Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS.
Flashes From the Wires PortrayinS
Occurrences in All Parts of
the World.

Repairs to walls, towers and palace
have been almost completed at Pekin
in order to conceal from the emperor
the evidence of foreign invasion.
The bubonic plague has reappeared at
Glasgow.
Sir Thomas Upton. who was inter-
viewed aboard the White Star liner
Celtic, denied emphatically that Sham
rock | is for sale.
Emperor William has telegraphed
the German Protestant community at
Shanghai that he will give an altar and
windows to the new church there in
memory of Baron Won ketteler, the
murdered German minister to China.
British people are. quarreling among
themselves over the retirement OF Gen
eral Butler and the church is involved
in a bitter discussion of affairs in South
Africa.
Miss Stone and her companion in cap
tivity are reported to be in Turkish
border village in the house of a Mussul-
man hey, IN accomplice Of the brigandG,
who will negotiate the ransom.
European ports will disinfect vessels
from Liverpool where bubonic plague
! is reported.
The Portuguese minister at Washing
ton is recalled for prematurely an
nouncing the death of President Me-
| kinley
Louise de Gardens Classe. formerly
countess OF France has been grant
ed citizenship papers at Salt Lake,
Utah Nine. de Classe is related to
the royal Bourbon family Of France.
Anarchists in Rome held a meeting
at which Leon +. Czolgosz was eulo-
/ gized while his electrpcution was oc-
! curing The government endeayor-
ed to suppress the meeting, but 1t was
nevertheless held secretly.
Referring to the plans of the Duke
d'Abruzzi to visit American waters,
4 the ltalie says he will assume com
mand OF one of the fastest Italian
/ cruisers next January for voyage OF
( II months along the coast of America.
I Joseph Herrings, naturalized
| American. who was war correspondent
! for the Stats Zetung of Berlin in
! 1898. and who also acted in China last
/ year for American journals, has re-
oeived notice of his expulsion from
/ Prussia,
! Sir Robert Hart. the imperial com
missioner of maritime customs, says
( the increase in the exports from New
4 Chwaug is greatly in excess of the
shipping facilities He also praises
i the protection afforded by Russia OF
the trade with Manchuria, which is be
I ing rapidly recovered.
An earthquake was felt in many ltal-
ian cities. including Spezzia, Genoa,
( Bologna. Brescia and Milan yesterday.
There were two severe shocks al Cal
larate. where number OF houses We're
damaged,
4 new development of the Gothen-
/ burg system has made its appearance
in several Swedish towns. There mu.
picipal public house companies have OPP
ened temperance hotels offering meals
at cost price 1t is called the Nexlo
system.
Emma DERIVES. daughter OF Hawai-
ian missionary. aud descendant OF the
Kings of Maui and Hawaii. has become
a claimant to the crown lands in Ha-
/ wall This is the third claimant the
others being Lilioukalani and Mrs,
Wilcox.
Fearing the loss of commerce, Eng.
lish merchants are planning q con.
ference upon methods of retaliation on
Germany.
Or Hope, medical officer Of the port
Of Liverpool has conferred with the
American and other consuls regardins
hubonic plague precautions and has ar,
ranged TO supplement the board OF
trade examination OF outgoing vessels
SO as to meet the desires of the repre-
sentatives OF foreign countries.
The Moorish government has paid
Spain $50 600 for the parents and 81
500 indemnity as result of the cap.
ture OF a spanish boy and girl last
MAY.
4 st Petersburg newspaper says the
representatives OF n great American
syndicate have just left ST Peters
burg for the purpose 'of buying or leas,
ing all available land along the Sioer.
ian railroad The syndicate is proyid,
ed with more thar l5.000@eo roubles.
Nothing Is known in American Circles
tSboat such an undertaking.