The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-01
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A Cuban home rule plan is SAID to
have been formulated bt the Spanish
government. ;s3s ~.
A BERLIN dispatch to th\ London Dali
" News says It Is rumSred that the
government will submit IA bal 10 the
reichstag for new artiIlelE, which will
involve great expenditure, PrusSia's
share foatng up $43,750, N0a.
The German mail steamer Eduartl
Boil, which was reported to have been
lost at sea while on her way, to the
West African colonies, arrived safely
at Las Palmas, Canary islands, on
Monday hast. 4
Mai. von Wissam, late kovernor Of
German East Africa, haA just been
elected president Of the 4erlin Geo
graphical society, vice Baroal voa iiicht.
kofen, who has taken DID Kayser's
place at the head Ut the German colo
oiai department.
Honduras, after having tried I've
men for the murder Of CHARTS RentOn,
nm American citizen, In. Br}ver's la
g0on three years ago, now aaberts that
Renton is still alive. All the hen were
found guilty and given senteIfes vary
ing from FIVE to ten years. The pres
ent claim is set up to avoid Ihying In
demnity to Mrs. Renton.
The great play hall Of iron ahd glass
now being erected in the Thikrgarten
in connection with the Monl Bijou
castle In Germany, which hae been
uninhabited for many years. Is now
destined for the residence of thayoung
crown prince when he cOmme4ces to
maintain a household of his own.
The London Daily News has "a dis
patch from Berlin with refere}ce to
rumors Of reprisals against American
petroleum. 1t says that German con-
sumers are likely to suffer mde by
this move than American exporters,
Russia alone being scarcely alle to
supply Germany.
GOdart and Sureau, the French hero
nauts, are about to organize a balloon
expedition to the north pole. They
state that the idea was first sugg\sted
to them some three years agd by
Walter Wellman, IN American journal
list, but the idea was given up, owing
to the attempt Of Prof. Andree.
The revelations of the Luetzow trial
JAu lily d1IC6I VI odkOA .vOu .4uVHCus
the commissioner Of detectives, are
having unimagined consequences, one
of which is that the whole police |sys-
TEN, organized under Won PuttkAmer
and perfected under zu Eulenburg md
Won Koeller, will be either modified or
abolished.
An explosion occurred ut Berlin In
the house of the scientist, George
Isaac, who was experimenting with
the manufacture Of acetlyne gas.
Isaac and three assistants were blown
to atoms. 1t is said that Emperor
William had intended to visit Mr..
Isaac's laboratory, as his experiments
had attracted much attention.
John Stuart Bligh, sixth carl Of
Darnley, is dead. Ite was born in 1S2S.
Nine. Heine. who was decorated by
the late President Carnot for her char
ity, was buried on Sunday in Paris.
She leaves 100000 francs to her
adopted daughter, the Duchess Rivoli,
and the remainder of her fortune is to
be divided between Princess Joachim
Murat's six children.
A number Of pictures by old masters
were recently transferred from the
archbishOp's palace, In Milan, to the
Brera gallery, where the public will be
able to see them. Among them are a
beautiful Last SUPPER" by Titan; an
Alteration of the Magi," by Correggio;
a ''virgin and Child" by Paris Bor-
done, and three small pictures by Luz
cas- Won Leyden. Cardinal Fcrgari,
through whose generosity the change
was made, received other pictures Of
less value to fill the vacant spaces.