The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-09
Foreisn aesaip.

all other Asiatics from the colony.
A dispatch from Manila, Philippine
islands, says that Gov. Blanco has de-
creed the confiscation Of the property
Of the insurgents In these islands.
A baby, a few months old, was sold
for one shilling In the presence Of wit
Gently. The parents were wandering
minstrels and glad to get rid Of It.
On the Dutch steamer Doelwyk, re-
Gently captured in the Red seq, the Ital-
ian found 10000 Russian and 1876
French rifles, 600 Cossack swords, and
five and half million cartridges, in
tended for Menelek.
Ostend is to have a new system Of
docks, extending couple Of miles In
land and including dry docks, on which
SIS 600, 900 will be spent. The money
is contributed partly by the town and
partly by the Belgian government.
In commemoration Of the 13OOth an
niversary Of the establishment Of the
See Of Canterbury, 1t is proposed to
erect statue Of Theodore Of Tarsus.
the only Greek archbishop Of Canter-
bury. @
In the Canadian house Of commons
Sir Charles Upper made an attack on
the encouragement for not accepting
his advice regarding appointments and:
other public business and in this way
compelling him and his colleagues to
resign.
A new Illuminating gas made from
petroleum has been produced in Ger
many, which, it is asserted, can be
supplied Of quality equal to the best
existing photometric standard at q cost
Of 25 cents a thousand feet. The gem
erative plant Ia simple; one able to-.
keep UP q hundred lights can be built
for $3.50.
A centenarian in the Newry work
house, being troubled with asthma,
tried to relieve himself by opening his
chest with a cobbler's knife, as he
said. Ito let out the wind" It was
thought to be an attempt at suicide,
but the man had done the same thing
before and had obtained relief in
breathing. he said.
According to United States Consul
Plumacher ut Maracaibo, the Venezue-
Ian government has issued a decree Of
fering to allow to any firm or individ-
ual who may undertake to bring immi-
grants into the country the costs Of
passage. For adults the allowance Is
120 bolivars from Europe and 30 bolt
vars from the United States.
Lord Rosmead, high commissioners
for South Africa, has ordered the AZ
rest Of Col. Baden-Powell, pending an
inquiry for having confirmed the execu-
ton Of the Matabele chief, Makoni.
Makoni was captured by Maj. Watts,
tried by drumhead court-martial and
shot within twenty-four hours, without
waiting for the confirmation Of the
sentence by the high commissioner.
A cross between q Burchells zebra
and an Isle of Ruin mare has been OBJ
tanned by an Edinburgh professor, who
is trying to procure beast Of burden
for South Africa that will not be at
tackled by the tsetse fly. The fly does
not touch the zebra. The next step
is to find out whether the hybrid AMI
NAL is sterile like the mule or not,
and then whether the tsetse will leave
him alone.
Potato buying seems to be an excit-
ing pursuit in Brittany. The farmers
of Pont pAbbe made a combine, agree
ing that they would not sell their pota-
toes for less than 81 francs per sack
Of SO Kilograms. Some English traders
appeared, who took 21s francs a sack,
whereupon the Bretons beat them Sc
verely and held one Of them over O
cliff until he pormised to pay their
price.