The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-08
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II ts reported In German circles at
Tien- tsin that unless the peace nego-5
tiations are Satisfactorily considered
early next month, an expedition will be
formed to bring Emperor Kwang ssA.
and Prince Tuan to Pekin.
i. 6, Lake. who was at one time
one of the most prominent solicitors iii
Great Britain, and who was accused of
nisa Dpropriating trust funds to the
amount OF $3.50 was found guilty
and sentenced to twelve years penal
servitude. 81
During an address by the president IN
the Hungarian chamber In honor Of
Queen Victoria a number of members
OF the independent party refused to
rise. They took this action in order to
demonstrate their sympathy with the
Beers. q
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says.
the car has definitely decided that the,
czarina shall proceed to Moscow to;
await her acouchment in order that
the child shall be an out-and-out Rus
sian. Moscow is more of a Russian
city than st. Petersburg. Z
A dispatch to the Havas agency from
Pekin says $4,000 Chinese regulars have
reassembled near Chan-in-fu, days
march from the French troops. Gen.
Veyron is closely watching them and
M. Pichon, the French minister, has
ene1getically requested their immediate
dispersal.
Russia has voluntarily exempted
American investors from the payment
of any income tax charges levied on the
basis of Russian bond holdings. This,
affects q large number of holders who
purchased several months ago, when
several million dollars worth were
placed in the United States.
Casualty.
The town of Ellsworth, Mich, was
wiped out by fire that started in the
postoffice building.
Fire in Montreal destroyed over a
! dozen big wholesale establishments,
causing loss of several million dollars.
McAlister, Death and Campbell were
convicted of murder in. the second de-
gree, for the murder Of. Jennie Boss
cheiter.
A hurricane swept over the Sues
canal. Several steamers are detained.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer China is
aground and obstructing navigation.
While testing filtering tank at Car
negie's Thirty third street mill in Pitts
burg hot water pipe burst and six
men were terribly scalded. Engineer.
Dickerson was thrown into another hot
water tank and will probably die.
Martin Wright, late Socialist candi-
date for governor of Utah, who was en-
route to Los Angeles with his wife and
two small children, was accidentally
killed by a revolver which accidentally
fell from his pocket while he was pre-
pairing dinner at the camp.
Wendell Jordan, proprietor of the
Livermore brewery at Livermore, Cal,
met a horrible DEATH In his berwery
was a large vat of boiling water which
was about to be used. Jordan was
walking along the edge of the vat
when he Slipped and fell into the water.
He was instantly boiled to death.
John Wiser and John Marsh of Nj
agara Falls, N. Y, attempted to cross
| Niagara river above the falls. They
lost control of their boat and were car
ried into the rapids. Wiser, who was
unable to swim, was swept over the
falls and drowned. Marsh, after des-
pefale struggle IN the ICY wafer, was
rescued.
Two persons We're seriously injured
yesterday and thirty-five others Slight
~ hurt in a fire which destroyed the
Stewart hotel. a two-story frame struc-
ture in st. Louis. Forty guests lost
their clothing. S. w. Carr and L.
Blake, master bridge builders of the
Wabash railroad system, were the most
seriously hurt.