Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-10

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Unpleasant Position Of English Woma
Who Welded Future Emir of Mecca.
The historic church at Pedrango nea
Trieste, Austria, collapsed al earl
mass Saturday morning. killing fou
priests and four worshippers, Severa
Others were injured. The church is {
thousand years old.
A violent earthquake was felt Thurs
day night at TERM. about 30 mile
from Rome. The inhabitants wer,
panic stricken and fled to open spaces
4 number of houses were damaged
but there was no loss Of life.
The British war Office is experiment
ing with a new quicktiring gun. /
was invented BY W. S. Simpson, who
asserts that he has found way TO gel
off 81 per cent. of the recoil by chemi
cal means and increase the velocity
when the charge is fired.
Several Australian vessels have beer
lost recently during gales in the South
Sea. The schooner Sibyl of Sidney.
with 10 persons on board, is missing
and the steamer Quirang of Sydney
with 30 on board, the steamer Mamm-
bare and the schooner Eclipse have all
been lost.
Marconi announces that he has per
fected an electric motor car having a
speed of IS miles an hour. the accum-
ulators, weighing 80 pounds. being
sufficient for a journey of $50 miles
There are four batteries arranged in a
circle divided into four sections. Tests
will be made soon in Paris.
Liu Kun VI. the famous viceroy of
Marking. China, died Monday. Liu
Kun Vi and Chang Chi Tung between
them ruled the Yangtse Valley for
many years. They were regarded as
among the most enlightened men in
the Chinese Empire and were well dis
posed toward foreigners. Liu espec-
tally was friendly to Americans. They
did all they could TO prevent the boxer
uprising. Liu Kun VI was about Ga
years old.
Advices have been received from
China Of the increase of Boxerism
both in Sze-Chuen and Chilli. In
SEE Chuen, the Boxers, 10, coo strong.
attacked Cheng Tu, the provincial
capital. but after some fighting, fled
at the approach of imperial reinforce
ments and encamped at Shippanton.
The SEE Chuen Boxers are led by a
woman. Lao kuan Yin. who is alleged
TO be one of three sisters. who were
arrested at Tien- Tsin during the rebel
lion of 1900, it being said that they
were THE Boxer goddesses. - Letters
from Prince Tuan. Yung Lu and other
Boxer leaders were found in their pos
TIL he q Inppr, l,aI
by Chinese papers as being handsome.
had attracted 10000 Boxers to her
standard. II i estimated that l,j00
native Christians have been killed in
this province.
The funeral OF Emile lola at Paris
Sunday was simple. but impressive.
and unmarried by single discordant
note. Thousands of workingnen, many
accom- panied by their wives. sorrow
fully marched by the coffin. Munich
pal guards, mounted and on foot, lined
the route. but. except for company
Of infantry which rendered military
honors as the body was carried from
the house TO the heaIse. they were
there as guardians of order and not as
in the ceremony, Former
Captain Dreyfus marched in the fun
eral cortege, according 10 the author
ity of the project of police, but he
passed completely unnoticed by the
crowd. \ little distance behind him
came Nine Dreyfus, accompanied by
aer father Dreyfus sent handsome
wreath which was placed beside the
coffin. Nine lola was unable to at
END. Zola's will leaves all to his
wife. He left no literary testament
A son was born Thursday to the Duke .
and Duchess of Manchester. at Tan /
1eragee Castle. County Armagh, Ire .
and. If he succeeds his father. he will .
pc the tenth Duke of Manchester and
owner of the three great estates, Kim
bolton Castle and Brampton Castle. in
England. and Tan
ieragee Castle. Ireland. The present
Duke succeeded 10 the title in 1892.
nut was left legacy of debts, SO that
N coming of age he was obliged TO be-
lin proceedings in bankruptcy. which
rave only recently terminated. He
married. in 1900, Helena Zimmerman
# Cincinnati. O.. sole heiress of Eu-
rene Zimmerman who has q fortune of
10, 600. 600 She is a relative of George
eliot. was educated in France and was
Uupil in music of Mines. Eames and
Iordica. She is a beautiful woman,
nd has exercised beneficial influence Z
Ipon the Duke of Manchester. Her
irst child was a daughter. born in Dc
oher, 1901. Eugene Zimmerman has
ettled $3.50, GOO on the baby heir.
The London Daily News tells a story
hat comes from France, to the effect
hat a short time ago Cardinal Ram :
,olla prevailed upon the Pope TO abdi-
ate in his favor. and a conclave would
ave been summoned which. voting IN
er the pressure of papal ipfallibility, {
,ould have ratified the choice by an
lection pro forma. But the secret of
he scheme came out and the intrigue .
viii now come to nothing. 1t was di
ulged by means of the Vatican print
ng works TO the confidential part of !
7hich the document containing the
eventh pontifical will of Leo NH was
rought to be set up al once. The men .
in this shop are all tried
'atholics. and every year they give an
ath not to hetray the secret of docu-
lents intrusted to them. On this oc-
aston. being crowded with work. two :
{ the most reliable men from the 9th ..
r works were sent for. These men !
ERE not upon their oath. The copy +,
ct up by them was so amazing that :
ne of them. who owed his position to
be Cardinal now in disgrace, went and
Did him. The procedure for the cleo
ion of Pore il made up of traditions.
-ritten law and compromises. Besides !
mis-. every Pope gives directions in I
= r,-.1l x-Ei1h % Lass tho L