The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Foreign.

The conference at Madrid last Saturday
between Minister Woodford and the Duke
OF Tetuan lasted two hours, and has given
rise to a great deal Of excited surmise. Little
appears to have been said, however, beyond
the interchange Of the customary courtesies
and mutual assurances Of pacific intentions
and good will. The conversation was car
ried on through high officials as interpre-
ters.
The cantons Of Glarus and Grisons,
Switzerland, were visited last Sunday by q
severe earthquake shock, accompanied by
heavy rumbling. The disturbance was 80
distinct that 1t was everywhere noticeable,
from the mountains. Turkistan, in Asiatic
Russia, also suffered from like disturbances.
Many monuments OF antiquity were badly
damaged, but no lives were lost.
A DISPATCH received last Friday at St.
Petersburg from the interior of Siberia says
that on September IA at eleven P. NJ. the in
habitants Of the village Of Antzifroswkoje,
in the district OF Yeniseisk, Arctic Russia,
saw balloon, believed to be that Of Pro-
lessor Andree, the Swedish aeronsut, who
left the island Of Thomsoe shortly before
half past two P. NJ. on July IL, in an at
tempt to cross the polar region. The bal
loon it added, was in sight for about five
minutes.
AN immense sensation has been created,
German capitals and at Vienna by the an
nouncement, on the most reliable authority,
that Emperor William has appropriated
and entirely squandered in personal
extravaganza what has until now been
known as the Guelph fund. The lat
former reigning family Of Hanover, the
head OF which is the present Duke of Cum
berland, and which Is branch Of the royal
house Of England
A DISPATCH sent on Monday from San Sc
bastian to the Paris Temps says that in his
interview that day with the Duke Of Tetuan,
the Spanish minister Of foreign affairs, Min
for indemnity but confined the interview to
a moderately phrased statement Of the
great injuries commerce and industry have
suffered in the United States through the
prolongation of the Cuban war. He is re-
ported to have added that Secretary Sher-
Government that it was evidently impossi-
BILE for Spain to end the rebellion in
a reasonable time and that if the war
was continued Cuba would be devas-
tated and OF no utility to Spain or the
Cubans. In conclusion he is reported to
have insisted courteously but firmly upon
the necessity to terminate the war, declar-
ing that II 1t was not terminated by the end
of October the United States will feel JUST.
fed in taking measures to secure the indie
pendence OF Cuba.
The sanitory inspector at Havana reports
that for the week ending September g. there
were in that city 1926 deaths of which 10
were from yellow fever, 80 from enteric and
penicious fever, "a from dysentery and 55
from enteritis. The inspector says the de-
cline in deaths from yellow fever is only
apparent, many deaths from that disease,
he thinks, being placed under the heads OF
enteritis and enteric fever. At the same
time there are not as many cases OF yellow
fever in the military hospitals as there were
two months ago, the soldiers who, are sick
being cared for in the hospitals elsewhere.
The enormous death rate from enteritis and
dysentery, the inspector says, is a result of
the lack Of nutritious food, and the deaths
from these diseases have not yet reached
high water mark. Unless the laws are so
amended as to admit certain important food
products, none but the favored few will be
able to obtain nutritious food Even at the
present time all fresh meats command
prices above the reach Of the lower class
while bread stuffs are proportionately
higher,