Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-12-28
FOREIGN.

The kaiser will visit King Humbert.
The marquis of Queensbury is seri-
ously ill.
There is a movement on foot TO
abolish the guillotine.
The renowned painter, Alberto Pa
SIM, is dead at Turin.
lola began another campaign
against the French army
Verdi will found an asylum at Milan
for aged and destitute musicians.
Riviera season threatens to be poor
through the absence of English.
The French government asked G. OOO,-
900 francs for fortifying the colonies.
France has given assurances to pro-
tect United States interests in China.
Germany demands indemnity from
Siam for the false arrest of a citizen.
General Castro's troops have occu-
pied Maracaibo, Venezuela, without Cd.
position
The earl of Tankerville CHARLES
Bennett) is dead. He was born Jan.
10, 1910.
1t is believed that Russia has been
granted a coaling station in the gulf
of Persia.
Walter Stanley, a well-known civil
engineer, died at his home in Montreal
aged so years.
A serious tightness of money is re-
ported from Berlin, where rates of dis
count are rising.
Germany is said to be anxious to buy
ST. Thomas, Danish West Indies. for a
naval coaling station.
The demolition of the holy door be-
gan at Rome. The relics of Leo XII
were found in good condition.
'Feverish activity now prevails in
French naval circles and this, if is said
may portend trouble with England
The Vatican organ says Menelek
viii try to profit by England's troubles
TO extend his empire to the Red sea.
Keen frost prevails in Paris and the
Seine is practically closed to naviga-
ton Skaters are holding high carni-
val
The prince of Wales, after the Tran
by Croft scandal, wrote to the arch
bishop of Canterbury that he abhorred
gambling.
Dr. Won Miguel, in the reichstag de-
tended himself against the charge that
he had prejudiced the emperor against
the people.
frahch papers that supported Drey-
lus are suffering, now that his friends
no longer subsidize with him. Clemen-
oeau resigned from L'Aurore.
Herr Sattler, in the reichstag at Ber-
lin, made speech saying it was
against America that Germany should
be prepared for eventualiies.
The Austrian budget was blocked by
czech opposition, due to the repeal of
the language laws II is likely TO
cause Premier Clary's resignation.
Nine. de Fable, popular figure in
London society and an intimate friend
OF the Prince and Princess of Wales
died at Bournemouth in her seventy
ninth year.
The Italian chamber of deputies
voted down a resolution declaring that
the national honor was compromised
by the withdrawal of the warships
from China.
Germany officially took possession
OF the island of Apia, Samoa. The ma
tives chose Mataafa for their king and
proceeded to drive the adherents of
Malietoa out of the villages.
Sharp earthquakes were felt in the
RheingaI district between Frankfort
and Wiesbaden. Houses were shaken
and people rushed wildly into the open
air No loss of life is reported.
AT Havre. series of experiments is
about to begin with Baron d'Alessan-
dro's invention of floating nets for use
in storms for moderating the force of
waves. The invention is said to be SUI
perior in its effects to oil.