Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-25
FOREIGN .


ton upon her arrival at Honolulu.
The pope is reported to have con-
demned the Manitoba school settle
ment.
The National Union Of Conservative
Associations favors d royal residence
in Ireland.
The Gordon Highlanders covered
themselves with glory in the recapture
of Dargai Ridge.
John Frazer's claim to the LOrat
peerage was dismissed by the court of
session at Edinburgh.
Count Esterhazy has demanded an
investigation in connection with the
case of Captain Dreyfus.
A German force destroyed a New
Guinea village in which the murderers
of German trader were secreted.
Signor Verdi, wife of the celebrated
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, now
in his eighty fourth year, is dead.
The wheat crop of New South Wales
is approximated at 9,343,0OO bushels,
an average Of SO bushels per acre.
I
has been dismissed from the German
service for cruelty and ;hIrder while
in Africa.
A bill has been introduced in the
parliament of New Zealand providing
for reciprocal trade relations with
Great Britain.
Heavy rains and floods prevail in
the south of France, and all railroad
communication between Spain and
France has been cut Off.
Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the famous
American dentist who facilitated the
flight of eX-Empress Eugene from
Paris in 1870, is dead
Gen. Blanco sent several pacifcos
to the insurgent lines to ask the Gu
tan leaders to lay down their arms
and accept autonomy.
German sailors and marines have
been landed in China to enforce the
demand for satisfaction for the muir
der Of German missionaries.
The German warship Folka avenged
the murder Of a German trader in New
Guiana by destroying the village in
which the murderer was secreted.
But for the mediation of the United
States Minister to Hayti the black re-
public would probably have been dis
ciplined by German warships.
The Newfoundland ministry, headed
by Sir William Whiteway, has re-
signed. The cabinet headed by Sir
james Winter will assume Office to-
day.
Russia, in pursuance of her policy of
keeping Turkey weak, objects to Tur-
key applying part of the Greek indem-
nifty to the strengthening of Turkish
ornaments.
The vault of the Macmillan cellar
in Munich collapsed, burying seven
teen persons. Eleven of them have
been extricated, but the others are
probably dead.
Earl Cadogan, the lord lieutenant
of Ireland, was elected president Of
the National Union Of Conservative
Of Derby.
M. Romas, the Delyannist candi-
date, was elected president of the
Greek chamber of deputies by a vote
of SO to "a. Eleven deputies refrained
from voting.
Senior Romero Robledo, the Spanish
conservative leader, states in an inter
view that he expects Cuban autonomy
to fail and fears grave consequences
from it's failure
Serious tension is said to exist be-
tween Japan and Russia in conse-
quence of Russia's efforts to control
the Corean customs, and some of the
leading Japanese ministers urge war
with Russia.
Marshal Blanco has issued an edict
directing that food be supplied those
Cubans who have been made destitute
by General Weyler's policy of concen-
trating non-combatants in fortified
towns. The Spanish troops are said
to be opposed to Marshal Blanco's !
policy of kindness to the insurgents.
The st. James Gazette says that |
negotiations are on foot between |
Austria, France and Germany in re-
gard to the opportuneness of conven-
ing in international conference to Sc
cure a general agreement for the di- |
minution or abolition of sugar boun- |
ties.
M. Scheurer-Kestner, 1ne OF the |
vice presidents of the French senate. |
who has been agitating for 4 reopen |
ing of the case of Dreyfus, asserts that |
on Oct. 80 he presented to the French |
minister four war documents which !
easily established the culpability Of
another than Dreyfus.
It is estimated that about 1900 per-
sons were rendered homeless by the
rising Of the waters Of the Neva, Rus
STA, the flooding Of the canals, the sub
urban islands and the outlying portion
Of the cities, through the fierce wind
from the sea, which drove the waters
up the stream, sweeping away bridges.
Cornell, who, it is said, was former
ly a partner in the well-known firm of
iron manufacturers of that name of
New York, was declared a bankrupt,
in London, with liabilities estimated