Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-06-10

at Vienna discussing the canal bill
Gambling is declared to be spreading
rapidly among women in London So
ciety.
Count William Bismarck, second son
of the iron chancellor, died at Varzin,
Prussia.
American trade with the Scan
dinavian countries shows a big in
crease
Edmond Rostand and the Marquis
de Vogue were elected members of the
French academy.
Plantation fires on the isthmus of
Tehuantepec caused 20 deaths and de
stroyed much property.
Spanish police are looking for an
archists who, it is reported, have plot
ted to kill King Alfonso
The kaiser's extreme cordiality to
visiting French officers creates a great
deal of comment in Berlin.
The bodies of 81 infants have been
found in the cellar of an undertaker's
shop in Birmingham, England.
w. H. Klensmire, suspected of MUIR
dering his wife at Holton, Kan, was
arrested at Kansas City, Kan.
The steel trust is negotiating for
the purchase of the bulk Of the
Indiana bituminous coal mines.
Slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba, east
Africa, are not accepting the offer of
the British to make them free.
Fire destroyed the freight car
building of the Omaha plant at Hud-
son, Wis, causing a loss of 100000.
Or John Alexander Dowie de-
clares that he is Elijah the prophet
and that this is his third time on
earth.
A split has developed among French
socialists over the question of sup
porting Millerand, minister of COM
merce.
The consensus of opinion in Wash
ington is that the duties collected
on goods from the Philippines are
valid
Gen Horace Porter, in a speech in
United States had utterly disap-
peared.
English journals admit that Great
Britain no longer leads the world in
manufactures and that America has
taken first place.
Queen Wilhelmina was welcomed to
the German capital with a military
display. She was escorted by the en-
peror and his guards.
st. Paul railroad officials made a
two weeks tour of the system and
report that prospects were never
better for abundant harvests.
The failure of the sultan of Turkey
to issue a permit for the exploration
of. the city of Ur is delaying the
Smithsonian institution expedition.
1t is reported that the duke Of
Abrizzi and DR.. hansen will shortly
start on joint polar. expedition in one
Italian and one Norwegian vessel.
French scientists at Paris advocated
an international academy, composed
of representative of the great schools
and scientific societies of the world
1t is reported on the Venezuelan isl
and of Margarita that Germany is
seeking possession of the harbor of
Juan Griego, which is situated there
Paul 'Estournelels of the French
chamber of deputies declared the
United States will make the CONNER
cial conquest of Europe if not headed
off.
Bank notes to the value Of 100000
have been stolen from the Singapore
branch of the Hongkong and Shang-
hal bank. There is no trace of the
thief
twenty-five America gentlemen,
dressed in the deep black of British
court mourning, representing many
millions were the guests of King Ed
ward at Windsor. They were the
delegates of the New York chamber of
commerce.
The elections for the renewal of the
elective half of the Spanish senate
We're held with the result that the lib
erals elected III of their candidates
and the conservative Sc. The various
other parties will be represented by
"A members.
Paderewskis three-act opera,
Manru, was produced at the Royal
opera Dresden, and was received with
every sign of popular enthusiasm.
The libretto, BY Alfred Nossig, is after
the composers own idea, and taken
from Polish folk lore.
AFRAID FOR WINDSOR.