Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-22

The amount of the collection in
Bremen in aid Of the Galveston suf-
ferers is $4,000, OF which $4,000 was
given by the North German Lloyd
Steamship company.
Arthur Russell. eldest son of the
late chief justice of England, Baron
Russell of Killowen, has been ap-
pointed judge of the circuit court.
He was born in 1861.
The legislative council of Victoria,
Australia, rejected the bill recently
passed by the legislative assembly pro-
viding for referendum on the ques-
ton OF woman's suffrage.
An interesting report upon the In
dian cotton industry shows that the
nearly 10 per cent. above the average
for the five years previous.
Simmons, the millionaire hardware
dealer of st. Louis, has bought the
famous Tiffany pearl and emerald
brooch for which the shah of Persia
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fer.
Prince Won Munster, the German
ambassador in Paris, is seriously ill.,
The attack came on with chill which
was followed by high fever The
princes condition is thought danger
GUS on account of his age, which is
81.
Minister Delcasse has received a
reply from Japan relative to his note
issued to the powers, and with the
exception of a small reserve on a mat
ter of detail Japan asserts it is ready
to completely adhere to the French
propositions.
All the plague suspects in Glas-
gov have been dismissed, but 20
plague cases remain in the hospital
An official bulletin says the outbreak
has been completely checked and
that twenty-one days have elapsed
since the last case.
The British steamer Highland
Prince from Antwerp, Aug. 80, Lon
don, Sept. and Bahia Oct. 4, arrived
at Montevideo with bubonic plague
aboard. Five deaths including the
captain and first officer occurred DUR
ing the voyage.
Capt. Devereux Shields, who, with
81 men of Co. F, Twenty-ninth reg
iment, U. S. infantry, was captured by
the insurgents last month in the
Island of Martinique, was recovered
by the American rescue force, with ali
the members of his party.
w H. Williams, the special
European agent of the United States
treasury, accompanied by Mrs Will
Jams, will sail for America. Mr..
Williams goes to Washington to con-
suit with Secretary Gage on matters
relating to European finances.
Elaborate preparations are being
made at Marseilles for the arrival of
Kruger. The program includes a
solemn reception of the Gelderland
and a procession will escort the pres
ident to a popular banquet. DR.. Leyds
will be among the guests of honor.
Before formally accepting the in
vitation of Mexico to participate in
the Pan-American conference to be
held next year in the city of Mexico,
Chile has suggested the formulation
of definite program, setting forth
the business the conference shall dis
cuss.
The intercession of the princess of
Wales, says dispatch from Copen-
hagen to the Daily Telegraph, has
secured the liberation of some Danes
who were compelled by the beers to
fight against the British and had been
imprisoned at Simons Town, Cape
Colony.
It is reported that the coal deficit
in France will go intoA the millions.
La Liberce says the crisis will give
America a chance to put coal on the
market and displace the sale of Eng
lish coal America will probably be
come the great supply house for the
coaling stations of the world.
Col. du Patty de Clam, who was
cashiered by order of Gen. Zurlinden
for his part in the Dreyfus affair, has
been retired from the army definitely
by order of the minister of war. He
will have the right to a pension as
colonel for the rest of his life, but
can never return to active army SER
vice.
Gen. Andre, the French minister Of
war, has punished Maj. de Granville
with K days Imprisonment and has
sent him away from the military
school IN Fontainebleu to a regiment.
in the provinces for insulting Capt.
Cob1entz, Jewish officer in the
artillery.
The Nicaraguan government has
conceded to Pedro Mas, citizen of
Mexico, the exclusive right for i've
years to manufacture cotton articles
with English machinery. The import
of cotton into Nicaragua shall be duty
free, while the government maintains
a high import tax on manufactured
cotton goods.
Extraordinary interest has hnnn