Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-09
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

Prot. Behring's Diphtheria Serum Lowers
Death Rate Terrible Slaughter by Chinese
Rebels Reported = Overflow of Vesuviu'
Feared Senior Severos Airship Successful
Critical Condition of Queen of Holland
The funeral services of the late VIII
liam Mckinley Osborne, United States
consul general at London, were heid
in Surrey Saturday, at Merton Parish
church, and the body was taken 10
Working for cremation.
The situation in Portugal is very
grave. on account of excitement caused
by the bill calling for convention OF
| Portugal's foreign creditors for the
purpose of converting the foreign debt.
Riots and mutiny among troops have
resulted
The use of Prof. Behring's diphthe-
ria serum has resulted, according TO
statistics just published, in the lowest
death rate from diphtheria in Berlin
in the year 1901 ever recorded. The
deaths from diphtheria were then 469.
Previously, they had ranged from 1900
to $500 year.
The empress dowager of China IS
suffering from nervous exhaustion and
insomnia for which physicians can
find no cure, and is declining rapidly
in strength. The young emperor is
said to be incompetent to manage at
fairs. The imperial court returned
last week from its pilgrimage TO the
eastern tombs.
Senior Augusta Severe, the Brazil
ian aeronaut, made a successful trial
of his airship, La Paix, at Paris Sun
day. This machine differs, in many
ways, from that of NJ. Santos Du-
mont. Senior Severe has studied the
problem of air flying for more than 20
years. He is an important parsonage
in Brazilian politics, and an ardent
advocate of international arbitration.
The central cone of Mt. Vesuvius in
Italy suddenly collapsed Friday even
ing and large gap is now seen tow
ard Pompeii Long and very deep
cracks have also made their appear
ance along the sides of the volcano.
Prof. Mattel of the Vesuvian observa-
tory, says the collapse will be followed
soon by startling volcanic manifesto
tions, resulting in the formation of
new cone in the direction of Naples. !
Considerable alarm is felt by the in
The volcano on Mont Pelce, Martin
ique, French West Indies which has |
been inactive since 1851. has, within .
the last week, been aIarmingly active. /
Thursday it belched forth smoke. ashes .
and flames. The town of st. Piedde |
was covered with ashes to the depth of /
a quarter of an inch, and appears to be .
enveloped in fog. Great consterna-
tion prevails there, and business is sus-
pended. The flow of lava from the vol
cano has completely destroyed the
Guerin factories, situated about two
miles from ST Pierre, the principal
town of Martinique. 1t is reported that
about 80 persons have disappeared. A
great panic prevails at st. Pierre.
The queen of Holland whose conva-
escence from typhoid fever caused gen
eral rejoicing among her people Satur-
lay, was critically i'll Sunday evening
md for a time her recovery was not
owing to premature child
birth occasioned by her long illness.
latest reports, however, are favorable
md danger no longer imminent. The
nxiety of Holland over the possibil-
ty of the death of the queen is due
lot only to their deep affection for her,
nut to the fact that in that case, the
of the throne would pass
rom the direct line of Orange and
nassau of which Wilhelmina is the last
representative, upon the German Grand
luke of SaXe-W eimar, William Err
est, whose grandmother was Princess
ophie, sister of the late King Will
am LII.
The growing armies of the Kwang 81
ebels were besieging Nan King on the
Jest river at last reports. Fugitives,
no were flying to Canton from the
'enes of bloodshed and pillage, re-
orted that the slaughter at Ching
hang Fui when the fighting was over
as awful. More than 1000 persons
ere killed and their bodies left lying
nburied in the streets, while the reb-
5 burned and looted the stores and
buses. Terrible slaughter is reported
so from other captured towns. Sew
al thousand of the imperial army are
id to have deserted. The murder of
French priest at Chen Ting Flu is
ling Investigated. The rising there
as caused by attempts to collect
,avy Catholic indemnities. Ameri- Fl
N missionaries, bordering the revolt =
g district are believed to be suffi-
emily protected.