Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21

Great Britain and Argentine have
entered into treaty and Swindler
Jabez Spencex BalfoW will be sent
to England
A rumor of Mr. Gladstones serious
sickness was started by a call of the
family physician upon the premier
wife.
LIE Juene. banker of Vienna, has
Iabsconded, leaving . large shortage
He speculated and lost heavily.
Spanish police have secured evi
dences Of anarchist conspiracy by a
raid upon suspected houses at Mesina
du Rio Seco.
The Manchester, England, ship canal
is now readyi for vessels. 1t will be
opened new years day.
Secretary Roosevelt was formally
introduced by Minister Bayard to the
head of the English foreign office,
Lord Rosebery.
Herr Singer and Herr Liebermann
| lost their tempers over boerse taxation
and created a scene in the German
IreichStag.
! Zanardeli may give up his task of
| forming an Italian cabinet. The po-
litical situation is still uncertain.
! Mr.. Gladstone in response to ques-
j tons in the English house. said James
Bryce would act in Mr. Morley's alb
Sence
In opening the agricultural congress
at London the earl Of Winchelsea
drew a dark picture of the situation
in England.
! NJ. Dupuy made favorable impress
sion in his opening speech as president
of the French chamber Of deputies
King William of Wurtemberg is suf-
fering with influenza. He is confined
to his bed
Baron Clonbrock died at his seat.
! CloEbrock, Ahascragh, County Galway,
Ireland
The Argentine government is con-
sidering scheme to issue a loan of
$30,000,0O0 to consolidate the floating
debt
The Paris Figaro says that the gov
eminent has decided not to close the
parliamentary session until December
y.
Cne man was killed and six others
seriously wounded by an explosion of
dynamite in the tunnel which is under
construction at Armonk.
The German government is moving
cautiously forward in its fiscal pro-
posals with a fair show for success.
Berlin papers recommend the adop-
uon of more stringent precautions
against anarchists in the capitals of
Europe
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro con-
firm the report of the destruction Of
the Nictheroy. Mello is making gains.
The Petit Republique says that a
companies in the French army similar
to those in the Russian army
A London dispatch from Rio Janeiro
states that the commercial situation
there is improving and that confidence
is gradually returning.
1t having been decided to dissolve
the Portuguese cortes, the elections for
new members have been fixed for
January Il. The new house will meet
on March 5.
1t is said that Doctors Libbertz and
Lanbenheim, colleagues of Professor
Koch, are preparing an antidote to
diphtheria, and are confident of it's
success.
| A rich American amateur in Paris
has purchased a statue of Miss Sybil
Sanderson as Phryne, by Camragne
the sculptor. The statue will DC ex-
hibited at the next saloon
According to oriental newspapers
received at Victoria, B. c., a heavy
gale iL Shimane Prefecture, Japan, did
great damage to life and property On
one steam vessel twenty nine persons
were lost.
| The remains Of the dOwager duchess
of st. Adams, who died recently, were
cremated at Working, England.
/ The Dublin Irish Times says that
the police evidently apprehend a raid
upon the prison at marlborough,
! Queens county, where Mullett. Han
lon and other Invincibles are con-
fined.
| The Norwegian bark Don Juan,
Captain Overgaard, from New York,
November 4, for Gothenburg, has been
wrecked near Lemvig, Denmark All
of her crew were lost with the ex-
ception of three men.
The trials of the new British cruiser
Theseus were unsatisfactory. She will
go to the Chatham dockyard to have
her boilers repaired. Her gun trials
have been postponed.
! In a recent address to a gathering
of pilgrims the pope, who declared he
was Italy's friend, told his hearers
how to vote and declared he would
continue to vindicate the rights and
liberties of the church.
The Vossiche Zeitung says that
preparations are being made at Castle
Philipsruhe, near Hanau for the re-
ception Of Emperor William, who is
/ expected to arrive there shortly.
/ John Morley, chief secretary for
/ Ireland. who is suffering from infiu-
enza, left London yesterday morning
for Monte Carlo. where, by the advice
! Of his physicians, he will sojourn
for time.
J The reichstag committee has adopted