The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22

PRESIDENT KRUGER has claimed an indem.
| nifty of S7500,000 from the British South
African Company for the recent raid OF DR..
Jameson into the Transvaal,
THE British barque Firth of Solway"
was sunk last Monday morning off the east
coast of Ireland by collision with the British
steamer Marden." The captains wife and
child and thirteen of the crew were
drowned. The captain and eight sailors
were saved.
MGR. CREToNI, papal nuncio at Madrid,
has been instructed to propose to the Span
ish government that Spain accept the me-
diation OF the pope, or failing that, to en-
deavor to secure the acceptance by Spain of
the mediation of the United States to the
end Of obtaining the pacfcation of Cuba.
In his message to congress the president
of Venezuela says that after the re Jrganiza-
ton of the militia, which has just been
| completed the government is in position
| to mobilize 100000 men at any given mo-
ment. He calls upon congress to provide
for the acquisition of large quantities OF war
material.
THE minister OF finance for the Dominion
| of Canada has been urged to make numer-
GUS changes in the tariff, but owing to the
shortness of the session he could not see his
| way clear to recommend any of them. The
| only proposal he had to make was to extend
| for another year the privilege OF admitting
| Ir6b lntO Candua SuCn mining machinery as
| is not manufactured in Canada.
The German steamer "Bundesrath " ar
rived at Delagos, South Africa, last week.
She landed a large number of passengers
| who did not want to allow their baggage to
to be examined by the customs officers. 1t
was examined, however, and the search re-
vealed top boots, helmets and other trap
! pings. A German officer afterwards pro-
duced passports and the party proceeded
! for Pretoria, the capital of the rransvaal.
THE Dominion house of commons has
passed the following resolution, sympathiz-
ing with the Christian population in Asiatic
Turkey; Resolved That this house ex
press IS its deep sympathy with the suffer
ings Of the Christians in Asiatic Turkey,
but trusts that further endeavor will be
made to ameliorate their LOT, and that for
this purpose concurrent action by the Chris
tian powers of the world, including the
United States of America, may be secured"
DISPATCHES received at Montreal from
various points in the Province Of Quebec
show that the floods are causing great dam
age and are not abating. The Quebec Cen
trail railroad will lose 100000 by the wreck.
ing of the bridge at Sherbrooke. Every store
in Richmond, a town of 5000 inhabitants,
is flooded, and the telegraph Office and
many other buildings are abandoned Great
damage has been done at Sorel, Three Riv-
ers, ST. Anseleme, Nicolet, Yamaska, Ac-
ton and other places, where bridges and
houses have been swept away.
THE prime minister OF Italy has appirsed
the Vatican that the exequaturs hitherto
accorded to Italian bishops will be with
held unless the Pope permits Catholics to
take part in public elections. The papal
authorities regard this intimation as part OF
the new tactics Of the dreibund in connec-
| ton with the mission OF DR.. Kraus, who
was sent to the Vatican by Prince Hohen-
lobe, the German chancellor, and the recent
interviews of the emperor of Germany with
Cardinal San Felice at Naples. The Pope
will not consent to enter into any negotia-
tions whatever on the subject
JUST at the time when the British are
| thought to be occupied in other parts of the
world, it is learned that the British Pacific
| squadron has taken up a position of OBJ
servation off the coast of the Corean PENN.
| sula, and is being concentrated at Port Ar
thur and also at Port Hamilton. Far from
being quiet, the Japanese are exciting tu-
mults in Corea in ord At to show the futiity
of Russia's attempts to keep order. The
Corean envoy to Japan has gone to Russia
under the authority of the king of Corea, to
negotiate loan OF $8000,000, giving the
| Coresn province of Hanging AZ security.