Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

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in London-Cecil Rhodes Vast Plan for Eo
ucation Cataract SUCCESSFULLY Treate
Without Operation Turks Attack Bulgal
ians-Invention for Preventing Railway Ae
cidents- Coronation Of the King
spain-The Funeral Of Cecil Rhodes-Th
Plague in India.
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the ransomet
missionary, has reached London OF
her way to her relatives in America
She is we'll but very nervous.
1t is now stated that the famous
Lobengula treaty, which secured Rho
desia for the British Empire, was OBJ
tanned, not by Cecil Rhodes, but by
Matabele" Thompson, member o.
the Cape Parliament.
Rufino, the Filipino leader, who
spent $50, 900 in his efforts to incite re
bellion in the province of Misamis, is
land of Mindano, now declares he is
tired of rebellion and has offered to
surrender, with 70 rifles, to the native
constabulary.
A Constantinople despatch says that
the Macedonian revolutionists plan a
speedy attack against Turkey. Aus
tria and Russia have notified Bulgaria
that she E1ust keep the peace whatever
| happens across the border. The sultan
has go, 600 men within the disturbed
area
A Pretoria despatch says that about
1900 Beers under Delarey, Liebenberg,
Kemp and Wolmerans, were within the
area of Lord Kitchener's latest move
ment, but, though surprised by the ra-
pidity displayed by the British troops,
gaps in the latter's lines enabled most
of the burghers to escape.
Col Grimm, who is charged with re-
vealing Russian military secrets to
Germany, has been placed in close con
soon be tried. He cannot be put to
death since in Russia the betrayal of
military secrets is not capital otfense
unless made to power with which
Russia is at war.
By order of Lord Kitchener four Of
ficers of the BUSHNELL Carbiners were
tried by court martial on the charge of
shooting Beers who had surrendered.
All were convicted, and two were shot
and one was sentenced to % years pen
al servitude. The fourth officer, who
turned kings evidence, was merely
sentenced to deportation
A Bordeaux oculist, M. Cadet, has
taken up with remarkable success the
treatment Of cataract without opera
tions, by the application of baths of
salicylate of soda He has arrested the
progress of opacity in the crystalline
lens for several years in numerous
cases, and is sanguine of success if the
treatment is begun at an early stage.
Attempts of local officials to collect
indemnities for the Catholics as ar
ranged between the officials and priests
were the cause of the recent riots in
Tanning Flu, in the province of Chill.
One thousand people were killed. Mis-
sionaries have been warned to keep out
of the disturbed district, and soldiers
have been dispatched to quell the dis
turbances.
The plague situation is growing
worse in the Punjab, India, where TO-,
600 deaths are reported monthly. The
Punjab is the most northern province
of British India, the name signifying
the country of five rivers. Its area is
ITO, 667 square miles and its popula- !
ton over 10000, 600. The province con-
tains over one-fourth of the Moham- |
medan population of India.
President Steyn of the Transvaal |
and General Delarey have been located |
and the peace meeting between them
md acting president Schalk Berger is
to be arranged soon. 1t is
exported that General Botha will also
attend. 1t is also reported that 80
British soldiers have been killed and
% injured as the result of a railroad
wreck March 30 near Barberton.
In a long encyclical letter RECENTLY
published at Rome, the Pope deplores
he renewed attacks on the church.
md the recent errors of humanity. in.
tancing divorce. and pictures the
resent condition of society as having
lrifted into a state of anarchy. He
ntreats the peoples to return to Christ
nd the Roman pontiff as the only
ources where the world can hope to
btaln peace and salvation.
A remarkable invention for prevent-
ng railway accidents has been tried
nth success on the western railways
f France. The invention is placed on ,
n engine. If the driver for anv cause
asses an adverse danger signal the an
aratus blows n whistle on tha anoine {
u Iiy ana also throws up a
nan iiE IL, unuer me engine driver's
oSe. ms VIII render an accidents,
NcepV Wliiul ones, impossible. :
The London Mail says that Cecil t.
nodes left the bulk of his fortune, :
inside of soma perc0na1 and fap,il, no