Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05
Foreign.


Count Tolstoi is said to be out of
danger.
The French chamber voted for a
Chinese indemnity loan of $53,000,O0O.
A. J. Balfour. first lord of the Brit
ish treasury, is seriously i'll with infiu-
enza
The proposed German tariff bill is
strongly protective, especially for
farmers
Reports of an arrangement between
Queen Wilhelmina and her husband
are denied.
King George of Greece suspended
the sitting of the chamber of deputies
at Athens.
British sugar men discovered in Ger
many a sugar trust formed to dictate
prices of sugar.
The invasion of England by Ameri-
can shoes raises a plaintive protest
from British makers.
Cape Colony has been permitted to
resume partial control of it's own
troops in south Africa.
Helen Wackerman, the model of Buff
falo, n. Y, who lost her mind in Lon
don, is now violently insane.
Dick Burge, pugilist, was arrested in
London on a charge of completely in
the Bank of Liverpool frauds.
France is pressing the Chinese au-
thorities for the concession of the Is
land of Honan, opposite Canton.
The proposed appointment of Mgr.
Falconi as papal envoy to Washington
Is said to be meeting with opposition.
French statesmen are seeking means
to reduce mortality and increase the
birth rate in France, as conditions are
alarming.
President Castro of Venezuela ar
rested his minister of war, alleging a
conspiracy to overthrow the present
government.
Balloon experiments in France de-
clared to have shown that disease can
be cured by carrying patient to a high
er atmosphere.
Representatives of Chile and Argen-
tina have prepared statement which
is expected to end the dispute between
those countries.
Members of Comedie Franchise went
on strike against the alleged in
fringement of the rights conferred by
Napoleon at Moscow.
Miss Klumpke. the young American
astronomer, will succeed DIR. Isaac
Roberts at the observatory at Startled,
Crowborough. Sussex.
Germans do not indorse the asser-
ton of Won Holleben that Germany has
no intention of getting a foothold in
the western hemisphere
The doctors attending the pope say
that the pontiff is slowly but surely
growing weaker, and that the end is
possible at any moment.
British coronation officials will adj.
here to the fixed rule of refusing adj
mission TO all not entitled to places by
rank and title. Places cannot be pur-
chased.
AT banquet in London Sir Thomas
Upton announced that if no one else
challenged, he would seriously con-
slider another attempt to lift the Amer.
ica's cup.
China has asked Japan to lend one
general and fifty officers to drill the
Chinese troops, and also to lend ex-
perts to reorganize the Chinese fnan.
cial and police departments.
The Chilean question is not yet set.
tied. 1t is understood that Argentina
has rejected the Chilean proposals as
to the method of settlement. and asked
for a full and frank explanation.
Battle Abbey. associated with the
battle of Hastings. has been sold for
100000. William Waldorf Astor. il
is said, was the purchaser. Mr.. Astor
denies this. Sir Augustus Frederick
walpole Edward Webster was the pur.
chaser.
NJ. Tsilka declares he has no idea
where Miss Stone, the American mis-
sionary. and his wife, who were cap.