The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-28
Foreign News.

who died OF pneumonia last March. Mrs |
Victoria w oodhul Martin his widow, will
receive the entire estate valued at $4,000.
CHINA is to reorganize her army on the
lines OF the German forces, and heavy or
ders for rifles have been placed in Germany.
A new Chinese fleet Is to be constructed,
half OF the contracts for the new vessels &C.
ing to England aud half to Germany. The
Armstrong; will supply the guns for the
new fleets.
THE Chinese steamer Srihongann, bound
from Singapore for Malacca with one hum
dred and ninety passengers, was wrecked
recently in squall off Malacca. One hun
dred and twenty persons, including the
captain Of the steamer were drowned. The
remainder OF the ships company were res
cued by passing steamer.
THE United States Consul Brice at Mat
anzas, Cuba, has armed the consulate in
consequence of threats OF a demonstration
against Americans made by some ultra
conservatives in that place. Consul Brice
does not believe the threats will be carried
into effect, but, in view Of the present state
OF feeling openly expressed by many Span
iards, he deems precaution necessary.
VARIOUS sections OF England were visited |
last Wednesday by terrific thunder storms. |
In the northeastern part Of London floods |
occurred stopping railway traffic and much |
damage has been done. Two boys were
killed by lightning at Ipswich. Floods
have also occurred in Essex Birmingham
and Warwickshire. A boy was killed by
lightning at Rhymney, in Monmouthshire
and many persons were injured there and
| in other places.
DIR. CORNELIUS Herr, Of Panama canal
| fame, has written to M. Faure at Paris, de-
manding au indemnity of million Of francs
from the French government for false ac-
cusations brought against him by French
officials and members Of the French parlia-
| ment. In the course OF his letter he laid
| stress upon his American citizenship and
| aaaprtpd thar he pYDpctad that his claim
would be theoretically supported by the
United States government.
The French Chamber of Deputies, by a
vote Of 518 to IS, passed last week, after the
government had declared 1t a matter of ur-
gency, the recommendation of the Budget
committee granting credit of 100000
francs to be included in the accounts OF the
current year, for commencing new war
ships expediting the reconstruction Of the
navy, and establishing naval base at
Bizerta, fortified seaport OF Tunis, and the
most northern town of Africa.
THE trial of Captain Boitcheff and his sc-
completes for the murder of his mistress, a
beautiful singer Of Budapest, was begun
last week at Phillippolis. Boitcheff denies
his guilt, but his accomplices have confess.
have been written by Botcheff in which he
declared that Prince Ferdinand wished the
girl to be got rid of because of scandalous
scenes in the court Of which she had been
| Jn6 cause. SlXty-IOur witnesses Will % OK
amined.
A SPECIAL dispatch was received last
week at London from Copenhagen, saying
that a carrier pigeon has been caught in the
vicinity Of Tromsoe Island near the north
point OF Norway with the following stamped
upon its wing: North Pole passed the
fifteenth" Geographical circles in Europe
are deeply interested in Andree's expert
ment. Doubt is expressed, however
whether the pigeon Is from him, though the
locality is all right as judged by weather
conditions
, A MYSTERIOUS case has been unearthed al
Seville A boy who went into the choir in
} St. Peters church, in that city, recently
found in disused chamber in the tower Of
+ the church suspicious box. He Informed
, the church warden, named Orellana of his
, discovery. The warden sternly forbade
him to re-enter the tower or to mention
what he had found in the chamber The
police went to the chamber and found the
bodies of twenty-six children Suspicion
attaches to Orellana and his wife, who have
? been arrested
, In accordance with promise made last
Christmas to the Czarina the Gar of Rus
! STA has issued ukase cancellng that of his
= father, Alexander Ill, which ordered thai
every non-orthodox person in Russia who
married an orthodox person should sign
/, document declaring that he would baptizt
and educate his children in the orthodox
: faith. The ukase of Emperor Nicholas
! educated in the religion of their parents
sons in that of their fathers and daughters
in that of their mothers.
: HELIGoLAND, since it was coded to Ger
many, has become veritable Gretna Greer
= and couples can now be married there be
? tween the arrival and departure of the Aux
haven steamer. The formalities observed
are of the simplest character and it is said
that the officiating clergyman, DR.. Schroe
der, has become so expert that he can con
| cluda a in five aapOp6s nv
? means he has obtained monopoly in these
marriages and now boasts the total Of 1913
t He refuses to deal with widows, widowers
> or divorced persons il he discovers theiI
true character in time.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Daily
Chronicle from the province of Santa Clara
l Cuba, writes terrible account of the posi-
. ton of affairs on the island Both the gov.
eminent troops and the insurgents, he says
are suffering horribly from famine and the
ravages of small pox and yellow fever
while butcheries Of prisoners after inqusi.
3 torial fortunes are of daily occurrence If the
victims be suspected of withholding infor-
nation. Captain General Weyler, the cor
respondent says, has shown neither mercy
| nor quarter and has turned the campaign in
Cuba into a near approach to that of the
Duke Of Alva in Holland in the sixteenth
, century.
INTELLIGENCE from Constantinople shows
that the ambassadors and Tewtik Pasha
peace treaty. A line drawn by the military
; attaches and insisted upon from the first by
, the Powers, is accepted by the Sultan. Re-
ports that the Turkish forces are evscuat-
ing Thessaly are confirmed The Servian
foreign minister has informed the Porte il
: further incursions by Albanisns take place
Servian troops are in readiness to follow
; the raiders into Ottoman territory and Ser
via will not be answerable for the conse-
quences. A Vienna special says the Gar
I has presented King Alexander of Servia
10000 Berdan rifles and twenty-five million
cartridges.
THE government of India has decided TO
prosecute several editors in the Poonah dis
tricts, who have been conspicuous in the
publication OF seditious articles calculated
! to stir up the natives against British rule.
The articles chiefly complained of are those
that have put false construction upon the
efforts of the officials to check the spread of
the plague. These endeavors have been
represented as made in utter defiance of
native religious customs and prejudices,
the sanitary purpose of regulations being
absolutely and, IL appears, wilfully ignored,
The publications are believed to have been
largely responsible for the recent outbreaks
in the Poonah district and along the Hoogly
including the disturbances in Calcutta.