The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-04-12

leaves the impression that the Beers
who captured seven British guns have
made good their escape. That a great
battle is impending east of Bloem-
fontein issindicated in nearly all the
Gen. Cronje, with 1000
other prisoners, sailed from Cape
Town for the island of St. Helena.
LATER NEWS.
Convention hall, the mammoth audi
at Kansas City, in which the
democratic convention was to
have been held July 4, was burned to
the ground in less than half an hours
time Several other buildings were
causing a loss of $3.50, 900.
Another auditorium will be erected at
once.
The entire business portion of Ra-
vena, Mich, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $500, 600.
A consignment of 1 1000, 600 pounds of
bacon left Chicago for the Philippines.
VIM. Lizabeck was arrested at New.
ILL.,, for stealing a saw mill.
He actually engaged a force of men
with teams and wagons, stole the mill
and moved it 10 miles away.
AS the train was leaving the north
ern station at Brussels, Belgium, for
the southern railroad station an indi-
vidual fred.a revolver at the Prince of
Wales but missed his royal highness.
attempt upon the life of the
prince occurred at 1875 p. M, the 4th.
The would-be assassin jumped upon
the footboard of the princes saloon
car as the train was starting and fired
into the car, aiming at the prince.
The man was Immediately arrested.
Secretary Hay has notified Mr.. Pruyn
at New York, representing the Red
Cross Aid association, that the state
department will transmit to United
States Consul Hay at Pretoria, any ne
gotiableSpaper transferring funds to
President Kruger in behalf of charity.
The Iowa legislature passed a bill
prohibiting the sale or giving of in
~toxicating liquorto any student of a
state educational institution.
Gen. Colville' and Gen. French have
given up the movement against the
Beers east of Bloemfontein, and have
rejoined the mainSarmy.
The Ohio river steamer Henry M.
Stanley Struck toysgaboat at Rising
Sun, Ind, and wenttdthe bottom. No
lives were lost.
The Ninth Ohio district republicans
.renominated James Fl. Southland for
congress.
Two bridges and two toll houses on
the Logansport and Burlington pike
iniIndiana blown up and burned
by masked men.
It is possible Chicago mayyabandon
the Dewey reception planned for May
on account Of political complications.
The cannonball train on the Omaha
&AstsLouis railroad was wreckednear
Silver City, n. Most of the passen-
gers were injsred, Two. seriously.
Aspecial dispatch IRON ourenzc
Marquee says sharp fighting Occurred
April Gin the neighborhood of MAIZE.
king. The garrison made a sortie
while Colonel Plumer's cavalry at
tackled the Beers at Ramathlabama..
Both attacks were repulsed. Twenty
of Colonel Plumer's men were found
dead on the field and six others were
made prisoners. The federal losses
were small.
The jury in the Ease of Olga Neither.
sole, accused of maintaining a nuisance
in performing the. play "sapho,n re.
turned a verdict of not guilty.
W. N. Beach, Of Stockton. Cal, be.
came insane at Norwich, Conn, the
result of losing a corpse he was con
veying from Stockton to Olyphant, Pa.
The p%ostofice at Dewey, Wis, wal
burned and the Postmaster injured.
The president has informed several
parties that the United States hli4d
ing at the Paris exposition will be
closed Sundays.
The democratic convention OF Penn,
.syl1ania instructed It's delegates tx
vote for Bryan.
Ghazi Osman Nubar Pasha, the hero
of Plevna, died at Constantinople, al.
though the recent improvement in his
condition led to hopesofSrecovery. He
was born in 1892.
The naval appropriation bill was re-
ported to the house by Acting Chair
man Foss Of Observation-Disclosures. The
amount carried by this bill is SOL, 49,
|916-the largest E reported to the
house fromthe naval cdmmittee.
The warsdepartmentlis completing
iarranpaments for the hransnorfaf;or