The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-27
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Nikolai Khomyakofe has been re-
elected president Of the Russian dums
by 316 votes to 81.
The Netherlands has proposed the
eonvocation Of an international com.
nnittee to arrange for third peace
conference.
Right. Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang.
bishop Of Stephnia, England, who re.
Gently declined the bishopric Of Mont.
real, has been appointed archbishop
Of York.
The earl of Donoughbore, who mar.
ried the daughter Of Michael P. Grace
of New York, has given instructions
for the sale Of Coole abbey, near Clon.
mel, County Tipperary.
Marquis de Longhi de Pastori, q
cousin of King Victor Emmanuel Of
Italy, is in Canada on an important
mission for the Italian government.
the acquisition Of a large tract of land
! in the West for the purpose of estab'
! fishing q colony of Italians.
Another romance of the stage was
recorded at London in the marriage
Of Eileen Orme, a musical comedy &C.
tress, 10 the Hon. Morris Hood, heir
Of Viscount Bridport. Miss Orme is
eighteen years old and has recently
appeared in 1.-The Merry Widow"
Advices received from Russian
sources in China paint the crisis in
less alarming colors than reports re.
| oojpod Of otbor M p3tolc r. 10 ho1iovod
at the foreign Office that developments
in China will be very slow and that
no Immediate upheaval is in prospect.
The Cassablanca dispute between
France and Germany is to be submit.
ted to the arbitration of commits.
sion of five members. This body will
consist of M. Renault and Herr
Kriege. respectively, the French and
German permanent delegates to the
Hague tribunal, two members who
have not yet been appointed and a
fifth selected by these four.
| Crimes.
c. W. Bibb Of Minneapolis, an al.
teged land CRATER indicted at Des
h1oines, gave himself up to the sheriff.
Burglars plundered the South Bend.
ind, postofice of s1s,653 in stamps
and made good their escape without
leaving clue.
Timothy Linehan, serving a life sen
tence in the state penitentiary at
Jackson, Mich, for the murder Of his
wife in Detroit last July, committed
suicide in his cell by hanging.
Frank E. Wood, said to be son OF
Frederick Wood, once secretary OF
state of Virginia, is dying in the hos.
pital in New York fro ma seIf-inflicted
bullet wound. He has been despond.
ent of late because of i'll health.
Grieving over the verdict Of ply.
sicians that his wife would never re.
cover from an illness which had made
her an invalid for months, James Free
body Thompson, teacher of Ian
guages, killed himself in New York
Nick Veasey. negro charged with
having had a part in the killing OF
Boss Veasy, a planter of Arkabutla
was taken from officers who were en-
deavoring to place him in Jail at Cold
water, Miss, and. hanged by mob
of about hundred men.
E. A. Rawls of Jacksonville, presi
dent of the Bradford Lumber com
pany, at Jacksonville, Fla, was shot
and instantly killed by T. S. Glover
bookkeeper for the concern, near AS
tor, Fla, yesterday. No cause for the
killing has been learned.
After slashing and hacking at each
other as they struggled along for a
whole block in terrible street duel
Matt Payne is dead at st. Joseph, Mo.
and John Harris is dying. The mer
quarreled over a dime involved in q
crap game and started to fight, draw
ing knives. For block they cluns
to each other, slashing vigorously, anl
fell side by side.
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