The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
NEWS or THE WEEK
FOREIGN NEWS.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Paw
loft, the military procurator or advo
cate general. generally known since
the days Of the late parliament as
'Hangman Pavloff," from the epitaet
constantly applied to him by the rad.
teal deputies, was shot and killed at
st. Petersburg. The assassin, who
was disguised az a workman, was cap
tured after a long chase through the
crowded city streets, during which he
fired about forty shots from two re-
volvers which he carried, killing a
William T. Stead of London, who
has arrived in Paris, says in an inter-
view that he Is on his way around the
world in the interest Of peace. He
further declares that he is authorized
by the British premier, Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, to say that
Great Britain, If no Their country does
so, would at the approaching second
peace conference at The Hague raise
the question Of taking steps to provide
for the maintenance Of international
peace.
Lewis Harcourt, Liberal member OF
parliament for the Rossendale division
Of Lancashire, has, according to ap-
parently authoritative information,
been appointed to the vacancy in the
Irish secretaryship caused by the APP
pointment of James Bryce as British
ambassador at Washington.
Colonel Pa.tko Andrieff, chief of the
gendarmes of the LODI (Russian Pc
land) district, was shot and killed
Thursday morning IN Poludniowa
street. A passing infantry patrol fired
a volley at the assassin, but only
wounded several innocent persons
The assassin escaped.
A tidal wave has devastated some OF
the Dutch East Indian islands south
of Achin. The loss is very great. Ac
cording to a brief official dispatch tc
The Hague 300 persons persisted Oh
the island of Tana, while forty are
known to have been drowned at the
island Of Simalu.
The British ship Pengwern, from
Taitai. Chile, Oct. 6, for Falmouth
Eng, with a cargo of saltpeter, ground
ed off Scharporn, Germany. Twenty
four men, comprising the crew, were
drowned and her cargo is a total loss
King Oscar of Sweden is steadily
convalescing. Although he has moi
1,o% hNo~ ,I10 f1 1ooun thu ro1opn he
walks about his apartment and his ap
petite and strength are increasing.
France has a population of 39,252,
267, according to the latest census
taken. This is an increase of only
290,322 over that shown by the census
of 1901.
The late Princess Mary of Saxe-Al
tenburg, formerly queen of Hanover
left $750,OO0 to various charities in thu
former kingdom of Hanover.
The Chinese trading quarter o
Bangkok has been devastated by fire
It is estimated that the loss will
amount to about $4,000, 900.
Twenty persons persisted in a fir.
which destroyed the bookbindery .
Hubert & Co., an English firm. at Gels
polsheim, Germany.
A strike of lawyers In Italy hal
been declared against the proposed
LEGAL reforms of the minister Of JUS
tice.
The Chinese maritime customs col,
lections for 1906 were $50, 1000, the
largest ever recorded in one year.
Mrzaffer-ed-Din shah of Persia, ia
dead. He was born in 1853 and sue
ceeded to the throne in 1896.
Severe earth shocks were felt
throughout Norway and Sweden
Thursday. .e....
For the first time since August
there is no case of yellow fever In
Cuba.