Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-29


but the latter then go to America.
The present educational system
creates aversion to manual labor.
The arrest of the Humberts. French
swindlers, at Madrid threatens to
revive the Dreyfus wrangle and in
volve high officials. A Paris news
paper declared M. Patenotre caused
their arrest to embarrass DeIcasse.
Two German electrical companies,
the Allegmeine, with S22,125,OOO
capital, and the Union, with $85,0OO,-
900, agreed to combine with an Ameri-
can man as manager. The merger is
due to the collapse of the recent
electrical boom.
The Hamburg-American line steamer
Deutschland when she was nearing
the Sc444y islands cylinder burst and
the starboard engine was badly
damaged. 1t will require four months
to effect repairs. One engineer was
lady scalded.
The Grown Princess Louise OF
Saxony, mother of five children and
SUBJECT of previous escapades, is
mysteriously missing from Salzburg
castle since Dec. II. An official an
nouncement was issued and search
begun by the police.
The Sultan Of Morocco is preparing
fo- decisive battle with the rebels,
who are being continually reinforced
by desert tribes. Foreign residents
in Fee and at other places in Morocco
are said to be in a panic through fear
Of rebel victory.
A dispatch from New Marghelan,
Russian TUrkestan, reports that the
earthquake at Andijan killed $500
people IN and near that city and de-
ct-oyed 10000 houses The lumblings
continue. The authorities so far have
not been able to cope with the destitu-
ton Of the starving, unsheltered popu-
lation.
King Leopold has concluded
negotiations with the Chinese gov
eminent for a cession of tract of
territory similar to the settlements of
other European nations. Belgium has
accepted this arrangement instead of
financial compensation for the Belgian
claims arising from the recent re-
bellion.
A dispatch from New Marghelan,
Russian Turkestan, reports that the
earthquake at Andijan killed $500
people in and near the city and de-
stroyed 10000 houses The rumblings
continue. The authorities so far have
not been able to cope with the
restitution Of the starving, unshel-
tered populace.
The British steamer North Point,
Capt. Drake, which sailed from Phila-
delphia Dec. 3, has arrived at London,
and reported having on board the
crew Of the German steamer Pure Oil,
Capt. Dix, from Hamburg, Dec. 4, for
Philadelphia, which foundered Dec.
IA. The North Point had the Pure Oil
in tow for five hours.
Samuel H. Hunt died at New York.
He was the sixth in the descent from
Ralph Eunt, who gave the land for
the first Presbyterian church at New
town, /. l., in 1871, and could trace
his ancestry to the thirteenth century.
He was a g-eat historian and was an
honorary vice president of the Histor-
zeal society of Wisconsin.
1t i1 understood, says the Johannes
burg correspondent CT the London
Times, that the burgher claims for
compensation under article X. of the
terms Of surrender amount to nearly
6 00,000000 (945O,000, O0O). The cor
1857 OndCLt suggests the grant CT a.
fu ther 31,000,OOO ($5,OOO,0OO) for the
rcLle- OF burghers who surrendered
c.;--i37 ord Roberts proclamation.
At st. Petersburg the Official Mes
se-GeT gives letter, addressed by the
czaT to the minister of the inte-ior.
commanding that the students sent to
Siberia for creating disorder against
the government be sent to their
homes. They will not be allowed to
be present in towns where there are
bi3h schools, however. Pardons have
also been issued to fifty other exiles
in Eastern Siberia.
The private banking firm of J. & j.
w. Pease OF Darlington, England, has
executed a deed Of assignment for the
keneft Of it's creditors. The firms
liabilities are placed at $2,50O,OOO 1t
is understood that the people affected
by the assignment are mainly mem
bers Ct the Pease 1ar.:ij and their
intimate friends. The partners in ,ne
firm are two members of the louise of
commons, representing Durham and
Essex, and A. E. Pease for Yorkshire
Alfred Moseley, who has just made
a tour of the United States with a
number of representative of British
labor unions for the purpose of study
ing American industrial conditions,
has arrived at Liverpool. He ex-
pressed his satisfaction with the com
missions tour. He said he hoped
the reports would be published within
a few weeks, and that as a result
changes would be made in the
methods at present employed in
several English trades.