Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
FROM ACROSS THE WATER,
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

British Attack the Mad Mullah- Cholera Epi
demic Threatens Egypt Bloodless Warfar
Planned Bernhard Dependent Rea
Inventor of Wireless Telegraphy Of
San stefano in Venice to be Demolished Re
ligious Disturbances in Paris,
The British naval review will take
place off Spithead, August 16. The
/ fleet will consist of % battleships, u
cruisers and 30 torpedo gunboats, train
| ing ships and smaller craft
An important agreement has been
made at Seoul, Corea, between the
British and japanese ministers to 20
rea and the Corean officials in which
Great Britain and Japan mutually
guarantee Corea's independence.
A gale prevailed in England Satur-
/ day causing great destruction to crops.
Sunday the rough weather continued
throughout Europe Enormous damage
was done in Liege, Belgium. Many
people were injured in Prussia by fall
ing tiles and chimneys.
The increase 10 the cost of meat and
other necessaries of subsistence reached
figures last week never paralleled IN
London. The responsibility for this
state of affairs is charged to American
packers, or in other words, the beef
trust, by the English people.
Chiu-Pi. the anti-foreign governor
of Pekin, who attempted to destroy the
Industrial Institute and to thwart re-
forms in the city generally, has been
indicted by the leading censor on L
charges. He is accused of the misap-
preparation of funds and of malicious
practices. The charges are now under
investigation.
Earthquakes have occurred daily at
Bunder- \ bias, Persia, since July 9.
The inhabitants are camping on the
beach, and there is great suffering on
account of the abnormal heat. Other
towns in the vicinity were damaged,
and the old fortress of Ormiz was de
stroyed. The loss of life is believed to
have been small.
The Pope received, at Rome Thurs
day. 200 American pilgrims. headed by
the Very Rev. +. II. Porcile, assistant
general of the Fathers of Mercy, of
Brooklyn, \. Y, and other American
tourists. The pontif was heartily
hall in a sedan chair, speaking to each
visitor, The pilgrims gave a purse of
1000 to the Pope.
Swami Viyekananda, organizer of the
Nedanta cult in the United States Is
dead in the Belur monastery near Cal
cutta, India. He attended the con
gress of religions at the worlds fair in
Chicago in 1898 as the representative
of the NedantaS, lectured and then re-
turned to India, being succeeded by
brother monk Nivekananda again Wis
tied America in 1900
South African agents in England are
trying to raise an army of 100, 600 un-
skilled laborers for work in the colony.
Business in many places in South At
RIGA is at a standstill because labor can
not be procured. The mines in the
Rand are having trouble in operating.
l. Is impossible to get men to work, for,
since peace came, the former volun-
teerS are returning to their farms and .
to more lucrative fields of employment.
The British expeditionary force oper-
ating against the Mad Mullah in East |
Africa, after scouting northeast of Da
mot over an absolutely waterless coun
try. learned the general direction of
The Mullah's forces and sent off a
column. After an 50 mile .
chase across the desert, this column
came in contact with the trbesmen,
iilled loo of them and captured 1000
'amels and 1900 sheep, The British
lad eight men killed and four wounded,
There was terrific submarine vol
i
Say al. the Azores, Thursday, \ great
ock, glowing with heat, was thrown
ip The people were panic stricken.
Frequent earthquake shocks, accom-
,anied by subterranean noises. have
,een felt recently between Santander,
apital of that name, and the Province
# AsturiaS. These provinces are on the
lorth coast of Spain on the Bay of Bis
ay, nearly 1900 miles northeast of the
AzOres, i
Bloodless yet decisive battles are rem !
cred possible by the hyposcope, an in l
ention of an English clergyman, {
'hich was exhibited at the national {
itie meeting at Bisley Eng. By an :
arrangement of a mirror in a vertical {
ube marksman completely under :
over can sight an opponent. who is a
lso in cover, and take accurate aim at a
i'm. The inventors idea is that ar y
lies with his device would shoot at
yposcopes instead of at heads, the 7
oldier being considered dead when :
is hyposcope is broken. n
\ despatch from Cairo. Egypt, says b
nat the utmost CONSERVATION prevails 4
wing to the terrifying progress of the b
lolera. All hope of localizing the di- :
'ase has been abandoned, and there is b
, doubt that Egypt will have to meet Il
devastating epidemic. The disease .
1peared Thursday in practically every l.
Iarter of Cairo, IL new cases being L
ported. Several natives fell dead at o
Ieir work. Temporary hospitals are o
eing erected. The British regiments g
Cairo will leave to camp in the des- b
t at the soonest possible moment p
lightly better reports have been re ST
lived from upper Egypt. b
Sarah Bernhardt, the eminent French !,
tress, is suffering from melaneholia is
her country place. Belle Isle, on the II
nth coast of France. She constantly n
mplains that she is old and worn out +;
d prays for death to spare her 1.-THE in
tterness of conscious decrepitude. " n,
ar son, Maurice, and an eminent &
iris physician have been summoned ce
d she is constantly watched lest she
ould attempt suicide in fit of des-
ndency. Nine. Bernhardt is IS years
! but advancing age has caused no
ticeable deterioration of her wonder IN
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