Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-03
FOREIGN.

Prince CHRISTIAN Will Ldhb inc OdLD
as regent Of Denmark.
Venezuelan rebels have captured the
seaport of La Vela de Coro.
Torrential rains at st. Pierre have
uncovered the graves of many vol
cano victims.
The United States cruiser Cincin-
natl arrived at La Guaira.
RearAdmiral CrOwninshield, in his
review of the cruiser Chicago inquiry
ccnsurcs Captain Dayton,
Brazil threatens to fight Bolivia
over the concession of the territory OF
Acre to an American syndicate.
France Is reported to have bought
KataI, which partially commands the
entrance to the harbor of Hongkong.
The pope is expected to definitely
accept Governor Taft's proposition
concerning the friars' lands in the
Philippines
Mount Pelee belched a column of
slime over 300 feet nigh and buried
the town of Basse Pointe under JIG
feet of mud.
Patrick A. McHugh Irish Nation
alist member Of parliament, was SEN
fenced at Sligo to three months in
Jail for contempt Of court.
The duke of Manchester took the
customary oath in his seat in the
house Of lords, his financial disabili-
ties having been removed.
At Panama, the fleet of government
gunboats returned with the news that
the town Of Aqua Dulce had been cap
tured on Thursday, June 10.
Dr.. Garnault, of Paris, inoCulated
himself with bovine tuberculosis mat
ter in order to prove that the disease
is thus communicable to human be
ings.
Lord Roberts, the commander in
chief of tho British army has again
appealed to the public to refrain from
treating the returning soldiers with
liquors.
G.. II Vessels and p. c. w. Groeb-
Ter have left The Hague for England
with the view of taking the steps
necessary to permit their return to
south Africa
The officers of the United States
cruiser Albany are being entertained
by American officials and residents at
Lisbon. United States Minister
Loomis will present Captain Craig to
King Charles of Portugal.
Col. Arthur Lynch, mel~cer-elect
of parliament for Galway, and former
ly of the boer army, who Is In custody
on the charge of high treason, was
again remanded until June "a, wit
nesses in the case not having arrived
in London.
Tho return to Copenhagen from the
West Indies of the Danish cruiser
Valkyrien, after resCui<s so many SUI.
fering people belonging to the island
of Martinique at the time of the vol
canic disaster, was marked by great
popular demonstrations.
The count of Turin, cousin of King
| Victor Emmanuel, unveiled n mOnu
mont to Rossini, the composer in the
pantheon of Santa GroCe with much
ceremonial and in the presence of q
great gathering of senators, deputies
civil and military officials and deputa
lions from musical societies.
Tho Lloyds' medal for mertorious
! service was presented to Captain Free
man of the British steamer Roddam
in the committoe-room of Lloyds' ship
| ping Office, London, as recognition
Of his gallant action in taking his
vessel from St. Pierre, Martinique. on
| May s. during the destruction of that
| town by the outbreak on Mont Pelee.
Prizes for the discovery of remedies
for the poison developed by fish and
for papers on amelioration of the con
dition of the poor have been offered
by the Russian academy of science
and the Red cross society of the uni
versity of Moscow in an effort to in
terest scientists of the world in Its
work.
Professor Howitz, the venerable
specialist of Copenhagen, announces
that he has discovered remarkable
cure for cancer. His method con
sists in treating the diseased parts by
freezing. Thirty.four cases have been
treated with complete success
Chloratyl or anatyl is injected, produc
! ing an extraordinary lowering of tenn
pcrature In the affected tissues.