The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-04-13
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Ia the Capital.

In the CAPITAL.
In the matter of the prosecution Of
Public Printer Palmer for violation Of
the anti-smoke law, Judge SCOTT of
the police court imposed a fine Of $50.
Senior Don Manuel de Azpiroz, Mexi-
co.'s first ambassador to the United
States, died at the Mexican embassy
surrounded by the members of his
family.
Rear Admiral VILLAIN H. Folger
has been relieved of command of the
Asiatic fleet and Rear Admiral Charles
r. Train will succeed him. The re-
lief Of Rear Admiral Folger is at his
own request.
Official exchanges between Washing
ton and Paris have brought about an
understanding whereby the transfer
ence Of Ambassador Porter and Nc
Cormick will occur at the end of April,
as. originally planned.
Foreign.
During naval off the har-
Dor of T%oulon. French torpedo boat
No. $50 sank. It's GREY was saved.
The British admiralty has decided
that gray is the best a%ll-around color
for torpedo craft, and a change is to be,
made from black.
Forty representatives of the Amer
lean colony in London gave a fare
well dinner to Henry Clay Evans, the
retiring consul general.
The Spanish government has receiv-
ed word from New York that two dan
gerous Spanish anarchists have sailed
from America for Barcelona.
The first standard gauge electric
railroad in Germany is to be built be-
tween Hamburg and Ohlsdorf. Later
on this road is to be extended to LII
beck.
A great landslide occurred at Sem
lin, Germany. A squadron of soldiers
who went to the rescue of a buried
women suffered. Eight were killed
and nineteen injured.
The pope held a consistory last
week. No new cardinals were NOM
mated, but addresses were delivered
in which regret was expressed at the
persecution of the church.
The discovery that the b%ulkheads in
some of the newest British warships
are perfectly useless to resist sea wa
ter pressure was made in a recent in
spection of the channel feet.
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The Cretan insurgents have organic
ed a provisional national assembly
under the presidency Of NJ. .Papyanna-
kis, who implores the powers not to
support the present au%tocratic regime.
Champion Straight Tip, the Irish
terrier, which won the kings cup at
Kings Lynn, England, last year, has
been sold to an American fancier for
$4,000, which is the record price for
the breed.
The st. Petersburg Gazette of Com
merce and Industry states that a 2
per cent tax will be levied on salaries
Of officials from May IA. The death
tax is increased so per cent, the tax
on beer % per cent, on matches, 100
per cent, etc.
Mr.. Fillan, a member Of the Domin-
ion legislature in Toronto. now says
the sentiment in the British West In
dies is strongly in favor of federation
with Canada. Mr.. Fillan has seen
Premier Laurier on the subject and is
hopeful Of good results.
The Russian emperor and empress
received. Mccormick, the retiring
American ambassador, in audience in
Tsarskoe Selo, and the ambassador
subsequently was received by the dow
ager empress; all three presented
their portraits to Mr.. Mccormick.
Vice President Baquerizo Morena
has assumed the executive power in
Guayaquil, President Plaza retiring to
the town of Pomasqui for ninety days
on account of the delicate state of his
health. It is believed that the vice
president will r%eorganize the republic
of Panama.
Starvation threatens Armenians, ac-
cording to a cable message from Van,
received by the Bible Land or Turkish
Aid society from the local agents of
the society. The message reads: "Suf-
fering from poverty. General food
supply in many villages nearly ex-
hausted. Deaths from hunger begin
ming"