Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-28
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

+ to Lessen Danger of Contagious Diseases
Big Gold and Copper Finds in Africa-Gel
. DeWet Back to His Old Ground With H
Followers-A New Anaesthetic = Medics
. Leaders Of Great Britain to Investigate Car
oer-New Years Reception to Diplomats b
Chinese Royalty-Miss Ellen N. Stone RI
leased at Last-The Barcelona Labor Riot
subsiding-The Wireless Telegraphy situa
tion-Results Of the New Leprosy Cure.
Recent tidal waves on the Salvador
ian coast have caused loss of NOR
than 80 lives and the partial destruc
tion of seven villages.
The French Chamber of Deputies hal
unanimously adopted the government.
proposal to vote credit Of 80, 900 francs
for the celebration of the centenary o
Victor Hugo's birth.
King Edward is said to have decided
that Miss Roosevelt will have a place
assigned to her among the wives O.
ambassadors, in the Abbey, to witnes!
the coronation ceremony.
Sensational rumors are in circulation
in Holland to the effect that the states
5S", wa NC SoHNoheu ior IHe pur
pose OF appointing regent for year,
owing 10 the illness of Queen Wilhel.
nllha' VINO Is going abroad.
The official heads of the medical pro.
fess ion of Great Britain are determined
10 unite FOR systematic investigation
into the causes, the prevention and
the treatment of cancer. The king has
given his countenance to the move
nneht.
Sixty-four men have been killed and
wounded as the result of fighting on
tne Montenegran frontier between the
Alpan'ans and the Turkish regular
loops tne trouble being due to the
sizing OF an Albanian chief and the
REFUSAL 10 surrender his murderer.
A reef of quartz gold eight feet wide
and panning from two to eight ounces
has been opened up on the Ivory coast
IN south Africa. A copper field, esti-
mated at ~ square miles, has been
round at North Rhodesla, $50 miles
horGh OF victoria rails, and extending
TO me congo Free State.
Seismic disturbances at Shamaka
have begun anew, and fresh volcano
began vigorously to erupt on Wednes-
day of last week. The number of killed
In the Shamaka district is now estI-
mated at ooUo. 81 person were olsen
tomped alive from the Iuins OF the re-
cent earthquake, Thursday.
A convention has been concluded be-
tween Russia and Corea under the
terms Of which Corea agrees not to
grant to any state or individual the is
land of Kobe, the shore opposite, or
any part of the coast from that point
10 Chemulpo; ho-Je island is about
~ miles southwest OF Fusan, Corea.
General De Wet. with 400 followers.
broke back northward through the
block house line the night of February
10, 10 miles west of Lindley, Orange
River colony. The block houses opened
fire on the Beers, two of whom were
killed. The remainder got clear away
to their old ground near Reitz.
The Porte compiled by Russian con-
sular agents in Turkey. published
Monday, shows during 1901, 2. 500 Chris
tians were murdered by the Turks. an
average of six daily. In only 81 cases
the murderers we're punished. The
longest term of Imprisonment for muir |
der was four years and the shortest
four weeks.
The proclamation of martial law has
had a quieting effect on the Barcelona,
Spain, rioters. The general situation
is greatly improved. Order prevails in |
the provinces More troops have been
drafted into Barcelona but the worst
of the troubles is believed to be over.
Business was resumed at Barcelona
and the strikers are going
back to work
The IMPERIAL health department at
Berlin is considering the destruction
Of rats throughout the German empire
so far as practicable. The object is to
mitigate the danger of CONTAGIOUS dis
eases. DR.. Robert Koch, the eminent
will devise the tactics
IF this CAMPAIGN which will he bepun
in the seaports.
~ .Ihrooh+ u,ho ba. ~ s., a.
TransyaaI to Utrecht TO see Mr. Kruger
t is said with an important secret
from the Beers. pre-
licts a long war He saws the block
house system NAV cost the Beers few
more men but will not affect the final I
esult and that tbe Boers will never S
nor the British ever possess
he TransvaaI :
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oan m1,;aii'' oiosaS M $3.50 nas
meeting held February 1s. in snite
E nolice orders to tbe contrary reiect- y
a the GOVERNMENTS CONCESSIONS ra-
Meeting student oroanizations and I