Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-19
CABLE CULLINGS.

Tananese scientists are shot by Rus
sian cavalry
Paderewski married Mrs. Helen
Rosen in Warsaw, May 8.
Drevfus sailed from Guiana Tor
France on the cruiser Sfax.
Mr.. Croker is disguised with MS rae
ing experiences in England.
The British cabinet is divided over
declaring war with the TransVaal.
The nope at a secret consistory, June
10 will create 12 Italian cardinals.
Twenty-one cases of the plague nave
developed SO far in Alexandra, EgypS'
Rev Frederick w. Els has been
nominated bishop of Marquette, Mlcnl-
gan. o.Loa
G11atamala asked the United States
70 check a flibustering expedition IN
Cuba.
It is reported that Germany intends
70 purchase the island of Fernando 70
from Spain.
Two hundred miners have perlsneo
while irving to reach Klondike by the
Edmonton route.
pau1 Deroulede was acquitted IN
Paris of the charge of melting soldiers
to INSTRUMENTATION.
Sister Margaret Anna Cusack, known
as the "Nun of Kenmare," died at
bennington, England.
Lieut.. Col. Picquart, Dreyfus' chler
army champion, has been Professionally
released from prison in Paris.
The countess of STAFFORD has given
IT'D expectation of an heir to her laCe
husbands title and estates.
dispatch from Edinburgh, Scot
land. announces the death OF Rev. Dr.
wi1liarm Garden Blake from paraly-
sis.
President Kruger has been informed
that Great Britain will not consent TO
foreign intervention in Anglo-Irans-
vaal disputes.
The conference at Bloemfontein De-
tween President Kruger, OF the Trans
vaa1 and Sir Alfred Miner is regarded
as a failure.
The British plan of arbitration has
heen adopted as the basis OF discussion
on that subject by the peace confer
ence at The Hague.
President Loubet of France attended
the Longchamps races Sunday guarded
by soldiers, but the royalists prevented
trouble by staying away.
Merchants of Glasgow, Scotland, held
a mass meeting to consider the fact
that America and Germany are captur-
ing their foreign markets.
1t is reported in London that pro-
posal has been made for the United
States to act as mediator between
Great Britain and the Transvaal.
At Alexandria, Egypt, there have
been twenty-one cases of the plague
and seven deaths from that disease.
Two new cases have just been reported
Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford, in a speech in the house of COM
mons, severely criticised the British
governments policy of drifting in
China.
Irish members in the British parlia-
ment, to the number of 20, refused to
join in the vote of thanks to Gen.
Kitchener for his conquest of the
Soudan.
The underwriters are still hopeful Of
being able to save the American liner
Paris, now lying on the rocks near the
Manacles, and the blasting operations
continue. But the vessel seems
doomed.
dviooc FROM pI77ofo1d ;udioa 70 +bo+
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA are on
the verge of war. Indians on the Mos
quito coast are on the Warpath, having
rebelled against the Nicaraguan gov
eminent.
The Russian government has broken
off diplomatic relations with the city
of Bremen, owing to the refusal Of the
Bremen authorities to grant satisfac-
ton for the alleged wrongful arrest of
a Russian priest.
An interesting action has been COM
menced by London tradesman
against the Bank of England for refus-
ing to cash a G100 note which formed
from PARIS Bank.
The burial of Bishop Durien, who
for twenty-five years worked among
the natives of British Columbia, was
the occasion of a remarkable scene.
Surrounding the bier were 5000 IN
dams chanting death song.
Bellamy Storer, United States min
lister to Spain, arrived in Madrid from
Sebastian, the summer residence of
the Spanish court, whittier Stanton
Sickles, secretary of the legation, went
to accompany him to Madrid.
The steamer Lake Huron, from Ba-
touni, Russia, with 1900 Doukhoubour
immigrants, is detained at the Crosse
Isle quarantine station, Quebec, with
case of smallpox on board. There
were five deaths on the passage.
kilograms from Cape Town show
that there is general sympathy there
with Sir Alfred Miliner's attitude.
President Krueger's proposals are said
to be an elaborate bluff, which should
not be allowed to deceive the British