Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-01

guns, which would require smaller
number.
Emperor William is angry at
Austria.
A secret Russo-Chinese treaty Is
| said to have been made.
Revolutionary bands are forming
on the frontier OF Uruguay.
Patti says that she Is very happy
over her approaching marriage
Mrs. James Brown Potter is seri-
ously Ill with pleurisy at London.
Emperor William of Germany aban-
doned his proposed trip to Spain.
| II. II. Meier, founder OF the North
German Lloyd Steamship company, Is
dead.
The Boer forces in South Africa
have again defeated the Zulu Chief
Opefu.
Captain Dreyfus has been informed
that revision proceedings in his case
have begun.
Queen Victoria will soon be Of
ficially asked to arbitrate between
Chile and Argentina.
An order to take Dreyfus back to
| France will be issued soon.
The Formidable, which is the larg-
est battleship In the world, was
launched at Portsmouth, England.
| A rumor has been current that
the steamer City of Cablenz, with 600
persons on board. has foundered at
sea.
Reports have just been received Of
the sinking OF Chinese steamer on
Oct. rs in which 70 persons were
drowned.
Lord and Lady Curzon OF Kedle-
ston have been Commanded" to pay
the dine and sleep" visit to Queen
Victoria.
The Corean government has issued
orders that foreigners are to be
stopped from trading in the interior
OF that country.
Sir Stuart Knill, head of the firm
OF John Knill & Co., and lord mayor
OF London during 1928. is dead. He
was born in 1924.
There is irritation in Rome over
the landing of French troops at
Raheita, Africa, over which Italy
claims protectorate.
Advices from Turkey state that
Dr. Belck, the well-known German
savant, had a narrow escape from
death at the hands OF brigands.
A dispatch to the Poster Lloyd
from Nikolaieff, Russia, says that 81
persons have been killed there by an
explosion in rocket factory
A dispatch from Iquique says that
the British bark 1nverclyde, Capt.
May, which arrived there on Nov. 2,
from Montevideo, is on fire.
France Is affronted because Siam
has refused a demand for q release of
prisoners and because of the pillagdng
of the French church at Bangkok.
Chinese rebels have attacked and
looted the town of Kwei-Fu, in the
Upper Yang-Tse- Kiang Valley, and
have burned the Catholic mission
there.
Boutet de Monvel, Frances great
est painter OF children, Is to come to
America. He has engagements in
Chicago TO paint portraits of chill
dren.
At the opening OF the Italian par
lament King Humbert said the coun-
try needed peace, and that he was in
favor of discussing general European
disarmament.
The British steamer Southgarth, |
Capt. Perch, before reported strand
cd, ia a dangerous position on Diana
Bank, has been fioated and is anchor
ed at Gallpoli.
Joseph Chamberlain recent speech |
at Manchester, England, is interpret
ed in France as meaning that Great |
Britain has other demands to make
beside that for Fasoda.
w. w. Mohunm, one OF the stem
ographers attached to the United
States evacuation commission, died |
Of pneumonia at Havana. The remains
were Inferred at the Colon cemetery.
In Havana I. A. Hauxburpst, agent
Of the Pan-American Express com
pany OF Brooklyn, attempted suicide
by cutting his throat in the Hotel
lnglaterra. His condition is serious.
La RepubliQue says that during the
trial Of NJ. lola for libel Comte Es-
terhaZy was overheard to say that
Gen. Belot, former minister of war,
gave him $4,000 francs for forging
the bordereau.
In London the Royal Geographical
Society has issued formal appeal
for funds TO fit out an Antarctic ex-
petition. Alfred Harmsworth, edi- |
tor OF the Daily Mail and Evening
News has offered 5000 pounds.
Rene Goblet, former premier and
member OF the French chamber OF
deputies for the first reimbursement OF
the department OF the Seine, an
nounces that he will soon definitely
withdraw from the political arena.
Dispatches from Perpignan capital
Of Pyrenees-Oriental, On the right |
bank of the river Tet, report that the
region has. been visited by severe
storms. Many villages have been
flooded and traffic Is interrupted.