The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
FORETGN IN BRTEF.

THE Central market at Leeds, England,
was burned last week. Loss S2j000O.
G. /. Roor. United States vice consul at
Guaymas, Mexico, committed suicide last
week by shooting himself through the head
No cause is assigned
Miss DAISY MoNTAGuE, a London actress
was shot and killed in the streets of that
city. last week, by an insaney Jealous
crank who committed suicide Immediately
after the shooting.
MoNsGGNoR SAroLLT has authorized the
statement that the sealed package sent to
him by Pope Leo by Father Rocker cou-
tanned no official business, and that the con-
tents were entirely OF a private nature.
THE announcement that the cholera is
epidemic in Hamburg has occa,ioned great
alarm, and thousands have left the city.
All the deaths thus far have occurred in the
suburbs of ST. Paul and St. George 1t is
thought that the scOurge is decreasing in
these localities.
BECAUSE of the prevalence of cholera in
Hamburg the Hamburg Packet Company
has decided TO make CoXhaven the port of
entry and departure for all steamers in flu
ture. There all steerage passengers are
kept for five days under medical observa-
ton and control before disembarking.
AN Austrian named Humm and his wife,
residents of Gottingen Germany, are under
arrest, charged with poisoning their four
children and Mrs. Humm's father All the
victims died suddenly. Their stomachs
were analyze aud the remains Of heavy
doses of poison were found in them.
THE Spanish government has declared a
quarantine against the ports of Hamburg
Germany, and Hull, England, because of
the prevalence of cholera at those places
1t has also declared Jersey City, N. j., to
be infected, and all vessels that left that
II ra
quarantned on arrival.
In reply to questions asked last week in
the house of commons regarding the pres
ence of cholera in Great Britain, the pres.
dent of the local government board stated
that with the exception of three ports on
the east coast, all the ports of Great Britain
were free from cholera. There was not the
slightest reason, he added, to suppose that
there was an epidemic of Asiatic cholera in
any part of the United Kingdom.
The inhabitants of the north of England
were surprised when they awoke last Fri
day morning to find that the snow was
steadily falling. The storm continued
through the morning throughout most of
the northern counties of Northumberland,
Cumberland, Yorkshire, Lancashire and
Westmoreland, but was most severe in the
last named county. where snow covered the
ground to depth of four inches.
GLADSTONE sent letter last week to his
supporters in the house of commons, thank
ing them for standing by him during nearly
eight months of uneXampled labor. He
closes the letter by saying; We are aware
Of the self sacrifice entaied by such devo-
ton to the public service, and in expressing
my gratitude | cannot but add my belief
that efforts so unsparing for purposes of
such high Importance, will meet the warm
appreciation of the country"
NEARLY one hundred anarchists were ar
rested in Vienna last Saturday. The police
declare that the conspiracy these arrests
has unearthed is the most formidable plot
the anarchists ever conceived in Vienna.
Every one of the men arrested had in his
possession bombs or cartridges that were
ready for use. The discovery has caused
believed, however, that the many arrests
made have eifectually put an end to the
conspiracy.
DURING review of troops at Barcelona
last Saturday an anarchist tried TO kill
Captain General Martinez de Gampos. The
officer was badly wounded, but after his
wounds We're dressed he returned to his
staff and witnessed the parade from car
riage. The name of the anarchist who
threw the bombs is Pallas. He glories in
his deed He says he intended 20 kill Mar
tinez de Campos and his whole staff. He
will be court martialed at once. In his
house was found d great quantity of the
most revolutionary literature. Two men
who had lived with him evidently had
helped make the bomls and have been ar
rested. Many spectators and soldiers were
wounded by the explosion, and several
horses, including the one that the captain
general rode, were killed.