Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-31
FOREIGN.

French officers were shot down by
order Of their comrades in the Soudan.
Forty thousand persons are said to
have died from famine on the east
coast of Africa.
A sanitary Gordon will be drawn
around Oporto, Portugal, where the bu-
bonic plague prevails.
General MERCER expresses the opin-
ion that the Rennes court-martial will
surely convict Dreyfus.
Dock laborers on strike at Rouen
have renewed their rioting and many
arrests have ben made.
Anarchists rioted in the streets Of
Paris and attacked churches. They
were dispersed with difficulty.
The khedive of Egypt has decided to
take the 'cure" at Graefenburg, Silesia,
where he will remain several weeks.
An English officer claims to have
discovered the mosquito that spreads
malaria. 1t halls from South Africa.
President Kruger's reply to the Brit
ish demand is considered equal to a
positive refusal and war seems likely.
A Chicago committee met President
Diaz, Of Mexico, at Ckapultepec castle
and formally invited him to visit Chi
cago.
Unwilling a monument to German
soldiers the kaiser paid an eloquent
tribute to the French who fell near
Metz
Reports Of Samoa indicate that the
early arrival Of permanent officials
there is needed to prevent further
trouble.
According to the present outlook, the
hop crop in Alsace and Baden will be
partial failure, both as concerns yield
and quality.
The mayor Of Dublin and John Red
mOnd are said to be coming to this
country to stir up interest in the Par
nell statue fund.
The Shangha Mercury published a
communication from Pekin to the eff
feet that the emperor has developed
symptoms of insanity.
Prince Henry, brother Of the German
kaiser, will visit America, it is said.
He may be invited by President Nc
Kinley to visit Washington
The Chinese authorities at Shanghai
say that the French have revived their
claim to the right of forming a settle
ment at Ranking based upon the treaty
Of 1858.
President Kruger offered to give the
Transvaal outlanders more voice in
the government on condition that
Great Britain abandon her claim to su-
zerainty.
A characteristic political pistol duel.
with fatal results, took place yesterday
at Lenlberg between Lieutenants
Spreng fell dying.
Walter Wellman, leader of the Well
man polar expedition, which arrived
in northern Norway August II on the
steamer Capella, having successfully
completed explorations in Franz Josef
Land, left Tromsoe for the south.
The newest Peruvian revolution at
Huanuco, under the leadership of SEN
or Durand, has assumed a more serious
phase and is giving the government
even more concern than did the Iquitos
rebellion, which subsidized three weeks
ago.
A mission Of Russian engineers and
their escorts were recently attacked by
Chinese brigands at Kirin, on the Chi |
na-Rusian frontier, on the main Man |
churia railway, and all were massa-
cred. 1t is expected that Russia will |
make reprisaIs.
Professor Edward Charles Pickering |
OF the Harvard observatory is in ia
maica seeking location for the larg-
est telescope in the world, which is be-
ing constructed at Cambridge, for OBJ
serving the new planet which is due
to pass close to the earth eighteen
months hence.
Baron Froich, high German gov
eminent official, has become insolvent
and bankruptcy proceedings have been
commenced against him. It is claimed
that he misused his official position for
the purpose of launching a number OF
industrial enterprises which have re-
suited in loss to all persons interested.
The defeat of the canal bills by the
Prussian diet was a stunning surprise
to Emperor William, who has said to a
friend that to yield in the matter now
would amount to an abdication. A
long fight is anticipated, as a part of
the cabinet apparently does not share
the emperor's enthusiasm for the ca
nails.
The bubonic plague has at last
reached European Russia. The gov
has received an official report
that the village of Kolobohoffka. in
The government OF Astrakhan, south
eastern Russia, is infected and that :
,wenty-one deaths have occurred.
Several cases also have been reported {
rom Italy. :
The disturbances at Hilversum, Hol- |
and, where martial law was pro-
claimed continued. The mob stoned
he troops, who Occupy the town, and
he cavalry charged on the rioters with d
Drawn swords Finally the infantry S
1red on the mob, killing one person '
md wounding two others. Quiet was 7
'estored at midnight.
Earl Cadogan, lord lieutenant of Ire q
and, signed the order releasing from
jail James Fitzharris
Alias "Skin the Goat" who in May.
SS3, was sentenced to penal servitude
IS an accomplice in the murder, MAY -
), 1882, in Phoenix park Dublin, OF I
ord Frederick Cavendish, chief secre- n
airy for Ireland, and I. H. Burke, per- a
nanent under secretary. =
Baron Won Heyking the Itae German | ;.