Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-05-21
FOREIGN.

plague are reported from Port Said.
Ruskins estate is valued at 100000,
although he had inherited $1,000, 900.
The hegira of wealthy and titled
Turks from Constantinople is increas-
ing.
Emperor William forbids German
officers taking any part in French
races.
Tablets and sculpture belonging to
the Mycenaean age were unearthed in
Crete
Athens expects the betrothal Of Prin-
cess Victoria Of Wales to George of
Greece.
The London fund for the relief of the
victims of the Ottawa fire has reached
/ e43.0OO.
Outbreak of cholera adds to tne diff
fculty Of relieving the Indian famine
sufferers.
Lonnon newspapers regard Yerkes
plan for subway transportation as Wis
ionary.
Waldeck-Rosseau wants the republi-
can guard of Paris placed under the
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The Vienna university may be closed
because of fights between clerical and
liberal students
The Hamburg longshoreman have
declared boycott against the Ham
burg-American line
A monument to Gutenberg was un-
yelled at Leipzig in honor of the 50Oth
anniversary Of his birth.
Result of the second ballots in the
municipal elections in Paris show
great gain for the nationalist.
A lively scene is expected when the
president attempts to enforce coercive
rules in the Italian chamber
American archbishops visited the
pope and discuss the naming OF a sec
ond cardinal in the United States.
1t is said the Ashantees are deter
mined to throw off British rule and
are able to raise $4,000 warriors.
The American pavilion at the Paris
exposition was turned over to the
authorities and formally opened to the
public
Turkey gives renewed assurances of
a settlement of American claims, but
asks a short delay, which has been
granted.
Renewed rioting takes place in
Spain owing to the anti-tax agitation.
In fights with the authorities many
persons are hurt.
Mrs. bruce asks that x rays be used
to test the authenticity of the records
of the cemetery where the duke Of
Portland is buried
| Lord Salisbury in "a speech in Lon
don, said he was assured that there is
no hope of granting practical indie
pendence to Ireland.
| Berlin official circles are pleased at
the recent speeches Of Hale and Spoon
er to the effect that the United States
expect no trouble with Germany.
! The Nationalist elected twenty-one
city councillors in Paris and the re-
publicans seven, giving control to the
military anti-republican party.
Pastor Steinbruock of Stettin has
| been convicted of the embezzlement of
$4,000 marks and sentenced to i'm
prisonment for two years and six
months.
Ambassador White said that German
American relations were never more
cordial, and he does not believe Ger
many has territorial ambitions in the
| Antilles
| Ex-premier Meline declared the ma
tionalist success was a protest against
! the ministry. There is fear that the
| city authorities in Paris may conflict
with the cabinet.
Chamberlain introduces the Austria
| liam commonwealth bill in the house of
commons, but declares the government
| will mot consent to the clause relating
to the imperial court.
| John Redmond and Dillon appeared
on the same platform at Manchester
| in token of a union of the Irish fac
tions. Redmond declared Salisbury's
speech an insult to Ireland.
| Professor Ernst Haeckel of the I'm
| iversity of Jaenal will go to the East
Indies, particularly Java and Celebes,
to endeavor to ascertain the facts re-
garding the fossilized anthopoid ape
The welding of Crown Prince
Yoshihito and Princess Sada 10, a
daughter of the Kugen family, at
Toxic, was the most simple ceremony.
The contracting parties drank cups of
wine before the shrine before the
palace
An opening has occurred in the lower
part of the cone of Mount Vesuvius,
from which are escaping sulphurous
vapors and thick smoke The princi-
pal house of the guides and the upper
end of the cable railway line have been
! destroyed
H. M. Norrie, manager of the Union
Bank of Scotland, was found dead at
! his residence. His head was half
blown away by gun. He committed
suicide His action is attributed to the