The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-29
Foreign.

FORTY prosperous villages around Van,
in Armenia, have been destroyed by fero-
cious Turks, and every male over eight
years old has been killed. The total num-
Der Of killed is l.. 800.
UNITED STATES CONSUL. GENERAL LEE at
Havana has received communication de-
nying the request made on behalf of the
United States government that the exporta-
ton of bananas from Cuba should not be
prohibited. The ground for the refusal is
that custom house regulations made in time
of peace are not binding in time OF war.
THE dates of the proposed visits of the
Gar of Russia to the principal continental
capitals, if they have been fixed, are being
kept very dark. Recent announcements
have been made that his trips are becoming
more uncertain daily and nihilism seems to
be the specter which is standing in his
majesty's way. All that is now known Of
his intentions is that it is his purpose to
visit Vienna and Berlin and probably Paris.
A TREMENDOUS explosion was heard last
Friday at the mine of Santos Reyes, in the
State of Chihauhau, Mexico, and an enor-
nous mass of burning matter was seen to
fall from the heavens, striking the side of
mountain. Ii brought down with it in its
course masses of the cliffs, finally ploughing
many feet into the ground. A heavy rain
fell Immediately after the fall of the me-
teor. The meteor destroyed the house of a
miner, killing his two children.
UNDER the caption American Commu-
nism" the London Globe last Monday pub
lished long editorial in which it says
"There is a clear issue between the gold
standard, allied to extreme protection and
free coinage, coupled with coniscatory So
cialism. Whether Mckinley or Bryan is
elected British interests are bound to sui
fer. While the victory of Mckinley is GER
tain to harass our trade with the United
States, that of Bryan could not fail to pro-
duce a financial CONFUSION which might
shake the Old World to its very foundation. !"
CHINA is to have national bank. Official
advices to this effect have reached the state
department at Washington Negotiations
are now under way for it's establishment.
The scheme proposed is that of DR.. Yung
Wing, an advanced Celestial and it is to
go into operation, it is expected, about the
same time as the Imperial railway, which
has recently been projected. The bank is
to be under the patronage of two high Of
ficials in Picking their excellencies
Chang Yam Haun, vice-president of the
board of revenue, aud Hsu Wing Kuei,
director-general of the imperial granares of
Picking and North Tungchou. The detail
of the proposed institution have not yet
been perfected.
IMPERIAL Chinese troops were recently
sent to Lanchou to suppress the Moham-
medan rebels, who were rising against the
authorities. The rebels routed the imperial
troops and seem to have totally annihilated
them, although the imperial troops were
better provisioned and equipped. There
were 5000 troops sent to curb the rebels,
and all are either killed or missing. The
rebels are now mad for blood, massacring
all in authority, killing and, pillaging on
their triumphant marches through the
country. Eight thousand troops will be
sent there, but it is thought that they will
be killed off in like manner. 1t is said that
it will take an army of 80 600 TO subdue the
savage Mohammedans.