Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-15
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

STA SAYS Siberian Exiles Are Not Cruelty
Treated King Edwards Coronation Accom-
plshed = British Cabinet Appointments -
Swedish King Life Saver-Cholera in Man
churia.
Baroness Won Angenan, the notable
Austrian philanthropist, was seized
with fit while bathing in the Bangor
swimming baths Thursday and
drowned.
NJ. w. e. DeRunsen, secretary of the
British embassy at Constantinople, IS
to succeed Michael Henry Herbert as
secretary to the British embassy at
Paris.
The car of Russia is said to be dis
heartened over the internal condition
of his country and to have seriously
expressed a desire to abdicate in ia
vor of his brother, the Grand Duke
Michael
Preparations are being made to de
molish the upper part of the Campan-
showing signs of collapse The houses
surrounding the Campanile have been
ordered to be evacuated, Similar in
diCullpIlS VI uduStI HdNc DctI uptiIph
at the church of San Giobbe.
Enormous frauds on the part of the
municipal authorities have been going
on for years in Maria Theresienopel,
Hungary. Fourteen officers have been
arrested, the misapplication of be-
tween $1,000, 900 and $1,000. 600 having
been traced to them and $500, 600 has
disappeared from the city chest.
While King Oscar of Sweden was
yachting Saturday near Marstrand
Bridge, Stockholm, which was crowd
ed with women and children, the
structure collapsed, throwing its occu-
pants into the water. The king threw
off his coat and assisted in the rescue
of . persons, who were taken aboard
the yacht.
Advices received by steamer from
Australia tell of terrible drought in
New South Wales and Queensland
which has devastated the sheep ranch
es of that section. Millions of sheep
have died and men formerly considered
wealthy have been compelled to seek
employment Samuel McCaughey, the
sheep king of Australia, lost over a
million sheep of his herd of |, $50, 600
unfortunate.
Advices from Kharbin, Manchuria,
say that the inhabitants who are able
to do so are fleeing from the town. In
of the cholera epidemic.
Cinnamon are dying like flies, many
dying even while at work, on the quays.
on the docks or in workshops. Deaths
also among the Russians are heavy.
Railway officials are quitting their
posts without awaiting their pay. and
those who consent to remain demand
treble their usual salaries.
The United States minister at Bang
kok- Siam, cables the state department
that the recently reported uprising is
spreading. that Nakawn having already
been captured, Chiengmai is also
threatened. and "a Americans thought
to be in danger have been reported
safe. He says an effort will be made
TO bring into the capital American wo-
men and children now in the zone of
disturbances The Siamese government
Is co-operting in an attempt to protect
them and will send troops TO restore
order
The Grand Duke Boris of Russia de-
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