Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-04
FOREIGN.


/ General Weyler has ordered the re,
] lease from the Isle OF Pines of clever
| prisoners.
The revolution in Guatemala is sub
| dued. Order is restored all over tn
| country.
| Rev. DR.. John Stoughton, the we'll
| known Congregational minister ant
author, is dead.
A large bonded warehouse on York
| street, Glasgow, was Quilted by fire
Damage, 100000.
The report that General Castillo
the insurgent leader, had been killed
| is confirmed.
Fifty-four persons persisted ant
eighty others were seriously injured
in a church fire horror at Khnieleff
| Russia.
The Argentine government, it is
said in Buenos Ayers official circles
! intends to increase the export bounty
on sugar
| American bicycles are increasing il
| numbers in France. Last year the
! French government received 1851, 0O(
from the tax on wheels.
A coroner's jury at Chester, Eng
land, decided that the death of Ed
ward Langtry, husband of the &C
tress, was accidental
Some Spanish soldiers destined for
Cuba reported to go on board the
transports at Santander, but were
compelled to obey orders.
The Worlds W. c. T. o., which
has been meeting at Toronto, Onta-
rio, adjourned. Miss Frances E. Will
ard was reelected president
General Pietri has been appointed
minister from Venezuela to England
and France. He will renew diplomatic
relations with France.
There have ben AZ deaths from the
bubonlc plague at Hardwar. The
disease is spreading at Poonah and
Surat
Serious trouble between the British
and French governments is threaten
ed over conflicting claims in the Da-
honey Hinterland, West Africa.
A fire, which caused considerable
damage, occurred at York House
Twickenham, recently presented tC
the duke of Orleans by the duke of
AumaIe.
The king of Siam. Chalilongkorn
who is now at Saragossa, is said to
have condemned an officer of his suite
to death for an alleged breach of ETH
fuette at Lisbon, Portugal
A cyclone swept the town of Chit
TAGGING, liz. the Bengal presidency
Half the houses of that place were
demolished, all the roads in it's vicin-
ity were blocked by trees and several
vessels sank.
The Spanish minister of finance
Senior Puigcerver, states a fresh large
loan is necessary, as the funds of
Spain will be exhausted in June, 1898.
The Cuban war puts that country to
a monthly expense of 100000 pese-
tas
A heavy rain storm spread all over
Japan, and terrible havoc was done.
The government railway was washed
away in several places between Hodo-
gaya and Kambara. A part of the
tunnel between Hodogaya and Tot
suka collapsed
The London board of trade has re-
fused to permit Lady Ernestine Bru-
dnell-Bruce, a yachtwoman, to be
examined for a masters certificate
holding that only men are eligible tC
be masters of vessels.
Count, Herbert Bismarck, eldest son
Of the former Chancellor, has been
nominated as the Agrarian candidate
for the reichstag in the Hanoverian
district, hitherto represented by Herr
Benningsen.
Herr Grillenberger, socialist
deputy, after making a speech, last
ing an hour, in the diet of Bavaria
was returning home, when he sud-
denly fell down in the street, stricken
with paralysis
News from the Dahomey Hinterland
is to the effect that complications are
imminent in Borgu, of which territory
Nikki is the capital, and which it is
claimed in England belongs to Great
Britain by virtue of treaty concluded
with the King of Borgu.
According to a dispatch from Liner
lex, John DAILY is no longer eligible
for election to the mayora1ty of that
city, the revision court having struck
his name off the list of burgesses for
the current year, on the ground that
he has not occupied a residence at /
Limerick for a year.
The Sultan, as a further step in his
policy Of conciliating Bulgaria, is is
suing trades permitting the junction !
of the Bulgarian Kunstendel railroad |
with the Turkish Salanika-Uskub |
railroad line, sanctioning the ap- |
pointment Of eight Bulgarian COM
mercial agents in Macedonia and /
granting amnesty to Bulgarian poll |
teal prisoners.