The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
The Pnrncll Defense.


An outline has been given of the tcstimon.
that will be put IN before the Parrll com
mission when It reassembles. 1t will INCLUDE
n complete history of the Irish. m0vencii
and its transformation through Mr.. Parneil'
influence from Whiggery and desperation U
iUs present state of hopefulness ana constilu
tional agitation. 1t will also comprise de
tailed description of Mr.: farnelps Wnoi'
political career Some OF the more prem
nept Irish members will be called, but no
ali. as no evidence has been given agains
him, Michael Davitt's testimony Is expected
to be almost as important rs tnat OF MT. rhr
nell. sOne of the NEST remarkable features
OF the evidence for the defense VIII be th'
appearance OF several high cignitarles OF tn'
Roman Catholic church who will be called tt
describe the scenes OF famine and eviction
which they Witnessed 1t is understood thai
these prelates will appear with the 1ul
sanction of the vatican.
Another Plot TO XIII the Gar.
THE Russian project of police has discover
ed the existence of Nihilst plot to assassl
mite the ear while he was attending The
funeral of Gen. Panicker, minister OF roads
! The ear was Immediately warned not TO at
tend the funeral. A number of persons
charged with being implicated in the plot
have been arrested. The Nihlists intended
| to use dynamite in their attack on the car.
Gen. Boulanger has practically been ex
PEELED from Belgium. France protested
against his being pardoned by Belgium while
carving on his Vaccinations ON the very Dor
der, and was listened to respectfully, for
notice was sent to the general Saturday that
he would not be allowed to conspre against
a friendly government. Boulan2er has deci-
ded to 90 to England whose traditional policy
it is to harbor political refugees. The Boulan-
ger trial before the French senate drags along
slowly. Boulanger said he had to fly the
country to escape the fate OF the Duke A.
Enghein. and an article in the Kepublique
Franchise written just after leaving
cabinet meeting in which he said:
We do not at all mind being called Fouquier
Tsy ,i nes S Sd
placed their trust in u.s. and nothing shall make
us swerye from our , mn in the
egg, the audaciOus conspiracy which IN the
very year of the centenary menaces the hber
ties we conquered In 80.
Ex-King Milan now proposes to enter holy
orders with view to becoming Primate OF
the Servian church. Possibly he may be do 4
ing this with the object of confirming his own
divorce, which Queen Nathalie is determined
to have annulled by the ecclesiastical autlori- |
ties at Belgrade.
The British House of Commons last week |
passed the bill authorizing the expenditure of |
S1O7 100000 during the coming seven years |
for the construction of 60 new cruisers and 10 |
or the latter, two are to be by /
more than 1000 tons larger than any vessel
low in either the English or the French navy 4
md Of the cruisers, Is torpedo boats are to
lave speed OF q knots per hour, while the |
)ther cruisers are to have coal storage ca
)acity sufficient to enable them to cross the
Atlantic at their full speed OF 20 kncts per
lOur.
1.-THE truth about the King of the Neither
ands has at last come out" says the London
World. He has been insane for months,
lucid intervals; but the doctors
Informed the government long ago that there
vas no chance of his ever ralying, and that
Ultimately he would become permanently
lad, in which case his health might improve
nd his life be prolonged.
A Catholic congress is in session at Madrid (
} pronounce in favor of the restoration OF /
he temporal power of the Pope and the ex-
,nsion OF the influence OF the church in
;hools. Cardinal Benavdes presides and
700 clergymen and laymen are in attendance.
Famine is raging in Hungary and hundredrs =
persons are dying. y
Strikers for Gen. Boulanger are trying to '
PROV $20,00O00O for him in London, Of Z
ring bonds at 80 per cent. discount.
There was a battle Sunday between the 4
,yptians and Soudanese at Port Holaib and
e former were defeated and forced to re- 81
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