Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-12-30


guilty of the crime have been ex-
! ecuted.
AS a result of the excitement in the
copper market William Sargeant
head of one of London's oldest metal
firms, failed.
1t is reported that the Colombian
Liberals have captured Rio Hacha
and that they were aided by Ven
ezuelan troops
A London jury sentenced Ann
O'Delia Diss De Bar to 7 years penal
servitude and Theodore jackson to Ia
years for immoral practice and fraud.
John Barrett addressing the pan
American congress at the City of
Mexico, said he hoped the United
States tariff would soon be lowered.
A Paris paper asserts that Com
mandant General Botha has reported
to Mr.. Kruger that he has $4,000
armed men, 10000 being Cape Colony
recruits.
Germany's rigid exclusion of foreign
hogs has resulted in raising the price
of fresh pork several cents, while the
number of German hogs has greatly
decreased.
Miss Heel Singer, daughter Of
Charles Singer of Chicago. has mar
ried Prince John Ghika, son Of the
Roumanian minister to France.
Gregorie J. Ghika
Rev. DR.. Thomas Kennedy, rector Of
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been appointed domestic prelate to-
the pope. This is one of the highest
posts at the vatican
In speech at a luncheon given in
his honor by the governor of New
foundland, Marconi said he expected
to be able to cable across the Atlantic
for one cent a word.
Signor Prinetti, foreign minister, de-
clared in the Italian chamber Of
deputies that his government would
accept indemnity for Italians lynched
in the United States.
A statue was unveiled to Charles
Baudin, the French deputy who was
killed on the barricade of st. Antoine
in 1853 on the day following
ANhpOAOOA cup u 0ldL,
ST. Petersburg capitalist has
promised to supply 5000 roubles for
the expenses of north polar explor-
ing party which plans to leave next
year in the ship Panteleimon
The Turkish government notified
naturalized Americans at Bayrout,
Syria that they must renounce their
naturalization in fifteen days or they
will be expelled from the country.
DR.. Sylvestro, born an American,
but naturalized as Frenchmaa, has
invented spectograph, which enables
a person using telephone to see his
interlocutor and the latter's surround.
ings.
Emperor Wilhelm, at dinner to
artists in Berlin, said the cultivation
Of the ideal is the highest mission Of
civilization. He held that German
art now approaches the classical
standard.
A dispatch from Nkandhia, Zulu
land, tells of a recent action near
Transvaal, in which Commandaut
Louis Botha was SHOT through the left
leg below the knee He escaped
capture by craving into the bush
DR.. Wigmore, chief surgeon Of the
Roentgen depa, t12ent of the London
skin hospital, reports that he has just
cured, by the u@e Of X-rays, a case Of
cancer of the breast which had re-
Cured in the Skin and scar after two
operations.
Extensive preparations for war are
being made throughout Chile Diplo-
matte correspondence with Chile con
tinues and hope is expressed that the
trouble will be amicably settled, but
in the meantime Chile is preparing for
eventualities.
The Manchurian question has
reached a stage which best informed
observers consider to be a crisis in
Chinese history. The Chinese govern
ment is beset between Russia on the
one hand and Great Britain. the
United States AID Japan on the other.
The Venezuls an General Vicente
Saiches, who is CT his way from Mara
caibo to Caracas, reports that
thousand Colomb;a liberals, distantly
supported by 1900 Venezulean's
troops, capture the Colombian sea
port town of Rio Hacha Dec. 10. aftee.-
General Clodomiro Castillo and Giro
Pupor, both Venezuleans, had defeat
ed 1000 Colombian conservative
troops near Treinta.