The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13
REVIEW OF TIE WEEK.
Menelek and Interesting Facts
About Him.
OLD WORLD.

hat The Abyssinian monarch is willing and
[ious TO ADOPT civilized methods in warfare
|hoUn b. the fact that he has recently up,
ID for Abyssinia's admission TO the Red
s. Society. King Mene!ek is perhaps, the
a interesting monarch in all the world. He
ims 10 be line descendant of the famous
rel of sheba and that his realms are the IA
ms Ophir OF the scriptures. Whatever value
be in that claim, it is true that Menelek
the Old lime idea of how to be n king. His
her wa, a beggar whom The king took Il
y To AMI married. He ruled in Shoa after
jug spent his youth in all sorts of wild adven.
s. and when King John of Abyssnla died
~ Muuriek marched to Abyssinla, had him
-, led Emperor of Abyssinia and shoa
.Iduied himself King OF Xmas. He was
iuthis with Italian interference, but
lurr liuIIg side this alliance because, as he
liz. Y desired TO absorb his kingdom.
Burial Ground of the Stone Age.
N ilnportant archaeological discovery was
ca few days ago ut Worms by DR. kUehl. Ii
burial ground of the later stone age. About
enty graves have been examined, and the
nber Of vessels found, most of them tasteful
rnamentcd exceeds one hundred. Not the
(h;e.t trace OF metal has been discovered.
rings OF blue and gray slate were found IN
graves of women. Three arm rings made
Iate were removed from the upper arm of
skeleton, four from another. and six from
lower arm of a third. In mans grave
he WAS on the neck of the skeleton small,
bted, but provided with groove for string.
er ornaments consist of pearls and mussei
Ne made in the form of trinkets, perforated
IDS tllsks and small fossil mussels. These
hments were worn by men and women aiikc.
Idle and ochre fragments, which were
lse.l in tatooing and coloring the skin were also
frequent In hardly u single case was missing
nom the wOmen's graves the primitive corn mil,
Of two stones, u grinding stone ana
ran crusher The mems graves contain weap-
md TN, lnr, nj
md bones for sharpening purposes. Ihey con
II of perforated hammers, sharpened hatchets,
,xes and chises, as well as knives and scrapers
II flint
The Disorders still Continue In Spain.
The ant. American riot in Bilboa, Spain, last
sunday night, was very serlons aHalr, anu was
uoW ed by another Monday. mob number
ng 1000 persons attacked the private residence
tthc United States consul, breaking the VIM
Ows OF the building and shouting "Dcatn 10
iankees-Down with the United States. Ihey
hen marched 10 the consulate, where they at
.mpted to tear down the escutcheon over the
00r but were repealed by troops VINO were
harding The building. A light ensued between
10 mob and soldiers, in which sticks, stones anu
hives we're freely used Three soldiers anu
umber of the mob were injured. Inc ponce
i'd not succeed in dispensing the crowd until
iter midnight. sunday the mob violence be-
tmc so great III Valencia that the city was
laced under martial law. crowd numbering
NY lW,VVN bSIsOllS met bulslue tIS |
nd attempted to enter that place for inc puf' !
use Of holding a meeting 10 express anti Amer.
N sentiments and there was gOou ueal OF
Citing before they were dispersed. lneIc
iYc also been attempts 10 attack our consulatcs |
Barcelona and other c'tieS. The government
Is MadrId, Granada, Barcelona ana Nalehcll |
liverSties closed because of their rotous us |
rbauce-. The Republicans are taking auvah |
&c Vt the present agitation to strengthen thIlr
yn cause, ana the government charged al the |
Uuble 10 them Prince Minister del Casellos |
lcgraphs the New York World that Nothing |
III be omitted ON our side 10 show our desire 70 |
escrye cordial relations with America bit
fteT the recognition of the belligerents III |
lba by the United states II would be lmpos |
Die for the government OF SPAN 10 accept tuc
0d offices Of President, or to permit the HUT
renee whatever"
A Constantinople dispatch says the sultan mas
'ited the Armenian patriarch, Matteo iEuii
n, to resign, inning that If he refuses 10 10 80
worse late will befall the Armehlihs.
A memorial tablet to Benjamin Franklin mas
81 been erected in France.
fhe Armenian relief committee at Cnnstan
ople has SEN to the British consul NJ Dl.Ils
Iney for the relief of Guendij, large distrlct
ar SaSs0un, the inhabitants OF winch nave
en- forced to accept Islamism as a means Oh
wing their lives. Mr.. Hampson, the consul,
egIaphed that fifteen families In the uraui1
strict who had embraced the Moslem 1ailh
i recantcd and retarned to Christlanity,
they were all murdered. fliteeh
itounlis, who had ventured to 20 TO the Town
Albestan for the purpose OF buying Sia'u'
ne all killed by Kurds.