Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-05
FROM ACROSS THE WATER,
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

A Starvation Strike OF Siberian EXlles Sc
rious and Fatal foundations in Hindostan-
Turkish Government Responsible for Miss
Stones Capture.
News has reached Barcelona, Spain,
of fearful cyclone at FelanltiX. on
the island of Majorca. Enormous dam
age is reported to have been done.
Houses have been destroyed and many
lives have been lost,
Heavy rains in the extreme north of
Hindostan have caused the rivers
Baghmati and Nishnumati, tributaries
of the Gauges, to overflow. Serious
landslips have resulted and hundreds
of persons in the cities of Bhatgaon
and Patan have been killed.
Eighteen vessels, mostly sailing craft
have been driven ashore in "a gale at
Port Elizabeth, in South Africa. Five
were dashed to pieces and all members
of the crews were lost Tugs are also
reported to have foundered and score
of lighters are ashore. 1t is feared
there was great loss of life.
Signor Marconi, aboard the Italian
cruiser Carlo Alberto, says he Is i'll
constant communication with Berlin as
well as with British warships, from Fer
rol, Spain. and from Cornwall, Eng.
He declares that he has solved the
problem of maintaining the integrity
of individual simultaneous messages
South African delegates are negotiat-
ing in Madagascar with the Governor
General Gallieni, for the concession of
a large area of agricultural and pas
ture lands in the neighborhood of Lake
ltassi for "A new home FIR Beers. The
French government may consent on
condition that the immigrants become
naturali2ed and learn the French Ian
guage. The governor is favorable 10
to the concession.
The stay al Washington af Wa Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister to the
United States has been extended at the
suggestion of Niceroy Yuan SHIN Kai,
who memorialized the Throne. saving
that since the appointment of Wa Ting
Fang to the ministry he had done things
to the great benefit of China: that in
his opinion no other official was better
fitted for the post. and that there
fore, he strongly recommended that WI
he given another term of ministry.
The 18th Trades Union congress be
gan weeks session in London Mon
day. over 300 delegates, representing
a million and Il quarter Of works, We're
present. They included many women
delegates The United States was rep
resented by Harry Blackmore and Pat
rick Dolan, One of the principal reSo-
buttons, which will be submitted, de
mands legislation creating a supreme
court of arbitration with compulsory
power to settle disputes between EN-
ployers and employees.
George Douglas Brown. distin-
guiShed author. who under the name
of George Douglas wrote The House
With the Green shutters. " died sud
only "3, and had been a hard working
Oxford, and had made his first success
- That enabled him to re-
planned a trip to the continent and
was in jubilant spirits
1t is reported that the terrible treat,
meut Of Siberian political eXile> at the
AleXandroyisk settlement has led to
strike Of the convicts. who are refu--
ing all nourishment until they are more
humanely treated. They are confined
in dark and damp cells, where the uu-
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It. ives ~ me vatican palace III aHari
menus auJolhln9 'n"@e 4l Leo Nil
lie l. the connaentlaL ADVISER OF the
,ortant matter without consulting
lim. Mr.. Guidi j. expected to has
en- his departure for Manila in con-a-
uence of Information received AZ rho
-atirau. nf rhe nrgariz ation of a Snbis-
larir Catholic church on the islands
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Inc question OF the lurklSh Porte
e. lohSlhiIltE f9f the capture by brlg-
NOS OF Miss Ellen vi. Stone the
merican missionary, ana a compan
on' III Septembtr' I'Ol' Is lndlsput.
hle' since the capture, payment OF the
ansom' and migration OF the captlyes,
Il occurred IN turkish territory. The -
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