Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-22
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

Expelled Friars Not Wanted in spain-Fierc
Battle Between Macedonians and Turks
Londons Historic Prison Demolished In
dian Famine Impending Gold Find il
the Transvaal Marconi the Inventor Aftel
All-Bones of Giants Found in saxony-Chi
nese Take Possession of Tien-tsip,
Lombardo, the most notorious ltal
ian brigand after Mussolino, has beer
surrounded by Italian troops on Mount
.ispromonte, in the province of Reg
gio, and killed after serious en-.
counter.
The shah of Persia with his suite ar
rived in London Monday and went te
Marlborough House as the king IS
guest. He was resplendent in blaze
of diamonds and the gems worn by the
members of his party were almost as
rich.
The turning over of the government
of the city of Tientsin to the Chinese
authorities was completed Friday with
considerable ceremony. An expert ar
chitect will be sent by the United
States to Pekin to complete the plans
and specifications for the new United
States legation building there and SUI
perintend its construction.
While digging a deep trench near
Frankenhauser, Saxony, some laborers
found human bones buried in the dry
loan. The fragments of skull were
so unusually large they sent all the
bones to Prof. Giessberg of Berlin, who
says they show an antiquity of 300
,,,l 80 ray aF tIraa ia.
dividuals, each feet 8 inches.
A new gold reef traversing large
extent of territory has been discovered
in the Transvaal and there is great eX-
citement at Johannesburg over the
news Local biologists think the strike
is a continuation of the Witwatersrand
main series. but the discoveries declare
that they have found new gold fields
that will be equal in size to that of
WitWatersrand.
The Marquis Solari of Italy contra
diets the published reports that Sig
nor Marconi had given him credit for
the invention of the wireless telegraph
system bearing his name. He says that
the accessory invented by him, which
by desire of Italian government was
Professionally protected in Marconi's
name is a mere accessory and not at all
necessary or important to the system.
The central provinces of British In
dia are stricken with famine. crops
having failed for lack of rain. Food
Is so dear that it il unobtainable by
the masses Of the people who are beg
ging of the Franciscan mission for aid
Rev Father Paulus of Magpur says
that if outside help is not rendered,
ten times more people will perish there
than at Martinique and in the war in
South Africa,
The Spanish council OF ministers
will try to induce the Spanish friars
in the Philippines not to return to
Spain after their expulsion. Popular
feeling Is against them on account of
their alleged desertion of the Spanish
cause in the islands. Even the friars'
own orders in Spain have refused to
welcome them, fearing they would thus
direct the antagonistic feeling against
themselves.
\ fierce battle was fought Friday
between Macedonian rebels and Turk
ish troops at Gradske Vilavet in Mon
astir, Turkey. Sixty five rebels armed
W In llluNhiiE dhG anu ~ AlditlI AE
bombs, attacked 1000 Turkish troops,
the fight lasting % hours. The rebels
fought until all their number were
among the government troops was 14s
killed and 236 wounded
Members of the religious orders ex-
PEELED from France. especially sisters,
are applying to the Vatican authorities
for permission to settle in the United
States. They persist in this request in
spite of the fact. pointed out to them,
that they do not speak the English
language and that there are no vacan-
cies in the United States. Canada has
been suggested as a better field. French
being spoken there and sisters being
scarce, but the appli-
cants do not take kindly to the sug-
gestion.
All of the 3,5ss stones which orna-
mented the crown which the Arch
bishop of York placed on the head of
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain. in
Westminster Abbey, Saturday, August .
,. except the famous koh-i-noor. will .
soon be placed on sale. As the crown
will not he used again when ii is put
lp among the other regalia in the
over of London, its stones will be re-
placed by paste jewels None of the
ewels in the crown. except the Koh
moor, belong to the state, and the
king and queen cannot afford to keep
70 many valuable jewels in their pos
session.
Andalusia, Spain, is suffering from
1lauup of Taranflla spi1ars aoal ra-
ief societies have revived the old An
talusian tradition that guitar music is
he best method for curing the taran-
ula bite. 1t is said that the taran-
ula poison produces racking ner-
Gus disturbance which induces the
'itten person to begin dancing when .
lie hears the hum of the spider, and to
eep on dancing until profuse perspir-
tion is induced, when he falls down
Xhausted but cured. In consequence !.
f the revival of this belief hundreds
f guitar players have tiocked into An
alusia to ply their art in the homes
f the victims of the spiders, encourag-
~ the dancing and stimulating the
ealing process. ,
The work of demolishing Newgate |
Ill, the historic prison of London, was
egun last week Newgate has for cen
Iries imprisoned England's worst b
riminals. 1t was built as fortress. !,
lie walls are over three feet thick and II
of solid stone slabs, and the
uilding is one of the strongest in the
scarcely excepting the T
over. 1t will take at least a year to
amolish it and will require the use of =
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