Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-13
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
| A French officer was killed by
Chinese rebls in the vicinity of Tung-
chow
| A general strike is to be declared in
the French mines to secure an eight
hour day.
| Several leaders of the recent riots
at Barcelona We're shot by govern
| ment troops.
Several Finnish newspapers and one
in st. Petersburg were suppressed by
the Russian censor.
| Santos-Dumont will make no more
airship experiments in France He is
coming to England or America.
The foreign governments are unable
to agree on the division of the Febru-
airy instalIment of the Chinese in
! demnity.
There is a probability that Sir
Liang Chen Tung will succeed WI
Ting-fang as the Chinese minister at
| Washington.
War Secretary Brodrick presented
the army budget in the house of COM
mons, which calls for an appropriation
Of $346, $780, 900.
Senior Manuel A. Matos, leader of
| the Venezuelan insurgents, is in Trini-
dad and reports that the revolution is
spreading rapidly.
II. Fl. Asquith, the liberal leader. an
nounces his opposition to home rule
for Ireland and his support of Lord
Rosebery's position.
Chancellor Won Bullow says Ger
many wants the open door in China.
as 1t has only economic and not ter
ritorial interests there.
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA repudiated
the protocols negotiated last spring
concerning the Nicaragua canal. New
treaties must be made.
1t is said that the Italian govern
ment has squelched an incipient revo-
luton involving a million socialists,
who were we'll organized
The Victor Hugo centenary fetes.
which lasted five days, ended with
the turning over of his old home to
the city of Paris for museum.
A follower of Prince Karageorgevich,
pretender to the Servian throne. was
killed at Shabats in a daring attempt
to start a revolution in favor of the
prince.
The steamship Waesland, bound
from Liverpool to Philadelphia. col
lided with the British steamship Har
monides off Holyhead and sank. Two
passengers were drowned.
The steamship Etruria, with broken
propeller shaft. is 500 miles north
west of the Azores islands. in tow of
the steamship William Cliff Her
propeller was lost in midocean.
The Mockist leader. Garbira. with
/ 900 men, nearly all of them Colon
bians, Feb. "a attempted new inva-
sion of Venezuela near LaFrias After
fight at Las Cumbres, the insurgents
were routed, leaving large number
OF dead
The Figaro says the car has sent
an autograph letter to President Lou
bet requesting the latter to fix date
for his forthcoming visit to Russia.
President Loubet will probably arrive
at Kronstadt May 25, and will remain
in Russia four days.
The United States minister, John H.
Leishman. has presented a note to the
porte regarding the capture of Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone by brigands, demanding
the punishment of the guilty parties
The porte, in replying, repudiates
responsibility and denies all liability
Prince Ching says that the rebels
in Kiangs province are discharged
soldiers. 1t is understood here that
they are rebelling because they We're
discharged without their arrears of
pay. An edict has been issued or
dering the decapitation of the lead
ers. Prince Ching declares that the
government has plenty of troops to re-
store order
Speaking in the house of lords of
wireless telegraphy, the Marquis of
Londonderry. postmaster general, said
that, while he regarded the wireless
system as the greatest invention of the
age, he could not grant Marconi IL
cense to establish signal stations be-
cause of experimental work now being
carried on by the admiralty. from
which the government hoped to at
tain most complete results.