Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-12-02

way, has been informed that if he
comes to England he will be tried
forthwith for treason.
Captain Edward P. Lawton's com
pany of the nineteenth infantry, at.
tackled and captured an insuregent
fort on Bohol island, south of Cebu
in the Vizayan group.
The steamer Alerta, with 20 pas
sengers, including some discharged
American soldiers from Olongapo, is
believed to have been lost on it's way
from Subig Bay to Manila.
The most important position in the
discussion of a proposal that Great
Britain should give it's formal adj
herence to the Monroe doctrine.
Turkey is addressing an arrogant
circular note to the powers protesting
against their perpetual interference"
in Tukish affairs, and demanding to
know their intention regarding Crete.
There is no confirmation of the re-
port Of the death of Count Tolstoi.
A letter from Odessa, dated Nov. 10,
reports that he had quite recovered
from his illness and had resumed
work
United States marines from the
battleship Iowa landed at Panama
took possession of the isthmian rail
road, and, with an armored train
cleared the line Guards we're placed
at several places.
The Colombian gunboat General
Pinzon notified foreign warships at
Colon that it would begin lombard
ment OF the city at one. A United
States gunboat prevented the landing
Of troops in the city.
Reciprocity with Cuba is likely TO
be arranged by which sugar and
tobacco will be admitted to this
country at a reduced rate Of duty in
return for the removal of the duty on
American -four and meats.
A Mecklenburg manufacturer named
Gibeler has discovered method of
hardening steel to twice the hardness
of the hardest yet made He also
says that, under his process, the cost
of production is so per cent. less.
The secretary Of war has ordered
that the order granting free admission
of Christmas presents to the Philip.
pines and Cuba shall extend to the
officers and man and civilian EN-
ployes of the army and navy.
The situation in the French Congo
is alarming. The entire colony is
in revolt Many agencies have been
surrounded and abandoned. The
officers who were sent to relieve
Brazzaville, it is feared, will fall into
the hands of the natives.
DR.. Labordi has communicated to
the French academy information about
a new writing instrument for the
blind. 1t will work a revolution in the
existing processes of writing, calcu-
lation and musical notation in blind
schools 1t is said to enable the
blind to read correctly what is writ
ten.
At meeting of the municipal coun-
Gil of Roquebrune, France, M. Orsini,
one of the councillors, after heated
discussion, drew a revolver and shot
dead M. Sigaut, the deputy mayor,
and dangerously wounded the mayor
and the mayors brother, who had
tried to arrest Orsini. The latter es-
capped
Aguina2do has written General
Chaffee asking the iatter's permission
to go before congress and express the
desires of the Filipino people
Aguinaldo further requests to be &C.
companied by eight friends, whom he
designates, four of whom are pris,
Oners at Guam while the others are
prominent in Manila.
Mr.. Conger, United States minister,
has protested against concession
which the Canton viceroy has granted
to a French company for an electric
railway from Canton to WI Chau, on
the ground that it violates WI Ting
Fang's contracts with the American
syndicate which has the concession
for the CantOn-HankoW line
The Rou Trouchet, Paris, which has
just been paved with a new glass
process invented by NJ Garchey, has
been opened to the public Contrary
to the expectation of many, it forms