Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-28
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

slaughtering Death of Krupp, Great Cur
maker Advance in Wireless Telegraphy
The Pope Promotes Scripture Interpreta
ton.
A daughter was born, Nov. 10, to tn
king and queen of Italy. She will b.
named Mafalda and is the secont
daughter. The birth of another prin
cess instead of an heir to the throne i
a great public disappointment. A mall
child would have been proclaimed
prince of Rome.
/ Martial law has been repealed
throughout the new British colonies il
South Africa. The proclamation, how
ever, reserves the right to reimposst
military rule in case of necessity, pro
vides for the expulsion of everyone con
sidered dangerous to the peace of the
country, and authorizes the arrest with
out warrant of anyone susl ected Of
sedition.
A we'll dressed man, who said he was
the emperor's son, Rudolph, asked tc
see the Austrian emperor at midnight
Thursday, at the Hofburg, Vienna,
The sentry took HIM to the guard room
and he was searched. In his pocket
was revolver and white stave which
he called his magic wand. He is said
to be merchant of Hamburg and has
been committed to an asylum.
King Oscars decision, as arbitrator
gives a complete victory for Germany
in the dispute between the United
States, Great Britain and Germany,
over certain claims on account of mil
itary operations conducted in Samoa
in 1899. On every single point the
arbitrator adopted the most extreme
German view in opposition to the
United States and Great Britain.
The pope has issued an encyclical to
promote the proper Interpretation of
the Scriptures Itappoints commits
sion. or council, of serious and learn
ed men to study and infinitely explain
the Bible. The seat of this council
will be at Rome. The commission, he
says, will investigate the modern trend
of thought and research. but no one
may interpret Scripture in opposition
to the unanimous consensus of the
fathers.
Signor Marconi has confirmed the
announcement made by the Italian gov
eminent that distinct message has
been transmitted from Cornwall, Eng,
and received on board the warship.
Carlo Alberto, off Halifax, n. S. A
public test of the new transatlantic
telegraph service will shortly
be made. It's success, which seems
now to be assured, will mark another
immense advance in the intercourse of
nations.
TIo l,,-Ia, 6 I aaIa,, hat
the metropolis is.a city of paganism.
Only one person in eighty of London's
workers, he says. attends church, and
many of the city's churches. standing
On million dollar sites, have Sunday
morning'congregations of only dozen
people. With other radical churchmen
he advocates the sale of the sites of
useless churches and the use Of the
money for the erection of chapels in
he tenement districts.
Mrs. Ellen Gore. formerly Miss Sin
clair of California, a pupil of the ia
nous composer Moszkowski, was shot
and killed Wednesday evening of last
week, in the rooms at Paris of a Rus
sian student, NJ. Jean de Rydenski.
He says that the shooting was acciden
tai. a revolver being knocked from the
liable, discharging as it fell. Great
mystery surrounds the affair. De Ry
ienski was pupil of Lassalle of the
grand opera and is well spoken of.
In answer to a congratulatory address
rom Chamber deputation. on his re
,ent escape from the anarchists bullet,
King Leopold of Belgium said that
,gitators could not intimidate the Bel
yian government. Even if the head of
he state is struck down. he will soon
,e replaced. He said that he did not
know how long they would let him live, I
De devoted. within the limits of his
constitutional powers, to the good of
lis country and the protection of its
liberties.
The bill providing for the transfer of
he Osborne House estate Isle of Wight, /
rom King Edward to the nation. now /
n the British House of Commons, is .
ausing much criticism. On high au
hority it is said that the bequest is
contrary to Queen Nictoria's expressed .
wish that she left the property to the
King for life, with reversion to the
Prince of Wales Failing the latter the
was to go to her daughters or
o the Prince of Wales's heirs. The
King insisted on giving it to the ma
ion as a memorial, hoping that it
would be converted into convalescent
ome for sick officers of the army and
avy.
The kwang ST boxer rebels have in
AIDED Kuei Chow province on their
,ay to SzeChuan to assist the boxers
here. They invaded Hsing Iib Sien
n Kuei Chow, which fell into their
ands and many of the villagers who
ad held out for eight days, were kill
d. Government troops sent to relieve
he place came too late. In Szechuan,
he boxers are announcing by cards that
nth the authority of Tao Chin, and at
be will of Sage Confucius, they will
ultill the will of heaven by numbering
II the foreign devils in China who
ontinue to propagate their doctrines
I'D eXterminate all who enter their
hurches or become their followers.
Baron Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the
rea gunmaker and the wealthiest
ian in Germany, died suddenly from APP
plexy Saturday in his villa at Huegel
.ecent attacks in the Vorwaerts, assert
lg that Herr Krupp had been expelled
rom the island of Capri, which had
cen widely reproduced and circulat
d, are said to have caused him great
rental distress and are believed by
is friends to have caused his death.
[e had determined to prosecute the
litor and proprietor. The krupp
orks at Essen have made it famous