Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-05
FOREIGN.

The naturalization OF Jews was
agreed to in the Roumanian senate.
A plot is discovered to kill Count
Lambsdorff, the Russian foreign
arrested
The Chilean cabinet crisis has been
settled by an agreement that all the
ministers shall remain at their posts
Charles Inglis of London, the we'll
known English evangelist and one of
Mr. Moody's colleagues, is in Chicago,
and viii speak.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles reviewed the
legation guards at Pekin and was
given a reception by mandarins, and
attended a diplomatic dinner.
The Humberts and D'Aurignacs,
French swindlers reached the Paris
prison; their arrival was witnessed
| by small crowd without demonstra-
| ton.
The appointment Of Vice Admiral
Cervera. who surrendered to the
American feet at Santiago de Cuba, to
the post Of chief of staff of the Spanish
navy, has been published in the official
| gazette.
Advices have been received that the
British steamer Mombassa, Capt. Fair,
bound from Calcutta for New York,
was abandoned on fire. Dec. %. The
crew were saved and were landed at
Colombo
The wC-s gale of many years visited
Denmark Christmas night and has
done enormous damage to property
and shipping. The Geographic and
railroad services have been interrupted
and delayed.
officers Of the French line steamer
La Touraine, from New York Dec. 18,
report that a saloon passenger, Juan
Echevarria, committed suicide by
jumping overheard Dec. 81. His body
was not recovered.
The United States transport Sher-
man struck a rock off southern Luzon;
passengers were assigned to boats and
preparations for Bleaching made; Ma
Mia was finally reached with % inches
Of water IN the hold.
The sultan of Morocco is barricad-
ed in his palace at Fee; artillery and
ammunition concentrated there
against attack by the pretender's
troops. Spain is concentrating troops
at Malaga and Cadiz.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
and Mrs Chamberlain, who left Ports
mouth, England, Nov. rs, on board the
armorel cruiser Good Hope, landed at
Durham They received a warm vel
come from large crowds of people.
British trade was prosperous during
1902; the boom expected to follow
peace in south Africa failed to appear;
national expenses are unlikely to de-
crease soon, and the appointment of a
minister of commerce will be asked
Dispatches from Hakodate report
that an outbreak of fire occurred on
board the Iwanai steamship company's
steame- Hokuun Maru off the coast Of
Su Thsu on Dec. 3. and the vessel was
sunk, eighteen Of the crew losing their
lives.
The r'azue II Mexico has abated in
virulencc. Foreign ships touching
refuse 70 take passengers or freight.
Only fcI,r being reported Thursday,
The deaths are diminishing notably,
and during the subeecuent day but few
cases.
Admiral Dewey arrived at Ponce,
Porto Rico, overland from San Juan,
and received an ovation. He was
warmly g1eete9 by a committee Of
native officials and citizens and was
escorted by them from Juan Diaz to
Ponce.
Morocco rebels defeated 10000
troops commanded by brother Of the
sultan minister Of war and drove
them toward Fee; the city gates were
closed and the Fee populace excited;
the latter are ready to surrender to
the pretendeT.
News was brought By the steamer
Tartar of a disaster IL the Malacca
straits, as result Of which sixty lives
were lost The steamer Bunsang was
in collision with the steamer Kiang-
yam, and the Kiangyan was sunk, sixty
sailors and passengers being missing.
Among the passengers which arrived
at Halifax from Liverpool, were TWEEN
ty-four members of the Royal CaledOn-
ian Curling club of Scotland. They
will tour Canada, playing in all the
principal cities from Halifax to Winni-
peg. From the latte- city they will go
to st. Paul and Chicago and thence to
New York.
Archbishop Chapelle, apostolic dele
gate in Cuba and Porto Rico, arrived
at San Juan. The people of the city
turned out in large numbers to re-
ceive him. The water front was crowd
ed for hours before the archbishop dis
embarked. A large procession es-
ccrted the prelate to the cathedral,
where services were held.
According to advices received from
the steamer Tartar, the boxer rising in
Gzechua1 continues, and another at
1ack was made on Chengtu in NOvem-
her. While some of the rebels battered
the gates another body surprised the
cute fortress, but the soldiers fought