Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05

ganized with branches at Moscow
Tifiis, Bak, Erivan, Tobriz and Tehe
ran.
1t is reported in Japan that Russi;
/ proposes to obtain a loan for Chin;
to enable the latter TO pay off the in
demnity to the powers
David j. Hill, the recently appoint
ed United States minister to Switzer
land, presented his credentials t.
, President Deucher at Bern.
| Naval Lieutenant Solari, a collabor
| ator of Marconi in his wireless tel
! egraph work, and Baroness Ida d
Rubini, were married at Turin.
King Edward has conferred the
grand cross Of st. Michael and ST
George on Sir Michael Herbert, the
British ambassador at Washington.
The car has ordered the immediate
construction of the proposed Iden
salmi-Kayana railroad, so as to give
employment to the Firms who are suf
fering from famine.
Sung Fung, Chinese actor, buried
his bride of three months, who was
worried to death by highbinders'
threats to kill her husband because
she eloped with him.
The Etoile Beige, which announced
that King Leopold would come to the
United States for the Easter holidays,
now states that he will not visit the
United States until 1904.
Cuban soldiers at Cabanas fortress,
Havana refused to obey orders and
were attacked with a sword by the of
ficer of the day Twenty-Five were
hurt, and all will be court martialed.
Lord Lansdowne, the British foreign
secretary, yesterday gave a luncheon
in honor of Ex-Governor D. r.
Francis, president of the st. Louis
exposition. at Lansdowne house
Berkeley square, London.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain EN-,
barked from Cape Town on the Union
line steamer Norman for Southamp-
ton. Immense crowds gathered al
the docks and gave the colonial secre
tary an enthusiastic send-off.
The members of the City Temple
London, have decided to offer the pas
torship to Rev. r. j Campbell in sue
cession to Rev. Joseph Parker, who
died Nov. % last. The formal elec
ton will take place March 2.
A motion of censure for st. John
Brodrick, British war secretary was
defeated in the commons, 261 to AS
Premier Balfour had previously de-
clared a new cabinet should be formed
if a larger army was wanted
Over LOO carloads of supplies were
sent to the Swedish famine, sufferers
in Norrbotten's land, but starvation is
warded off only temporarily. About
100000 pounds of -four are needed
by seventeen small towns until June
/.
The German antidueling league, un.
der the presidency of Prince Zu Loew-
enstein, is specially active at present
| organizing branches in the principal
cities. One has just been formed in
Berlin under the craftsmanship of
Count Won Bernstorf
Mexicans near the Clomia volcano
are terror-stricken by the active erup-
ton now in progress. The lava
streams are increasing and the val
leys are already flooded Several
buildings at Tuxpam and Colima were
destroyed by an earthquake.
Austin Chamberlain, the postmas-
ter general in behalf of his father,
the colonial secretary, who is in south
Africa. informed the house of COM
mons that the British Alaskan COM
missioners will be selected after con-
sultation with the dominion govern
ment
The Cunard company is reported
from London to be finding great diff
| fculty in getting shipbuilders to I'M
dertake the construction of new liners
owing to the clause in the proposed
| contracts that the builders shall guar
antee the new vessels to have a speed
of twenty-five knots an hour for
| twelve months.
A customs decree has been pub
| fishing in Paris continuing the provi-
sional application of minimum tariff
rates to certain classes of merchan-
disc originating in the United States,
Porto Rico, Nicaragua. Honduras,
Jamaica and other parts of the world.
The articles are specified in laws of
Feb. % and July l, 1900.
Shipping circles in London antici-
pate that the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road company's purchase of the
Bever line of steamers will be quick
ly followed by an arrangement be-
tween the Grand Trunk railroad and
the Allan line by which the Grand
Trunk will be better enabled to COM
pete for business in the expected de-
velopment of traffic between Great
Britain and the far east by way of
Canada.