Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
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Russia has agreed that her consul gen,
eral in Korea shall derive his exchequeI
from the japanese government. thus ac-
knowledging the japanese supremacy III
the hermit kingdom.
ct Alexandria, Egypt, 100 natives were
tried for the recent attack on British off
GERS, in which Capt. Bull was killed -Four
of the accused were condemned to death
two to life Imprisonment and twelve to
briefer terms of Imprisonment.
The French budget, which was intro
duced in the chamber Tuesday, shows that
the military preparation during the Mo
roccan crisis cost S50,000,0CO, and that
internal reforms have cost S30000,0OO
and that, in consequence, a loan would
be necessary to meet the deficit.
The British House of Commons adopt
ed the most contested clause of the edu
cation bill by a majority of 277. This
clause provides that special religious in
struction may be given in any voluntary
school on the vote of four-fifths of the
parents of the children attending. This
is the fourth clause of the bill.
The prophecy of a social revolution
without bloodshed in 1910 In France has
been made by NJ. Guesde, the new leader
OF the Socialists in the Chamber of Dep
uties At that time, he says, the atti-
tude of the Socialists will be so menac-
ing that the capitalist government will
call out the army, but, as the army will
refuse to fire, ''the revolution will be
bloodless."
The Russian admiral, Rojestvensky. adj
dressing the court-martial at krons-
stadt, took all the blame for the surrend-
err of the gunboat Bedovi to the Japanese,
and invited the full punishment of the
law, which would be death. He did this
In the hope of saving the officers who
surrendered the gunboat in order to save
the life Of their wounded commander. 1t
was said by sailors Of the Bedoyi that
Rojestvensky's party had boarded the
guDboat with the intention of surrender
ing instead of trying TO escape, and that
their first act was to hoist the white flag.
Russian revolutionists are reported in
jubilant mood over the rapid progress
made by the military propaganda. The
fact has leaked out that the Preobraj ensky
regiment, belonging to the special guard
IOT lDE CZdiy 1ldh d W pr
test against police duty and freedom TO
leave the barracks. They also expressed
their entire sympathy with the Democrats
of the douma for the distribution of land
to the peasants. The general officer over
this regiment has been severely repri-
maaded by the Gar. Ivan Narodny, the
military agent of the revolution in Amer
lea, now says that the douma will APP
point military dictator to organize the
disafected portion of the troops against
the government.
Prof. Wisler of Heidelberg university,
Germany, one of the highest authorities
Oh natural history, has announced his con
clusion that all highly developed racea
had their origin in the extreme northern
latitude of so degrees, regions which are
to-day inaccessible, as they are buried
with ice or arctic seas. The continuous
cooling of the north, sharpened the strug
gle for existence and created new forms
of life He dissents from the theory that
the tropical sun has power to develop
the human germ. He concludes that the
first tribes of men followed in the track
of the mammalian animals from the ex-
IRENE north across the European CONT
neat