Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-27

Emperor William declared Germany
would hold Samoa forever
Kaiser Wilhelm wrote that king
lis responsible to God alone"
France and China have agreed on
Kuwang-Ouanwan boundary.
Alfred Harmsworth denies he will
challenge for the American cup.
The Nova Scotia barkentine Avola
is stranded in Carmarthen bay.
Mexicans and Indians engaged in a
severe conflict at Fort Augostura.
The English are said to be opposing
the French railway in Abyssinia.
Russian troops are said to be
marching towards Afghan frontier.
Many towns send requests to hold
A. J. Whiteman and his alleged pals.
Russians have secured a concession
for a railway from Samsun in Turkey.
French ministry was given vote Of
confidence by the chamber of deputies.
Twenty cases of smallpox have
been discovered in Essex county, Ont.
Japan has refused to grant Russia
sea front on Massampo harbor in
Corea.
Brazil celebrated the tenth ami
versary of the proclamation of The re-
public.
Every indication points to war
between Japan and Russia before
spring.
An epidemic of influenza in England
causes fear of diseases spread to
America.
Russia may establish steamship
line from Port Arthur to the United
States.
A German punitive expedition killed
200 natives in the Cameroons, west
Africa.
Buda-Pesth has no trolleys in it's
business district; tunnel and conduit
lines are used.
The France-American commercial
treaty will be approved by the chamber
of deputies.
Canadian grain and beans are
wanted to feed the famine sufferers of
Katni province, India.
The Hamburg American steamer
Patria, burned at sea, is sunk off the
English North Sea coast.
Australians want England to buy
Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, and thus make
New Guinea wholly British.
The Italian minister of Marine asked
the chamber of deputies for 100,000,000
lire to build eleven new ships.
Discussion in favor of and against
complete Cuban independence is going
on actively in the Havana press.
Chartran's painting of the signing
of the peace treaty completed and is to
be exhibited at Paris exposition.
The resignation of the italian
foreign minister Venosta is assured.
His successor will follow his ideas.
New Guinea natives revolted against
their head chief and destroyed eleven
villages, the missionaries fleeing.
Mail advices from the Orient show
many points of dispute between Japan
and Russia which may cause war.
The Archduchess Elizabeth, only
daughter of the late Crown Prince Ru-
dolph of Austria, is proclaimed of age.
Sugar planters from the Cienfuegos
district of Cuba will go to New York
in the interest of lower duties on
Cuban sugar.
A revolt of Armenians, armed with
Russian rifles, suppressed by Turkish
troops. After the defeat the Kurds
massacred peasants in several villages.
The belief is that the car has de-
signs on Herat and Kashgar. Russian
ship passed Alden on the way to the
Persian gulf. A British vessel ordered
to follow to watch.
The Berlin Tageblatt exposes what is
apparently a corrupt deal by which the
present chief of the colonial depart
ment is said to have given away 3d.
UvO square kilometers of Kameroon
soil, said to be worth about 40,000,OOO
marks, to various high personages.