Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
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Queen Wilhelmlna OF iiollauu 20
riously i'll and the birthday festivities
of the prince consort planned for To-
morrow have been given up.
4 Kurdish troops, unsuccessful IN ae.
feating rowing band of Armenlans az
/ Diabokir. Kurdestan, turned INTO the
/ Christian quarter of the town and mas
sacred 300 Christians recently.
Severe fighting during last week us IS
renorted from the Transvaal, about t2oo
Roers having been killed, wounded or
cantured while British casualties were
about 100.
A proclamation has been issued by
M. Sarmaroff, the Bulgarian leader,
calling upon the Macedonlans In bui,
garia to join general uprising April
81. Bands on the Turkish frontier are
to invade Turkey at various points.
Students in Russian prisons are car
rying on starvation strike, refusing
TO take nourishment and bravely en-
during agonizing hunger and thirst.
MANY have been removed to hospitals
verv i'll. The authorities are at loss
what course to pursue with them.
The Russian minister of the interior
was shot and fatally wounded Tuesday
bv a student disguised in the uniform
of an aid camp. The assassin met
the minister in the lobby of the min
isterial offices and held the pistol close
to his victims body. He was imme-
diately arrested. The wounded man
died in an hour
Over 1000 imperialist soldiers sent by
Marshal Su against the rebels were am
pushed in a narrow defile Tuesday and
were all killed or captured. The sit.
uation in the rebelious districts OF
southern China is increasingly alarm
ing and reinforcements are called for
Serious fighting has occurred IN the
vicinity of the boundary of the prov
inces of Mukden and Kirin, in Man
churia, between Russian frontier
guards and Chinese robbers, who had
been raiding railroad stations. The
Russians surrounded 800 Chinese at
Kiang Tung Tai, and only 30 of them
escaped.
The statement of the chancellor of
the British exchequer in the House of
Commons at London Monday showed a
total deficit of S225, 600, 900, owing to
the cost of war. To meet it, England
will borrow on special war loan $780,
900. 600: lay duty of about five cents
a hundred weight on all imported I
grain; of about ten cents hundred on +
-four and meal: impose a penny tax on /
dividend warrants; require two
penny stamp on checks, instead of
one penny, as heretofore, and suspend .
the sinking fund. The revenue from
the new taxation is expected to be
s25, 600, 600. The revenue for this year
on the basis of present taxation is
1913, 925, 600
A general strike is in progress in
Belgium, men having quit work in all
the mining districts and in many fac
tories. Riotous disturbances have
been frequent, and it is estimated that
100 were wounded during last weeks
riots. The country was put under
armed guard Monday, the stability of
the monarchy depending on the faith
fulness of the army. Further riots will
be followed by declaration of martial
Jaw. A plot to kill the king at Biar-
ritz has been discovered. 1t was frus-
rated by his return to Brussels earlier
han was anticipated Queen Marie
Henrietta is suffering from heart dis
Ease, complicated with dropsy, and
ler condition is very serious.
The latest secret dispatches from
South Africa outline the peace pro-
1osals now under discussion at Pre-
oria as follows: The Beers accept
British lord commissioner, with Boer
executive, both to be resident at Pre-
oria; the country to be DIVIDED into
districts, with British district officers ,
md a Boer committee chosen by poll
ng by the burghers: the veto right
o be reserved to the British govern
nent; the majority of the British off
ers must be conversant with the Dutch
anguage: johannesburg to be retro
eded to the British, with complete =
British civil organization war in
emnity of at least fl0,o00,0 200, to be
attributed by mixed committees: dis
to occur when the first batch
f Boer prisoners is sent back to South
africa; no war tax to be levied; both
anguages to be recognized. in the
chools and courts and in official docu-
lents; the expenses of the garrisons
n South Africa to be borne by Great
'ritain and the present Boer leaders
} be retained in office so far as pos
ible.