taken to prevent any
outbreak Of considerable proportions.
Judge +. o. Mason Of Geneva, N
T., was nominated for congress by thu
National Gold Democratic party fol
the Twenty:eighth New York district
At Buffalo, Iowa, the school board
have passed q resolution to use corn fol
fuel this winter, as it Is much cheaper
than coal. 5E
Henry Hawk has filed petition 70
a divorce from his wife, Elzoria, Hawk
at Hillsboro, Ill. He alleges that shl
refused to prepare his meals for him
hit him with an iron poker, drove hin
from the house with q stick Of stQv,
wood, pounded him with her fists and
carried revolver with the avowed pur
} pose Of killing him.