Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-29

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One hundred and thirty persons ger
ished in the recent earthquake a
Erzeroum, Turkey.
Germany and Russia are togethe
preparing a common circular NOT
proposing an anti-anarchist confer
| ence.
| Smallpox is raging in the southern
islands of the Philippine archipelago
| The United States commission Is pre-
pairing an act to compel everybody tc
be vaccinated
The report circulated in the United
States of the death Of Tolstoi, the
Russian novelist, is untrue. He hac
malarial fever, but has recovered anc
resumed work.
The historic Battle Abbey created
by William the Conquerer, and the
estate comprising 5000 acres, sur
rounding it, were sold at public auc-
ton at London Tuesday.
a monument was placed Sunday over
the grave of Heinrich Heine, Ger
many's greatest lyric poet, in Mont
martTe cemetery, Paris. This is his
first public monument. Max Nordau
delivered the address,
A philanthropist, NJ. Osiris, offered
a prize of $40, 600 for the most not
able invention shown at the last Paris
Exhibition. As nothing was consid-
cred worthy, the prize will be given TO
the sexagenarian, NJ. Gouet, who is
popularity dubbed the father of sub
marines. y
NJ. Santos-Dumont has used so, 600,
half the prize he recently received for
rounding the Eitfel tower in his dirig
ible balloon, for the benefit of the
Paris poor He redeemed effects left
in pawn by those too poor to pay for
their pledges. The articles redeemed
were clothing, bedding, etc, needed
at the beginning of winter,
NJ Marcelin Berthelot of Paris,
distinguished French chemist, after
the merits and dement's of
the systems of capital punishment in
vogue, pronounces in favor of oxide of
carbon, as used for the destruction of
stray dogs. He says this is a quiet
and painless death and one that does
not shock the sensibilities.
Dr. Labordi of Paris has perfected
new writing instrument for the blind.
1t is revolution in the pro
cesses of writing, calculation and mu-
steal notation in the existing blind
schools and has been used with great
success. 1t enables the blind to read
correctly what is written, and will
probably superscde the Braille system
DR.. Chantemesse, a celebrated sa-
want Of Paris, reports that he has dis
covered serum for typhoid fever, In
sixty privately treated cases he oh
.ained sixty cures. Then 100 hospital
patients were inoculated, and every
,ase which was taken reasonably early
vas saved. The mortality was only
tx per cent, against - per cent shown
n official typhoid statistics
Never has the Turkish government
)een in such financial straits as now,
md the discomfort in the army consti-
utes real danger The troops in
many provinces are unpaid and there
nave been mutinies in several districts. +
Hostile demonstrations at COnStanti- 4
lople recently have only been quieted
~ the authorities hastily scraping
ogether few thousand piastres as
on account.
Sir Thomas Upton was the guest of .
Ionor at a banquet at the Hotel Cecil, .
london, Monday night. Four hundred
,eople were present Three toastS.
he king, President Roosevelt and the
uest of honor, were drank. Sir
'homas said that he should try again
0 lift the cup, should no one else
hallenge. 1T would never do" he
dded, Ito give up when only pulse
eat came between us and victory. -
Two imperial edicts have recently
cen issued providing for the estab-
shment of schools throughout the
'hinese empire and ordering the vice
)ys and governors to select and send
-udents abroad to be educated in
Decial branches of industrial science.
forwards, if upon examination, such
udents are found to have knowledge
with the statements I
iade in the diplomas, honors will be ,
onferred upon them by the throne.
Laura Jackson Diss de Bar and her I
Theodore Jackson must
and trial in London on charges of 7
tlhbuS HidNtlStN -AIlOuS lIItll IAS-
'sSionS was found marriage certiti- !
.te, dated New Orleans, November {
;, 1898, and also papers showing that c
lie headquarters of the Theocratic t
nifty was at Washington Heights, 4
hicago, and that it was merely an t
laptation of the Koreshan Unity
hich was established in 1870 by Cyrus a
Teed
The Greek cabinet resigned Satur- n
~ in consequence of the recent riots. L
new cabinet has since been COM
eted The king has issued decree
spending the chamber for 40 days. .
ne rioting is due to the opposition :,
the university students to the pro "
,sal to translate the gospels into
odern Greek, and authorize the new
rsion for general use. They believe
at Russia is working through Queen :,
Iga against Greek national ideas. a
he queen is said to have favored the T
anslation as bringing the gospels Il
thin reach of the soldiers who can =
It read the original Greek. Seven
rsons were killed, 80 severely wound
and many Others sustained slight
iuries during the rioting. An at
mpt was made to assassinate Premier
leotoiks. G,
Queen Wilhelmina 5 illness is said to b.
We been caused by violent quarrel :,
tn her husband, Prince Henry. =
gently the prince confessed that he II
d contracted large debts before his W
irriage, and had promised the mon Sc
lenders TO settle with them after h,
; marriage. After hearing the par