Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15

successfully foated, has arrived at
Suez roads.
Mrs T,angtry has acquired the I'm
perial theater, Westminster, Tor sew
eraI years. She will renoYata 1t and
open it in the spring with Marie
Antoinette, which is now being writ
ten for her.
Mr.. Kruger's grandson, Eloff, will
sail to prepare a residence in Brus-
sells for the former president OF the
Transvaal. The latter will sail on
the Dutch cruiser Gelderland q few
days later.
A detachment of the London Irish
endeavored to surprise party OF
beers near Bultfonstein, Oct. 4, but
had to retire after three hours fight
ing with six men wounded. The beers
suffered heavily.
At Dublin the anniversary OF the
death of Charles Stewart ParneN. the
Irish statesman, was celebrated by a
small procession to Glasnevin GENE
tery. Several wreaths were deposited
npon the grave, including one from
the widow.
The report of the capture OF aboul
sixty men of the Twenty-ninth Uniteo
States Infantory on Martinique island
is confirmed through communications
received by General Macarthur and
Rear Admiral Kempff from Marindu
cue island, but details are lacking.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination has been
made in the case Of Seaman Garnett,
who arrived at Newcastle Sept. % on
vessel from the Rio de la Plata and
went to LANDAU. Wales, where he
died, supposedly of fever. The results
show Enthusiastically that the disease
was the bubonic plague.
The bishop of Jerusalem, IN the
name of the pope and in the presence
of the German consul and 500 Ger
man pilgrims, laid the corner stone OF
the church which is to be erected on
Mount Zion on the site Abdul Hamid
presented to Emperor William on the
occasion of the latter's visit TO the
holy land.
A dispatch received from Lord
Roberts, dated Friday, Oct 5, says:
The number or prisoners captured or
surrendered is daily increasing, and
must now aggregate nearly $4,000
men. Commandant Muller has sur
rendered to Gen. Clery, and Com
mandant Dirksen and others arc on
their way to Pretoria to surrender,
Because of the failure of the Peary
exploring steamer Windward to re-
turn from the north it is believed that
the explorer will not attempt to come
south this year. It is thought that the
season has been an open one IN the
far north and that Lieutenant Peary
probably took the Windward into
some high latitude, hoping to use her
in a further expedition next season.
! John Alexander Dowie Of Chicago,
who recently went to England to pro
mote the Zionist movement, began his
campaign in ST. Martins town hall.
London, meeting with rather hostile
reception. The healer was jerred and
interrupted constantly during his ad
dress, but finished it, and after the
meeting, when the Objectionable char
| ception.
During the last three days $3.50 i'm
migrants from the Canary islands and
Barcelona have arrived at Havana
and have left for the country dis
tricts, where employment is readily
obtained. This continued influx par
TALLY solves the labor question, many
of the plantations having been idle
owing to lack of labor to cultivate
them Cuban labor is dilatory and
does not want work for reason of Ions
inactivity in peaceful occupations.
At Victoria, B. c., advices have
been received that the natives o.
Eromanga, in the New Hebrides
group, have risen. The news was
brought to Sydney by the Rev. H. A
Robertson Of the Canadian Missionary
society. He said that during an upris
ing on Eromanga fifteen natives haC
been killed, and that the British war
ship RingarOoma had gone to the
scene Of the trouble. In the district
affected, he said, there were over
thirty native teachers, and besides
himself there was Only one white mar
on the island.
Telegraphic advices from Tampico
Mex, state that the Panuco anG
Tames rivers, which empty into the
gulf at that place, are on one of the
biggest rises in their history an6
great damage has been wrought by
the floods in the populated and cult
waited valleys above there. At one
point near Chila station, on the line
of the Mexican Central railroad, the
Tames river is over fifty miles wide
and has swept to destruction hun
dreds of houses occupied by Mexi
can farmers and laborers. Many
cases of drowning are reported.
Details of the trip to Labrador in
the schooner Brave, made by Ameri
can college professors and students
reached Halifax. Some anxiety had
been felt for the fate of the explorers