Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06

The remains of the Egyptian mon
arch. Amenophis III, of the 18th dyn-
asty. have been stolen from his tomb
at the Luxor, Royal Tombs, Thebes.
At Karnnak there are the ruins of a
small temple of this king who Hour
ished at least 1900 years before Christ.
An insurrection is in PROCESS in the
southern provinces of Servia. Forty
eight hundred men are in arms. Ihey
demand the removal of Queen Draga
and her relatives from the court. Inc
anti dynastic feeling in Belgrade is SO
strong that the king and queen can
not venture outside the palace without
an escort of the cavalry.
By order of the czar, the veterans OF
the Crimean war, of the Black Sea
feet and members of the municipality
of Sebastopol, will re-erect the fortress
of Sebastopol so as to represent IL as
far as possible as it was at the time
of the famous siege They Will also
reconstruct the principal English and
French trenches, and place additional
monuments on the battletelds OF
Balaclava, of Tchernaya, and OF Rec
hak, as we'll as at spots where the Rus-
sian Generals Vrevsky and Ncimarn
fell. This will be in celebration of
the anniversary of the defence of Sc
bastopol,
The edict of the Dowager Empress
of China, deposing the heir apparent,
Pu Chun, says the son of such man
as Prince Tuan has no right to aspire
to be the heir apparent. Pu Chun
himself is overwhelmed with shame
by his fathers conduct as the author
of the Boxer troubles. Government
troops have recently been badly de
feated in north east Chilli by Boxers,
whose depredations are causing a
great deal of trouble. The government
has memorialized the throne to pub
lish an illustrated book showing the
sufferines the court sustained during
its memorable flight from Pekin, and
that the book be circulated throughout
China, so that the people of the En-
pire may see what they were respon-
sible for in countenancing the Boxer
uprising. AS a reactionary effect of
the Boxer movement, large numbers
of Chinese at Kiao Chow are becoming
Christians. An imperial edict October
26 abolished the bow and arrow as the
official army weapon, substituting the
gun. Another edict authorizes the
instruction of foreign sciences in Chi
nese schools.
The current story that Queen Will
helmina of Holland would apply for a
divorce on grounds of cruelty and i'm
proper behavior on the part of the
Prince Consort is denied, as is also
the report that the prince struck the
queen which led to duel between
the prince and the adiutant general of
the royal household. But it is ad
mtted that the young couple did
quarrel and are now gravely estranged.
The Dutch people, as might be ex
pected, have ranged themselves tiercely
by their young queens side and the
prince dare not show himself in pub
lie, so widespread and passionate is
the feeling of resentment. Prince
Henry's grievances are said to be:
Queen Wilhelmina's niggardliness in
the matter of money, her disposition
to keep him in the position of lapdog,
and the persistent manner in which
the Dutch ministers have treated
him as a person of no Importance. He
has sent complete statement of his
case to the German emperor who is
said to have insisted on the marriage,
to which the prince was from the first
adverse, in view of the increasing
German influence in Holland. The
prince takes no pains to conceal his
for Dutchmen, and would
doubtless cheerfully accept lump
sum down and a yearly allowance by
way of solace for retirement into pri-
vate'life in Germany.