Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-10

reached by the fOfelSH enFoyo a.
Pekin.
The allies proposed to the empress
to return to Pekin. A project IS on
foot to restore the emperor and retire
the Dowager. The famous observa-
tory was looted.
The Beers.
1t is feared that Cuba is not ready
for self-government.
President Kruger visited the site OF
the Paris exposition.
Details of the encounter at Reltfon-
TEN indicate heavy boer loss.
tt is reported that General Roberts
will be made duke and voted $780,
600.
General De Wet captured 400 British
soldiers at Dewetsdorp, in the Orange
State.
A British garrison that had been be-
sieged by beers since last August was
relieved
President Kruger paid farewell calls
in Paris. The Berlin press discussed
his coming visit cautiously.
The French chamber of deputies
unanimously adopted vote of sym
pathy with President Kruger.
Tt is reported in Vienna that EN-
peror Francis Joseph sent word to
Kruger that he was too busy to re-
ceive visit from him.
Lord Roberts turned over com
mand in south Africa to Kitchener and
started for England. General Delareys
forces are still surrounded by three
brigades Of British regulars. Fighting
was resumed after an armistice.
Our Islands.
General Macarthur confirmed the
death sentence on four Filipinos con-
victed of murder
Chief of Police John w. Campbell of
st. Louis, Mo-, accepted the post OF
chief of police of Manila
A dispatch from Manila states that
the auxiliary cruiser Yosemite, which
was wrecked at Guam, was total
loss.
When the steamship Empress of
China sails from Vancouver, B. c.,
for the orient she will carry a record
breaking cargo Of beer for the Philip
pines. Fifty thousand barrels, brought
to Vancouver in seventy-five trains,
are consigned to Manila.
Domestic.
Chicago November wheat, 69%c.
Major Russell Harrison, son of the
ex-president, was retired from the
army.
John Cudahy denied report that
he was trying to corner the lard mar
ket
Professor Sanders of Yale declined
the proffered presidency of Iowa Col
lege.
A new Y. M. G. A building costing
$4,000 was dedicated at Kenosha,
Wis.
The body of Colonel Liscum was
landed from transport at San Fran
cisco.
F. V. McNair, senior rear-admiral
of the navy, died of apoplexy in Wash
ington.
Mrs. H. E. Crossman and daughter
Ethel, aged 10, were burned at Port
land Me.
David Harty was killed while adj
justing a belt in a grain elevator at
Modoc, Ind.
A committee of fifteen was appoint
ed to lead the crusade against vice in
New York
The fat stock show opened in Chi
cago with 100000 worth of ami
mails on view.
Chairman Hull of the house military
affairs committee expects army bill to
pass next week.
A robber band stole 265 cattle in In
diana, loaded them on cars, and sold
them in Chicago.
Twenty thousand persons viewed
the body of Senator Davis, lying in
state at St. Paul.
The return from all of the counties
of Minnesota show plurality of IT,
015 for Mckinley.
Secretary Longs estimates for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1902, aggre-
gate $S7, ,630.76.
George w Smith of Murphysboro,
ILL.,, may become a candidate for the
United States senate.
Inc OulCldl COuuI Vi iowa gives MIC
Kinley 98,543' plurality, as against
65,552 four years ago.
A scramble has already begun for
commissions in the army under the
proposed reorganization.
Winona physicians believe that the
smallpox epidemic is we'll in hand and
that the worst is over
Maj. ana Mrs. H. N. Davis, parents
of Senator Davis went to Yankton, S,
D., to spend the winter.
Grover Cleveland is firm in refusing
to accept new political honors. He
could be a Jersey senator.
An Iowa girl going to Chill to wed
learned that her betrothed was dying,
and returned brokenhearted.
Lieutenant Commander R. T. Hall
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