The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-29
FOREIGN IN BRIEF.

MORE than 200 new cases of cholera are
reported daily from Galicia. The mortality
is alarmingly large.
II is reported from Shanghai that two
German Catholic missionaries have been
seized by bandits in southern Shantung and
are held for ransom.
THE king of Corea has declared himself
independent of the Chinese government,
and has applied to japan for assistance in
expelling the Chinese from Corea.
PROFESSOR AUBREY BATTyE, the orni.
biologist, and one companion were aban-
doned on an island in the Arctic country,
June 2, by the yacht Saxon, 1t was nee
essary for the vessel to leave them because
| Of the heavy seas and ice which threatened
the destruction of the yacht. 1t is hoped
| that they will be rescued by the next Rus
sian gunboat which visits the island.
A SEAMAN on the Russian steamer Sc.
bastopol," plying between Constantinople
| and Odessa, became enamored OF an Amer
lean passenger, Miss Garrett, who would
have nothing to do with him. His CON-
rades jeered at him until they drove him to
desperation. He shot two of them fatally
| with a revolver, battered Miss CARROTS
head so brutally that she will die, and COM
mitted suicide by jumping overheard.
FRANK B. LowARK, the English arch
| eologist, claims to have discovered a hidden
| city in the wilds of Mexico. He claims to
have made a discovery among the ancient
ruins that will throw much light upon the
| early history of that country and will create
a sensation in archaeological circles. He
says the city has population Of fully $780,.
| 600, that the streets are broad, and the
buildings are large and of as handsome
architecture as is now to be found in
Mexico. Il " ~
| In an editorial on the Wilson tariff bill, Ell
National, the leading paper published in Mad
rid, Spain, says that " the moment the pro-
visions of the bill which handcaps sugar ten
per cent is put into force Senior Becerra, min.
lister OF the colonies, intends to ask the gov
| eminent to renounce the existing treaty be-
tween Spain and the United States in regard
to Cuba. This is the only way to put matters
| on a fair footing with the United States,
which country is monopolizing Cuban trade
to the disadvantage OF the colony"
PORE LEO has denounced Zola's story
"Lourdes" This has stirred Catholic cir
Giles in France to their depths lola is rev.
cling in the advertising which the papal
letter has given him, and is giving inter-
views to reporters concerning his next
book. The title, he says, will be -" Rome"
He will make long visit in Rome before
undertaking the work, and will seek an
audience with the pope. He says he was
quite sincere in writing his novel on Lour-
des and recorded only what he believed to
be the truth.
| FIERCE battle between the Chinese and
Japanese occurred August Is at Ping Yang.
Nineteen Japanese warships landed 5000
men, who advanced upon Ping Yang
When midway between the landing place
and their objective point, the Japanese
| were attacked by Chinese cavalry, who sue
ceeded in dividing the advancing column
into two parts. Thereupon the Chinese ar
| tillery poured a heavy fire into the Japanese
ranks, creating almost panic. The Japan.
ese retreated in disorder to the shore,
| where the advance of the Chinese was
| checked by the fire from the guns OF the
| Japanese fleet. The japanese lost 300
men.
A TERRIBLY disastrous tornado swept
| along the Sea OF Azof in Russia last Satur-
day, doing immense damage In some in
stances whole villages were swept into the
sea. Many steamers were driven ashore
and wrecked, and it is believed that at least
1000 persons persisted. In Germany the
storm was very severe. The towns Of
Schwalm and Waltersbruck, in the Vogel-
, berg Mountains, in Hesse, were wrecked by
a heavy wind storm and waterspouts. The
towns were flooded and trees were snapped
off or torn up by the roots. At Oberohnen
a cart, together with the horses attached
and driver, were lifted some distance in the
air by the force OF the wind and then
dashed to the ground. The cart was de-
molished and the driver and both horses
were killed.
THE persistent spread of cholera in sew
eral districts Of East Prussia causes con-
siderable alarm in Berlin, although there is
no reason for expecting an epidemic in
western or southern Germany. An i'm.
ported case in Cologne last week startled
the Rhine cities but an examination Of the
Rhine water by the medical board showed
that 1t had not been contaminated. The
western seaports, also, are as clean and
healthy as ever The social democrats have
turned the cholera scare to their account in
the beer boycott. They are circulating
placards, which assert that the boycotted
beer has been poisoned, and would surely
infect with cholera all persons drinking it.
police have declined to stop the distribution
OF the placards.