Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland Ill With Iy
phoid Fever--Belgium's Labor Troubles
Death of Former King of spain-drea
Suffering Among Russian Peasants Jap
anese Robinson Crusoe-Prehistoric Tom
Discovered in the Roman Forum-The Pop
Hints at His Successor Earthquakes in tn
New Hebrides Islands.
The Brussels strike has ended, the
Belgian labor party having issued
manifesto to the workingmen Sunda.
evening, to resume work.
Archdeacon Wilberforce of Westmin
ster, Eng, introduced an innovation
last week, in smoking church ser,
vices" by inviting the workmen a,
Westminster Abbey to give part OF
their dinner hour to religion. lie gave
each an ounce of tobacco to smoke dur
ing the service Over 100 Joined in the
novel service.
Three sections of the crimes act, pro
yidine for summary jurisdiction in
criminal conspiracy, intimidation and
unlawful assembly cases, for trial by
special jury and for change of venue
at option of the crown, have been put
in force in many districts of Ireland
bv a proclamation issued by Earl Cad
ogan. lord lieutenant of Ireland.
The Belgian Cham berof Representa-
tives Friday, by 81 to Ga votes, reject
ed the proposal to revise the Belgian
constitution so as to provide for uni
versal suffrage. Great excitement fol-
| lowed the vote. Serious riots have oc-
Cured at Louvain and other places.
/ Five persons have been killed and p
wounded in fights. 1t is rumored that
King Leopold will take the initiative
and dissolve parliament.
Don Francisco d'Assise, former king
of Spain, exiled from his country in
1868. is dead at Epinay, France, He
was proclaimed king October 10, 1916,
the same day of his marriage to his
cousin, Queen Isabella III. The royal
couple were expelled as result of the
revolution of 1866. Queen Isabella for
mally abdicated the throne in 1870 in
favor of her son Alfonso MI, father of
the present king-Alfonso XIII.
Much Importance is attached to re-
mark of the Pope who at Rome Satur-
day while talking with Father Lorenzo
Perosi, the Italian composer, asked
him for news of his friend, Cardinal
Sarto, the patriarch of Venice. Hold
him very dear. Perosi, " said his holt
ness, "as in future he will be able to
do much for you. We firmly believe
he will be our successor. " Sarto is an
Italian. He was born in 1885 and was
created cardinal in 1898.
Scurvy and typhoid fever are devas-
tating the Russian peasantry through
out the Altai region, once the chief
granary of Siberia. The starving peo-
pie have devoured all their seed grain
and no spring crops have been sown.
Half the houses have been unthatched
to save the lives of cattle and horses.
Supplies have been despatched by the
government: the czar has contributed
POO. 600 roubles to the relief fund and
has RENTED the taxes of the sufferers. /
The Chinese rebels in Kwang 81
province hold over 30 towns and vii
lagos and are well armed with Mauser
rifles and revolvers. They have adopt I
ed the name of Hung Sin Chuen, the .
famous leader of the Tai Ping rebel I
lion. They have ptacarded the coun-
try with announcements that the pres
ent dynasty has sold parts of China to
loltISD pDNtIS. IutSt I)USltTS urge
the people to resist the collection of
taxes for the payment of the interna-
tional indemnity.
Signor Boni has discovered prehis-
toric tomb, believed to date approx
nately from the eighth century. B. c.,
Turing the excavations in the Roman
forum which he is directing. This dis
,oyery supports his belief that the sub
soil of a part of the forum contains the
lecropolis of the founders of Rome,
md that given the Aryan origin of
hose founders. the character of the
ombs must be in accordance with the
Aryan custom of cremation. This
omb contains large urn and several
gg shaped vases.
A japanese Robinson Crusoe has Just
,een rescued from what was supposed
o be an uninhabited island near Gen
an, off Corea, after II years of soil
airy life, He looked like some wild
nimal with shaggy hair and the mas
er of a fishing schooner who first dis
overed him, was afraid to take him
If. but reported the case to the Jap
nese government A torpedo boat was
ent TO take the man to Nagasaki. His
llnd was nearly gone and it was sew
raj days before he could speak a
ord. He had no tools of any kind N
nd had lived entirely on seaweed and b
sh. q
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is i'll L
18th typhoid fever and the gates of =,
astle Loo are placarded in compli- e
nee with the Dutch law. 1t has not CO
cen discovered where her majesty 3
the disease, she having been Fl
! the habit of drinking sterillzed W
ilk although the water supply is n
BOD. The question of establishing a Be
'gency is being earnestly considered PC
= the Netherlands government, and it II
thought probable, in view of the b
'ssibly long illness of the queen, that
lie states general will be summoned in
Joint session at an early date to take
tion in the matter.
The New Hebrides islands were
aiken by an earthquake March 10, the
ocks occurring at intervals through
1t the week. Six hours after the first
embling the place became a blaze of I,
ght, and Albraim, Lopevi and Tingea
lcanoes burst into action, the last
med blowing out a new throat into -
e sea and sending a great waterspout
er the land. The devastation caused
the earthquake was widespread.
veral houses were split. A large
mber of the huts of the natives were
stroyed, and when the tidal wave
me, following the shocks. the waters |
'e e on some of the islands to height /