Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-30
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE
EASTERN OR OLD WORLD.

Col. Lynch Condemned and Sentenced for Trea'
SON King of Sweden Resigns Temporarily
to Regency Microbe Of Sleeping Sickness
Discovered Mascagni Receivers His Italian
Position.
Mahmud Pasha, brother-in-law of
the sultan of Turkey and leader OF the
Turkish reform party, died at Brussels
last week in exile.
Prof. Tizzoni of the Bologna, Italy,
university, has announced to the Royal
Academy of Sciences the discovery of
serum to combat pneumonia.
DR.. Castelloni, an Italian physician,
residing in Uganda, Africa, has in.
formed the Italian Royal Society OF
Physicians that be has discovered the
microbe of the sleeping sickness, the
ravages of which disease were lately
described in the cable dispatches.
Pietro Mascagni, the Italian com
poser who lost his position as director
of the Rossini Lyceum, the musical
conservatory at Pesaro, Italy, on ac-
count of his having undertaken con
cert tour in the United States, has
been reappointed to the position. 1t is
the highest in the Italian musical
world. The salary is s240O
Tata, a Parsee multi millionaire OF
Bombay, India, is reported as enter
tanning the ambition to rival j. Pier.
!. pont Morgan as organizer of huge steel
trust. His scheme comprehends the de-
velopment of the iron ore deposits OF
Central India and he is said to have
secured the favor of the Indian govern
ment and leading commercial interests
of India.
Fifty insane patients were burned to
death in the Colney Hatch asylum,
London, Tuesday morning. Five wood
en- buildings including dormitorles
and doctors apartments were Quilted.
The inmates became panic stricken,
were unable to help themselves and
greatly impeded the operations of
those trying to save them. Some of
them were burned in their beds, while
Others met death in huddled groups in
corners and corridors.
King Oscar of Sweden has decided to
intrust his government temporarily to
the Crown Prince Gustaf, who takes
| the regency next week. This decision
is the result of medical advice. King
Oscar is grandson of BeTnadotte, once
marshal of France, who was elected
Prince royal of Sweden by the Swedish
states by mandate of Napoleon IN lSl0,
and was then adopted by Charles Kill,
who became king of Sweden and Nor
way in 1874, by the union OF the two
countries. Bernadotte succeeded him
as Charles XIV, in 1918.
Another crisis is imminent in the
north of China. Tung Fuh Slang, IN
conjunction with Prince Tuan, and
abetted by Yung Lu and other officials
of the Chinese government, has pro-
claimed new emperor IN the person
of Prince Tuan's son, Pu Chun, the
youth whom the empress made heir APP
parent and then dismissed. He has
been given the title of Tung Hsu and
the palace at Hsiang, TO which the EN-
press fled in 1901, has been made ready
to receive him Rebel troops have been
massed by Tung Fuh Slang to march
on Hsiang Flu, exterminating foreign
ers en- route and proclaiming the new
emperor of China. The Boxers are eY-
pected to rise at the same time. An
other outbreak is threatened in the
northwest.
The trial of Col. Arthur Lynch, mem
Der of Parliament from Galway, on the
charge of treason in South Africa, took
place in London last we.k. The in.
dictment charged that he was seduced
by the instigation of the devil. " He
was found guilty and sentenced to
death. 1t is believed that his sentence
will be committed Col. Lynch bore
himself with unfaltering composure
throughout the trial. Upwards of &c
years have elapsed since treason trial
has been held in London. The last
was that of John Francis, a youth who
fired pistol at the late Queen Veto
ria as she was riding down Constitu-
ton Hill. He was condemned to death
but the sentence was committed to I'M
prisonment for life. Drawing, quar-
tering and beheading accompanied the
|, death penalty for treason until lsi0,
when this was abolished. Col. Lynch s
sentence was Monday committed to pen
al servitude for life