Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
FOREIGN.

| premier Sag I'd presented MS T6SlS-
nation to Kink Alfonso.
The British house of commons
passed the education bill.
Great Britain and Germany are be-
ginning a joint naval demonstration
against Venezuela.
Gen Tung Fuh Slang, the boxer
| leader, sent a defiant message to the
Chinese government.
The Morocco pretender issued a
manifesto at Taxa announcing he has
seized the treasury, batteries and
arsenal.
Manchester enthusiasts have started
mo breakfast" crusade on the
! theory that it is healthier to omit the
early meal.
The German cruisers Gazelle and
Panther and the German training ship
| Stosch have arrived at Willamstad,
island of Curacao
The school question in Manitoba is
likely to become an active issue owing
to agitation by Catholics for recog-
milton Of their schools.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that in the riots which occurred re-
Gently at Rastoff, the troops fired on
the workmen, killing twenty.
| Bitter cold weather continues to
prevail throughout the united King
dom. Gales and heavy seas inter
fere with the channel traffic.
The duke Of Connaught formally
opened Assouan dam in Egypt and the
event marks the turning point in the
history Of the land Of the Nile.
Portugal granted a concession to
| Robert Williams, British subject,
for a railway 1888 miles long, chiefly
in the African province Of Angola.
The papers at The Hague allude to
the probability OF Queen Wilhelmina
and her consort, Prince Henry, MAX
ing a European tour next summer.
Prince Dolgeroukoff of Russia was
| deposed and placed under police super
vision for five years because of revo-
lutionary resolutions adopted in his
| district.
There was a riot in the French
chamber Of deputies during the dis
cussion Of the Humbert case and
Premier Combes was dragged from
! the tribune.
| Emperor William Dismissed from
the honorary colonelcy of German
regiment Grand Duke Paul Alexandra
witch, the czar's uncle, who figured in
a scandal.
Mr.. White, the retiring United
States ambassador, and Mrs. White
| left Berlin for Alassio, Italy. A large
party of friends babe them farewell at
the railroad station.
Sixty armed British police on Lord
de Freyne estate, Ireland, evicted
Thomas King, 20 years old, his wife,
and son, from a thirty-one acre farm
| for $40 arrearage in rent.
Francois Deloucle, a member of the
chamber of deputies from Cochin
| China, predicts a economic revolution
as the result Of adoption of the gold
standard by Siam and others.
The grip in England is unusually
severe and most of those able to leave
are going elsewhere. Over 100000
working men are idle. many being dis
missed from government factories.
NJ. Syveton, French deputy, expelled
from parliament by soldiers, will chal-
lenge Wales, minister of justice, to
duel. The latter called Syveton
wretch" Syveton gave Wales the lie.
Sailors on the British ship Leicester
Castle, San Francisco to Liverpool,
| wounded the captain and killed the
second mate. They are believed to
have persisted on raft to which they
fed.
A story of King Edwards recent
visit to Andrew Carnegie at Skibo
castle declares he was escorted
through the nursery by the laird's
small daughter and inspected her
, dolls.
A revolutionary movement is
| threatened in Honduras. Gen. Sierra
| has been induced to refuse to turn
over the presidential power to Senior
Bonilla, who was elected president in
| October.
| Land in western Ireland is now prac-
tically all given over to grazing, while
tenants and people are compelled to be
satisfied with barren bog lands. In
| County Roscommon 430,981 acres are
given to cattle and 51,688 to agricul-
| ture.
Baron Won Herrensheim introduced
resolutions in the German reichstag
aimed at the United States and requir-
ing notice that the most favored ma
ton clause will be dropped in renewed
commercial treaties with nations re-
fusing reciprocity with Germany.
Great Britain and Germany present
ed ultimatums to Venezuela and re-
ceived defiant reply from President.
Castro, who declared that diplomacy
instead of force should be used. The
ministers of both governments board
ed warships to escape possible hostili-
| ties.
The French chamber of deputies
adopted by SGT to IA votes the new
sugar law, of which the principal pro-