Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
FOREIGN.

England gets 'cinch" on the
Chinese maritime customs.
Korea is being coerced by Japan in
the matter of a desired railroad.
Greeks and Turks fought again and
a hundred men were killed.
Storms are prevailing throughout
Great Britain and railroad trains are
delayed.
Emile lola has summoned General
Billot, French minister of war, as a
witness.
At Berlin, Ontario, James Allison
was hanged for the murder OF Mrs.
Anthony Orr, near Calf.
There is no foundation for the re-
port of a contemplated early visit by
President Diaz to the United States.
The question in dispute between
Peru and Chilli will be satisfactorily
arranged before the end of February.
The French minister of marine out
lined in the chamber of deputies an ex-
tensive scheme for the increase of the
navy.
The Bulgarian agent at CONSTANT
nople has complained to the Turkish
government of cruelties inflicted IN
the Vilayet of Uskub.
Donna Elvira, daughter of Don Car
los, has been granted Judicial separ-
alton from Count Folchi, an artist,
with whom she eloped
It lis stated in London that Great
Britain never demanded the opening
of the Chinese port of Tia Lien Wan
and, therefore, has not backed down.
Several Austrian universities and
schools have been compelled to dis
continue lectures, owing to the disor-
derby conduct of students.
Great Britain is assembling a fleet
in Chinese waters capable of coping
with that of "any combination oppos-
ing the British policy"
Sir Samuel Scott, conservative, was
elected to parliament without oppo-
sition from the West Marlebone
district of London.
The republic of Guatemala has over
16, 600 saloons and taverns. In the
country districts there is one to every
80 inhabitants, in the towns one to
every So.
The cost Of the Cuban war from
February, 1895, to the end of 1897 is
officially estimated at $240, 100000, be-
sides the arrears due from the Cuban
treasury, amounting to $4O,OOO,OOO
John L. Gibbons, unionist, was
elected to the British parliament from
South Wolverhampton to fill the va
cancy caused by the death OF Charles
Pelham Vil1iers.
An almost perfect fresco by Dome
n:co del Chirlandajo, the illustrious
Florentine painter, has been discovered
in church in Florence. 1t contains
portrait of Amerigo Vespucci.
The bundesrath German federal
counciI has affirmed decree prohibit
ting the Importation from America
of live plants and shrubs. The decree
will also affect American fruits.
A dispatch from London says the
betrothal will soon be announced of
Miss Mary Moore, leading lady Of
Charles Wyndham's Theatre company,
to Alfred Belt, the South African mil
licnaire.
The German minister of agriculture
declared in the Prussian diet that
American horses developed influenza
after importation, and that if the
importations increase a quarantine
would be necessary.
Marquis Ito, prime minister to
Japan, in an interview, said his govern
ment was watching he situation in the
east and was prepared to safeguard
Japanese interests by whatever means
may be required by events.
Mrs. Catherine Meyer and Corydon
Willard were found guilty in Judge Ba-
ker's court of conspiring to kill Chas.
e. Meyer, the woman's husband. Her
punishment was fixed at "a fine of $1O0
and Willard was sent to the peni-
tertiary.
Constantinople correspondent tele-
graphs that Russia, France and Great
Britain hive agreed to- insist upon the
candidate of Prince George of Greece
for the governorship of Crete, and are
ready to enforce it should the sultan
prove obdurate.
According to a statement prepared
by Colonel Merriam, the new pension
agent, 1857 persons are receiving pen
sions in Chicago because of the civil
war, while Ill are widows of soldiers
of the war of 1912, 1922 took part in
the Mexican war and 346 are survivors
of the Indian wars.
A duel arranged between NJ Alex
andre Millerand, editor of La Petite
Republique Franchise and one of the
Paris deputies, and M. Henri LAYER
tujon, deputy for Saint Yrieix, was
fought with swords. The former was
wounded in the right arm. The dis