Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-25
Foreign Notes.

Friends OF Gen. Luna, whom Aguin-
aldo caused to be assassinated, threat
en- 10 kill the insurgent chief.
Maj. Gen. Horace Lockwood Smith
Dorrien, 10Y in South Africa, is 10 be
promoted to the rank of adjutant gen.
eral of the forces in India.
1t is stated that Emperor William
will offer a special prize for an auto
MOBILE race from Paris to Berlin or
gained by French a~utomobilists.
Augustus Provose, deputy governor
of the Bank OF England, has been APP
pointed governor of the Bank Of Eng
land for the ensuing year, succeeding
Samuel Stuart Gladstone.
Mexico has signed the convention OF
the peace conference OF The Hague.
China, Gutenberg and Turkey are now
the only countries which have not
signed the peace convention.
King Edward will witness the trial
races between Shamrock /. and Sham
rock H.. in the Solent, at the end OF
the first week in May. from the deck OF
Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin.
A letter received by an officer OF the
station at Halifax, n. S., states that
Gen. Butler will be offered the COM
mand of the British troops in North
America, which command is now va
can't.
The Australian federal government
has decided to ask the British colonial
office TO open negotiations with France
for the acquisition of Kerguelf. or the
Island of Desolation, which France an
nexed in 1893.
The Porte is attempting TO conclude
extradition treaties with the powers,
with the object of getting hold of the
members of the Young Turkey party,
who are seeking refuge in various parts
OF Europe.
According to the Onlooker. a society
paper, a site of AS acres has been &C
quired in Ireland for the erection of a
royal residence. The plans of the build
ing have been approved and work will
commence shortly.
A dispatch from Gen. Kitchener from
Pretoria says Col. Monroe's mounted
infantry, after two hours hard fight
ing, has captured eighty prisoners. in
GLIDING C~ommandant Brela. at Liet-
findeyue, near Dewetsdorp.
The London Globe scents a gross scam
DIAL in the alleged discovery that two
members of the government committee
appointed a year ago to determine the
value of various explosives, have taken
out patents In their own m
The Rome correspondent OF the Lon
don Chronicle says that Emperor Will
lam will visit that city early in June
at about the time of the queens &C
couchment. This Is regarded as adj
ditionai proof that Italy will not leave
the triple alliance.
The Danish government is earnestly
considering the recent somewhat modi-
fled proposal with regard to the sale to
the United States of the Danish West
! Indies, which is considered likely to
lead to a satisfactory termination Of
, the negotiations.
The London Daily Telegraph publish
| es the following telegram from Vienna:
THE Moslem population of Adachai
island, near the iron gate of h DAN
ube, rebelled. The troops were called
out, but met with resistance. Sixteen
Moslems were killed"
There is no truth in the rumor that
| NJ. waIdeck-Rousseau contemplates re-
firing from the premiership OF France.
Though the premier is still weak. the
! doctors say hat his s~ojourn at Antilles
| will enable him to resume his duties at
the r~eopening of parliament, May IA.
Influenced by the protests of the
Evangelical church council and the
Catholic bishops. Emperor William has
withdrawn from the great a OF the
blind asylum at Wusterhaven the por-
traits representing the empress as st.
Elizabeth and himself as the saints
husband.
In the Westminster county lEngland)
! court an order for committal TO prison
was made against Sir Robert Peel for
non-rayment of a judgment debt. The
warrant, however. was suspended for a
week. and ii was announced in court
that a settlement would be effected In
the interval
The startling announcement is made
in court circles in Lisbon that Queen
| Marie Amelia. wife of Don Carlos, king
OF Portugal. has resolved to become IA
nun. This is a direct result of the pro-
tracted quarrel between the royal coup
lie over the kings attitude toward the
religious orders of the country.