The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-24
Foreign.

WHILE a performance of wild beasts and
their tanner was in progress last Thursday
at a village near hovno, Poland, the lion
tanner was killed by a lion and a tigeres5.
A fearful panic ensued in the audience and
eight persons were crushed to death, many
others being seriously injured.
MINISTER WooDFoRD cabled the state de-
partment at Washington last Thursday
that the Spanish cabinet has notified him
that the Queen has pardoned the Competi-
tor prisoners. No word is yet received
from Havana showing the prisoners re-
lease, but it is believed that the formal re-
lease will be made as soon as the prisoners
are safely aboard the steamer sailing on
Friday.
A SPECIAL dispatch received last Thurs
day at London from Vienna says that a tel.
egram has been received there from Baron
de Calico, the Austrian ambassador at Con-
stantinople, saying the sultan has declared
his willingness to give Austria full satisfac-
ten for the Mersina incidents, and in re-
gard to the disputes in connection with the
OF, ental railroad growing out of the trans
portation Of Turkish troops during the re-
cent war between Turkey and Greece.
II is estimated that fully 1900 persons
were rendered homeless in st. Petersburg
last week by the rising of the waters of the
Neva and the flooding OF the canals, caused
by the fierce wind from the sea, which
drove the waters up the stream. The po-
lice are providing lodging and food for the
homeless. A lumber of ships in the Neva
were driven from their moorings by the
force Of the wind. Only the abatement OF
the gale averted a most terrible catastrophe.
MATANzAs, Cuba, is stricken with vel.
low fever. Scores of soldiers and hundreds
Of Paciticos are dying every week. 1t is no
sight on the streets to see men
lying in the cutters in the last agonies and
to see the death carts slowly creeping about
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seem to be helpless in their misery and not
only is yellow fever playing havoc with
them but they are dying of starvation by
scores. MatanZas, which was once one of
the busiest ports on the island, is now al
most deserted and everywhere there is
death and pestilence.
In connection with the announcement re-
Gently made by the Russian Embassy to
the Turkish government that Russia will
demand the unpaid arrears of the Russia
Turkish war indemnity, If the Porte places
any part of the Greek wal indemnity 10 the
increase of the Turkish ornaments, it is
now said that when, some time ago, Gen.
Brialmont submitted to the Porte plans for
arming the forts at the entrance of the Bos-
phorus, Russia intimated that she would
consider this a hostile act. In Difference to
the intimation then given the Porte aban-
doned the Bosphorus scheme. Russia's at
| titude with respect to the recent plans for
recognizing the Turkish navy is considered
at Constantinople a logical result of her re-
cent policy to keep Turkey weak.
The German warship Falka, which was
dispatched from Australia on receipt of the
news of the murder of trader Van Hagen
has returned to Victoria, b.. c., from New
Guinea, having grimly avenged the acts of
the natives. The Falka steamed directly to
the village in which the murderers of the
late acting governor were known to be Sc
GREETED and without a word of parley opened
fire with artillery. This so terrified the ma
tives that they at once carried into Stephens.
port, the German capital, the two Soloman
Island boys wanted for the murder, and
who had broken from imprisonment, impos-
ed for the killing two years ago of the Ger
man explorer Ehlers. The Falka continued
to shell the village despite the conciliatory
measure, and left not a building standing.