The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-20
VOL. Xxx. NO. 8.
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
wild speculation in London.


The speculative mania in South Al
ir,n stocks shows no sign OF abate
5nnnt Stock exchange dealers com.
,ara the present time with that OF
aws Mississippi imitation in France
tMJ the South sen bubble in England.
kI"n who were financially broke
ra months ago now boast that they
va worth tens of thousands of pounds.
that were quoted in June at
: ore now quoted at 40e. Brokers
Rho were recently struggling to keep
{heir heads above water now employ
Iarge corps of clerks and net enormous
trotits. Barney Barnato, the leader of
{be boom. who was at one time an
|tinorant juggler, is now a multi mil
ionairc He is about to build IA
kalace at Piccadilly which will cost
$50 600. In the meantime he has
6ased Earl Spencer's house. Despite
|bp success of his Barnato bank and
VERY other scheme into which he has
uttered. he has not succeeded in enter
hp the highest financial circle, which
1 also operating in South Africa, but
Ehicb vet holds itself aloof from Mr..
Barnato. The speculative spirit eX-
Lnds TO other branches of the stock
Exchange and gives impetus to bust
ess generally.
China is Defiant.
The Chinese authorities. according
/ a despatch to the N. Y. World re-
used to execute a single murderer i'm
Heated in the massacre of mission
|res unless they are assured that with
he execution of the men accused all
heir demands shall cease. The Lon
hon Times publishes a despatch from
|hangha saying that the Chinese re-
|ard the inquiry into the massacre of
christians to Kucheng as mockery,
Id have begun to release the prison
| Is. without consulting the British
tnsu,
Another report states that two
breign gunboats have been ordered to
scend the river to demand the en-
brcement of the penalties imposd. a
kbelIion has begun in the province of
h KEN. and the local officials, in
lead of attempting to suppress the
|sing. have fed. \ force of imperial
loops are on their way to the scene to
n to put down the Instruction. The
london Times has despatch that
wen Of the prisoners convicted in the
bcent masacres We're executed at
lucheng Tuesday in the presence of
e foreign consuls. The British gun
bat Linnet had arrived.
Uprising in Morocco.
THE uprising among the natives in
)orocco is spreading and has assumed |
much more serious aspect. The
! eat tribes have made a combined at
|ck upon the stronghold of one of the
Sincipal adherents of the sultan and |
|uted his forces. The aggressive
btiyes are advancing and the Jewish |
llders are hastily gathering their
Irtable possessions and leaving the /
Ties of Fez and Morocco.
Another Parliament of Reli giOns.
There is to be repetition of the
ficago parliament of religions at the
iris exposition in 1900, if present
pms are carried out. 1t is proposed
copy the Chicago methods in gen
II, and have representatives o. all
religions of the world, including
sects Of Christianity present, with
Committee including Protestant min
ers, Roman Catholic cardinals and
wish rabbits to have the matter in
erge. There is a general agreement
1t the congress at Chicago was one
the most interesting and profitable
ltures Of the world's fair, and it was
lerstood then that there would be
petitions of these meetings from
he to time as occasion should serve.
was proposed to hold congress in
lia, and Mozoomdar and one or two
the Hindoo delegates to Chicago
be much in favor of the idea. This
probably be abandoned now that
Paris plan has been announced
Michael Davitt, who is in Australia,
cabled to Justin Mccarthy a
ond sum of tl000 for the benefit of ,
ant Parnelites.
IN avalanche from .Altel's glacier in
ltzerland has overwhelmed a tract !
ground over two miles long at the 5
Of the mountain. Ten shepherds !;
/ '0O cattle persisted. +