The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04


island OF articles OF contraband character,
such as condensed milk cans, have been ar
rested and ordered to the Recojidas to await
trial.
THE Egyptian Intelligence department at
Cairo has received information OF heavy
tribal fighting up the Nile between the
Dervishes and Jaalins. The Dervishes,
under one OF the generals of the Khalifa,
defeated the Jaalins in pitched battle and
occupied Metemenh on July 10. The losses
on both sides were very large. The Jaalins
are said to have lost 1000 killed.
OFFICIAL dispatches from South Africa
confirm the reports OF recent fighting be-
tween the government troops and rebel
lious natives in. Gazaland. The battle took
place July 81, near Chimbutu, capital OF
Gazaland. The governor OF Portuguese
East Africa, Col. Albuquerque, with a
small Portuguese force, routed 1000 rebels.
The Portuguese losses were two killed and
ten wounded. The natives lost three hun
dred.
THE demand Of the German Ambassador,
Baron Saurma de Jeltsch, that provision
be inserted in the peace treaty between
Greece and Turkey for European control OF
Greek finances meets with disfavor among
the other ambassadors and the Turks as
well. They consider that it is not covered
by their instructions, but should be made
the subject OF direct negotiations between
Germany and other powers.
A DISPATCH from Lucknow, India, says
that Maulvi Sidayat Rasoul was arrested
last Thursday on charge of having insult
ed Queen Victoria and the British govern
ment at q recent meeting of the Mohamme-
dams held to congratulate the Sultan upon
| his victory over Greece. 1t is alleged that
| at this meeting Maulvi declared to the as
sembly that "but for the Sultan's forbear-
ance the old woman's ribs would have been
| broken years ago"
| MANUEL FERNANDEZ, the young Ameri-
can who was tried by court martial in Jail
in Havana last week, charged with bring
ing arms against the Spanish government
and adjudged guilty, has been sentenced by
the tribunal to imprisonment for life at hard
labor. The government prosecutor asked
| that sentence of death be imposed and it is
believed that mitigation of the sentence Of
young Fernandez is due entirely to the in
terest taken by Consul General Lee in the
case and the strong plea made personally
| by him to Captain General Weyler.
THE situation at Camp Malakand has be-
come very serious, says late dispatch from
Bombay. Natives made second attack
last Thursday The fighting was severe,
and thirty-one British were killed and thirty
| wounded. The tribesmen lost 100. The
worst feature of the situation now is that
the garrison is short Of ammunition and it is
| feared that the whole supply will be ex-
hausted before achievements arrive. The
| Government is making every effort to get
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Mad Mullah has mustered at least 10000
trbesmen.
A BAND OF anarchists who had been ex-
lied from Spain arrived at Liverpool last
week, on their way to London. Several OF
the members Of the party were interviewed
and related their experiences in Spanish
prisons. They said they had been fed upon
salt fish and had been deprived Of water for
eight days at time. The prison suthori-
ties promised to give them water II they
would make confessions. Owing to this
treatment one of their number went mad
and was shot down in his cell. Others
were branded with hot irons, had their nails
pulled out and were tortured in other ways
THE Japanese government has accepted
the offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the
dispute between the two countries. The
State department at Washington has been
informed OF the offer and the acceptance
The subjects of arbitration will include not
only the difficulty over the landing of the
Japanese immigrants, but also will include
other disagreements between the two coun-
tries, the most important Of which is the
tax imposed on Japenese liquor largely
imported and consumed by the Japanese in
Hawaii
SERIOUS fighting took place last Friday
in the Langeberg district, South Africa
The British loss was trihing. The enemy's
position in the Gamaried valley was cap.
tured and the rebels fell back in confusion
toward Twaiskloof. The government
troops have captured all the enemies posi-.
losses were Sergeant Hall and Sergeant
Mercer, who were killed. Chief Lukajant
jes, who led the rebels, was killed with
many Of his followers. A general surren.
der OF the rebels is expected.
THERE is no abatement OF the floods in
western and upper Austria. The Danube
continues to rise and the danger is very
great. At Linz, 100 miles west Of Vienna,
and at Mauthausen enormous damage has
been done to property. A heavy stone
bridge at Linz has been partly demolished.
A cloudburst is reported from Budweis, b.
hernia, on the Moldau, and there has been
excessive flooding in the outskirts OF Ischa,
The visit OF the Emperor Franz Joseph to
Baden and the proposed visit of King Alex
ander of Servia from Belgrade to Vienna
have been stopped by the floods.
THE steamer "Miowera at Vancouver
on Monday from Sidney brings a confirma-
ton OF the report OF the massacre fifty.iv
miles from Port Morseby. An entire set
Element OF natives and whites who had
been attracted there by stories OF fabulous
gold panning at several interior points in
New Guinia had their heads split open by a
large band OF savages. The government
sent military police to surround the natives
and shoot them if necessary. The ranks of
|
thinned by murder, starvation and fatal
swamp fevers. Every native who helped
a white man was marked for the tomahawk.
The savages swept down at night and put
the settlers to death with tomahawks.
| Many massacres occurred at the same place
previously, but the government never at
tempted to punish the murderers.
The trial of twelve women and two men
at Budapest charged with wholesale poison
ing was concluded last week and sentence
was pronounced upon six OF the prisoners.
Four Of them were condemned to death,
one 20 penal servitude for life and one to a
term OF six years imprisonment. or those
under sentence of death one was found
guilty Of having caused the death of four
| persons by administering poison, another
was convicted of having poisoned two per-
sons, the third of having poisoned one per-
son, and the charge of murder was proven
| against the fourth. The series of crimes
which occurred in the Hodmezoevasarhe
| district. extend over some years. The vic
| Tins were in most cases married men, who
were killed by their wives, the motive for
the crimes being generally a desire to OBJ
| tain insurance money The insurance COM
| pany during the testimony at the trial
showed that it had called the attention of
the authorities to the suspiciously high rate
| OF mortality in the district before proceed
| ings were taken TO ascertain the cause.