Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

More Boxer Troubles in China Death OF Bel
GUMS Queen-More Severe Earthquake
Shocks Sale of Danish Islands to United
States Assured Russian Grand Duke Elopes
and Attempts Suicide The Roumanian He
brews
Lord Salisbury is i'll in Switzerland
| He has been touring the health resorts
of southern Europe for several weeks
Two French tourists, two guides and
i three porters, who were making an as
cent Of Mont Blanc, have fallen over a
| precipice, and it is feared that they
were all killed.
Repeated violent earthquakes oc-
Cured throughout the entire eastern
/ portion of Turkestan, from Aug. 20 to
Sept. 3. Numerous houses were de-
stroyed in kashgar, "A city of Chinese
! Turkestan and in neighboring villages
and number of fatalities have been
! reported.
St Paul's cathedral in London is said
to be in danger of ruin. cracks five
inches wide having appeared in the
roof Of the celebrated fame. A noted
expert says that not day should be
lost in putting the cathedral on an en-
tirely new concrete foundation, which
would cost 500, 200.
A severe earthquake shock expert
enced at Adelaide, SO. Australia, Fri
day evening caused panic among the
people of the city Buildings, includ-
ing churches, were damaged, and sew
eral narrow escapes from death were
rppnrIrI
perienced shocks Friday morning.
The recent elections in the Danish
West Indies seem to absolutely ensure
the ultimate sale of the islands to the
United States \ petition signed by
1898 persons of various classes in the
island of St CroiX has been sent to the
Danish minister Of finance, praying
him to use his influence to expedite
the transfer.
The British government has decided
that the Transvaal and the Orange
River Colony shall pay tlO0, OO0 OnO tow
ard the cost of the South African war
and the cost of administration. Tax
alton of the mining industry, conces-
4ious for the sale Of dynamite. etc,
will contribute materially to the pay
mcnt Of the t1OO, 900 900.
Not since the days of the Irish Home
Rule bill has any government measure
created such widespread excitement
and fierce opposition as the education
al measure which premier Balfour eX
poets 10 place upon the statute book
Of Great Britain this year. the bill
proposes to abolish direct popular con
troll Of the schools for which the peo-
pie are rated and taxed.
More trouble is being caused in
China by the Boxers Reports last
week from Cheng-Tu Flu, capital of
the province of SEE Chuen, said that
the city was surrounded by %. 600 Box
ers and that. without immediate help,
ii must fall In this event, rising is
said to he inevitable in the provinces. /
DR. Cartwright. the American mission
AIRY at Cheng Tu Flu, says that in the
massacre Of native Christians there in
July. ! converts were killed by Box
ers and local officials refused to take .
measures against them The mission /.
aries were then guarded by troops The /
trouble is said to be due To the collec- !
tion Of excessive indcmnitics for Chris .
tians on account of the troubles of .
1900 and owing to the Christians ar
r,,,ant ,ttituda undar fnrnion prnter- /
linn Cen Ma onc or China's ablest /
otHrers i ranorted IN have been KILLED /
during the rebellion. Fourteen Boxer .
a>nrntrd
Marie Henriette, queen of the BEL /
-ianS, died suddenly OF heart trouble /
while eating dinner at Spa, Belgium.
Friday. She had been hopelessly Ill
for some time. Queen Marie tlenrlelte
vas daughter of the late Archduke
Joseph OF Austria. She was born Au-
gust -. le-b. and was married August
y, 1913, to Prince l.e,pold of Belgium,
son of King Leopol |, VINO assembled
to the throne at the death Of hls faith
'r, as Leopold IL, December 10. 1860.
The late queen was noted for her piety
md charity. and. in recognition of her
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