Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24
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Mount Pelee again erupts, with new
phenomena.
f. S Kelley of Oxford, won the
Diamond Souls at Henley.
The coronation bazaar, the largest
ever held took place in London.
Another severe shock of earthquake
Is reported to have occurred AT
SaloniCa.
Argentina and Chila signed a treaty
| defining more clearly their recent
peace agreement
The Gotha canal, traversing Sweden.
will be enlarged to permit steamships
to reach the interior.
Beers are now returning to the
TransVaal and the Orange river colony
in large numbers.
Charles Bright of Sandusky, Ohio,
was acquitted In London OF fraud in
bankruptcy proceedings.
Twelve Greek priests were sent to
prison for lighting in the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Under the auspices of the Russian
government an effort will be made to
export Russian beef to England.
The steamer Morning sailed from
London to carry relief to the Ant
rctic ship Discovery, in Victoria Land
M, Combery, the French premier,
has notified all religious orders to
comply with the new law or be dis
solved within a week
Red Cross reports state that the
beers had 300 men killed and
wounded, had $4,000 men in the field
and $4,000 were made prisoners.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
to Eastbourne, Sussex, for the es-
tabllshment of library, for which the
duke of Devonshire has given the site.
Sir LANG Cheng, secretary of the
coronation mission from China is said
to have been named for minister to
the United States In place of WI Ting
Fang.
Cholera Is spreading somewhat In
the Philippine islands. The ratio fol
Manila Is maintained. The rains now
falling have not checked the disease
materially.
. The emperor of Corea has received
John Barrett, commissioner of the st.
Louis exposition, and accepted the in
vitation for Corea to participate In
the exposition.
The British earl marshal announced
that the kings coronation will take
place between Aug. 8 and II. The
OF a,Nt 30
will be abandoned
Queen Alexandra had narrow es-
cape in London, a mass of decorations
and coping falling in street just
after she had passed, killing woman
and wounding several other persons.
The famous bell tower OF st, Marks
cathedral, Venice, 1000 years old and
$50 feet high, fell and destroyed part
of the doges' palace. No one was
killed.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach resigned as
British chancellor of the excheQuer be-
cause of Chamberlain increased In
fluence it is supposed William K.
Hamburg of Wyndham may succeed
him.
The battleship Illinois struck bot
tom In Christiania, Norway, harbor
through failure of the steering gear.
Two compartments filled with waite,
and the Baltic cruise may be
abandoned.
A sensation was caused at Rome by
the refusal of Cardinal MacChi to al
low a sister of the church to nurse
Princess Joseph Rospigliosi the
divorced wife of Colonel Paykhurst,
of Bangor Maine.
An imperial edict by the Chinese
emperor gives the american. China
Development company the right TO
complete road from Canton 10
Hankow and to issue $40OO0000 IN
bonds
Lord Salisbury resigned the pre-
miership of Great Britain and Arthur
j. Baltour, government leader OF the
house of commons, was made premier.
The resignation was accepted and the
new appointment made on Friday.