Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS


Catholics to Pope.
An earthquake shock of 90 seconds
duration was felt at Bigsk, government
of Tomsk, Russia, Sunday. A sever
shock preceded by subterranean rumb
lings was felt at Syracuse, Italy, Sun
day evening.
Count Sano, a privy councillor ant
the founder of the japan Red eros
society and the Fine Arts society, diet
in Toxic Dec. 7. He once represented
Japan in Italy and Austro-H Hungary
and afterward was minister OF finance
A woman in Sydney, Australia, re
sage from friends on the Italian crui
ser Carlo Alberto, 1000 miles at sei
on her way to Venezuela. The cruiser
has been in constant communication
with the Marconi station at Table
Head, N. S., since Sunday.
The worst gale for many years Wis
tied Denmark Christmas night and the
following morning and did enormous
damage to property and shipping. Two
boats were wrecked off Elsinore and
eight persons were drowned. The Nor
wegian bark Penny was wrecked and IL
men of the crew were drowned.
A recent snow blizzard has done
much damage in Constantinople and
environs. Roofs collapsed and many
small craft in the harbor and in the
Bosphorus we're sunk or dashed to
pieces on the shores, causing fatalities.
Others drifted seward. The Black Sea
feet suffered in similar manner.
The Most Rev. Frederick Temple,
Archbishop of Canterbury and primate
of all England, died of old age at Lon
don Dec. %. The aged primate broke
down at the coronation of King Ed
ward and later collapsed in the House
of Lords at the end of a vigorous
speech in support of the education
bill. He has not left his bed since.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and
his " ife who left Portsmouth, Eng,
Nov. %, on board the armored cruiser
Good Hope, landed at Durham, Natal,
Thursday They received a warm well
come from large crowds of people Mr..
Chamberlain made several long, strong,
conciliatory speeches He announced,
incid, ntally, the acceptance of the
Beers offer to fight in Somaliland.
Najam- red din, the AIDA Mullah,
Fakir of Swat, who succeeded in rous-
ing the frontier tribesmen of India
against the British in 1898, causing
several expeditions on large scale,
died at Peshawur, Dec. %. He
preached holy war" and by his ia
naticism united Afridis and other Pa
than tribes. He endeavored to pro-
woke the Ameer of Afghanistan, but
his power was broken down by the
British troops and he fled into obscur-
ity
Austrian manufacturers have decid-
cd to advance the price of shoes 10 per
cent. on account of the scarcity of
leather. They claim this step is due
to the extensive purchases of hides in
the European markets by Americans
who have practically cleaned out the
continental stocks. Austrians also pro-
fess to see increased danger to the Eu
ropean shoe industry from America,
owing to the United States government
refunding SO per cent. of the tariff on
the raw article when manufactured and
exported. They complain that this pro-
cedure is too greatly facilitated by
Secretary Shaw's order admitting proof
of identity by simple declaration, in
stead of by affidavit.
Official confirmation has been re-
ceived of the news, reported Dec. %,
of the complete rout at Taxa, Morocco.
under the leadership of the pretender
to the throne. The imperial forces
abandoned their guns and ammunition,
tents and beasts of burden and fled |
to Fee. December 20. |
n aI
by a brother of the sultan's minister I
move against the pretender when the |
latter attacked them with large bodies
of cavalry. The gates of Fee are
closed, the population excited and bus
mess suspended. 1t is said that 2000
of the sultan's soldiers were killed.
The crop failure in Finland this year
is the worst experienced in 30 years.
1t is due to the nearly continuous chill
ly rains and early frost and is so COM
plete that dead birds have been found
by hundreds in the forests. The I'M
ripe rye aud barley which the people
are forced to use make bitter bread
which even the hungry horses refuse to
Eat. In some parts of the country bread
is made from barley husks and straw
mixed with little -four The peasants
nave expended all their money for -four
md are consequently unable to buy
clothing. 1t is estimated that 400,0
ire now without -four. 1t is hoped that
better means of communication will
acilitate the work of relief and whole
ale deaths from hunger and typhus
nay be prevented.
The official opening of the Durbar,
leld to celebrate the accession of King
ward as emperor of India, was made
It Delhi, India, Monday. The viceroy,
lord Curzon of Kedleston made his
tate entry into the capital of the mo-
,uls with splendid pageant probably =
in magnificence. Lord and /
lady Curzon rode at the head on the
tate ''grand Tusker," IL feet high,
he largest elephant in India. The
Duke of Connaught, representing King
edward, followed. Then came the rul
ng chiefs, 20 in all, the elephants
ormir & a line quarter of mile long.
n the rear of the procession rode Gen
raj Lord Kitchener, commander-in-
hief in India, surrounded by the heads
f provinces, with escorts of Indian
avalry and tribal leaders from beyond
be border line. After four mile
larch, the elephants of the viceroy
nd the Duke of Connaught halted
ide by side and the pageant was con-
luded with the great princes filing