Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-03

cry and abstracting checks aggregat-
ing $81,265 from the correspondence
of the Carnegie company, pleaded
guilty to forgery yesterday and was
sentenced to five years penal servi-
tude.
Capt. Max de Battle, brother-in-law
of Mrs. Langtry was injured in an
automobile accident while going from
London to Brighton.
! General De Wet said in London
that he would sail for south Africa
/ Nov. 1. He added: "Botha and De
larey still intend paying a visit to
America"
The Russian press censor issued
new rules forbidding the publication
of acts and expressions of car and
matter concerning higher government
circles or the empires defensive posi-
ton.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain of
Great Britain is in correspondence
with the governments of the colonies
and with the boards Of trade in regard
to the possibility of introducing the
metric system in the empire.
The docks committee of Bristol,
England, announces that the Grand
Trunk railroad will begin Dec. a
fortnightly service between Portland
and Avonmouth, using three of the
| Ocean Transport Company's steam
ers.
The interest of the Copenhagen
| banks in the Danish West Indian COM
| pany, incorporated for the purpose of
establishing a steamship service be-
tween the Baltic, the West Indies and
Central America, is alleged to be re-
sponsible for a drop in the shares of
| the banks.
The utter failure of the harvest in
the Tornea valley has caused great
distress in northern Sweden. Famine
is approaching, all stock of grain from
previous years having been exhausted,
and an early and severe winter az
gravates the restitution.
| Foreign Minister Delcasse of France
| has notified China that France is
prepared to withdraw her troops from
Shanghai simultaneously with the
withdrawal of the forces of the other
| powers, reserving the right to send
a contingent back in the event of an
other power disemb barking troops.
Reports from the central Caucasus
indicate that the newly discovered
petroleum deposits near Fort Grosni,
more than 200 miles from Baku, Rus
STA, promise to be fully as rich as the
famous fieldes of that region. One
gusher has been spouting at the rate
og 5000 tons during the past week.
The African trade section of the
Liverpool chamber Of commerce has
sent a telegraphic message to Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain conveying as
surance that his visit to south Africa
will result in the creates benefit to
the commerce of that country and in
improvement of the relations exist
ing between it and Great Britain.
Mrs. Civet, wealthy woman who
had secured a civil divorce from her
husband in Paris and desired the re
ligious ceremony annulled, entrusted
the representative of a clique with
100000 for the purpose on the advice
of Canon Rosenberg, who claimed
special powers with Rome, and learn
ed later that many other ladies had
been similarly f1eeced.
While Emperor Francis Joseph was
driving from his country place in
SchOenbrunn the horses attached to
his carriage became unmanageable
and he jumped from the vehicle and
walked the remainder of the distance
to the Hoffburg. No one was hurt,
but excitement was caused by rumors
that the emperor had been injured.
The German Samoan company with
the permission of the government, de-
signs to import Chinese laborers to
work on the plantations in Samoa, on
which cacao is chiefly grown. The
company has engaged a former con-
tractor of the New Guinea Company
to proceed to southern China and en-
gage agricultural workers. The prob
abilities are that native labor will be
wholly displaced by Cinnamon. The
German concessionaries find they can
get more work out of Cinnamon.