Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-02
Foreign.


Fire at Progreso, Yucatan, de-
troyed property worth s1,OOO,OOO
Coal shipments from Leith, Eng
land, fell off 299,33 tons in 1901.
Sir Joseph H. Gilbert. a noted
agricultural chemist, died in London.
A revolutionary demonstration
against Turkey took place at Sofia,
Bulgaria
An arbitration treaty believed to be
acceptable to at least a majority has
been reported to the Pan-American
conference.
Colombian rebels looted the
property at Nombre de Dios of the
Manganese Mining company, United
States concern.
A church in London still possesses
ALI income originally given to it for
the purpose of buying faggots for
burning heretics.
Messrs. Wolmarans and Vessels.
MIR. Kruger's advisers, now in Hol-
land, consider that a certain date
must be set for the conclusion of the
war.
The Rome correspondent of the Pail
Mall Gazette says the project of hav-
ing an American diplomatic repre-
sentative at the Vatican is again
mooted.
Rain marred London's observance
of Christmas day. Special services
were held in the churches. w. w.
Aston gave the National Rifle associa-
ton $4,000.
Tewfik Pasha. Turkish foreign
minister promises to answer the
United States complaint about the
expulsion of naturalized Americans
from Beyrout, Syria.
1t is not probable that Germany
ever will begin a tariff war with the
United States, says Consular Agent
Harris at Eibenstock, in a report to
the state department.
Admiral Higginson and the officers
of his feet were given a banquet
at Havana by the Veterans associa-
tion. General Garcia praised the
American navy and General Wood
paid tribute to the Cubans.
The census returns for Algeria
show that in less than fifty years
the native population of the colony,
Ara and Kabyle. has almost doubled
having risen from 1907 900 in 1856 to
4,071,0 900 at the present time.
At the annual meeting of the De
Beers Mining company at Kimberly
the chairman announced that the gross
profits for the year were S2,750, 900. the
production being $4.500,000 The es-
timated life of the mines is 144 years.
There are further indications of the
reaction in favor of leniency toward
ployes and forbiddfng the establish
up in the boxer troubles. and who
We're blackTisted at first by the court.
Honors are now being conferred on
boxers.
The radicals in the Galician diet
intend to provoke a debate on the
"Wreschen school scandals" The
governor and project have been max
ing efforts to induce the radicals to
abandon their proposed action. but
General Louis Boath. the boer COM
manderin-chief, is holding five British
officers and has warned Lord Kitch-
ener that they will be shot if Com
mandant Kritzinger. who was cap
tured in Cape Colony six days ago.
is sentenced to death.
The queen of Hanover has now at
tanned the patriarchsf age of SO years.
She married in 1913 George ", who
was reigning king of Hanover from
1851 to 1866, when the Prussian gov
eminent deprived him OF his throne
and annexed his territory.
The British war Office has issued an
other long dispatch received from
Lord Kitchener. detailing the murders
of natives by the beers. One case is
given OF wagon driver, who was
captured from a British convoy in the
end of 1900. and burned alive.
Premier Seldom of New Zealand is
mentioned as probable governor of the
Orange River Colony. He went to
Australia forty years ago as a boy CT
is. He is a mechanical engineer by
profession. but for years has chiefly
occupied himself with politics.
The Russian navy has to record a
success in the far east. for the first
torpedo boat built in the new ship
building yard at Port Arthur has just
been turned out On her trial trip
the boat developed a mean speed of
twenty-seven and one-half knots.
The United States army transport
Meade has arrived at Manila. She re-
ports having met terrific typhoon
the 18th and 18th. which did some
damage to her boats and flooded the
cabins and the hospital quarters, caus-
ing great alarm to those on board.
The English island counties are
suffering from severe frcsts. Several
instances are reported OF jewellers in
exposed localities having been frozen
to death. Skating Is general in the
provinces. Foggy weather prevails
along the coasts and in the channel.
The journey o. King Edward and
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