The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-02-07
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A terrific tornado swept the north
western coast of Germany, devastat-
ing a large amount of shipping and
causing the loss of several lives.
The federal party leaders in the
Philippines, in a c%ablegram to con-
gress, says peace is at hand and urges
that the president be authorized to
establish civil rule at his discretion.
Admiral Rodgers flagship on the
Asiatic station will be the cruiser
New York.
Ambassador Choate is to have new
credentials. His old credentials ac-
credited him to the queen. He will
now be accredited as United States
ambassador to the court of Edward
VII.
At Pitch Lake, Venezuela, IS Amer
leans were defending themselves and
families against attacks of insurgents.
Gems. Ludlow and Wade have been
ordered to Manila.
The famous Russian soldier, Field
Marshal Gourko, died in St. Peters
burg, aged 70 years. "
In China the rebellion alarms even
the Chinese, and fresh troubles with
Boxers are expected.
The former president of Venezuela,
Andrade, has joined a filibuster expe-
dition to fight Castro.
In Picking two American soldiers,
convicted of robbing Chinese, have
been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Whether friars shall be allowed to
return to the Philippines is a serious
problem for the government.
LATER NEWS.
The United States senate spent the
time on the 3Oth in debate on. the ship
ping bill after an unsuccessful attempt
to secure an agreement to the confer
ence report IN the army reorganization
bill. The committee on judiciary re-
ported favorably the bill dividing the
state of Kentucky into two judicial dis
tricts. In the house the agricultural
appropriation bill was passed. and a bill
was introduced increasing the limit of
cost of public buildings in various por-
tons of the country. 1t carried about
$1,000, 900. The committee on pensions
recommended an increase from $50 to
$50 per month in the pension of the
widow of Rear Admiral Philip, one, of
the captains in the battle off Santiago.
The: Cuban constitutional convention
has adopted. a clause providing for uni
versal suffrage.
Charles F.. w. Nicely. the former
chief of the bureau of finance of the
Cuban post office department. who is
charged with e~mbezzling $50, 900, is in
Jail in Havana.
The president has proclaimed the
new eNtradition treaty between the
United States and Peru.
Mrs. Mary Green was sent to prison
for wrecking a saloon in Boston.
Secretary Long says there is no need
for investigation of hazing at Annapo-
lis.
Fourteen women, led by Mrs. Sher.
lff, wrecked four saloons at Anthony,
Kan, smashing mirrors and bottles
and pouring liquor into the street.
Bostock's o was destroyed by fire
in Baltimore and of the 500 animals all
but three persisted. Loss, $500. 900.
Rev.. Hans Valdez, the first Sean
dinavian Baptist minister in America,
died in Newburg, Mimi, aged Sc years.
The Illinois legislature has passed a
bill appropriating $4,000 for a state
building at the, Pan-American exposi-
ton in Buffalo.
The Hundred Year club of New York
has located the worlds Oldest man in
lzal Rodofsky, Moscow. aged 1876. and
the Oldest woman in Mrs. Nancy Hollo-
field, III years old, of Battle. Creek,
Mich.
In convention in Guthrie residents
of Oklahoma and Indian territories de-
manded of congress immediate state
hood.
Mrs Carrie Nation contemplates a
raid on Chicago saloons.
Count von Waldersee has presented
a plan for withdrawal of the allied
forces from Picking in the spring.
China must show ability to maintain
order.