Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
FOREIGN.

Ram III some ports or India aids ag-
riculture.
The republic of Peru adopts the
single gold standard.
Prohibitory sections of Germanys
meat bill take effect Oct. |.
British Columbia troops protect
Japanese fishermen from strikers.
British defeated the Ashanti rebels.
razing the large war camp of Kokofu.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua have set
tied their long-standing boundary dis
pute.
Max Gruss, painter and an Ameri-
can citizen, has been expelled from
Prussia.
/. A New Servian cabinet was named
and amnesty for political prisoners is
declared
The prince of Wales was made
fellow of the Royal College of
Surgeons,
A bloody battle is in progress be-
tween government and fnsurgent forces
near Panama.
Paris is suffering from heat and lack
of ice and water. The exposition is al
most deserted
Mrs. Potter Palmer prolongs her stay
in Paris in hopes of recovering her
$4,000 necklace.
Lord Curzon telegraphs to England
that there are now 6,2S1 90 in India
receiving relief.
twenty-five conspirators who plotted
to kill the governor of Santiago, San
Domingo, were arrested.
Several sharp engagements have
taken place between revolutionists and
government troops in Colombia.
Max Regis, the notorious Jew batter,
who fired on the Paris police when be-
sieged in his house was acquitted.
Panama and Colon are in the hands
Of Colombian insurgents, according to
the captain of German steamer.
Paris nationallsts and police had
many conflicts over the posting of Gen
eral Jamont's letter of resignation.
King Alexander of Servia has an
nounced his betrothal to a widow,
former waiting lady of his mother
President Castro of Venezuela has
proclaimed officially the re-establish-
ment of peace throughout the republic.
Charles r. Yerkes arrived at London,
supposedly to buy traction lines there,
and is criticised by the English news
papers
Colonel Willcocks. who relieved
Comassie, African Gold Coast, July Is,
found the place in a terrible condi-
ton
Paris police were called on to quell a
riot caused by the jury's award of first
prize in the National Conservatory Of
Music
Emperor William has accepted from
the manufacturers three automobiles,
in which he intends to ride during the
August maneuyers.
The new liner Deutschland made a
record run. New York to Plymouth, 5
days, IA hours, 6 minutes, handicapped
by fog Her speed average, %
knots.
The steamship Campania. from
New York for Liverpool sunk the
bark Embleton in the Irish channel,
and it is thought IL persons We're
drowned
1t is reported from Frankfort, Ger
many. that steel-tool manufacturers
there have formed a trust to fight the
American combination on the same
articles.
Portugal has deposited about So $780,
600 in Paris in settlement Of the Della
goa bay award and the division of this
sum is left to Great Britain and the
United States in whose favor the
award was made.
The prince of Wales has given his
formal Endorsement and countenance
to the marriage of Lady Randolph
Churchill and Lieutenant CORVALLIS
West which, it is said. he originally
opposed. The marriage has been set
down for the first week in August
Fidinand w. Peck United States
commissioner general to the Paris ex-
position, entertained at dinner the
American athletes who contested in
the worlds amateur championship con-
tests in connection with the exposition.
Speeches were made by Senator Depew,
General Porter and others
Miss Caroline Ekers, who pleaded
guilty a week ago to stealing things
from roomers in the Norfolk Mansions
Hotel, London, and who said she was
a MINNEAPOLIS delegate to the Worlds
Christian Endeavor convention, has
been sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment. The evidence showed,
however. that she had no connection
with the Christian Endeavorers.
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