The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-02
FOREIGN IN BRIEF.

DEFENsELEss little Siam has accepted the
full terms of the French utimatum, and
has expressed the hope that the blockade
will cease. Diplomatic relations are to be
at once resumed.
The British steamer " Pearl " was run
into, last week, off the coast of county
Down, Ireland, by an unknown steamer.
The Pearl sank in ten minutes and seven
persons were drowned
THE condition of King Otto, of Bavaria, is
daily becoming worse. The paralysis with
which he is afflicted is increasing. His
maladies have become so serious that it is
the general belief that his end is near.
A FIRE at Bercy, suburb on the south
east of Paris, France, burned over fifty
houses last Friday, rendering hundreds of
poor people homeless. Ten thousand casks
and 800 hogsheads of wine were also burned.
GREAT strike of English coal miners has
been inaugurated in the north of England
Over $50, 600 men are affected 1t was pre-
cipitated by the refusal of the miners con-
federation to accept any reduction in wages.
ALL England is deeply mortified at the
hand-to-hand encounter in the house of COM
mons, and committee of inquiry is de-
manded. Gladstone said the question was
one of the greatest delcacy The occurrence,
he added, formed very serious fact in the
history of the house. He would consider
the point and give an answer this week.
LORD DUNRAvEN, owner of the cutter
"Valkyrie," will sail for New York, Au-
gust 10. The object of his early visit to the
United States is to witness the preliminary
races between the American yachts to de-
eide which of them will defend the cup
against the ",Valkyrie." The date of the
sailing of the Valkyrie has not yet been
fixed.
THE federal authorities of Mexico are
taking severe measures to compel OBJ
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have issued orders to the police to prevent
every affair of honor and turn over the in
tending duelists to the criminal Judges. 1t
is hoped that the new measure will result
in stopping dueling, which has grown COM
mon of late. Many duels between foreign
ers have been fought recently on trivial
grounds. The newspapers applaud the de-
termined attitude of the new governor
THE court martial on the "Victoria" disas-
ter has rendered verdict that the accident
was entirely due to the order given by Vice
Admiral Tryon Captain Bourke's sword
was formally returned to him by the pres-
dent of the court. The court expressed re-
greet that Rear Admiral Markham, who, on
the day of the disaster, was on the" Camper
down in command of the port column, did
not carry out his original intention and ig-
more the signal displayed by the Victoria F"
in attempting to obey which the Camper
down rammed and sunk the Victoria"
EMfEHoh WILLIAM OF germany met WIN
,, an enthusiastic reception when he landed
on English soil at Dover last Friday. Some
miles east of Spthead the royal yacht
Osborne" with the Prince of Wales and a
distinguished party on board, met the
Hohenzollern," and, after exchanging sig
nails with the German yacht sailed in her
Company to Cowes, Isle of Wight. AS the
two yachts entered the Solent salutes in
honor of the German emperor were fired at
| Portsmouth and Cowes. The emperor was
pleasantly impressed with his cordial re-
ception. He will witness the races off the
Isle of Wight, in which his yacht Meteor
| is entered.