Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-30
FOREIGN.

King Albert, OF SaXOny, is dead at
the age of IA.
Prince Christian will take the oath
as regent of Denmark.
Venezuelan rebels have captured the
seaport of La Vela de Coro
The United States cruiser Cincin
natl arrived at La Guaira.
Torrential rains at st. Pierre have
uncovered the graves of many vol
cano victims.
Rear-Admiral Crowninshield, in his
review of the cruiser Chicago inquiry
censures 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
Katal, 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 high and buried
the town of Basse Pointe under 16
feet of mud
aIist member of parliament, was sen
fenced at Sligo to three months in
jail for contempt of court.
The duke of Manchester took tie
customary oath in his seat in the
house of lords, his financial disah1i-
ties having been removed.
At Panama, the fleet of government
gunboats returned with the news that
the town of Aqua Duice 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 the British army, has again
appealed to the public to refrain from
treating the returning soldiers with
liquors.
C. H. Vessels and P. G. 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
/ oomis will present Captain Craig to
King Charles of Portugal.
Col Arthur Lynch, mei~Jer- 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
The return to Copenhagen from the
West Indies Of the Danish cruiser
Valkyrien, after rescuing 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, a cousin OF King
Victor Emmanuel, unveiled a monu-
ment to Rossini, the composer, IN the
pantheon of Santa Groce with mucn
ceremonial and in the presence OF a
great gathering of senators, deputies,
civil and military officials and deputa-
lions from musical, societies..
The Lloyds medal for meritorlouS
service was presented to Captain Free
man OF the British steamer Roddam'
III the committee-room of Lloyds, snip
ping office, London, as a recognition
OF his gallant action in taking MS
EeSsel from st. Pierre, Martinique, on
Nay s, during the destruction OF that
town by the outbreak on Mont Pelee.
Prizes for the discovery of remedies
Tor the poison developed by tlsh anu
Tor papers on amelioration OF the con-
dition Of the poor have been oHereo
by the Russian academy OF science
and the Red cross society OF the unl-
Yersity of Moscow in an enoft 10 III