Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

, Coronation Visitors English Win Automo
bile Race at Paris,
= Marie Henrietta, Queen of Belgium
who has been i'll of heart disease, Il
sinking rapidly. She is aware OF he
approaching end.
A Peshawar despatch says that thu
Ameer of Afghanistan % days ago mar
ried quietly five wives. They included
the daughter of his commander-ln
chief, the daughter of the governor Of
Herat and the daughters of three othel
great chiefs.
Prince Krapotkine, the famous an
archist, passed through Paris last week
on his way to visit Tolstoi. Although
he had been forbidden to cross French
territory, the authorities were salts
fed that he was not bent on danger
Gus mission, and he was not arrested.
Twenty of the cleverest and most dan
gerous swindlers from America and the
continent are said to have been in
London for the purpose of Fleeing
fashionable coronation visitors. Stories
are told of their success in at least
two cases where they won $1,000 and
$50, 600 respectively.
Russia is said to be deeply chagrined
at the conclusion of peace in South
Africa. Count Lamsdorf, the minis
ter of foreign affairs, is said to have
admitted that this peace had upset
Russia's calculations, which were
based upon a much longer continuance
of Great Britain's difficulties in South
Africa.
Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls,
! S. d. when he returns to the United
States, will be the bearer of letter
i from the pope to President Roosevelt,
and will take with him the pontitf's
magnificent gift to the American Pres
| ident, which consists of view of the
city of Rome from the vatican studio,
done in mosaic.
Joseph Devlin, Mp, the official
leader of the Belfast nationalist, who
was recently in the United States with
William Fl. X. Redmond, MP, in the
interests of the United Irish league,
is now in London and says that his
mission to the United States resulted
most successfully. Mr.. Devlin says he
started 1876 branches of the league in
America ,and collected s25, 900 in vol
untary subscriptions
The conference of Colonial premiers
began at London Monday When the
routine business has been transacted
the conference will discuss economic
questions affecting the British empire.
The Zollverein idea will probably be
shelyed, but it seems as if a system of
shipping subsidy will be endorsed,
providing network of steamers con
Meeting the various points of the EN-
pire are to be owned and operated by
Englishmen.
There is great alarm in western In
dia because of the continued absence
of the wet monsoon, the steady south
west wind, accompanied by heavy rain
fall, which usually comes early in
June Ii the rains fail, unspeakable
distress will ensue Meteorologi is are
reported to declare that the eruption
of Mont Pelee DETECTED the monsoon a
thousand miles to the west Mont Pc |
lee is about ten thousand miles west of |
Bombay.
S. F. Edge. an Englishman. won the
James Gordon Bennett cup in the great
Paris-Vienna automobile race Satur-
day. There were pa starters includ-
ing Belgians. Austrians, Germans.
three Englishmen and two Americans.
Foxhall keene and W. X. Vanderbilt,
Jr. The former was put out of the race
owing to an accident damaging his ma
chine, as was also Henri Fourier the
noted French Chauffeur, who was looked
upon by many as the probable winner
Of the race. This is the first time the
,up has left France. Il
Queen Alexandra received Whitelaw
Reid, the special American ambassa-
Tor to the coronation, and Mrs Reid
1t Buckingham Palace Saturday after
noon. Mr., Reid is the only envoy who
las been thus honored. Mr. and Mrs.
1eld drove to the palace in a royal
carriage with a coachman and footman
n scarlet and gold liveries. The
queen received them most graciously.
She expressed her sincere thanks to
he American people for the flood of
kilograms that have been
eceived relative to the Kings illness.
The viceroy of the province of SEE
5huan. China, has notified the gov
rnment that the American and Brit
sh mission buildings at Tien -Ku-
Jhao have been DESTROYED by a mob |
nd that a missionary has been MUIR
cred. His name and nationality were
~ Cpoi NCu' -Au III pSTldl eulcU just |
ssued deprives the local magistrate of
len -ku- Chao of his rank and orders
he determination of the rioters. Sew
lal of the leaders of the outbreak are
eported to have been beheaded. APP
arently this was an anti-indemnity
sing, like those which have occurred
Sewhere in China.
Chinese dispatches announce that an
merican syndicate has applied for a
oncession to build railway from
ekin to point on the Yangtse oppo- =
tie hiukiang, and has offered 1000.
NJ taels 81, 600, 600 for the repair of
lie Two Park, should the concession ,
granted. The empress dowaeer has
'nsented, provided that the syndi- !
tie would guarantee the necessary
pital for the building of the road. a
oncessions have already been granted a
r lines from Pekin to Hankow and !
ON Tien Tsin to Nankin as we'll as c
r road connecting these two from c
yang in Honon to Nankin. Another +
merican syndicate is said to be seek j:
g charter for line from Annoy TO t
ankow and high official is support n