The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-01-28
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY,
FOREIGN.


Secretary Foster introduced the Irish
coercion bill in the English parliament
Monday. 1t was of course holly op-
posed by the home rulers, but the Irish
party is now pretty nearly broken up
and it will probably be unable to obstruct
the bill from passing this week. Eng
lish vessels are now cruising about the
Irish coast to prevent the landing of
arms which it is claimed are sent from
America. There has been rioting at Skel-
,mersdale between the police, and the
striking golfers. Troops are to be
sent to Wigan and Preston to maintain
order-A motion made by liberal in
the House of Commons on Friday night
that the annexation of the Transvaal
was impolitic and unjustifable, was re-
jectea by a vote of 1919 to So Russia
and China have come to an agreement
whereby Rus STA is to restore Kuluja and
China is to pay 5, 200 900 roubes to in
demnify Russia 1t is reported that
nearly all the European powers have
accepted the Turkish Porte's proposal
of "A conference to decide the Greek
| boundary question. But the Greeks are
increasing the strength of their army
and evidently preparing for war;
The Porte has re engaged Baker Pasha
and several other Englishmen.
more battles have been fought at Geek
Tepe and the Russian line is within forty
yards of the fortress. The Kurdish
chief Sheikh Sadyk has offered to furnish
Turkey with 5000 cavalry in the event
of war with Greece.-The English
garrison at Leydenbeig is reported to
have sun endered TO the Beers THE
Russian police have frustrated another
widespread plot for murder, arson and
revolution among the Nihilists. A.
Sothern, the actor, is dead at London.
- train consisting of two passenger
coaches, mail and baggage-cars jumped
the track at the Golden K ck curve on
the Amour mountain, near Puerto Cor
ties, Guatemala and precipitated 20 feet
down the mountain Nearly all on
board were either killed or fatally wound
ed.-S40 600, 900 damage has been
done in Spain by the floods -Russisn
Gen, Skobeleff captured Cock Tepe |
Tuesday after nine hours desperate and |
fighting that the Tekke- Turkomars are
in full retreat. Their loss, he says, was
enormous, as they were pursued and cut |
down for II distance of Is versts.
DOMESTIC.
A San Marcial dispatch reports seven
men murdered and one woman abducted
by the Apaohes. other murders have
been committed and troops and citizens
are in pursuit. men burned to
death in a railroad accident at Oswego
N. Y.-Sec Ramsey's brother, j. c.
Ramsey, has committed suicide
Several railroad accidents occurred in
the lake region last week. owing to the
dense fog brick factory in Chica-
go was burned last Friday, doing S75,-
600 damage and injuring several fire.
men and policemen.-Rev. Edward
Purcell, brother of Archbishop Purcell
died Friday The Egyptian obelisk
has been securely erected at New York.
The bodies of seven of the victims
of Utah avalanche have been recover
ed. Snow slides in Idaho have buried
IL persons, all but four of whom werel
rescued. A !Hebard, clerk in
the internal reveue department at San
Francisco, has been arrested for embezzle-
ment.-Resolution against the Chinese
treaty were defeated in tAe California
Senate Monday. Mexico IDdi-
ans murdered five miners and three stage
drivers last week.-Smallpox prevails
frightfuly at Bersimis Canada Texas
has elected Gov. Maxey to the United
States Senate, West Virginia J N. Cam
den. Chicago has Is new cases of
small pox. The bread malady has also
broken out in the Fort Madison Qa.)
penitentisry.- almost had
riot Tuesday night, the Irish citizens be- /
being enraged because Mayor Harrison 1
refused to sign land league resolutions l
in his official capacity. though he had
expressed strong sympathy with the
He was booted and final !
" hustled out of the hall.