Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-22
OLD WORLD.
A SUMMARY OF CURRENT NEWS

Alexander II of Russia to be Published
Rich Gems for the Coronation Earthquake
in Turkey.
Conflicts resulting in much blood
shed are reported between MussulmanS
and Christians at Beyrout, Turkey,
also at Scutari and Albania.
Over 800 cases of bubonic plague are
said to exist in the vicinity of Cape
Town, South Africa Some 400 deaths
have occurred from the disease.
Prince Ching has left Kaifongpu
with the empress instructions to con
clude the Manchurian treaty. The
terms are not known, but the foreign
Office and legations believe that Russia
will prevail.
Dense fogs have shrouded Paris and
London the past week. seriously inter
fcring with traffic and causing minor
accidents. London had from II to 20
degrees of frost, unprecedented at this
time of year.
The Irish nationalist have offered
President Kruger "A safe parliament
tarv seat in Ireland. They hold that,
in consequence of Kitchener's procla-
nation, Mr. Kruger is de facto a
British subject
The British government has with
drawn the application for the extradi-
ton to South Africa of DIR. krouse,
former governor Of johannesburg, ar
rested some weeks ago on the charge
of forwarding information to South
Africa. The prisoner may be commit
ted to old Bailey for trial on charge
of murder and high treason.
The car of Russia though not us
ually credited with literary proclivl-
ties is arranging the immense mass OF
private papers left by his grandfather,
Alexander H. relating to the emancl-
patton of the SerfS. An official series
of volumes on this subject will be is
sued as sort of monument to the
"Liberator' Some of Alexander 5
dispatches and memorials on the Serf
question are models of literary skill,
and almost all are couched in elegant
language.
The recent surrender to the Beers
near Middleburg of Capt Thornton 5
entire command of $50 mounted men,
supposed to be loyalists though of
Dutch parentage, shows the prevail
ence of disloyalty TO British rule in
Cape Colony. The surrender was eyi-
IDENTIFY pre-arranged Thornton, when
he saw shat capture was inevitable If
he remained, put spurs to his horse
and got away. The British have lost
Is men killed, and % were wounded
nj two engagements with Beers this
week
The Italian hrigand Mussolino, re-
Gently captured and imprisoned at
Rome has made three determined al
temptS to escape. He Solemnly de-
clarnS that he will kill all those who
had ANYTHING To do with his recent
arrest and also some half dozen prison
guards who rejected his ovcrtureS TO
help him escape, His trial will aSSum"
the dimensions of a state trial and
will he held at Lccce as il is thought
it would be impossible To obtain
Jury there which would not contain
some friends of the brigand.
In the experimental trials of the
electric high-Sperd railway between
Iossen and Maricnfelde. near Berlin.
a speed has been attained equal to l01
miles an hour. The air pressure at
this rate was found 10 be equal to
wind force of twelve feet a second, "A
force only registered once on the Ger
man coast in a hurricane in February.
1891. The engineers are satisfied
that the speed can be increased, al
though it is the highest ever yet at
tanned by any object mechanically
propelled except projectlles.
King Edward will not live more
than two years at tn" very most ac-
cording to the opinions of the hest
.rhvsirians in Great britain His
Nais>ty'> ma1adv is NOT cancer of the
throat. but is in the under part of the
tongue. which is even more dangerous,
The king himself is fully aware of the
facts and. realizing that his remaining
term of life is brief, has absolutely
refused to give mp smoking, which
considerably nggravateS the trouble,
on the grounds that his abStention
could not work any Improvement com
mcnSurate with the sacrifice il would
entail upon him.
The ancient city Of Erzeroum. Ash
.,i. Tnr.l,ay h,. inst b.nn visited by
an' ,artbnn,l,n with DESTROYED 900
i,,,,,-'.. a,iJ 5o,,,a,,,,5 -oo rnnra II ODO
neo,Ir have been driven Ia nuts for
Shelter There were 30 shocks. 10 of
thnm hairU violent Twcnty-rwo pcr-
sons wore killed Frlnrnrlm is the
,,rincinoi rirv of Armenia. is partlv
ipclo~cd bv a wall 30 feet high and
has an extensive citadel. II was
founded about 40 near the site of the
ancient Are. under the name of
and il was the bull
wark of Armenia under the Bvzan-
tines. The Turks regard it as an i'm