Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-20
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE
EASTERN Or OLD WORLD.

Irish Representation in Parliament to b.
Notwithstanding Brutality in British
Guards Cold Wave in India Psrplexing Il
Biggest Family in Germany Pres
ents for the Pope.
Italy has asked the Chinese govern
ment for a concession to establish &
wireless telegraph service between Pc
kin and Taku.
The postmasterg general and secre-
tary in Finland resigned last week
rather than obey the czar's order &c
open suspicious mail and confscate
contraband matter
Several nationalists have recently
been released from Irish iails, among
them John O'Donnell, NJ. p. and Will
liam Duffy, NJ. p. They were sen,
fenced under the crimes act.
DR.. Randall Davidson was enthroned
Friday as archbishop of Canterbury IN
succession to the late DR.. Frederick
Temple in Canterbury cathedral, Lon
don, with much stately ceremony.
The crown prince of Saxory has been
granted divorce which permits both
parties to marry again. The princess,
however, cannot marry NJ. Giron and
get recognition of her marriage under
the German law.
The British punitive expedition I'M
der Col Morland consisting of l, 200
men belonging to the West African
frontier force occupied kano Feb. 3,
after sharp fighting. Only two Brit
ish officers were wounded. The enemy
lost heavily but the city was uniniured.
A Berlin despatch says: 4 carriers
wife named Engels. in kardorf, has
Just given birth to her thirtieth child.
All are alive except one. The eldest is
81 1t is the biggest family in Ger
many, and Engels has had to enlarge
his house three times. He is 90 years
old and his wife is %.
Russian newspapers say that man
in the hospital at Tomsk is 40 years
old They say this statement is sup
ported by documents The man has
been widower for l26 years. He had
son, who died in 1924, aged 90 years.
He remembers seeing Peter the Great.
He is bedridden, but mentally sound.
An extraordinary cold wave now pre-
in India greatly perplexes sci
entists The meteorological depart
ment reports that it is spreading over
the Bay of Bengal towards Burmah.
Sailors assert that the cold wave Is
due 10 a great bank Of ice, which is
floating northward up the Indian
ocean and il causing an indraught OF
air
The question of the color line Is now
agitating England as well as the Unit
ed States. Considerable excitement
has been caused in, swell military cir
cles by the announcement OF King I'd
ward that he will have an Indian body
guard recruited from the Hindoo regl-
ments. Orders have been issued that
the officers OF the Indian guard take
rank with the honorable corps of gem
tleman at arms and the officers OF the
guards.
The Bulgarian government has de-
cided TO dissolve the Macedonian COM
mittee 10 Bulgaria aud place strong
military Gordon along the Macedonia
frontier, thus demonstrating Bulgaria's
to fulfil her international OBJ
legations. President Michaeloviski of
the Central Macedonian committee,
Zuttchef. vice president.
President Stantcheff Of the Sarafotf
committee and many
others have been arrested.
The London Lancet gives the results
Of experiments in the destruction OF
bacteria in food and drink by mechan-
ical shock. The Lancet cites case
where bacterial cultures were allowed
to stand in the engine room of large
factory where there were inceSsant vi
brations from the engine. After four
DAYS the germs were destroyed and did
not appear when the water was set II a
quiet place. In other expe. iments vio-
lent mechanical agitation had SINH
lar effect The discovery may be OF
great practical use, as germicides are
more or less poisonous 70 the human or
ganism.
In an address before the Bengal
Chamber Of Commerce Saturday Lord
Curzon Of kedlestone, the yiceroy of
India, stated that it was his belief that
the natives Of India possess, besides
the money in circulation, s25 crores Of
rupees. which il boarded and mostly
buried. Reckoning rupee at Is pence,
this would mean nearly t62, ouO,Do
sterling in English money Lord Cur
zon urges the natives 10 bring out this
wealth and invest it. especially in in
dustrial enterprises, and in that way
themselves reap the profits which Brit
ish capitalists are slow to appreciate
in the possibilities of the development
Of India.
Astonishing revelations Of brutality
prevailing in the British Guards regl-
lneuts for the punishment Of suba!-
terms guilty of social or military OF.
fences were made by Rear-Admlral
Basil Cochrane in London newspa-
per last week. Senior subalterns were
allowed TO conduct court martials, the
sentence being almost Invariably fog
ying This is administered on the
bare back. after the removal of all the
and from six TO 10 blows
with cane are given with such sever
ity that the lower number Is sufficient
to draw blood. All the officers present,
even the most intimate friends OF the
victim. are compelled to administer
their share of the blows.
The British government has deter
mined to reduce Ireland's representa-
ton in Parliament A cabinet minis
ter. the son of the colonial secretary.
has foretold the advent of another dis
-ribution bill which will be the chief
measure of 1904. 1t is said that the
LOB Irish seats in the Commons will be
reduced to So or less. The National
lists argue that as the Act of Union
gave Ireland 100 members, the Impe-
rial Parliament has no right 70 reduce
this representation When the act
passed the population of ireland was
). coo. coo. about half that of Great