Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-24

General Augusta will succeed the
late General Munoz as captain general
Of Porto RIGA.
The Spanish officers who caused the
recent rioting at Havana newspaper
Offices will be courtmartialed.
General Gonzalez Munoz, the new
captain general of Porto Rico, died i'm
mediately after his arrival there.
The new Japanese cabinet has been
completed, with the Marquis Ito as
premier.
Actress Ethel Barrymore is to we'd
Lawrence Irving, son of Sir Henry
Irving.
Herr Seidl of New York has been
offered the position of conductor OF the
opera at the Stadt theater at Hamburg
Two f1libustering expeditions have
recently landed in Cuba and the rebels
have met and escorted them inland
Mrs. Mary Cowden Clarke, author OF
The Complet Concordance to Shakes
peare, died at Genoa.
Sir Polydore De Keyser, who was
! lord mayor of London during the year
1887-88, is dead. He was born in 1882
Right Honorable Charles Pelham
Villiers, known as the father OF the
house of commons is dead ait London,
aged SO.
The Havana riots are said to have
been instigated from Madrid, their OBJ
ject being the overthrow of the Sagas-
ia government.
The insurgents have destroyed large
quantities of tobacco plants growing
under protection of Spanish forts in
Cuba.
Maj. Esterhazy, court martialed IN
Paris, was whitewashed by the investl-
eating officer, who makes serious
charges against Col. Picquart.
Sir James Westland, the finance
minister of the India council, intro
duced bill providing for the issue OF
currency notes in India against gold.
The Rev. G. HI. Dodson, whose nom
de plume was Lewis Carroll, the author
of Alice in Wonderland, died in Eng
land.
The jury investigating the recent
fire in the Cripellegate district OF Lon
don found that it was the work OF some
person or persons unknown.
Richard Arthur Prince, who killed
William Terriss, the actor, in London,
I was found guilty, but declared ire
sponsible.
The Swedish foreign Office has re-
ceived intelligence that Professor An
! dree's balloon was seen in August near
Ouesnelle lake, in British Columbia.
The deaths from the plague during
the past week in Bombay numbered
450 There were 1907 deaths during
the same period from all causes.
The official engineers joint commit
tee at London has notified the employ
ers' federation of the withdrawal, on
benalf of the men, of the eight-hour
/ demand.
The capital of Amboyna, one of the
Moluccas islands, has been completely
demolished by an earthquake. Fifty
persons we're killed and two hundred
were injured.
officers of the Atlas line steamer
tian ports, say that 800 buildings were
destroyed by the fire which devastat ed
Port au Prince on Dec %.
| Police precautions have been re-
doubled in the vicinity of the United
States legation and the residence of
Unit States Minister Woodford in
MADRID
A great sensation has been caused
in Rio de Janerio by the publication Of
the police report on the conspiracy to
assassinate President Moraes in No
vember. The vice-president and a
number of army officers, Senators and
deputies are indicted for completely in
the attempt.
| Great Britain has agreed to provide
loan to China of f12,000,000 at per
cent. to run so years, provided China
opens three treaty ports, declares that
no portion of the Yangste-Kiang valley
shall be alienated to any other power
| and allows the extension of the Bur-
nah railway through Human province.