Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
FOREIGN.

More British troops go to South
Africa.
Gen. Kitchener eulogized Americans
for their business ability.
M Guerin and his associates con-
tinue to defy arrest in Paris.
The London Statist predicts an era of
greater prosperity in the United States.
M. Labor returned to his post as
counsel in the Dreyfus trial at Rennes,
France.
Martial law has been decreed at Hill
versrm, Holland, where rioting has
broken out.
Labori's secretary has been to the
Canadian northwest for testimony in
favor of Dreyfus.
Steps are being taken to guard
against the introduction of the plague
in England
The government forces are reported
to have lost heavily in fighting in
Santo Domingo.
A ministerial council in Berlin dis
cussed the crisis caused by the defeat
of the canal bill
Under out treaty with the sultan of
Sulu his slaves can buy their freedom
for 500 apiece.
The volksraad of the South African
republic has decided to continue the
dynamite monopoly.
James Fitzharris and Laurence
O'Hanlon, Irish political prisoners,
were released from jail
Emperor William, it is definitely
stated in Berlin, has refused the resig-
nations of the Prussian cabinet.
Trunks containing the correspon-
dence of General Jiminez have been
captured by the Haitian authorities.
Lord Salisbury conferred with Queen
Victoria, and it is believed that the
Transvaal crisis was under considera-
ton.
1t is reported that President Kruger
demands that Great Britain shall re-
linquish all suzerain rights over the
Transvaal
M Labori again scored telling points
before the Rennes court-martial by his
questioning of witnesses unfavorable
to Dreyfus.
Experts Bertillon and Colbert testi-
before the Dreyfus court-martial at
Rennes, France, as to the handwriting
of the bordereau..
The death is announced of Henry de
Vilmorein of Paris, a famous scotsman,
we'll known in the United States from
his visits in the study of seeds.
Three fatal accidents have occurred
in the Tyrolese Alps during the last
few days. The victims include a land
ed proprietor named Maurer and his
guide.
The Chinese authorities at Shanghai
say the French have revived their
claim to the right of forming a settle
ment at Making, based upon the treaty
of 1853
Thirty cases of acute malaria anu
several cases of typhoid fever devel-
opcd at Ponce, Porto Rico, as a result
of the recent flood carrying filth into
that city.
The bubonic plague has appeared at
New Chwang, China. The outbreak is
not regarded as serious, but it is feared
the disease will spread to Tien Tsin
and other places in North China.
The sultan of Morocco has notified
the powers that he is destroying the
native boath on the Riff coast, and is
establishing a gunboat service in or
der to protect foreign shipping from
piracy.
The Hungarian novelist, Maurice
Jokai, now in his 18th year, is about to
marry, according to the Vienna CORES
pondent of the Daily Mail, the Hun
garian actress, Arabella Macy, a girl
of IS.
Owing to the prevalence of the
palgue at Oporto the project of police
has issued an order closing the public
schools. DR.. Heppense is now on his
way hither with 1000 pitfalls of anti
plague serum.
The Peruvian cruiser Lima arrived
at Callao bringing Fl prisoners taken
during the recent engagement between
the government troops and the insur-
gents in the southern >--stricts. 1t is
reported that the government forces
have defeated the insurgents in the
central provinces.